News from May 2021
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing on electric vehicles mandates in the Democrats’ CLEAN Future Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to 15 years’ imprisonment and 10 years’ supervised release on his conviction of drug trafficking charges related to a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Eight members of a drug trafficking ring operating in and around Union County were handed down sentences ranging from 30 to 300 months in prison today, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina and the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Atlanta Field Division, which oversees the DEA Charlotte District Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - REGINALD LUMAR, age 29, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty to two counts of bank robbery before the Honorable Susie Morgan, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. LUMAR faces up to 20 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment fee, as to each count. Sentencing is currently scheduled for Aug. 10, 2021.
By US DOT Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is increasing pilot safety and airspace awareness by marking more space launch activity areas on navigation charts.
By Homeland Newswire | May 5, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Defense Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2022 United States Army Budget.
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement following the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) announcement that it supports waiving patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines...
By EPA Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks today during an Energy Subcommittee hearing on Democrats’ radical electric vehicle mandates.
By EPA Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing on electric vehicles mandates in the Democrats’ CLEAN Future Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: Concord, NH - The U.S. Marshals - New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force is very happy to announce that this week’s “Fugitive of the Week", Stefan Robert Ingerson, was arrested by the NH Joint Fugitive Task Force shortly before noon in Manchester.
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statements congratulating Ms. Angela Ellard, Chief Trade Counsel for Ways and Means Republicans, for being selected as one of the new World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Deputy Directors-General...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: Defendant and five co-defendants previously charged with allegedly using stolen credit cards to pay for private jet and yacht charters, private chefs, security guards, luxury hotels and designer puppies.
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said after the conclusion of today’s markup - which finished a process that began on April 28 - that the Democratic legislative strategy on national conservation policy is now clearly focused on environmental justice, taxpayer fairness and climate protection.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: Miami, Fl. - A South Florida female who stole cash deposits from different retailers participating in the U.S. Postal Service Deposit by Mail program was sentenced today to five years’ probation, 180 days of home detention, and ordered to pay $49,235.42 in restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Rodgers issued the following statement in response to Facebook’s Oversight Board’s decision to uphold the ban on President Trump’s account...
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: * East Entrance to Lake Village (Sylvan Pass) and Lake Village to Canyon Village will open Friday, May 7, at 8 a.m. to public motorists.
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “The CLEAN Future Act: Driving Decarbonization of the Transportation Sector:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging SHAREEF LANDSMARK, a/k/a “Reef, a/k/a “Wreef," with murdering Michael Perez in the Bronx...
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter Wednesday to Centers for Disease Control...
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s announcement that it will waive intellectual property (IP) protections at the World Trade Organization (WTO)...
