News from June 2021
By USDA Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, authored an opinion piece published on Fox News Opinion that scrutinizes the Biden administration's claim that only a small percentage of family farms and ranches will be impacted by the president’s proposed tax increases....
By State Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ahead of President Biden’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, published an op-ed in the Washington Post on why Biden must develop a concrete agenda for the summit or risk an increased sphere of Russian influence over the next three and a half years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO - A superseding indictment and arrest warrants were unsealed in federal court against alleged Mexican drug cartel enforcement leaders in connection with their alleged violent support of heroin and methamphetamine trafficking.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday and Friday, Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm traveled to Nevada to make the case for the American Jobs Plan and ways it will supercharge clean energy investments in Nevada and throughout the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Sheriff’s Office, Public Defender’s Office, and Superior Court failed to provide interpreter services to defendant who is deaf.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Floridian who moved to Sulphur Springs, Texas has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, June 16 at 10:30 a.m. via Cisco Webex video conferencing. The Subcommittee will mark up legislation to increase access to safe, affordable water and protect Americans from PFAS contamination.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) spoke at the beginning of Monday’s forum on Capitol Hill on the Biden administration’s environmental agenda. The forum, “Mounting Costs: The Real Harm of the Biden Administration’s Environmental Agenda on the American People and the Economy," features members of Congress and experts, is being hosted by Subcommittee Leader McKinley.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) spoke at the beginning of Monday’s forum on Capitol Hill on the Biden administration’s environmental agenda. The forum, “Mounting Costs: The Real Harm of the Biden Administration’s Environmental Agenda on the American People and the Economy," features members of Congress and experts, is being hosted by Subcommittee Leader McKinley.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Rangers received updated information from the tip line this morning about missing 27-year-old, Cian McLaughlin. McLaughlin was last seen around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8, approximately a half mile from the Lupine Meadows Trailhead, hiking to an unknown destination.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee David B. McKinley (R-WV) is hosting a forum today on the harmful impacts the Biden administration’s environmental agenda entitled: “Mounting Costs: The Real Harm of the Biden Administration’s Environmental Agenda on the American People and the Economy."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Jacksonville man was sentenced today to 340 months in prison after a jury found him guilty in February of charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute one kilogram or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin, a quantity...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Clay Westbrook, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 151 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - Two Columbus residents were taken into custody today after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging them both with wire fraud and theft of government property related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Acres: 72,250 acres. Cause: Under Investigation. Containment: 88%. Total personnel: 285. Start Date: Monday, June 1, 2021. Location: 12 mi SE of Globe, AZ; 7 mi NE of Dripping Springs, AZ. Fuels: Desert Brush, Oak, and grass. Containment increases on Mescal Fire; New fire wast of Soda Canyon and excessive...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Howard Davis Conspired to Murder and Assault a Rival Gang Member, Committed Robberies, Distributed Narcotics, Obstructed Justice and Illegally Used and Possessed Firearms.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS, MT - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has named the American Society of Safety Professionals' Big Sky Chapter an OSHA Alliance Program Ambassador in recognition of its partnership with OSHA and commitment to addressing workplace safety and health hazards in Montana.
By State Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement on the 2021 NATO Summit held in Brussels, Belgium...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - James Darius Caje, 27, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, pleaded guilty on June 10 in federal court to sexual abuse of a minor. Caje will remain in custody pending sentencing.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2021
News Release: Twentynine Palms, CA - The search for a Twentynine Palms man was suspended today after a body was located in Joshua Tree National Park. This multi-day effort was conducted by National Park Service, Joshua Tree Search and Rescue (JOSAR), California Highway Patrol Air Operations, and San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
