News from July 2021
By EPA Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigation Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered remarks today on the need for more rigorous cybersecurity protections to defend against mounting attacks.
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the White House released Interim Implementation Guidance to advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice40 Initiative, a landmark environmental justice proposal to direct 40 percent of the benefits of Build Back Better Agenda investments to disadvantaged communities...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement about the energy infrastructure bills...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-The House Committee on Oversight and Reform and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis minority staff today issued a memorandum to lawmakers on findings learned from the Republican-led expert forum on COVID-19 origins held last month. In the memorandum, the Republican staff outline...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Laredo federal jury has convicted a 35-year-old legal permanent resident for conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Public Hybrid Hearing. RE: “The U.S. Wood Products Industry: Facilitating the Post COVID-19 Recovery". Wednesday July 21, 2021. 10:00 a.m. This hearing will be streamed via YouTube. WITNESS LIST. Mr. Henry Schienebeck, Governmental Relations Committee Chair, American Loggers Council, Gilbert, MN.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Deputy Solicitor of Water Resources Daniel Cordalis andDOI's designated agency ethics official Heather Gottry, requesting information to evaluate Cordalis's compliance with his ethical requirements. In part, the members wrote.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “Stopping Digital Thieves: The Growing Threat of Ransomware:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former New Jersey resident today admitted conspiring to distribute a fentanyl analogue, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today delivered remarks on the uptick in recent cyber and ransomware attacks and the need for thoughtful, decisive action.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed five communications and technology bills today...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed three energy cybersecurity bills today...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 2668, the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: A Tulsa gang member pleaded guilty for conspiring with others to collect firearms and exchange them for marijuana to sell on the black market, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 2668, the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed three energy cybersecurity bills today...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Tuesday, July 27, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. It is entitled, “The Changing Energy Landscape: Oversight of FERC."
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 43-year-old resident of Rosharon is set to make an appearance in Laredo federal court on allegations he attempted to smuggle dozens of undocumented non-citizens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce stood together with their Republican colleagues in strong opposition to H.R. 2668-the “Consumer Protection and Recovery Act"-for irresponsibly expanding the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) authority and not taking the opportunity to establish a national privacy framework.
