News from June 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The CEO of two Hollywood production companies that specialize in reality television programming has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud for obtaining a $2 million business loan using fabricated documents and by misrepresenting his companies’ financial circumstances.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will host an online Flood Risk Information Open House for the cities of Mankato and North Mankato, Minn., on Thursday, June 10, 2021, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. CT. The open house will provide residents with an opportunity to review a recently completed preliminary Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and its accompanying preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Acres: 66,913 acres. Cause: Under Investigation. Containment: 23%. Total personnel: 659. 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. San Carlos Residents Can Return Home, on “SET" Status. Ko’ Ba Nagoni i’. Announcement:...
By State Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
Release: Greetings everyone!. I’m delighted to have this chance to speak with you about investing in the United States. We’re already the world’s top destination for foreign direct investment. Now we want to go further and attract even more job-creating business investment here at home. This is something I...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chris Murphy (D-CT), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) applauded the United States Senate for passing their bipartisan BuyAmerican.gov...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: VERNAL, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites the public to play an important role in helping the BLM identify where motorized transportation on public lands in eastern Utah will be allowed. Today, the BLM Vernal Field Office announced the beginning of a 30-day scoping period to inform the Book Cliffs Travel Management Plan as well as the dates for online open houses to learn more.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the Committee will hold a business meeting to vote on the nomination of Janie Simms Hipp, of Arkansas, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Fiscal Year 2022 Department of Commerce Budget:"
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s hearing at today’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on the 2022 fiscal year budget for the Department of Commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) led Committee Democrats in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to reverse its decision to represent former President Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll. The Members also requested an immediate briefing to explain the Department's position in this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Maxton man was sentenced today to 132 months in prison and five years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing a firearm. On December 9, 2020, Jonathan Wayne Clark, 28, pled guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
Release: Department of Energy Takes Immediate Action to Shore Up Battery Supply Chain, U.S. Competitiveness and Spur Job Creation
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, ME - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced that a Bronx, New York man was sentenced today in federal court for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Teamwork between EM Office of River Protection contractors at the Hanford Site will ensure legacy tank waste is ready for treatment and vitrification.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - A Dayton man on supervised release from a prior federal case pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to dealing methamphetamine near Austin Landing in Miamisburg.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Tuesday, June 15, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on vaccine legislation. The hearing is entitled, “Booster Shot: Enhancing Public Health through Vaccine Legislation."
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Whiskeytown, CA - Whiskeytown National Recreation Area seeks public comments on proposed alternatives to the park’s long-term Trails Management Plan. The plan culminates years of thought and research by park staff and partners to improve the visitor experience and sustainability of the national recreation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Baker City, Oregon man pleaded guilty today for fraudulently converting loans intended to help small business during the COVID-19 pandemic to his personal use.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Roy Blunt (R-MO), Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Rules and Administration, released a bipartisan report on the security, planning, and response failures related to the violent and unprecedented attack on January 6th.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing on the 2022 fiscal year budget for the Department of Commerce.
