News from May 2021
By EPA Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on drinking water infrastructure, Subcommittee on the Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) spoke about the need for America’s water lines to be fixed and replaced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing to consider multiple nominations to the U.S. Department of Treasury.
By USDA Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry are calling on U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to make public a detailed explanation and any supporting economic analyses that clarifies how the Biden administration’s proposed tax increases will affect farm estates.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is pleased to announce the selection of Chris Delaney as the new State Fire Management Officer for BLM Utah. Delaney has previously served as Deputy State Fire Management Officer since 2012.
By US DOT Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is accepting pre-applications from airports for the Environmental Mitigation Pilot Program. The program will fund up to six projects that will measurably reduce or mitigate aviation impacts on noise, air quality or water quality at an airport or within five miles of the airport.
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “The CLEAN Future Act and Drinking Water: Legislation to Ensure Drinking Water is Safe and Clean:"
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: Climbers at the 17,200-foot high camp on Denali’s West Buttress witnessed an un-roped mountaineer take an almost 1,000-foot tumbling fall from Denali Pass (18,200-feet) at around 6:00 PM on Monday, May 24. Several guides responded to the motionless climber from high camp. Meanwhile, the park’s high altitude...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart stated today that a Federal Grand Jury has returned a seven-count indictment charging Jonathan Kent Owens - a former employee of the Federal Correction Institution, Edgefield (FCI Edgefield) - for mail fraud and theft of government funds.
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 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, June 8, with United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on President Biden’s budget request for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Commerce.
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on drinking water infrastructure, Subcommittee on the Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) spoke about the need for America’s water lines to be fixed and replaced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - William Jon Patric Ebert, 60, of Purlear, N.C. was sentenced today to 25 years prison for production and possession of child pornography, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney presided over...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Edison, New Jersey man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for conspiring to export, without a license, firearms, and other items subject to the export control list, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2021
Release: Funding Will Advance Technologies for Plastic Recycling, Reduce Plastic Waste, and Cut the Carbon Footprint of Plastic Production
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM crews are preparing to deactivate the former Experimental Gas-Cooled Reactor (EGCR) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) before removing the contaminated facility and opening the DOE land for reuse.
By Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) continues to ramp up and refine operations for expected increased passenger travel volumes in advance of the Memorial Day holiday weekend and throughout the summer months.
By EPA Newswire | May 25, 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, June 8, with United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on President Biden’s budget request for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Commerce.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on drinking water infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, Jorge Armando Lopez-Espinoza, 42, a Mexican citizen, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 46 months in prison for attempting to smuggle ammunition from the United States into Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition in connection with an incident in which he shot another individual in Jersey City, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) urge Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) to schedule an oversight hearing to review the Federal Communication Commission’s implementation plans regarding key connectivity programs and their commitment to free speech.
