News from March 2021
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced subcommittee assignments for the 117th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Eric Garman, age 32, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on March 1, 2021, to 210 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for distribution of sexually explicit images of minors.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement regarding World Teen Mental Wellness Day.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement regarding World Teen Mental Wellness Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: In San Antonio today, 46-year-old George Alberto Barragan of Cibolo admitted that he stole money from high school students who paid him for group travel opportunities to celebrate their graduations, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new, interactive spreadsheet that will help the U.S. military extinguish aircraft and vehicle fires using the latest environmentally friendly chemicals.
By State Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
Release: Ansarallah, sometimes referred to as the Houthis, plays a significant role in the conflict in Yemen and exacerbates the dire humanitarian plight of the Yemeni people. The war has destabilized the country, displaced four million Yemenis since the beginning of the conflict, and unleashed one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a bipartisan hearing examining the Government Accountability Office (GAO) 2021 High-Risk List, a new report of the 36 areas of federal operations most in need of improvement or transformation to meet the nation’s challenges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Clinton, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to eliminate the Voluntary Trichinae Certification Program and remove the regulations associated with the program from the Code of Federal Regulations. This program generates little producer participation ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Subcommittee Leader on Energy Fred Upton (R-MI), and Republican Subcommittee Leader on the Environment and Climate Change David McKinley (R-WV) released this statement after the Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats introduced their plan to raise energy prices and shutter America’s all-the-above energy strategy.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after President Biden falsely claimed that the latest round of COVID-19 relief funds is necessary to reopen schools...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: Convicted of online enticement, sex trafficking, production, and distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX - DEA Acting Administrator D. Christopher Evans today announced the release of the 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment, DEA’s annual publication outlining the threats posed to the United States by domestic and international drug trafficking and the abuse of illicit drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A medical director, operator and two unlicensed practitioners at a Texas medical clinic are now in custody on charges related to their alleged participation in a $32 million health care fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Edmond Dewayne Miller, 23, of Meridian, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III, to 51 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. Miller was also ordered to pay a $1,500.00 fine.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on, “The Future of Telehealth: How COVID-19 is Changing the Delivery of Virtual Care:"
By EPA Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement regarding World Teen Mental Wellness Day.
By State Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Marvin Lee Carter, Sr. (41, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to distributing controlled substances, which use resulted in serious bodily injury. Carter faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
