News from November 2021
By George Willis | Nov 6, 2021
Agreement on funding of $295,000 project ends delay
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2021
News Release: Due to expected winter weather tonight through Sunday, November 7, the West, South and East entrances and all roads, with one exception, will close in Yellowstone National Park TODAY, November 6, at 7 p.m.
By State Newswire | Nov 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement on reports Russia is building up its military presence near its border with Ukraine.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 6, 2021
Release: During Scotland Visit, Sec. Granholm Launched Third Energy Earthshot, Established Major Initiatives with International Partners to Accelerate Emissions Reductions
By Zachary Richter | Nov 6, 2021
Heather Mack, an Illinois woman, who allegedly murdered her mother in 2014, was arrested Nov. 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
By Timothy Stuckey | Nov 6, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced in a news release that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) and Manhattan Construction Florida Inc. have established a partnership to facilitate worker safety and health on the Southwest Florida International Airport expansion project.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 6, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and ruled for consideration of the Build Back Better Act...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the below statements following the House of Representatives' passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and their passage of a rule to advance consideration of separate legislation to pursue their partisan reckless tax-and-spending spree in the coming weeks.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today applauded House passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 , bipartisan legislation that he led the Senate to pass earlier this year. The bill builds upon ...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Angus King (I-ME), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Mitt Romney (R-UT) applauded the House passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - An early morning vehicle accident at the entrance of Padre Island National Seashore caused damage to an entrance booth. Before sunrise, a southbound vehicle stuck the entrance booth on the west side of the road at the national seashore entrance. The individual involved with the accident was transported to the hospital and has since been released. An accident investigation is currently underway.
By State Newswire | Nov 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul, and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch and Chairman Bob Menendez have issued the following statement on the introduction of a joint resolution condemning the Oct. 25, 2021 military coup in Sudan...
By State Newswire | Nov 6, 2021
Release: 1. We, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, would like to extend our gratitude to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...
By David Beasley | Nov 6, 2021
The U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo is the new chair of the National Council for Expanding American Innovation, a news release said.
By Karen Kidd | Nov 6, 2021
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers stopped about $50 million worth of methamphetamine in two seizures from successfully crossing the border at Gateway International Bridge in late October, according to separate news releases.
By Karen Kidd | Nov 6, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm has been using social media this week to get word out about climate initiatives and other efforts during the 26th United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP26).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
The Daily Digest section of the Congressional Record published “CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD” on Nov. 1.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement on the nomination of Kenneth L. Wainstein to serve as Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis at the Department of Homeland Security: “President Biden has nominated a dedicated public servant, ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, Nov. 5, 2021 – At the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) this week, United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack underscored the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s support for President Biden’s whole-of-government approach to combating climate ...
By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2021
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will provide updates on the Department’s Health Incidents Response Task Force at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 5, 2021, at the Department of State.
