News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Quinten Smith, 21, of Mexican Springs, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was charged in federal court on Oct. 4 with murder in Indian Country. Smith will remain in custody pending trial.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on the Biden administration’s “Phase 1" proposal to restore longstanding community protections under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
By Federal Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson has announced his resignation, effective at 11:59 p.m. on January 17, 2025.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Two Bryan County men face up to life in prison after another man’s fatal fentanyl overdose.
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: RIDGECREST, Calif. - At the request of the Naval Air Weapons Station - China Lake (NAWSCL), the Bureau of Land Management Ridgecrest Field Office will gather up to 250 wild horses in the Centennial Herd Management Area (HMA) located in San Bernardino and Inyo counties, roughly 10 miles north and east...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
Release: Point-Source Carbon Capture Can Filter At Least 95% of Emissions from Natural Gas and Industrial Operations, Help Meet Biden Administration Climate Goals
By Press Release | Oct 6, 2021
The Department of the Interior today announced it would begin Tribal consultations as the next step of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, a comprehensive review of the troubled legacy of federal boarding school policies.
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, sent a letter to David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, requesting Trump White House records from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) regarding a $700 million...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - On today’s date, United States District Judge Stephen R. Clark sentenced Bryan Kimble, 32, of St. Louis, Missouri, to 255 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base and three counts of distribution of cocaine base. On May 12, 2021, a jury found Kimble guilty following a three-day jury trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: A man who distributed over five kilograms of methamphetamine in the Dubuque area between 2018 and 2019 was sentenced today to more than ten years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Spokane, Washington - On October 7, 2021, Vanessa R. Waldref will be sworn in as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington. In a ceremony that will be held on Thursday afternoon, Chief United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian will administer the oath of office to U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - Crane Company has agreed to pay to the United States to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by failing to comply with Military Specification (Mil Spec) Mil-V 24624 for certain high performance butterfly valves and requirements for inclusion on the Qualified Products List (QPL) where the valves appeared. The valves were supplied for use in U.S. Navy ships.
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hello, everyone, and a real pleasure to be here with the vice president and foreign minister of Colombia. Marta Lucia, wonderful to see you. We have been working very closely together for these past several months, including a very good visit to Washington a few months ago.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) during today’s hearing titled, “Emerging Contaminants, Forever Chemicals, and More: Challenges to Water Quality, Public Health, and Communities."
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks today at a hearing on strengthening America’s communications networks to meet consumers’ needs and close the digital divide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Allegedly Distributed Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Marijuana and Posted Photos of Himself with Large Amounts of Cash on Social Media, as a Symbol of His Success.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on Historically Black Colleges and Universities...
