News from September 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Brownington, VT - The U.S. Marshals and Vermont State Police arrested an offender wanted for 3 counts of heroin sales on Sept. 29, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Wetter was a meth user when caught in possession of 10 guns.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Seven former U.S. Postal Service employees in the Chicago area have been charged with participating in schemes to steal credit cards and other financial instruments from the mail. The indictments are the latest charges in “Operation Cash on Delivery," a federal investigation that previously resulted in conspiracy charges against several other former USPS employees.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - A new eruption at the summit of Kīlauea volcano is drawing thousands of visitors to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park eager to see the plume of gas and steam by day and the lava glow after dark. The park remains open 24 hours a day, and the public is reminded to stay safe by following these precautions.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigations Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing with the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Chair Katherine Lemos.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
Release: CHICAGO, IL, Sept. 29, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) announced it has taken action against 40 Detroit retailers suspected of violating USDA rules for accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for conspiring to defraud two banks of more than $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement after Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) pilot program to encourage continued producer involvement in addressing climate change...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: In a new op-ed for the Dayton Daily News, Senator Portman, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, outlined the evolving threats to U.S. homeland security 20 years after 9/11.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - An alleged cyber attacker from Turkey has been indicted in federal court in Chicago for allegedly orchestrating a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on a Chicago-based multinational hospitality company.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A Butte man who admitted to accepting packages of methamphetamine in the mail for redistribution after investigators seized a 10-pound shipment destined for his residence was sentenced today to five years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, highlighted the importance of properly preparing for natural disasters at a hearing titled “Addressing the Threat of Worsening Natural Disasters.".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Spokane, WA- The United States has filed a civil enforcement action against Rick T. Gray and one of his companies, Gray Farms & Cattle Co. LLC, in United States District Court, alleging Mr. Gray’s multi-year scheme to defraud the federally backed crop insurance program designed to help farmers nationwide.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WSJ: Dems’ Welfare Expansion: “Steep Taxes on Middle Earners" and “Slam the Poor".
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “Protecting Communities from Industrial Accidents: Revitalizing the Chemical Safety Board:"
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico - Residents and visitors to the southern area of Puerto Rico will have a new opportunity to enjoy the iconic Caja de Muertos Island Nature Reserve. This, thanks to an allocation of over $1.2 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that will make repairs possible at the facilities of the small island.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing with the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Chair Katherine Lemos.
By State Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement following a classified briefing on the administration’s failed approach to the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipeline:
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As Democrats push to give the IRS access to Americans’ bank accounts, top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) kicked off a Republican roundtablewith Oversight Republican Leader Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) to examine the agency’s history of political targeting and leaks of private taxpayer information.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- Vonnie McDaniels, 32, of Lexington, Kentucky, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison on Monday by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, after being convicted of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
