News from March 2021
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
Release: MR PRICE: Good afternoon, everyone. I apologize we’re running a couple minutes late here but thank you for joining us as we discuss tomorrow’s virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Small Group. The meeting, as you know, will be co-hosted by Secretary Blinken and his Belgian counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmes.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on USTR’s decision to suspend a trade forum with Burma...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
Release: BIRMINGHAM - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is ready for the continued surge in spring break travelers. Acrylic barriers and upgraded technology now reduce or eliminate physical contact between passengers and TSA staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Bryon McClellan, 33, of Norwich, Connecticut, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a southeastern Connecticut drug trafficking ring.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
Release: National Offshore Wind Goal To Support 77,000 Jobs, Power 10 Million Homes, Cut 78 Million Metric Tons in Carbon Emissions
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released the following statement on the Biden Administration's recently announced actions to bolster offshore wind energy projects and create good-paying American jobs in the process.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Adolfo LaCola was sentenced by United States Chief District Court Judge Margo K. Brodie to 48 months in prison for his participation in a narcotics distribution conspiracy and money laundering. LaCola pleaded guilty to the charges in September 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Adolfo LaCola was sentenced by United States Chief District Court Judge Margo K. Brodie to 48 months in prison for his participation in a narcotics distribution conspiracy and money laundering. LaCola pleaded guilty to the charges in September 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), sponsors of the Environmental Justice for All Act, today hailed the announced membership of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC) and called for broad action by the executive branch to implement a strong environmental justice agenda at all levels of the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Recep Sandikci, age 46, of North Plainfield, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 71 months in prison for attempting to meet an Albany-area 13-year-old girl for sex, as well as for sending her obscene material. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Calling all birders, citizen scientists, morning people, photography enthusiasts, and anyone just looking for things to do outside! Pipestone National Monument needs your help collecting data this spring.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of the Energy (DOE) announced today that it will host a consultation session with Tribal leaders on April 9, 2021. This event supports the Biden-Harris Administration's memorandum to conduct regular, meaningful and robust consultation with federally recognized Tribal Nations.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today hailed the Biden administration’s announcement of wide-ranging investments to support responsible expansion of the offshore wind industry and prioritize the construction of 30 gigawatts of new offshore wind power by 2030, an effort expected to...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: A felon who held a woman at knifepoint two days after he was released from prison pleaded guilty today in federal court, said Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - This week, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Save America's Clean Energy Jobs Act. This legislation would help the clean energy industry create good-paying jobs and recover from the COVID-driven economic downturn.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Bismarck, North Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on March 22, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
Release: MR PRICE: Good afternoon, everyone. I apologize we’re running a couple minutes late here but thank you for joining us as we discuss tomorrow’s virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Small Group. The meeting, as you know, will be co-hosted by Secretary Blinken and his Belgian counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmes.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Santa Clarita Valley man pleaded guilty today to perpetrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $1.8 million in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SONJA DYSON EVANS, 58, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, pled guilty on March 24, 2021 to use of an interstate facility with intent to carry on unlawful activity.
