News from June 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - On the Fourth of July, we celebrate and reflect on the freedom and liberty for all Americans. With thousands of visitors expected to spend their Fourth of July weekend enjoying the outdoors, the risk of human-caused wildfire increases. Fire restrictions are in effect across all public...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 3684, the INVEST in America Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced Ramon Simpson, 51, of Norfolk, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Kidnapping Resulting in Death and Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Simpson to life imprisonment on each count. Simpson was convicted by a jury in March following a 7-day jury trial.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “A Safe Wireless Future: Securing our Networks and Supply Chains:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 82 months in prison for assaulting and carjacking at knifepoint a U.S. Postal Service employee, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-- FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced today that on June 30, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. made additional disaster assistance available for the state of Oregon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA. - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that a St. John the Baptist man was sentenced on June 16, 2021 to 14 years in prison for violating federal drug and firearms laws.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement regarding The Washington Post’s story on former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue’s financial disclosures.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: Defendants Admit Violations in Consent Decree, Which Requires Compliance with Federal Law and Imposes Penalties for Future Violations.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Biden signed S.J. Res 14, a joint resolution of disapproval, restoring the popular Obama-era methane emissions standards for the oil and gas sector, into law...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: ADVISORY: Republican Meeting: “Democrats’ Supercharged Death Tax Targets Family-Owned Businesses and Farms, Costing 1 Million Jobs".
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “A Safe Wireless Future: Securing our Networks and Supply Chains:"
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and senior Committee Member Rep. Mark DeSaulnier sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to vote against the plan of reorganization Purdue Pharma has proposed as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2022 bill.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Biden signed S.J. Res 14, a joint resolution of disapproval, restoring the popular Obama-era methane emissions standards for the oil and gas sector, into law...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, MARCEL STEWART, 27, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to serve 78 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in illegal possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield To Increase Access for its Theater and Public Programs.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2022 funding bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - An inmate at USP Lee in Jonesville, Virginia pleaded guilty yesterday to unlawfully possessing a weapon inside the prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2021
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. June 30, 2021- Summer is in full swing at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Fourth of July weekend is expected to be extremely busy, and visitors are strongly encouraged to plan ahead to ensure an enjoyable and safe holiday weekend.
