News published on Federal Newswire in July 2021

News from July 2021


News Release: MISSOULA - A Butte man who admitted trafficking drugs, including methamphetamine, in Montana and to receiving meth through the mail in Butte, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Member Day Hearing.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at the Full Committee Member Day...


News Release: MOOSE, WY- Grand Teton National Park Foundation and Grand Teton National Park are pleased to share the launch of the public beta version of the Jenny Lake Explorer App, developed and published by Grand Teton National Park Foundation and available soon on app stores. As a young (or young at heart) visitor...


Release: PHILADELPHIA, Pa.- Summer travel is in full swing at Philadelphia International Airport and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers are seeing a lot of prohibited at checkpoints, which results in more bag checks and slower checkpoint lines. Advance planning and packing properly is key to a smooth security checkpoint experience.


Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Unregistered Silencers

News Release: Anthony Lopes Admits to Selling Three Silencers in February 2020.


Montenegro Statehood Day

Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Montenegro as you celebrate your Statehood Day.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Member Day Hearing.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Member Day Hearing.


News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal inmate was sentenced today to an additional 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for assaulting a federal prison guard.


Ranking Member Risch Opening Statement at Nominations Hearing for Assistant Secretaries of State, Ambassador to Vietnam

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee nomination hearing for Ms. Monica P. Medina, nominee to be assistant secretary of State for oceans and international environmental and ...


News Release: King Salmon, AK - Katmai National Park and Preserve, - Katmai National Park and Preserve, under the discretionary authority of the Superintendent, is initiating a temporary closure on the Brooks River between the downstream reach of the active Brooks River falls closure and a further downstream point...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, July 15, at 11 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.


Member of Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Pleads Guilty to Murder and Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Philadelphia, Mississippi man pled guilty today to federal charges of second degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse of a child, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.


Member of Violent Gang from Detroit’s Eastside Sentenced to 210 Months in Federal Prison

News Release: DETROIT - A member of the violent eastside Detroit street gang, Smokecamp, a/k/a Original Paid Bosses (or OPB), was sentenced yesterday to 210 months in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and assault with a dangerous weapon, bringing the total number to 13 members of this gang having been convicted and sentenced, Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin announced.


Appropriations Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Funding Bill

News Release: The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2022 Defense bill on a 33-23 vote.


TSA intercepts gun at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport

Release: MILWAUKEE - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a handgun from making its way onboard an airplane at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) Monday.


News Release: CHICAGO - Through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released an initial $2,363,580 to the city of St. Cloud, Minnesota, for a ravine stabilization project. The project involves installation of a new storm...


Nicole LeBoeuf named director of NOAA’s National Ocean Service

News Release: Nicole LeBoeuf, a national leader in ocean conservation and management with more than two decades of experience at NOAA, has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo as the assistant administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management. In this capacity she will serve as director of the National Ocean Service, America’s ocean and coastal science agency. LeBoeuf, acting in this role since August 2018, also served as the deputy since December 2016.


Huntington Man Sentenced to Over Five Years in Prison for Federal Drug and Gun Crimes

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Johnny Ray Francis III, 20, was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.