News from June 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 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.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 17, 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.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
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.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va. - A Winchester woman pleaded guilty today to distributing acetyl fentanyl and fentanyl in February 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: Brady: Biden’s Budget Is Self-Admission in Slowing American Growth.

By DOE Newswire | Jun 17, 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A federal jury convicted a Reno man on June 16, 2021 for committing voluntary manslaughter on tribal land.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
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.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
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."

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
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):

By DOE Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
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."
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
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...

By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
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.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
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.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2021
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."

By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
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...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
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.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
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.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
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.