News from May 2021
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Ann, so good to see you. Thank you for being here. We’ve already had the opportunity to work together on a number of things, and that’s a reflection of the fact that the United States and Sweden are working together in so many different areas, whether it’s climate, whether it’s COVID, whether it’s on security matters. And, of course, your chairmanship of the OSCE has been particularly critical and important. I very much look forward to talking about that.
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
Release: Today, the Department of State submitted a report to Congress pursuant to the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act (PEESA), as amended, listing four vessels, five entities, and one individual involved in construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, including Nord Stream 2 AG and the company’s CEO Matthias ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Leo Dignam, 61, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced to 15 months in prison, one year of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $7,500 fine by United States District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno for a scheme to defraud the City of Philadelphia of approximately $150,000 over the course of several years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Erie joins 4 other western PA counties in heightened effort to combat drug trafficking and reduce the supply of illegal drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today indicted alleged “brokers" accused of scheming to illegally obtain driver’s licenses for ineligible applicants by paying bribes to corrupt employees of the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) opened today’s hearing by emphasizing how President Trump’s leadership on Operation Warp Speed led to America creating the fastest vaccine in human history and providing enough vaccine to give a shot to every American who wants one.
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee nomination hearing for the Honorable Brian A. Nichols, nominee to be assistant secretary of State for Western Hemisphere affairs, and the Honorable Michele Jeanne Sison, nominee to be assistant secretary of State for international organization affairs.
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - One resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted possessing with the intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Fair Grove, Missouri, man who is a member of the Southwest Honkys violent prison gang was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy in which investigators intercepted a shipment of nearly 9.5 kilograms of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Owner of Wedding Planning Company Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 35-year-old local man has been sentenced following his conviction of attempting to deliver cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Fair Grove, Missouri, man who is a member of the Southwest Honkys violent prison gang was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy in which investigators intercepted a shipment of nearly 9.5 kilograms of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. - The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation has prepared the May snowmelt runoff forecasts and operating plans for the North Platte River Basin.
By USDA Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: We just concluded a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Lavrov. We have a couple of officials who have taken part in this. We’ll do this on background to senior State Department officials. Let’s keep this.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, delivered the following opening statement at today’s hybrid hearing with Mr. Robert Kramer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (Emergent), and Mr. Fuad El-Hibri, Executive Chairman of Emergent...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced that David Kenneth Martin, 37, of Midland, Texas, has been sentenced for his participation in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy which occurred in Baldwin County during 2016 through 2018. In May of 2020, Martin pled guilty to the conspiracy charge.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chairman James E. Clyburn, Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., and Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney issued the following statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report evaluating the spread of coronavirus in nursing homes across the United States...
