News from September 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Tracy Stone-Manning as the next director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in a vote of 50-45. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Portions of Lassen Volcanic National Park that are unaffected by the Dixie Fire will reopen on Monday, October 4.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) wrote...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Today, U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to the Department of Health and Human Services...
By State Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
Release: We are deeply saddened and disturbed by the murder of Rohingya Muslim advocate and community leader Mohib Ullah in Bangladesh on September 29. Mohib Ullah was a brave and fierce advocate for the human rights of Rohingya Muslims around the world. He traveled to the Human Rights Council in Geneva and to...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) wrote to the Government Accountability...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - On July 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice launched five cross-jurisdictional strike forces to help reduce gun violence by disrupting illegal firearms trafficking in key regions across the country. The purpose is to ensure sustained and focused coordination across jurisdictions and ...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled, “A Level Playing Field: College Athletes’ Rights to Their Name, Image, and Likeness:"
By USDA Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is providing $5.7 million to 20 States and 8 Tribes or Tribal organizations to further develop and implement Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) management and response activities in wild and farmed cervids ...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
Release: DOE’s First-Ever Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize Provides Cash Awards to Organizations Prioritizing Climate Solutions For Underrepresented Communities
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 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 $2.8 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Osceola, Arkansas, to make water and wastewater improvements to support the region’s growing steel sector. This EDA grant, to be matched with $955,405 in local funds, is expected to create 100 jobs and generate $2 billion in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: FARGO - Acting United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Adam Jason Poitra, age 40, Belcourt, ND, to 36 ½ years in federal prison for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a 11-Year-Old Minor Child. Chief Judge Welte also sentenced Poitra to lifetime supervised release and a $100.00 special Assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced Johnny Ordaz (32, Bradenton) to 12 years in federal prison for possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Ordaz to forfeit two firearms, 121 rounds of ammunition, and $588 in cash, which are traceable to proceeds of the offenses.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced two hazard mitigation funding notices today for more than $1 billion, along with streamlined application guidance.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) wrote to the Government Accountability...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced that a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment today charging 14 individuals for their roles in a drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in Kanawha County.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Nathan Wilkes, age 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty upon his plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tina Nommay.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review in Bastrop County, Texas. Residents and business owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
News Release: An alleged drug kingpin charged with directing a continuing criminal enterprise and organizing and directing at least three separate methamphetamine conspiracies in Oklahoma and Missouri was arrested this week in Bakersfield, California, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By State Newswire | Sep 30, 2021
Release: In a display of the enduring friendship and strategic partnership with Mozambique, U.S. Ambassador Dennis Walter Hearne, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) Managing Director Tracy Thomas, Mozambican Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Ernesto Max Tonela, Maputo City Secretary of State Vicente Joaquim, and Maputo Province Governor Julio Parruque today dedicated the new U.S. Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique.
