News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips appeared in court today on charges that include attempted murder and murder as part of a RICO conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: DENTON, Texas - Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in all communities and unincorporated areas of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.
By DOE 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 Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo - The Mesa County Sheriff, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Fire Chiefs representing municipalities and fire protection districts of Mesa County are implementing Stage 1 Fire Restrictions effective at 12:01 a.m. Friday, June 18th, 2021.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Dear Mr. President: We are writing to urge you to immediately impose the legally-mandated second round of sanctions as required by the U.S. Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (“CBW Act") to hold the Putin regime accountable for its continued use of chemical weapons...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers issued the following statement on Commissioner Lina Khan’s appointment to lead the Federal Trade Commission.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statements after the Biden administration released its schedule of planned regulatory actions this week.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) opened today’s hearing on “Jumpstarting Main Street: Bringing Jobs & Wealth Back to Forgotten America," by emphasizing how the Biden Administration’s radical policies, such as the American Jobs Plan and the Green New Deal, would place an enormous financial burden on all Americans, stifle affordable energy, and destroy millions of quality jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: “The importance of diversity of thought and experiences to the police reform process cannot be overstated," said Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan. “Professor Ayesha Bell Hardaway was an integral part of this dialogue, bringing a unique combination of local knowledge and legal expertise. Her presence on the Monitoring Team facilitated the progress and successes we have seen to date, and we were disappointed to learn of her resignation.".
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry traveled to the Middle East and North Africa June 13-17 to discuss collaboration on combating climate change and raising climate ambition ahead of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled “1890 Land Grant Institutions: Investing for Agricultural Resiliency, Equity, and Global Impact.".
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
Release: More information about Niger is available on the Niger Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jaime Renee Coddington, of Falling Waters, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a drug distribution operation, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By EPA 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher sentenced Xyavion Lawrence, age 20, of Washington, D.C. to 57 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for theft of firearms from a federal firearms licensee’s inventory.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jorge Ortiz, Jr., age 60, of Albany, pled guilty today to concealing his resources from the Social Security Administration (SSA) in order to defraud SSA into paying Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to his stepson, who was otherwise ineligible to receive such benefits.
By Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former Boston Police officer pleaded guilty today in connection with an ongoing investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department’s (BPD) evidence warehouse.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a hearing to examine the events of January 6, 2021, in which insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol to disrupt a joint session of Congress convened to count the Electoral College votes of the 2020 presidential election.
