News from June 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Chair of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Department of the Treasury International Programs FY22 Budget Request.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the full Committee voted to favorably advance a resolution restoring the Obama-era methane pollution standards rolled back by the Trump Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - John Marston, 38, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to 120 months (10 years) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed four bipartisan bills today boosting cybersecurity over America’s energy infrastructure, including H.R. 3078, the Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act, led by Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI).
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the full Committee voted to favorably advance four bipartisan bills to improve our nation’s energy cybersecurity...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed four bipartisan bills today boosting cybersecurity over America’s energy infrastructure, including H.R. 3078, the Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act, led by Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI).
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed four bipartisan bills today boosting cybersecurity over America’s energy infrastructure, including H.R. 3078, the Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act, led by Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Washington - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson today unveiled a resource guide (PDF, 2.5 MB) to help rural community leaders start and expand employment opportunities and access resources to train, recruit and create a sustainable rural workforce.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Alfonzo Mitchell, 48, has been sentenced to 106 months in federal prison for possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee blocked a Republican amendment expressing Congress’s disapproval of the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will lead to increased Russian energy dominance throughout Europe. During a full committee markup today, Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) delivered the following remarks...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This morning, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered remarks at a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to consider the nominations of Robin Carnahan to be Administrator, General...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Tuesday, Kevin Thomas Kerr, 51, of Waukegan, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to five years of probation. Kerr has also been incarcerated for more than six months and is required to serve an additional six months of home confinement subject to electronic monitoring. Kerr previously pleaded guilty to Making Threats in Interstate Commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Defendants Planned Group Travel, Communicated, Organized and Prepared to Obstruct Congress in Advance.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: WATROUS, NM: Fort Union National Monument announces its annual Fort Union Days event to be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 19-20, 2021. The event weekend is FREE to the public and runs from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday, and 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on Sunday.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, led by Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR), the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved two major pieces of infrastructure legislation on a bipartisan basis during a 19-hour markup, both of which make transformational investments to modernize America’s roads, bridges, ...
By Federal Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
Shreveport, La. – A federal jury has convicted Jose Ismael Ramirez-Gonzalez, a 37-year-old Mexican national, for illegal possession of a firearm and re-entry into the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee blocked a Republican amendment expressing Congress’s disapproval of the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will lead to increased Russian energy dominance throughout Europe. During a full committee markup today, Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) delivered the following remarks...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of the Lucchese Crime Family was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for planning and carrying out an aggravated assault on the husband of one of the former stars of the Bravo television show “The Real Housewives of New Jersey," Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - A Des Moines man was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for producing child pornography.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor (DOL) announcing that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will issue a COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for health care workers and revised guidance for all workers at risk from COVID-19.
