News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Darius Jondi Edwards (42, Tampa) to four years and three months in federal prison for manufacturing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes and for violating his federal supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment yesterday charging Connecticut State...
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 markup on Thursday, May 27, at 11 a.m. (EDT) on legislation to restore the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) 13(b) consumer protection powers to return money to defrauded consumers.
By Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2021
Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - An increase in the number of travelers is expected to fly out of Buffalo Niagara International Airport this summer and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared to handle the increased travel volume while remaining committed to supporting a healthy and secure environment...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: An Atlanta man faces up to five years in prison after admitting he attempted to hide firearms in an overseas shipment of goods.
By Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after virtually meeting with Canadian Ambassador to the United States, Kirsten Hillman...
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Tammy L. Whitcomb, Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service, expressing concerns about reports that the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) is using the Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP) to perform intelligence operations on First Amendment activity.
By Commerce 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.
By EPA 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 Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2021
Release: PITTSBURGH - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects to see travel volume increase out of Pittsburgh International Airport this summer and the agency is prepared to handle the increase in travelers while remaining committed to supporting a healthy and secure environment for airline passengers...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A St. Louis man is heading to prison after arranging to purchase a kilogram of cocaine. Ifiok J. Equere, 54, appeared in federal district court today and was sentenced to 70 months in prison for attempting to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Equere pled guilty to the charge last November.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: The Douglas Forest Protective Association (DFPA), the Umpqua National Forest, and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roseburg District have announced that the 2021 fire season will officially begin Friday, May 28th at 12:01 AM. All private, county, state, and Bureau of Indian Affairs lands within the...
By State Newswire | May 25, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: As part of the 38th annual commemoration of National Missing Children’s Day, the Department of Justice today honored nine courageous individuals for their extraordinary efforts to recover missing children and bring sexual predators to justice. This year’s award recipients include four detectives and...
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: TUSKEGEE, Ala. - Beginning May 28, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site will reopen Hangar 1 at a reduced capacity. Hours of operation will be Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Site grounds are open daily from 8:00 a.m. to sunset.
By EPA 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 USDA Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: 12:00 p.m. This hearing will be streamed live via YouTube. WITNESS LIST. Dr. Lauren Bauer, Fellow in Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. Ms. Odessa Davis, on behalf of Share our Strength, Washington, D.C. Mr. James Whitford, Executive Director, Watered Gardens, Joplin,...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Guatemalan national pleaded guilty to unlawful return of an alien after removal, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Jason E. Schneider, Acting Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s New Orleans Sector.
By DOL Newswire | May 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement following the Committee successfully passing several bipartisan health and labor bills in executive session.
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 markup on Thursday, May 27, at 11 a.m. (EDT) on legislation to restore the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) 13(b) consumer protection powers to return money to defrauded consumers.
