News published on Federal Newswire in July 2021

News from July 2021


News Release: Washington, D.C.- Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Republican Leader of the Health Subcommittee Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Republican...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senator floor about Tracy Stone-Manning being unfit to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).


Kanawha County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Crimes

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County man was sentenced today to 45 months in federal prison for drug and gun crimes. Ricky Lee Clark, Sr., 53, of St. Albans, previously pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of firearms, and being a felon in possession of ammunition.


News Release: BALTIMORE - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland seized fraudulent websites that contained numerous uses of the legitimate Walmart trademarked logo and appearing to mimic a legitimate Walmart website.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a business meeting to consider the nomination of Ms. Tracy Stone-Manning to be director of the Bureau of Land Management.


News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - Over the first six months of 2021, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial experienced some of the highest levels of visitation ever recorded.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chair and Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, introduced bipartisan...


Plans Announced for 2021 Federal Subsistence Hunt of Chisana Caribou Herd

News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - This week plans for the 2021 federal subsistence hunt for the Chisana caribou herd were announced by Wrangell-St. Elias Superintendent Ben Bobowski, the designated federal manager for the hunt. Consistent with the cooperative management plan for the herd, the harvest quota will be...


Energy and Commerce Leaders ask FDA about COVID-19’s Impact on FDA’s Foreign Drug Inspection Program

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Oversight...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA), sent a new letter Wednesday to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins.


News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Caliente Field Office on Wednesday, July 21, sold at public auction two parcels of BLM-administered land totaling 80 acres for $67,500.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today announced the Port of Monroe has been awarded a $770,983 Port Security Grant from the Department of Homeland Security to help upgrade their cargo screening infrastructure. The...


U.S. Virgin Islands Hosts U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Training Mission

News Release: ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Ensuring emergency power is available for critical facilities such as hospitals, evacuation shelters and power plants is a challenge after disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes -- especially on islands outside the continental United States.


Release: Peacekeeping missions are a critical tool for promoting peace and reconciliation in conflict zones across the world. Nearly 90,000 United Nations (UN) personnel from 87 countries are currently serving in 12 missions around the world. They are meeting the growing demand for trained military, police, and...


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death or Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on July 12, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution

News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national who previously resided in Clifton, N.J., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to fentanyl distribution.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to false representation of a Social Security number and making a false statement relating to health care matters.


West Virginia Man Charged With Making False Statements To FBI

News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on July 21, 2021, Christopher B. Tolley, age 35, of Hinton, West Virginia, was charged in a criminal information with making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).


Brown, Carper: Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation Must Include Strong Transit Investments

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today released the following statement...


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Cameron Hennelly, age 30, of Amsterdam, New York, pled guilty today to one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.