News published on Federal Newswire in June 2021

News from June 2021


News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court holding that the plaintiffs didn’t have standing.


News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court holding that the plaintiffs didn’t have standing.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) was briefed by IRS Commissioner Rettig on Monday afternoon regarding the massive leak of sensitive taxpayer information from the IRS to ProPublica.


Michigan Communities Support Peters’ Legislation to Protect Them from Consequences of Proposed Change to Metropolitan Area Standards

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Michigan officials are speaking in support of bipartisan legislation, introduced by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, that would help protect Michigan communities from the possible consequences of a proposed change...


News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va. - A Winchester woman pleaded guilty today to distributing acetyl fentanyl and fentanyl in February 2019.


News Release: Brady: Biden’s Budget Is Self-Admission in Slowing American Growth.


Rodgers Statement on Supreme Court Obamacare Ruling

News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court holding that the plaintiffs didn’t have standing.


News Release: RENO, Nev. - A federal jury convicted a Reno man on June 16, 2021 for committing voluntary manslaughter on tribal land.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Luke Vuittonet, 21, of Pittsford, NY, who was convicted of production of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 18 years in prison and 25 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Thursday, June 24, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, on public health data and social determinants of health. The hearing is entitled, “Empowered by Data: Legislation to Advance Equity and Public Health."


Pallone Praises SCOTUS Decision Upholding the Affordable Care Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in California v. Texas to uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA):


E&C Announces Legislative Hearing on Public Health Data and Social Determinants of Health

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Thursday, June 24, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, on public health data and social determinants of health. The hearing is entitled, “Empowered by Data: Legislation to Advance Equity and Public Health."


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $6.8 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Dorchester County, South Carolina, to make roadway improvements at the Ridgeville Industrial Campus...


McCaul, Risch, Green Condemn Car Bombing Against American Military Personnel and Colombian National Army

News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID), and House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration, and International Economic Policy Ranking Member Mark Green (R-TN) released the following statement following the car bombing attack in Cúcuta, Colombia.


Seven charged for roles in a $110 million compound drug scheme

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A compound pharmacy owner, three marketers, a referring physician and two clinic office staff have been taken into custody in connection with a multi-million dollar health care fraud and kickback scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Senators Stabenow, Boozman Announce Committee Hearing Examining Markets, Transparency, and Prices from Cattle Producer to Consumer

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman, (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Examining Markets, Transparency, and Prices from Cattle Producer to Consumer."


USDA Publishes Federal Register Notice for Public Input on Racial Justice and Equity

Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published a Federal Register notice requesting public input on its efforts to advance racial justice and equity across the Department. The notice represents an important step towards implementing President Biden’s Executive Order on Advancing...


New York City Man Pleads Guilty To Illegally Accessing Hundreds Of Snapchat Accounts And Sending Nude Photos

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that David Mondore, 29, of New York, New York, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to accessing a protected computer without authorization and, by means of such conduct, furthering the intended fraud and obtaining anything of value. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


Judge sentences Las Vegas man for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine

News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced Gregory Simms to 60 months in prison today. The 33-year-old Las Vegas, Nevada resident previously pleaded guilty in March to possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.


Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of Loaded Firearm

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Sherman Evans Jr., a/k/a “Face Evans", age 33, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty yesterday to being a felon in possession of a firearm.