News from May 2021
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the House of Representatives held a hearing with Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on driving a global, whole-of-society response to climate action...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and religion, prohibits discrimination based on religion, and mandates the separation of the activities of state and religious institutions. The law requires religious institutions to register with authorities but provides little detail on registration...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution guarantees freedom of conscience, religion, thought, belief, opinion, expression, and the right to equal protection and benefit of the law without discrimination based on religion. The government does not require religious groups to register, but some registered groups may receive tax-exempt...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion and equal protection under the law regardless of religion. It prohibits all forms of religious intolerance and “religious fundamentalism." The law also requires the head of state to take an oath of office that includes a promise to fulfill the duties...
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following joint statement today after the Department of Energy (DOE) briefed the Committee on the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Supporting Peaceful Elections in Ethiopia. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007583. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type of...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of conscience and religious belief and practice, including worship. It prohibits discrimination based on religion. Laws prohibit actions that incite religious hatred and violence. Prime Minister Keith Rowley issued public messages for major religious holidays, underscoring...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution and other laws protect the right of individuals to choose, practice, profess, and change their religion. The law provides for freedom of religion and worship and provides for equal rights in accordance with the constitution and international law. The law requires religious groups to...
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following joint statement today after the Department of Energy (DOE) briefed the Committee on the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline...
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents and law enforcement partners today arrested an employee of a Department of Defense contractor on a criminal complaint alleging he unlawfully sold United States Air Force technical data to an Orange County man who then illegally resold the data to customers.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religious belief and affiliation and states the country is not bound to any particular faith. Registration requirements for religious groups include the need to present a petition with signatures of at least 50,000 adherents, which members of some religious groups...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jun N. Martinez, 28, of Jamestown, NY, with narcotics conspiracy, possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, maintaining a premises for drug use and distribution...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution defines the country as a secular state. It provides for freedom of conscience, religious belief, conviction, expression, and worship and prohibits discrimination based on religious grounds. The Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), a state institution, governs and coordinates religious ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statements on the reintroduction of several...
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, & Innovation released the following statement on President Biden issuing an executive order to improve the nation’s cybersecurity and protect federal government networks...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: MR ICE: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us for today’s on-the-record briefing on the 2020 International Religious Freedom Report, which Secretary Blinken presented just about an hour and a half ago here at the State Department.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2021
Release: The constitution states Islam is the “religion of the Federation; but other religions may be practiced in peace and harmony." Federal and state governments have the power to mandate doctrine for Muslims and promote Sunni Islam above all other religious groups. Other forms of Islam are illegal. Sedition...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.'s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery at today's Health Subcommittee hearing on, "The Fiscal Year 2022 HHS Budget:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2021
News Release: DENVER - The Denver Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration alongside the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado today announced that the Department of Treasury has designated Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas and the Gonzalez Penuelas Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) as Significant...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man previously convicted of three felonies was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition in connection with a June 2020 shooting in Jersey City, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
