News from May 2021
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate voted 50-48, to pass a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval undoing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) “conciliation" rule, which made it easier for employers to delay or deny justice to workers who have experienced discrimination...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Joshua Rico, 25, of Pecos, New Mexico, was arraigned today in federal court on a five-count indictment charging him with coercion and enticement of minors. A federal grand jury indicted Rico on May 12. Rico will remain in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for May 21.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Wesley Gullett, the president of a white supremacist organization which sold multiple kilograms of methamphetamine and committed numerous violent acts-including attempted murder-will spend the more than three decades in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “COVID-19 Health Care Flexibilities: Perspectives, Experiences and Lessons Learned.".
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: A research team has found that a method commonly used to skirt one of metal 3D printing’s biggest problems may be far from a silver bullet.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Larry Cuffman, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, was sentenced today to 10 months of incarceration for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Duenas was illegally in possession of guns on two separate occasions.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released a staff memo identifying initial findings and releasing new documents obtained in the Committees’ ...
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has conveyed approximately 141 acres of public land located adjacent to the Colorado City Airport to the Town of Colorado City, for airport use. The move supports compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airport safety and design standards, as portions of the airport safety and fly-over zones are located on the conveyed lands.
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening. I’m pleased to be meeting with Sergey for the first time in my capacity as the Secretary of State. And as President Biden shared with President Putin, we seek a predictable, stable relationship with Russia. We think that’s good for our people, good for the Russian people ...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I would like to extend our congratulations on the celebration of Timor-Leste’s Restoration of Independence Day. During the 19 years since independence has been restored, Timor-Leste has made enormous progress to build democratic institutions and ensure human...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton Jr. has sentenced Gary Dewayne Martin (31, Fort McCoy) to 24 months in federal prison for possession of an unregistered silencer. The court also ordered Martin to forfeit the silencer and a.22 caliber semiautomatic rifle. Martin had pleaded guilty on January 6, 2021.
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: On Monday, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm announced a new national initiative that EERE’s Building Technologies Office will lead to advance clean heating and cooling systems in buildings.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Below is Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery, for today’s hybrid hearing with Emergent BioSolutions’ executives.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: The gradual decline in our federal infrastructure investment has resulted in an alarming number of crumbling roads and bridges and an undersupply of affordable low-income housing and community-based investments. In addition, structural inequities within our tax code are exacerbating these infrastructure...
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $40 million in funding for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program that will limit the amount of waste produced from advanced nuclear reactors, protecting the land and air and increasing the deployment and use of nuclear power as a reliable source of clean energy.
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement on U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s participation at the Arctic Council Ministerial in Iceland this week.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND Maine: A Waldoboro man was sentenced today in federal court for Social Security fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $4,503,025 to reimburse the Town of North Topsail Beach for extensive beach and dune erosion caused by Hurricane Florence in 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2021
Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee's Public Witnesses hearing.
