News published on Federal Newswire in October 2021

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a full Committee hearing titled, “Exposing Big Oil’s Disinformation Campaign to Prevent Climate Action." In his opening statement, Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) questioned the legitimacy of Democrats’ so-called “investigation" ...

Chalmette Resident Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Heroin and Cocaine

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that KEVIN GRAY, age 49, a resident of Chalmette, Louisiana, pled guilty to conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 100 grams or more of heroin, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B)...

Senior Bureau Official Nancy Izzo Jackson Travels to Brattleboro, VT

Release: On Friday, Oct. 29, Senior Bureau Official for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Nancy Izzo Jackson will travel to Brattleboro, Vermont for the opening of the Ethiopian Community Development Council’s (ECDC) Multicultural Community Center, a new refugee resettlement affiliate. This...

Committee Analysis of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Lobbying Reveals Public Praise for Climate Policies Is Not Backed by Meaningful Action

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released a new staff memo analyzing lobbying data from ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, and the American Petroleum Institute (API). The memo indicates that the oil industry’s public support for climate...

FEMA Provides $5.9M to Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2021

News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) announced today that $5,920,539 in federal funding has been made available to Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin (GHC-SCW) for costs related to the state’s response to severe weather and flooding under the Oct. 18, 2018, federal disaster declaration.

NIST’s Callie Higgins Wins Service to America Medal

News Release: Callie I. Higgins, a materials research engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has won the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal in the Emerging Leaders category.

Possession and Trafficking of Drugs Sends Two Men to Prison

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two men from north Louisiana were sentenced to prison today by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote.

News Release: DHS Lab NUSTL Receives Patent for Remote Alarm

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2021

News Release: S&T Public Affairs, 202-254-2385. NEW YORK - Two inventors from the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T's) National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) were awarded a patent for new emergency responder technology. Electronics engineer Norman Chiu and physicist...

Fort Branch Mother and Daughter Sentenced in COVID-19 Fraud Case

News Release: EVANSVILLE - Two Fort Branch, Indiana women have been sentenced in connection with a well-organized Nigerian fraud ring exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to commit large-scale fraud against state unemployment insurance programs.

Brothers indicted in firebombing of Shoreline, Washington coffee shop

News Release: Seattle - Two brothers were arraigned on an indictment today in connection with the Sept. 30, 2020, firebombing of a coffee shop on Aurora Avenue in Shoreline, Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Taylor Lemay Rice, 23 and Daniel Lemay Rice 21, pleaded “Not Guilty" and were released on personal appearance bonds. Trial is set before U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones on Jan. 3, 2022.

Census Bureau Releases New Data on Minority-Owned, Veteran-Owned and Women-Owned Businesses

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new estimates on the characteristics of employer businesses. According to the 2020 Annual Business Survey (ABS), which covers reference year 2019, approximately 18.7% (1.1 million) of U.S. employer businesses were minority-owned, veteran-owned businesses made up about 5.7% (331,151) of all businesses. About 20.9% (1.2 million) of businesses were owned by women.

Former California Resident Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Crystal Meth

News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JASON WILLIAMS, 36, a citizen of Belize last residing in Los Angeles, California, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking crystal methamphetamine to Connecticut.

POLL: More people in Arizona, West Virginia want to hold off on new spending

News Release: POLL: More people in Arizona, West Virginia want to hold off on new spending.

Reps. Meeks, Nadler, and Jeffries Urge State Department to Share Information on the Failed Deportation of Convicted Nazis

News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken: In 1979, at the urging of Congress and at the insistence of Chairman Peter Rodino and Representative Elizabeth Holztman, the Department of Justice established the Office of Special Investigations to investigate and prosecute alleged Nazi war criminals. According to the formative...

Twenty Seven Arrested in the Rio Grande Valley on Drug Charges

News Release: MCALLEN, TEXAS -Twenty seven defendants were arrested from the Rio Grande Valley region on state charges related to trafficking fake counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine in addition to various drug offenses. The arrests were announced by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Houston...

Parkersburg Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Federal Drug Crime

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Reese Inman, 39, of Parkersburg, was sentenced today to nine years in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin.

Joint Statement – October 2021 Manama Statement of Cooperation

Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Government of the United States of America and the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Joint Statement on Media Freedom Coalition on Media Freedom in Russia

Release: The following is the text of a joint statement signed by the governments of Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and United States of America.

Joint Statement on U.S.-India Counter Terrorism Joint Working Group and Designations Dialogue

Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and India on the occasion of the eighteenth U.S.-India Counter Terrorism Joint Working Group and fourth Designations Dialogue.

Muldrow Resident Sentenced For The Production Of Child Pornography