News published on Federal Newswire in April 2021

News from April 2021


News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS - Firefighters working the South Rim Fire will be assisted today with cooler temperatures, higher humidity, and the arrival of additional resources. After burning for six days, the South Rim Fire has grown to 873 acres and extended across the summit plateau of Toll Mountain. Several fingers of active burning continue in lower Boot Canyon, Juniper Canyon, and the high ridges of Toll Mountain.


New Jersey Man Sentenced to 141 Months in Prison for Armed Robbery of Barbershop

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 141 months in prison for robbing a Camden barbershop at gunpoint, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.


Bipartisan E&C Health Leaders Urge HHS to Enforce Trump Administration’s Hospital Transparency Rule

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra today...


DRL Combating Corruption in the Northern Triangle

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO):. DRL Combating Corruption in the Northern Triangle. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007841. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type...


Bipartisan E&C Health Leaders Urge HHS to Enforce Hospital Transparency Rule

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra...


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced today that Vladimir Penda, 27, of Montenegro, was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison, and two years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle III, on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra today...


Secretary Antony J. Blinken with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba Before Their Meeting

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. I am very, very glad for this chance to meet with Foreign Minister Kuleba. We’ve - this is our first opportunity to meet in person. We’ve spoken on the phone on several occasions. In fact, President Biden has spoken with President Zelenskyy as well.


Mandeville Man Is Charged with Health Care Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans for the Eastern District of Louisiana, announced that BRET BERRY (“BERRY"), age 60, of Mandeville, LA was charged March 9, 2021 with seven counts of health care fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1347 and two counts of aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028A.


Leader McKinley Delivers Remarks at Forum on Keystone XL Pipeline

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader David B. McKinley hosted a forum on President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline and what it means for this and other energy projects around the country.


News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel C. Silva (619) 546-9713.


US Department of Labor cites Massachusetts tax preparation business for refusing to provide, practice coronavirus safeguards for employees

News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a Lynn, Massachusetts, tax preparation service faces $136,532 in penalties for prohibiting her employees and customers from wearing masks, failing to ensure employees and customers practiced social distancing, and refusing to implement other safeguards against the coronavirus.


Georgia Man Sentenced To 40 Months In Prison For Participation In Multimillion-Dollar Business Email Compromise Scheme

News Release: Ifeanyi Eke Had Supervisory Role in the Scheme and Is Responsible for Approximately $2.7 Million in Losses to 35 Victims.


WATCH LIVE: House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans Holding Forum on the Keystone XL Pipeline

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee David B. McKinley (R-WV) is hosting a forum today on President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline and American jobs. You can watch the forum live on the Committee’s website or YouTube page starting at 4:30 PM ET.


E&C Announces Hearing on an Equitable Transition to Clean Energy

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, April 20, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on the importance of facilitating an equitable transition to clean energy. The hearing is entitled, “Generating Equity: Deploying a Just and Clean Energy Future."


Mob Associate Sentenced to 4+ Years for Real Estate Fraud Scheme

News Release: The defendant stole down payments for homes from two different families.


News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Deactivation workers at EM ’s Paducah Site recently completed major modifications to the fire sprinkler system in one of the former gaseous diffusion plant’s four massive uranium-enrichment process buildings.


News Release: HOUSTON - An investigator with the Waller County District Attorney’s Office has been charged with attempting to possess with the intent to distribute heroin as well as attempting to launder drug proceeds, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery.


Morgantown woman admits to her role in a drug conspiracy

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Morgan Janes, of Morgantown, West Virginia, has admitted to drug distribution, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.


E&C Announces Hearing on an Equitable Transition to Clean Energy

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, April 20, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on the importance of facilitating an equitable transition to clean energy. The hearing is entitled, “Generating Equity: Deploying a Just and Clean Energy Future."