News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2021
Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - As summer travel approaches, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects to see an uptick in the number of travelers who will be flying out of Syracuse Hancock International Airport.
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, urged his colleagues to pass his bipartisan Safeguarding American Innovation Act as a part of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, which is under...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Richmond, Kentucky man was convicted on Tuesday, by a federal jury sitting in Covington, of distribution of more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, distribution of heroin, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
By EPA Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced their plans to develop legislation to establish a public option for health coverage...
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigations Morgan Griffith delivered remarks in a subcommittee hearing on increasing Americans’ confidence in COVID-19 vaccines.
By US DOT Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) will hold a business meeting to mark up the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021. EPW will also consider the nominations of Shannon Estenoz to be Assistant Secretary of Fish and Wildlife and Parks ...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Tahlequah, Okla., June 25-26, at the Cherokee County Fairgrounds. The two-day event, featuring 150 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 25. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, June 25, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, June 26. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow of Michigan pressed the department to quickly implement provisions passed as part of the American Rescue Plan to protect food and farm workers and build resilience into the nation’s agricultural supply chain.
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, June 9, with Acting Assistant Secretary JooYeun Chang at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the Department of Health and Human Services for an update on caring for unaccompanied children.
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 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 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “A Shot at Normalcy: Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence:"
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA - The public is invited to comment on a preliminary proposal to establish and open the Spacewall Climbing Management Area near the town of Newhalem in the Skagit Gorge.
By EPA Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Representative John Joyce (R-PA), a physician, delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on building Americans’ confidence in the coronavirus vaccines.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Eddie Darnell Jones, Sr., age 47, of Zachary, Louisiana, to 200 months in federal prison following his convictions for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession with the intent...
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced their plans to develop legislation to establish a public option...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Washington - Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced a new Department of Justice effort to help protect our communities from the recent increase in major violent crimes.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Representative John Joyce (R-PA), a physician, delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on building Americans’ confidence in the coronavirus vaccines.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On May 25, 2021, William E. McManus, Jr., age 50, pleaded guilty before the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, Senior United States District Judge, to soliciting a bribe in December 2018 in exchange for dismissal and expungement of criminal charges. Sentencing is set for Nov. 15, 2021, at 10:30 a.m., before the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Wayne Kenney, 31, of Hooksett, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for unauthorized access to a computer and damage to protected computers, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By State Newswire | May 25, 2021
Release: The following statement was released by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Syria’s presidential election.
