News published on Federal Newswire in June 2021

News from June 2021


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) sent a letter to Acting Administrator Stephen Nalley requesting the Energy Information Administration (EIA) conduct an analysis of the Biden administration’s greenhouse gas emissions targets.


E&C Announces Additional Details on Budget Hearing with Commerce Secretary Raimondo

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced additional details today on the fully remote hearing the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold on Tuesday, June 8, at 2 p.m. (EDT) ...


E&C Announces Additional Details for Hearing on Humanely Caring for Unaccompanied Children

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced additional details today on the fully remote hearing the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold on Wednesday, June 9, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT). The...


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A convicted felon found to be in possession of a loaded semi-automatic pistol with an obliterated serial number when he was pulled over by Pawtucket Police in October 2020 for not wearing a seat belt and for driving a vehicle that had not been properly registered is, according to court documents, facing five years in federal prison after pleading guilty today to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Committee Leaders Call on EIA to Assess Impacts of Biden Administration’s Drastic Emissions Targets

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) sent a letter to Acting Administrator Stephen Nalley requesting the Energy Information Administration (EIA) conduct an analysis of the Biden administration’s greenhouse gas emissions targets.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) sent a letter to Acting Administrator Stephen Nalley requesting the Energy Information Administration (EIA) conduct an analysis of the Biden administration’s greenhouse gas emissions targets.


News Release: Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced additional details today on the fully remote hearing the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold on Tuesday, June 8, at 2 p.m. (EDT) ...


News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on May 20, 2021, Chief United States District Judge Pamela Pepper sentenced Donquell Franklin (age 30), of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to 84 months in federal prison for an armed robbery of an undercover ATF Task Force Officer. Judge Pepper ordered that his sentence run consecutive to his state revocation sentence.



Strengthening Democracy in Central America and Addressing Root Causes of Migration at Central American Integration System Meeting

Release: Secretary Antony J. Blinken is traveling to Central America on June 1-2, 2021 to engage with leaders from the region at a meeting of the Central American Integration System (SICA) in San Jose, Costa Rica. In its current role as chair of SICA, Costa Rica is inviting senior leaders from Guatemala, Belize...


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Greg Gauthier, age 55, of Oneida, New York, pled guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy to one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon...


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Mark Justin Daniels, an inmate at Federal Corrections Institute Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, was indicted today on assault and weapons charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.



Thirty-Two Members and Associates of Norteños Charged in Methamphetamine, Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking with CJNG Drug Cartel

News Release: Charges Allege That Leaders Worked with Mexican Drug Cartel CJNG to Distribute More Than 400 Pounds of Methamphetamine, 50 Pounds of Heroin and Thousands of Fentanyl Pills Throughout the Salt Lake Valley.


USDA Announces June 2021 Lending Rates for Agricultural Producers

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced loan interest rates for June 2021, which are effective June 1. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures, or meet cash flow needs.


Previously Convicted Drug Trafficker Facing Federal Indictment for a Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Lamar Prilliman, a/k/a “Block", age 48, of Baltimore, Maryland, on federal charges related to a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. The indictment was returned on May 27, 2021.


News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved $13,696,691 to reimburse the Town of North Topsail Beach for beach restoration after Hurricane Florence in 2018.


Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman led a delegation to Phnom Penh on Tuesday, June 1. In a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen, Deputy Secretary Sherman stressed the U.S. commitment to the Cambodian people and recalled the important role the United States and other partners played in brokering the...


News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A free legal aid hotline is now available to eligible survivors of the severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides in Anderson, Breathitt, Boyd, Clark, Clay, Estill, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Greenup, Jackson, Jessamine, Johnson, Knott, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lincoln, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Warren and Woodford counties.