News published on Federal Newswire in February 2021

News from February 2021


News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at the beginning of today’s markup.


Eagle Butte Man Charged with Marijuana Trafficking and Firearm Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Firearms by a Prohibited Person.


McLaughlin Man Indicted on Assault Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Aiding and Abetting.


SeaTac man pleads guilty to child exploitation crimes involving sexual abuse of young boys

News Release: Traveled with young acquaintance for sex and solicited sexually explicit photos from young teens via the internet.


News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded the Security Services contract at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina to SRS Critical Infrastructure Security, LLC (SCIS) of Herndon, VA.


Informational: Federal Court arraignments

News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on February 8, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.



News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chair of the Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, today sent a letter to President Joe Biden in support of the full implementation of Nord Stream II-related legislation passed into law last Congress that aims to bring an end to the Nord Stream II pipeline project.


U.S. Citizen Charged with Murder of Department of Defense Employee in Bahrain

News Release: U.S. Citizen Charged with Murder of Department of Defense Employee in Bahrain.


Rather than Seek Unity to Crush the Pandemic, E&C Democrats Block all Republican Amendments.

News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the House Energy and Commerce Committee concluded its reconciliation markup for COVID relief.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Committee passed COVID-19 relief budget reconciliation legislation...


Reclamation issues snowmelt forecast for Bighorn River Basin

News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- Reclamation's February forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows...


Wyden, Neal Applaud Biden Administration’s Agreement to Halt Discriminatory HHS Rule Change

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) praised the Biden Administration’s agreement to delay the effective date of a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulation finalized by the Trump Administration,...


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Tuesday, Joshua James Terry, 27, of Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 78 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release. Terry will also be required to register as a sex offender.


News Release: Involved in over 600 images of child pornography.


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Kevin Edwards, 48, of Walnut Grove, a former member of the Tribal Council for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and his wife, Sheena A. Edwards, 45, pled guilty yesterday to a Superseding Indictment charging them with money laundering conspiracy, announced Acting United States Attorney Darren LaMarca and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Stephen Brooker Sherman, 36, of Nome has been sentenced U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.


Justice Department Settles HIV Discrimination Claim with Surgical Practice

News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan and the United States Department of Health and Human Services have reached a settlement with Great Lakes Surgical Associates, a surgical practice with multiple locations in Michigan. The settlement agreement resolves allegations that the practice violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA") as well as other federal civil rights laws when it refused to treat a patient because the patient was HIV-positive.


Rather than Seek Unity to Crush the Pandemic, E&C Democrats Block all Republican Amendments.

News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the House Energy and Commerce Committee concluded its reconciliation markup for COVID relief.