News from November 2021
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Good morning and welcome to the inaugural meeting of the United States-Brazil Peacekeeping Working Group. We have been looking forward to today for quite some time and wish that we were able to hold this discussion in person. We hope that we can do so for future meetings. This Working Group was first...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: The Defendant Received an Enhanced Sentence for Assaulting A Witness to Obstruct Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Mark Allen Hillis, 58, of Southgate, Michigan entered a plea of guilty before United States District Court Judge Eduardo C. Robreno to all charges against him in a 14-count Indictment, including one count of enticing...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined every Republican Committee Member in cosponsoring a Congressional Review Act resolution, introduced by Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA), to nullify the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccine-and-testing mandate for American employers and employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing methamphetamine and a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau has announced a webinar to explain and answer questions about the release of estimates from the 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year data using experimental weights. The ACS is one of the most comprehensive sources of information about the U.S. population, providing...
By Press Release | Nov 17, 2021
The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the potential range of uses for civilian nuclear energy
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Thanksgiving has historically seen the biggest spike in travelers coming through Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoints and this year is expected to see a continuation of that trend at Pittsburgh International Airport.
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after reports of Sudanese protesters being shot by security forces and dozens reportedly dying:
By Press Release | Nov 17, 2021
U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), released an investigative report titled, “Europe’s Energy Crisis: A Warning to America.”
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A New York man was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a drug distribution conspiracy involving heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Today, Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will hold a news media teleconference to provide an update to the Bureau of Reclamation's 2010 Central Valley Project (CVP) Water Supply Forecast.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: STRONG CITY, KS -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson, Senator Sam Brownback, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to break ground on a new visitor center and administrative buildings at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today praised the Senate's confirmation of Jonathan Jarvis to be director of the National Park Service.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS, MN – America's national wildlife refuges continue to be strong economic engines for local communities across the country, pumping $2.4 billion into the economy and supporting more than 35,000 jobs, according to a new national report released today by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Department of the Interior's projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Oregon. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest $48.6 million in Oregon as part of the recovery plan signed ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: DENVER, Colo. - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join Gov. John Hickenlooper, Senator Michael Bennet, Director of the Bureau of Land Management Neil Kornze and other elected officials for an announcement regarding the Roan Plateau.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, Aug. 12, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Secretary for Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis will be at Gateway National Recreation Area to announce the establishment of a new Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: BOISE, IDAHO – As the 2016 wildfire season is underway, on Tuesday, May 24, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will travel to Idaho to make an important funding announcement to increase wildfire resilience across the country.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Trump Administration continues to fulfill its commitments to Western states and tribes by investing significant funding to help prevent, contain and control invasive mussels that, if left unchecked, can damage water and power supplies, diminish recreational boating and fishing opportunities and devastate the economic and ecological health of Western waters.
