News from May 2021
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 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 Member Day hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, ME - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced that a Sanford woman was sentenced today in federal court for conspiring to distribute fentanyl resulting in death and serious bodily injury.
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Washington - In an amended complaint filed on Jan. 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) alleged that North Pacific Canners and Packers Inc., doing business as NORPAC Foods Inc., (NORPAC), Salem, Ore., failed to make full payment promptly in the total amount of $152,181 to two sellers for multiple lots of produce in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: The team of federal employees supporting the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs is small but mighty. In this "Meet Our Team" blog post series, we introduce key staff dedicated to the Office and its mission to support tribes in pursuing their energy visions.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, asked expert witnesses about the importance of having the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) at the Department of Homeland Security to protect the United States from threats both foreign and domestic. The former I&A officials agreed with Portman that the office is essential to safeguarding the United States from evolving threats.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing about prescription drug prices by outlining the incredible medical innovations available to Americans as a result of our nation’s strong intellectual property protections.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala -- FEMA and the State of Alabama have approved $21,710,458 to reimburse Baldwin County for debris removal after Hurricane Sally.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: BOISE - Douglas Wold, 48, of Meridian, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, and one count of money laundering based on schemes to defraud his employer, Fry Foods, Inc., during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr., today. Sentencing is set for Aug. 27, 2021, before Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye at the federal courthouse in Boise.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury has convicted a 24-year-old non-citizen residing in Houston for attempting to transport an alien, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Court Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Fermin Gomez-Jimenez, age 23, of Annapolis, Maryland, to 38 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and for using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, in connection with his MS-13 gang activities.
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) signed a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), led by Republican Leader of the Natural Resources Committee Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), calling on her to cease remote voting measures and return the House of Representatives to regular order. Committee ranking members and every member of the Republican leadership team joined the letter as signatories.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On Thursday, May 13, 2021, Charles Gregory Hardy, Jr., 37, of Montgomery, Alabama, appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing a criminal investigation as an officer of a financial institution, announced Acting United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Quadiri Ayodele, an inmate at FCI Gilmer in Glenville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to six months of additional prison time after admitting to a contraband charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Jeremy Astrologo, 42, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to ten years in federal prison following his conviction for possessing child pornography. Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned four indictments against non-citizen adults for falsely claiming they were under the age of 18, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery.
By State Newswire | May 18, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Piglets born to heat-stressed sows may carry the burden of their mom's discomfort later in life in the form of health complications and diminished performance. Now, this so-called "in utero heat stress" may also hypersensitize the piglet's immune system, potentially doing more harm than good to the young animals, a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists has learned.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: REGION 1 - FEMA recently awarded a $1,947,350 grant to the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development for the State of Vermont’s innovative Emergency Feeding Program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following remarks, as prepared, at a press conference ahead of the House vote on S. 937, the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act...
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing to examine the role of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, and what changes are needed to strengthen efforts to protect civil rights and accurately assess domestic terrorism threats facing communities across the country.
