News from March 2021
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) called on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) not to sunset its “zero tolerance" enforcement policy with respect to passengers who refuse to wear masks and cause disturbances on commercial...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis delivered remarks at a subcommittee hearing on child safety online and reopening schools.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, from the hearing entitled Farmers and Foresters: Opportunities to Lead in Tackling Climate Change...
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement after China’s National People’s Congress, a non-democratic body controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), approved a plan to tighten control over Hong Kong’s electoral system. While...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Thursday, March 18, at 11 a.m. (EDT) on the Climate Leadership...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: A Canton, Ohio, man was sentenced to 105 months imprisonment and ordered to pay a $25,000 fine by U.S. Judge Pamela A. Barker after pleading guilty to distribution of carfentanil and felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking returned from the Gulf and Jordan on March 10. Throughout his trip, the Special Envoy engaged with leadership in all Gulf countries visited, and the Republic of Yemen Government. Special Envoy Lenderking devoted extra time in Riyadh and Muscat in an effort...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Saleh Mozeb, 65, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with healthcare fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at a Consumer Protection and Commerce subcommittee hearing on child safety online and reopening schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - Since the United States Supreme Court decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma was handed down in July 2020, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma has been committed to ensuring that public safety is our top priority. The opinions released today by the Oklahoma Court...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the anniversary of the COVID-19 shutdowns. Rodgers called for forward-thinking and bipartisan leadership to restore, renew, and rebuild the American Dream.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Gregory Simms, 33, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Simms appeared, today, before United States District Court Judge Ronnie L. White.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: BEAUFORT, S.C. - Today, six new South Carolina-based sites join the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network, helping to advance scholarship and public understanding of one of the most transformational periods in American history. The Reconstruction Era National Historic Network is a growing national...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- United States Attorney, Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Eilin Castillo Montano of the Dominican Republic was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to illegally reentering the United States after being ordered deported and removed.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James Charles Costello, of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Tokyo, Japan, and Seoul, Republic of Korea (ROK), March 15-18 to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to strengthening our alliances and to highlight cooperation that promotes peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Eric Olah (619) 546-7540 and Seth Askins (619) 546-6692.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that two Pierre, South Dakota, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Prohibited Person in Possession of Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Robert Hjortsberg, 38, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in New Orleans, to one count of willful failure to file a tax return.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2021
News Release: Washington - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The legislation is a critical step in getting the U.S. economy back on track, getting children back to school, getting COVID-19 vaccinations to all Americans, and pulling millions out of poverty.
