News published on Federal Newswire in June 2021

News Release: BILLINGS - A Lame Deer man who admitted to assaulting a woman on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison and to three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.

Leader Rodgers Addresses Forum on the Origins of the COVID-19 Pandemic

By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2021

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.

Pallone Opening Remarks at Legislative Hearing on the CLEAN Future Act and Electric Transmission

By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2021

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:"

Chairman Pascrell Opening Statement at Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on “Expanding Access to Higher Education and the Promise It Holds”

News Release: Today the Subcommittee on Oversight will examine an important and timely topic: access to and affordability of higher education.

Pallone on Supreme Court Decision Allowing PennEast Pipeline Company to Use Eminent Domain on State Land

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that PennEast pipeline company can use eminent domain to claim New Jersey’s land...

BLM releases updates to hunting & recreation mobile mapping program

News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is pleased to announce updates to its popular hunting and recreation map system. The BLM, in partnership with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, offers free digital maps of big game hunting units and recreational opportunities on public land.

DEA Washington Division Issues Warning: “One Pill Can Kill”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the DEA Washington Division, is alerting all area residents to an increase in drug overdose deaths tied to counterfeit pills containing the powerful synthetic opioid, fentanyl. Manufactured by Mexican drug trafficking organizations, and marketed as a medication such as oxycodone on the illicit drug market, these pills can be deadly. Just one pill often contains enough fentanyl to kill someone.

Cheektowaga Man Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Child Pornography

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Neyerlin, 36, of Cheektowaga, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra to possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and $250,000 fine.

Sixty Defendants Charged in Nationwide Takedown of Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Network

News Release: For more information contact: Assistant U. S. Attorney Matthew J. Sutton (619) 546-8941, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Bredariol (619) 546-8419, and Assistant U. S. Attorney Amy B. Wang (619) 546-6968. SAN DIEGO - An indictment was unsealed today in federal court charging 60 members of a San...

Town of Mishicot Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison Following Decades of Sexually Abusing Children

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on June 28, 2021, Timothy J. Tetzlaff (age: 59) of the Town of Mishicot, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison by Senior United States District Judge William C. Griesbach.

Clay County Man to Federal Prison for Possessing Stolen Guns

News Release: Grote, who had a previous meth trafficking conviction, tried to sell stolen guns to undercover law enforcement.

Tourism to Great Smoky Mountain National Park creates $1.38 Billion in Economic Benefits

News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 12,095,721 visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2020 spent $1,024,024,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 14,707 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $1.38 billion.

Two brothers sentenced in scheme to use drone to smuggle contraband into a Georgia state prison

News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Two brothers have been sentenced in U.S. District Court after admitting to a scheme to use a drone to smuggle contraband into a Georgia state prison.

Fire restrictions to begin June 30 on Elko District

News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Due to increasingly high temperatures, expected high winds and rapidly drying vegetation the Elko District will implement fire restrictions beginning June 30 to promote safety and reduce the potential for human-caused fires. The restrictions aim to reduce the number of wildfires and to protect lives and property as well as wildlife and our precious resources.

Leader Rodgers Addresses Forum on the Origins of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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.

McCaul Tells Coronavirus Select Subcommittee Republicans COVID-19 Pandemic Started at the WIV

By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2021

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul testified before the Coronavirus Select Subcommittee Republicans to layout evidence he’s collected pointing to the COVID-19 outbreak beginning at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). In his testimony, McCaul detailed...

Pallone Opening Remarks at Legislative Hearing on the CLEAN Future Act and Electric Transmission

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:"

Romanian National Pleads Guilty for His Role in a Conspiracy to Steal Over 2,000 Checks Intended for Religious Institutions

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Nicolae Gindac, age 52, of Dania Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud. The plea comes in relation to a conspiracy to steal and deposit checks intended for religious institutions.

For the First Time, Threatened California Red-Legged Frogs Are Independently Breeding at Two Reintroduction Sites

News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - National Park Service biologists have discovered California red-legged frogs (Rana draytonii), a threatened species, independently breeding at two sites that were severely impacted by the Woolsey Fire. These sites have not had wild breeding for perhaps as long as half a century.

Heavy Equipment Removed at South Cove