News from March 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today applauded President Biden for following Republicans’ advice to set a new vaccine goal of administering 200 million vaccines in 100 days...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Antonio Cortez Darden, of Maugansville, Maryland, appeared today before a federal magistrate judge on drug and firearms charges after being indicted last week, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Armed Services Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-AL) released the following statement on the recent weapons testing developments in North Korea.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Javarus Payne, 34, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
Release: The government of Israel has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of fresh Glasswort (Salicornia europaea) for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity.APHIS ...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
Release: Congressman David Price (D-NC), Chair of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Creating Equitable Communities through Transportation and Housing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that James Larnerd, age 47, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine; for being a previously convicted felon in possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VASHUN LEWIS, also known as “V-Love," 45, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to 90 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for firearm possession offenses.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This morning, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at the hearing on the nomination of Deanne Criswell to be Administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Portman highlighted the important role of the FEMA Administrator in handling not only natural disaster emergencies, but also the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic response.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), reintroduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Care (EACH) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The United States has seized “r-m-n.net" and “Almaalomah.com," two websites that were unlawfully utilized by Kata’ib Hizballah, a Specially Designated National and a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: DENTON, Texas - Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in Grayson County, Texas. Property owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements. Community stakeholders can identify any concerns or questions about the information provided and participate in the 90-day appeal and comment period.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: Honduran Driver Transported Eleven Illegal Aliens.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Turlock man with being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Roy Blunt (R-MO), Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Rules and Administration, released the...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) from today’s hearing entitled, “The Administration’s Priorities for Transportation Infrastructure":
By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
Release: QUESTION: Thank you so much, Mr. Secretary, for joining me. I want to start with a speech this week that you gave. You listed China first among the military and non-military threats to the United States. This comes, of course, after you clashed with Chinese officials in Anchorage last week. China is ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Virginia man was arrested and charged with gun trafficking and possession of firearms by a felon, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, woman today admitted that she underreported income on her personal tax return, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that Miguel Angel Solorzano-Dominguez, age 34, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today on a one-count indictment. He was charged by a Grand Jury in March 2020 with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
