News published on Federal Newswire in June 2021

News from June 2021


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Hillsboro, Oregon woman pleaded guilty today for engaging in a multi-year scheme to defraud her employer, a non-profit adoption and surrogacy agency operating in Oregon and Washington, and her extended family.


Meeks Issues Statement After Committee Hearing on Conflict in Ethiopia

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the Committee conducted a hearing on the status of the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia...


Man Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy Case

News Release: Acting U.S Attorney Clint Johnson announced that Devin Hartzell, 26, of Catoosa, was sentenced to 108 months after pleading guilty to drug conspiracy.


Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2022 Legislative Branch bill.


Two felons sentenced to prison for scheme to steal thousands in COVID-19 unemployment insurance funds

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Two Florida residents who crashed their car while fleeing from a traffic stop have been sentenced to federal prison for colluding in a scheme to steal pandemic unemployment funds.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “The CLEAN Future Act and Electric Transmission: Delivering Clean Power to the People:"


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks today during an Energy Subcommittee hearing on modernizing America’s electric grid.


Chair DeLauro Statement at Full Committee Markup of Fiscal Year 2022 Legislative Branch Funding Bill

Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2022 Legislative Branch bill.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing on modernizing America’s electric grid.


News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA - A Nebraska man was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 37 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for knowingly possessing a firearm as a prohibited person.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks today during a Republican forum hosted by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis and Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Environmental Management System Deemed 'Robust' at Savannah River Site

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Two major EM contractors at the Savannah River Site received high marks from a recent independent audit of their environmental management system.


Leader Rodgers: The CLEAN Future Act Will Take Us Backwards to a Time Before Reliable Electricity and Modern Conveniences

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks today during an Energy Subcommittee hearing on modernizing America’s electric grid.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay June 13 - June 19, 2021. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.


Millions of counterfeit masks seized during operation in Maine

News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - More than two million counterfeit N95 masks purchased by the State of Maine were seized June 16, by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agents. The seizure was the result of an ongoing investigation being conducted by multiple HSI Offices and United States Attorney’s Offices across the United States.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing on modernizing America’s electric grid.


Marina del Rey Man Sentenced to Over 4 Years in Prison for $3.3 Million Ponzi Scheme He Claimed Was Legitimate Forex Business

News Release: LOS ANGELES - An accountant was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison for running a four-year, $3.3 million Ponzi scheme that conned dozens of investors through false promises of generous returns on foreign exchange currency investments and was funded, in part, by his embezzlement from his non-profit employer.


Statement of United States Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr.

News Release: This Office and our federal partners remain in regular contact with the leadership of both the Buffalo and Rochester Police Departments as well as both the Erie County and Monroe District Attorney’s Offices, as we assist them in addressing the increasing violence, gun crimes, and homicides we are experiencing ...


Reinforcing the U.S. Commitment to Multilateralism at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Release: “The only way we’re going to meet global threats is by working together, and with our partners and our allies… the United States is going to do our part.  America is back at the table."


News Release: Lake Powell’s Wahweap Main Ramp is being extended this Wednesday, June 30. Steel boiler plates 85-feet long by 23-feet wide will accommodate houseboats and a 45-feet long by 22-feet wide boiler plate will accommodate other vessels. While the boiler plates are being installed on the west side of the ramp...