News from June 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Defense Subcommittee's hearing on the Office of Management and Budget FY22 Budget Request.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Flooding risk has long been a challenge for many historic properties. Changing weather patterns, stronger hurricanes and other extreme weather events have increased the risk of flooding, both in frequency and magnitude. The National Park Service developed new flood adaptation guidelines to help property owners make their historic buildings more resilient to flooding risks while preserving their historic character.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A convicted felon from Orange County has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for his conviction on federal narcotics and firearms charges, including that he possessed five privately made firearms without serial numbers, aka “ghost guns."
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's Member Day Hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Set fire during early morning hours in June 2020 during protest dubbed ‘CHOP’.
By State Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) joined Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of House Armed Services Committee and Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to send a letter to President Joe...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A California man was sentenced today to 90 months in prison for shipping approximately 30 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and conspiring to send an additional 5 kilograms of fentanyl into New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) from today’s markup of the Committee Majority’s “My Way or the Highway Bill 2.0" (H.R. 3684) - one of two bills being considered by the Committee today that could have been addressed in a bipartisan manner had the Majority been willing to do so...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Upper Snake Field Office is seeking public input on the development of a Recreation Area Management Plan (RAMP) and associated environmental assessment for the St. Anthony Sand Dunes Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national previously residing in Methuen was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for aggravated identity theft and fraudulent use of a Social Security number.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: The Finance Committee meets this morning to consider four nominations to key positions at the Treasury Department. Lily Batchelder is nominated to serve as Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy. Jon Davidson is nominated to serve as Deputy Under Secretary for Legislative Affairs. Ben Harris is nominated to serve as Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy. Nellie Liang is nominated to serve as Under Secretary for Domestic Finance.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: 10 a.m. Miss V, Children Musical Performance.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Ways and Means Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas), House Committee on Education and Labor Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), and House Committee on the Budget Ranking Member Jason Smith...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Residents of the Norfolk and Hampton Roads region will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck® application program inside Norfolk International Airport from June 28 to July 2, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to illegally possessing a Mustang.380 pistol and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Brandon Phillips, 35, of Florissant, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Phillips appeared, today, before United States District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark.
By State Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on U.S. Policy on Belarus. The committee heard witness testimony from the honorable Julie Fisher, United States ambassador-designate ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing entitled, “PFAS: the View from Affected Citizens and States." The hearing witnesses included West Virginian, Scott Mandirola, who is the Deputy Secretary for External Affairs for the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service and Federal Highway Administration have begun work to improve and preserve paved surfaces at Prince William Forest Park. The work will include patching or sealing and limited resurfacing on almost all roads and parking areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Matthew “Stacks" Woods, 32, of Indiana, pleaded guilty in federal court on June 8 to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by means of force, threats, fraud and coercion and aiding and abetting. Woods will remain in custody pending sentencing.
