News from June 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - In order to increase recreation opportunities at the Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip Field Office (ASFO) is proposing to modify an existing supplementary rule that allows for camping stays of unlimited duration by reinstating a 14 consecutive-day stay limit at the site.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the president’s budget request for the Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2022.
By State Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
Release: We are announcing today the public designation of former Namibian government officials Bernhardt Esau and Sakeus Shanghala, due to their involvement in significant corruption. In their official capacities as Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources (Esau) and Minister of Justice (Shanghala), they were...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fredericksburg man pleaded guilty today in connection with a conspiracy to illegally straw purchase 62 firearms from federal firearms licensees (FFLs) in Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: DENVER - Loren D. Sherwood, a former physician at Dave Sherwood Family Medicine in Ridgway, Colorado, has agreed to forgo practicing medicine and pay a penalty to resolve civil allegations that he unlawfully prescribed controlled substances without a medical license in violation of federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, ME - A Lewiston man was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for conspiring to manufacture 100 or more marijuana plants and to distribute 100 or more kilograms of marijuana, DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 73-year-old has been charged for selling illegally manufactured and unregistered firearms suppressors destined for a Mexican drug cartel, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: The Finance Committee meets this morning to discuss mental health care in America. This issue ought to bring Democrats and Republicans together, starting with a single, clear lodestar.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism, released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s release of the nation’s first National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
Release: Six R&D Projects Aim to Decrease Cost Barriers to Deploying the Clean Energy Technology Needed to Eliminate Greenhouse Emissions
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Washington - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal today unveiled a new grant program to help rural communities create good-paying jobs and support new business opportunities in high-growth fields.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 24-year-old San Antonio resident has been charged with importing 9.6 kilograms of cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Nine alleged members of the “Hogg Life" gang have been charged with federal drug crimes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) today announced the successful implementation of their per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) provision requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify and publicly share the sources of PFAS emissions.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
Release: Testimony as Delivered by Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is seeking white papers from industry, academia, laboratories, and the innovation community for research and development into 10 new first responder technology funding opportunities. The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitation (BAA18-02 Call 0003) is now live and will remain open until July 2, 2021.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “Booster Shot: Enhancing Public Health through Vaccine Legislation:"
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Republican leaders of the agriculture committees in Congress are highlighting a new study that confirms Democrats' proposed changes to taxes on inherited property will have a devastating impact on the next generation of family farmers and ranchers.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Health Subcommittee hearing on vaccine legislation.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in collaboration with Brazil Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP) Secretariat for Integrated Operations (SEOPI) Cyber Laboratory, executed phase eight of Operation Protected Childhood (OPC) resulting in the arrest of approximately 88 alleged child predators. This large-scale simultaneous enforcement action was executed between June 8 and June 11.
