News from June 2021
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Gabriel Valley man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to manufacture and ship counterfeit laptop computer batteries and other electronics from China to the United States, where the bogus batteries were sold to unsuspecting buyers in online marketplaces.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: A man who met an acquaintance at her home in Dubuque, Iowa, and stole a.380 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver from her was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA is amending the agency’s COVID-19 funeral assistance policy to assist with COVID-19 related fatalities that occurred in the early months of the pandemic.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Justice, Thailand Ministry of Culture and Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs returned two Thai lintels to Thailand during a repatriation ceremony Friday at the National Museum of Bangkok.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging DOUGLAS SENERTH, 32, of South Windsor, with offenses related to his alleged theft of approximately $679,000 from his grandparents.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Inspector General Independence and Empowerment Act (H.R. 2662) to empower partisan inspectors general...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - United States Attorney David C. Weiss announced that Jose E. Mateo-Nina, 33, of Wilmington, Delaware, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison today. Mateo-Nina previously pled guilty to possessing over 500 grams of heroin with the intent to distribute. Or, as the Honorable Maryellen Noreika summarized, “You helped to import a lot of heroin-which is a deadly drug.".
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during the Rules Committee meeting on H.R. 3684, the INVEST in America Act. Video of Chair DeFazio’s statement can be found here. More information on the INVEST in America Act can be found here.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
Release: The following statement was released by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and the Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS following today’s meeting.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management Phoenix District Office announces the closure of 1,370.64 acres of public lands in the White Tank Mountain/Miller Road area in Maricopa County, Arizona, to public entry to provide for public health and safety at the site. The area will undergo cleanup and remediation in 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Toby C. Taylor, Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, Acting...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: FORT PIERRE, S.D.─ The Mni Wiconi Water System will conduct repairs on the Mni Wiconi Core Water Pipeline in the Ft. Pierre area June 29-30, 2021. To facilitate repairs, mandatory water restrictions are implemented for the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply System. The restrictions include all non-essential...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas delivered the Oath of Office to John Tien, the new Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 28, 2021 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that Randy Moore will serve as the 20th Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal jury convicted a Georgia resident on federal charges stemming from violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Holy See Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Secretary for Relations with States Archbishop Paul Gallagher in Vatican City. Secretary Blinken reaffirmed our shared efforts to promote religious ...
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: Today, the United States is designating Ousmane Illiassou Djibo – also known as Petit Chapori – as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) under section 1(a)(ii)(B) of Executive Order (E.O.) 13224.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with His Holiness Pope Francis in Vatican City. Secretary Blinken reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to working closely with the Holy See to address global challenges and the needs of the world’s ...
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: FOREIGN MINISTER DI MAIO: Thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. Secretary of State, dear Tony, dear colleagues, dear guests, welcome. Welcome to Italy. (Via interpreter) I’m delighted to welcome you here to Rome, to the ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, which I have the privilege ...
