News published on Federal Newswire in May 2021

News from May 2021


News Release: CONCORD, NH - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that James Coughlin, 38, of Sanbornville, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.


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 with Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.


Federal and State Law Enforcement in Maryland and DC Announce New Regional Carjacking Prosecution Task Force to Address Spikes in Carjackings Over the Past Year

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Today, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Jonathan F. Lenzner announced the formation of a regional carjacking task force designed to promote cross-border coordination in the prosecution of carjacking cases. Mr. Lenzner was joined in making the announcement ...


Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide Before Their Meeting

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: It is - it’s so great, Ine, to see you, and we were just saying we’ve had the opportunity to see each other together in Brussels at NATO, but it was mask to mask, and now it’s finally face to face. So that’s really, really good news. But beyond that, just wonderful to have this opportunity ...


News Release: Today, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Rep. Richard E. Neal, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight...


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A registered sex offender living in Smithfield was ordered detained by a federal magistrate judge Tuesday after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with multiple child sexual exploitation offenses. Mathew Hoard, 35, was charged in a five-count indictment with Attempted...


Capito, Cardin, Graham, Manchin Reintroduce Bill to Cut Red Tape for Broadband Infrastructure in Rural Communities

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today reintroduced the Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility ...


Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: Coordinated Congressional Travel in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Legislative Liaison.


Release: Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Chairman of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for NASA.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing with Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A California woman was arrested and charged with fraudulently selling over $700,000 worth of counterfeit Catalina coupons used at various retail stores across the United States for the purchase of household items, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.


San Diego Man Pleads Guilty in Fentanyl Overdose Death

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Stephen H. Wong (619) 546-9464 and Mikaela L. Weber (619) 546-9734.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau Before Their Meeting

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Marc, good morning. FOREIGN MINISTER GARNEAU: Good morning, Tony. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to see you. So pleased to have a chance to spend some time with my friend, the minister of foreign affairs. We have been meeting in all sorts of places - in Brussels for NATO, in London at...


Pallone and Eshoo on House Passage of the Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1629, the Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act...



News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - A Charleston man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.


News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul led over 100 Republican House Members in a letter to President Biden supporting Israel’s right to self-defense. The letter calls on the President to maintain U.S. security assistance to Israel without any added conditions.


News Release: Today, the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, a unit of Minidoka National Historic Site, introduces a Junior Ranger program designed to engage and inspire learners of all ages. The program consists of a featuring original graphics and design by Seattle-based artist Arisa Nakamura...


News Release: United States Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Ashley Nicole King, 30, of Foley, Alabama, has been sentenced for her participation in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy which occurred in Baldwin County during 2016 through 2018. In August of 2019, King pled guilty to the conspiracy charge.