News from June 2021
By EPA Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Biden announced that newly confirmed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Lina Khan will serve as Chair of the agency...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Biden announced that newly confirmed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Lina Khan will serve as Chair of the agency...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee markup on drinking water legislation and PFAS chemicals.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Falls are the leading cause of fatalities in construction, a fact sadly illustrated by the death of a 21-year-old laborer, who fell nearly 50 feet as he installed a supported tubular welded frame scaffold during construction of a seven-story Brooklyn building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Tyreese Marsh, of Detroit, Michigan, has admitted to this role in a methamphetamine distribution operation in Marion County, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Biden announced that newly confirmed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Lina Khan will serve as Chair of the agency...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Following a joint investigation by the Marshals Service and FBI, Cecil Corey Haggins, 33, of McMinnville, TN, was arrested this afternoon by Marshals from the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee. Haggins and his girlfriend were both taken into custody at a hotel on Interstate Drive in Manchester, TN. They are being held at the Coffee County Jail and both are anticipated to face federal charges related to his escape.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
Release: Yesterday, an overwhelming majority of Organization of American States (OAS) member states sent a clear message of support for the Nicaraguan people and their fight for free and fair elections, respect for human rights, and accountability. The resolution approved yesterday condemns the Ortega-Murillo...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Hill City Commission LLC. (Hill City) of Hill City, Kan., on May 13, 2021, for violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Hill City waived its rights to a hearing and paid a penalty of $2,500.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Today in federal court in Brooklyn, Noelle Velentzas was sentenced to 16 ½ years’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Sterling Johnson, Jr. for her role in planning a terrorist attack in the United States. Velentzas and her co-defendant, Asia Siddiqui, pleaded guilty on Aug. 23, 2019 to teaching...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va. - A Winchester woman pleaded guilty today to distributing acetyl fentanyl and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Defendant Falsified Financial Statements, Fabricated Accounts Receivables from Large Companies With Which He Did No Business, And Impersonated Corporate Representatives.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee markup on drinking water legislation and PFAS chemicals.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the nomination of Tommy P. Beaudreau to be deputy secretary of the Interior.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded nearly $5 million for construction work at three important water distribution and control facilities. This obligation will repair 12 land irrigation pumps in Santa Isabel and a flood control channel in Culebra.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, have sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to immediately impose the legally-mandated ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Following a new report from the New York State Bar Association finding Governor Andrew Cuomo’s deadly nursing home order resulted in more deaths and should have been ended sooner, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today blasted Democrats for their continued refusal to hold Governor Cuomo accountable...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Church Creek, MD - The National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), announces the awarding of $180,000 in grants.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee markup of drinking water and PFAS bills...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) led a letter with 17 House Democratic colleagues today to President Joe Biden in support of the administration’s climate-focused America the Beautiful Initiative and to offer suggestions to strengthen the program.
