News from March 2021
By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Washington - Agricultural producers who have not yet elected and enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for 2021 have until March 15. Producers who have not signed a contract or who want to make an election change should contact their local U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Service Center to make an appointment. Right now, about 1.4 million farms have enrolled, about 81% of expected participation.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), along with U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Sen. John...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Twenty-three Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today demanding answers for Facebook’s advertising practices, which reports show promoted violence and disinformation both leading up to and after the violent insurrection at the United States Capitol.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN: Voyageurs National Park staff will conduct prescribed burns throughout park wetlands to treat areas of invasive hybrid cattails from March to April 2021. Activities include burning floating and rooted cattails as well as other wetland areas to remove dead vegetation, rejuvenate wetland plant communities, and reduce woody plant encroachment.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), along with U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Sen. John...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), House Education and...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- In advance of the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing with Big Tech CEOs on Thursday, March 25, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are putting out a call to action from the public.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman, (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced witness for the Committee’s upcoming hearing titled, “Farmers and Foresters: Opportunities to Lead in Tackling Climate Change."
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), House Education and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - CHERYL L. KINCHEN, age 38, and a resident of Tickfaw, Louisiana, was indicted on March 5, 2021, by a federal grand jury for filing false tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans of the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Also possessed guns and drugs. A Cedar Rapids man, responsible for producing child pornography and then distributing it online, was sentenced today to 360 months in prison. Nathan Krejci, age 41, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison sentence after a June 24, 2020 guilty plea to being a drug...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY), House Education and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Dr. Feng Qin Agrees to Pay $800,000, Admits Misconduct, and Receives Four-Year Ban from Participating in Federal Healthcare Programs.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Battle Mountain District is conducting prescribed burning activities starting March 8 through 12 at the Big Well Unit of the Railroad Valley Wildlife Management Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Davaun Alonzo Ambush, of Keyser, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 46 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - A loud explosion rocked Stovepipe Wells Resort around 4:30am on Monday, March 8, 2021. The blast damaged concession employee housing. The resort in central Death Valley National Park is still providing full public services.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Friday, Feb. 23, 2021, Tawasaki Leonorda Williams, a 35-year-old from Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 75 months in prison for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: At the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), when we talk about reopening and recovery efforts, our research and development (R&D) investments must account for the economic, health and security needs of our country. We know we cannot fully recover from the pandemic until our people are protected from the virus and feel safe enough to resume their normal lives.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Today, bipartisan leaders of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation called on the Federal Maritime Commission to ensure that ocean carriers are abiding by U.S. law and are not engaging in unjust and unreasonable shipping practices resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - WILLIAM AUTHUR BRYANT, JR., a/k/a “Dudie," age 27, and TATUM TERRELL DARDAR, age 24, both of Terrebonne Parish, La., were charged March 5, 2021, in an 8-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with several narcotics offenses, including conspiring to distribute and possess with intent ...
