News from November 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
News Release: "NOAA touches the life of every American each day, and the historic investments reflected in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed today by President Biden underscore the importance of our science, service, and stewardship mission. Over the next five years the $2.96 billion dollar investments...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Mexican National was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - Survivors of Hurricane Ida still have two weeks left to apply for individual assistance from FEMA. The final deadline to apply is Monday, Nov. 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Jamari S. Benjamin, a resident of St. Thomas, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller in the District Court and entered a guilty plea to the charge of conspiracy to rob the Gems and Gold Corner jewelry store located in St. Thomas, V.I. He faces up to twenty years in federal prison. The sentencing date will be set by the Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz) applauded several new Biden administration initiatives to strengthen the federal government’s nation-to-nation relationship with Tribal governments. President Biden announced these initiatives at the start of the two-day White House Tribal Nations Summit, the first formal convening of tribes by the U.S. government since 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
News Release: Sugars not only provide nourishment in the food you eat but can also act as biomarkers for detecting disease. When certain types of simple sugars, such as mannose, link to each other in certain ways, they form complex molecules called glycans. Accurate measurements of glycan molecules have wide-reaching applications, from supporting the development of new pharmaceuticals to diagnosing diseases such as cancer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
News Release: Defendant was a part of a Drug Trafficking Organization that Arranged Heroin, Crack Cocaine, and Fentanyl sales to Drug Users and Redistributors from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas Field Office, will host two virtual information forums -- December 8 and 9 -- to gather public input on the Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project proposed on approximately 2,400 acres of BLM-managed public land located in the Pahrump Valley in Clark County immediately adjacent to the county line, southeast of the Town of Pahrump and approximately 38 miles west of Las Vegas.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act today. The legislation takes decisive action, allowing $1.2 trillion to tackle the climate crisis and strengthen the nation’s resilience, including underserved communities that are most vulnerable.
By Press Release | Nov 15, 2021
Today, Deputy Secretary David Turk announced the launch of H2 Twin Cities as part of COP26 activities in Glasgow, U.K. to reinforce American commitment to combat climate change. H2 Twin Cities is an initiative under the Clean Energy Ministerial to accelerate hydrogen deployments by pairing communities around the world to collaborate, share ideas, learn from each other, and accelerate progress, particularly at the city and municipality level. Through H2 Twin Cities, global partnerships will be created among paired cities and communities to form a larger community of hydrogen best practices, increase collaboration, and broaden the reach of hydrogen deployment to reduce global emissions.
By Press Release | Nov 15, 2021
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Medicare Part B premiums paid by beneficiaries will increase next year, and attributed the increase largely to the rise in prescription drug costs:
By Press Release | Nov 15, 2021
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation delivered the following opening statement at today’s oversight hearing with Federal Aviation Administrator Steve Dickson:
By Press Release | Nov 15, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has completed a supplemental environmental assessment (EA) required under the National Environmental Policy Act for its spotted lanternfly program.
By State Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
Release: Department of State. Public Notice. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Request for Statements of Interest: FY21 China Programs. I. Requested Objectives for Statements of Interest. The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) from...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
Release: Private exporters reported sales of: * 264,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2021/2022 marketing year. * 198,200 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico. Of the total, 148,200 metric tons is for delivery during the 2021/2022 marketing year and 50,000 metric...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
News Release: Fabian Emilio Zapata Taborda, also known as “Milo" and “Milito," was arraigned today before United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on an indictment charging him with leading an international cocaine distribution conspiracy. The defendant, a Colombian citizen, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SAEED MUSTAPHA MOUSSA, 31, a citizen of Ghana last residing in East Hartford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam in New Haven to a child exploitation offense related to his sexual assault of a minor.
By Press Release | Nov 15, 2021
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal passed by Congress on November 5, 2021, makes historic investments in Indigenous communities’ efforts to tackle the climate crisis and boost resilience of physical and natural systems.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today the expansion of its TSA PreCheck® expedited screening program with the addition of two new airlines, adding to the more than 80 TSA PreCheck participating domestic and international carriers.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2021
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today $2.7 million for the 2021-2024 Klamath River Coho Restoration Grant Program. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will administer the grant program, which will fund activities and projects to enhance survival and recovery of natural populations of coho salmon in the Klamath River Basin.
