News published on Federal Newswire in April 2021

News from April 2021


Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard Statement at Coast Guard Readiness Hearing

Release: Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Coast Guard Readiness.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on President Biden’s American Families Plan...


Omaha Man Sentenced for Child Pornography

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Daniel Zordell, 39, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for receiving child pornography. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Zordell to 70 months of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Zordell will begin a five-year term of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Health subcommittee hearing on long-haul coronavirus patients and related research.


Pallone Remarks at Hearing on the Lingering Effects of COVID-19

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Long Haul: Forging a Path through the Lingering Effects of COVID-19:"


News Release: MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA - On April 26, 2021, Zsa Zsa Bouvier Couch, 52, from Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested on criminal charges related to federal small business loan fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. Couch made her initial appearance in federal court yesterday, April 27, 2021.


News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Matthew Curtis Delawder, of Moorefield, West Virginia, has admitted to a methamphetamine charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Robert H. Stone, age 53, of Mayfield, New York, pled guilty today to unlawfully possessing three firearms as a felon and to possessing and intending to sell marijuana.


News Release: BILLINGS - A man suspected of shooting and wounding a pedestrian from his vehicle in Crow Agency, on the Crow Indian Reservation, had an initial appearance on a criminal complaint today, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.


Warrior Man Indicted for Making a Threat

News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment yesterday charging a Warrior man with engaging in conduct with the intent to convey false and misleading information regarding the use of a weapon of mass destruction, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.


Workers Memorial Day remembers lives lost on the job, affirms OSHA’s commitment to protect worker’s safety, health

News Release: PHOENIX ‒ Every 99 minutes, about one worker suffers fatal injuries and fails to return home safely at their work day’s end. That’s 15 workers a day, 100 a week, more than 5,200 a year - a frightening reality, but one that the nation’s employers can change by following workplace safety and health standards and regulations.


Senator Murray Calls for Action on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Crises Worsened by COVID-19 Pandemic

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing focused on addressing the mental health and substance use disorder crises which have been dramatically worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. In her opening...


Leader Rodgers Statement on President Biden’s Joint Address to Congress

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Biden’s joint address to Congress.


Grant County man admits to drug charge

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Peter Sanford Layne, of Cabins, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.


News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [April 28, 2021]- Glacier National Park reminds visitors that the entry reservation tickets for Going-to-the-Sun Road become available on Recreation.gov starting April 29 at 8am.


Pallone Remarks at Hearing on the Lingering Effects of COVID-19

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Long Haul: Forging a Path through the Lingering Effects of COVID-19:"


Murray, Baldwin, Scott, Levin Reintroduce Legislation to Provide Two Free Years of Community College

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Congressman Andy Levin (D-MI), member of the House Education & Labor Committee, and Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) reintroduced legislation...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on long-haul coronavirus patients and related research.


Murray, Scott Praise Biden’s Child Care Plan, Modeled After Child Care for Working Families Act

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congressman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, released the following statements on President Biden’s American Families...


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Belle Fourche, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Child Pornography with a Prior Child Pornography Conviction was sentenced on April 15, 2021, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.