News from May 2021
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 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 DOE Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Members of the Seneca Nation of Indians kicked off an event to mark Earth Day this year at EM ’s West Valley Demonstration Project with a sunrise ceremony, paying tribute to the earth and raising awareness of the need to protect the Cattaraugus Creek watershed for future generations.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, May 18, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on the future of vehicle technology. The hearing is entitled, “Promises and Perils: The Potential of Automobile Technologies."
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Law enforcement seize nine pounds of meth from property.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 52-year-old Laredo resident has been ordered to federal prison for smuggling aliens, some of whom had lost consciousness, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA), sent a letter today to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Director Kimberly S. Budil requesting a classified briefing on a May 27, 2020 report on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - In honor of National Police Week, Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca is recognizing the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and Tribal law enforcement. This year, the week is observed May 9 through May 15.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Miami woman was arrested today in connection with allegedly filing and obtaining fraudulent pandemic-related loans and using those funds for personal expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Daniel Taylor, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is accepting applications from eligible organizations for fiscal year 2021 funding for the International Agricultural Education and Fellowship Program. The funding will allow organizations and institutions with experience in agricultural...
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, May 18, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on the future of vehicle technology. The hearing is entitled, “Promises and Perils: The Potential of Automobile Technologies."
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA), sent a letter today to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Director Kimberly S. Budil requesting a classified briefing on a May 27, 2020 report on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) issued the following statement today in response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announcement that the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) Program will officially begin tomorrow...
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and Oversight and Investigations Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Xavier Becerra today urging him to immediately reverse the Trump Administration’s policy which removed the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) premarket review requirements for COVID-19 laboratory developed tests (LDT).
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Moreno Valley, Calif. - Fire crews from the California Desert Interagency Fire Program will treat up to 60 acres of public lands with prescribed fire in the Lake Mathews-Estelle Mountain Stephens’ Kangaroo Rat Reserve in western Riverside County. During the burn, smoke may be visible from the community of Lake Mathews and the cities of Corona, Perris, and Riverside, as well as State Route 91 and Interstate 15 freeways.
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 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 DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: JACKSON, MS - After a two-day trial, a federal jury convicted a Meridian, Mississippi man today for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Kurt H. Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Bonneville County Deputy Sheriff Wyatt Christopher Maser’s name added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, May 18, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on the future of vehicle technology. The hearing is entitled, “Promises and Perils: The Potential of Automobile Technologies."
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been indicted on federal firearm charges for allegedly illegally transferring and possessing “switch" devices that are capable of converting a semi-automatic pistol into a machine gun.
