News from October 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.9 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Farmersville, Texas, to build new fiber optic broadband infrastructure to support businesses and residents. This EDA grant will be matched with $727,203 in local funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Kentucky man pleaded guilty today in federal court regarding his involvement in a fentanyl distribution ring operating in the Huntington area. Leonard Brandon Joe Rice, 35, pleaded guilty to using a communication facility to facilitate a felony drug offense.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Committee Republicans today urged the Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement key safety provisions from the most recent pipeline safety law while the Biden administration and Congressional Majority leaders continue to prioritize their green agenda over core infrastructure needs and functions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - WVIA will premiere the original documentary film “A Call to CARE" on Thursday, October 14th, at 8 p.m. on WVIA TV. WVIA is the PBS and NPR affiliate serving over 22 counties in northeastern and central Pennsylvania and encores of the documentary will air on Friday, October 15th, at 1 p.m....
By DOE Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on Thursday asking how the Department of Energy (DOE) was addressing rising energy costs and possible supply disruptions.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
Release: Private exporters reported sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
Release: The Nineteenth Session of the Bilateral Consultative Commission under the U.S.-Russia New START Treaty was held in Geneva October 5-14, 2021.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held a field hearing to examine the unique challenges that small, disadvantaged, and rural communities face in accessing and maintaining wastewater services.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Texas returned an indictment today charging a former Chief Technical Pilot for Boeing with deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Evaluation Group in connection with their evaluation of Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane, and scheming to defraud Boeing’s U.S. based airline customers to obtain tens of millions of dollars for Boeing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Defendant Claimed to Have Explosive Device.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A United States federal district judge has sentenced Nikolas Cook, 23, of Stuart, Florida, to 840 months in prison and lifetime supervised release for producing, distributing, and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Three men face federal charges related to the alleged homicide of a Tulsa County man whose body was discovered in his front yard Oct. 9, 2021, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Health Subcommittee Chair Anna Eshoo (D-CA) announced new legislation today to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields websites and online platforms from being held liable for third-party content.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DWAYNE BROWN, age 34, a resident of Laplace, Louisiana, was sentenced for being a felon in possession of ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The Honorable Barry W. Ashe sentenced the defendant to 37 months in prison, three (3) years of supervised release, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks urging Democrats and the Biden-Harris Administration to focus on supply chain solutions that strengthen the American economy, rather than their reckless tax and spending that is raising costs on families and workers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Settlement Will Require Action to Address Violations of Waste, Water and Air Environmental Laws at Orange, Texas Facility.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on offshore wind on Thursday, Oct. 21, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Offshore Wind, Onshore Benefits: Growing the Domestic Wind Energy Industry."
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today hosted Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the EPW Committee, for a field hearing in Beckley to examine the unique challenges that small, disadvantaged, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Cayla Danielle Lindsay, 28, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to using and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime and to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and all Subcommittee Ranking Members sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) requesting all witnesses appearing at the Committee’s Oct. 28, 2021 hearing on the oil and gas industry be treated...
