News from May 2021
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), California will host a statewide virtual public hearing, Thursday, May 13, from 4 to 6 p.m., to discuss the use of motorized vehicles and aircraft in the monitoring and management of wild horses and burros on public lands managed by the BLM in California and northwest Nevada. Registration is required.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Thursday, May 13, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on the Superfund provisions within...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Michael Solomon, 31, of New Brighton, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to provide material support and resources, namely property, services and weapons, to what he believed was Hamas, a designated foreign terrorist organization, for use against Israeli and U.S. military personnel overseas.
By EPA Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Negotiating a Better Deal: Legislation to Lower the Cost of Prescription Drugs:"
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 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 about how Speaker Pelosi’s government price control scheme will lead to fewer cures and less access to breakthrough medical treatments.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced a fully remote Health Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, May 12, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on the fiscal year 2022 discretionary budget request for HHS and its agencies. The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2022 HHS Budget."
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A group of three individuals have pleaded guilty to using stolen checks and identification documents to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By EPA Newswire | May 4, 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 about how Speaker Pelosi’s government price control scheme will lead to fewer cures and less access to breakthrough medical treatments.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Over Three Days in June 2019, Wedington and Accomplices Used Cell Phone App to Lure Victims and Steal Cars and Money at Gunpoint; Wedington had Firearm and 1,000 Rounds of Ammunition in House.
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Thursday, May 13, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on the Superfund provisions within...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 46-year-old Pharr man has entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1.42 kilograms of meth, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Tony Deshawn McFadden (29, Jacksonville) to nine years in federal prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: CRESCENT CITY, Calif. - The National Park Service has completed its conservation planning process for the G-6-1 Road Removal Project in Redwood National Park. The decision to implement the project is recorded in a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) document.
By State Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) has announced the following staff additions and changes to the committee’s Republican staff since the start of the 117th Congress.
By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - More than 1,500 Louisiana households have already been approved for FEMA grants to help them recover from damage caused by the severe winter storms from Feb. 11 - 19.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former leader of the Atomwaffen Division in Texas, a racially motivated violent extremist group, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that conducted multiple swatting events targeting journalists, a Virginia university, a former U.S. Cabinet member, a historic African American church, an Islamic Center in Arlington, Texas, and members of various minority groups and communities across the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 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 about how Speaker Pelosi’s government price control scheme will lead to fewer cures and less access to breakthrough medical treatments.
By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - An individual who orchestrated a dozen armed robberies, targeting small businesses in Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, was found guilty by a federal jury in Kentucky on Monday of several charges, including murder.
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2021
Release: New Efforts Include $15.5 Million to Tackle Barriers to Solar Deployment, Increased Focus on Expanding Clean Energy Access to Low- and Moderate-Income Communities and Fostering A Diverse Solar Workforce
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2021
News Release: Defendant stole 17 firearms from West Springfield gun shop.
