News published on Federal Newswire in November 2021

News from November 2021


New York donut shop operators convicted of tax evasion

Concealed more than $2.8 million in cash sales and paid employees 'off the books'


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Comer: Ransomware Attacks Wreak Havoc on Americans’ Daily Lives

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing on “Cracking Down on Ransomware: Strategies for Disrupting Criminal Hackers and Building Resilience Against Cyber Threats" by emphasizing how these attacks have the ability to disrupt Americans’ daily lives and called for solutions to disrupt and protect Americans from the consequences of successful ransomware attacks.


Chairman Nadler Statement for Hearing on "Silenced: How Forced Arbitration Keeps Victims of Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment in the Shadows"

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a hearing entitled, "Silenced: How Forced Arbitration Keeps Victims of Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment in the Shadows...



The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Chinese-Made Military Helmets and Body Armor to Federal Agencies

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Celeste, Texas, man pleaded guilty today to a wire fraud scheme involving the selling of Chinese-made military helmets, body armor, and other products to the United States Department of State and other federal agencies while falsely claiming that his company manufactured the goods in Texas.


Chairman Pascrell Opening Statement at Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on the Opportunity Zone Program and Who It Left Behind

News Release: I believe places like my hometown of Paterson, New Jersey - which does have census tracts designated as opportunity zones - is the type of city that the creators of the incentive had in mind.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - In a joint Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change and Subcommittee on Energy hearing on supply chains for renewable energy sources, Republican Leaders David B. McKinley (R-WV) and Fred Upton (R-MI) spoke about the need to secure American energy and its supply chains.


Gary Man Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison

News Release: For Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm.


News Release: Defendants Abused their Positions of Trust to Sexually Exploit the Children Over Several Years.


News Release: ST. LOUIS - A federal grand jury indicted Steven Bell for charges that include conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine in a large-scale nation-wide drug ring. The group transported and distributed illegal narcotics in numerous states to include California, Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky and Texas.


Postal Worker Indicted for Delay or Destruction of Mail

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DARIUS PATIN, age 33, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on Nov. 12, 2021 in a one-count indictment for delay or destruction of mail.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a joint Energy Subcommittee and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “Securing America’s Future: Supply Chain Solutions for a Clean Energy Economy:"


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Lawmakers are urging the Biden Administration to provide greater information and analysis in their rush towards a drug pricing scheme that would dramatically change how the United States pays for drugs and upend the incentives that exist today for innovation and generic and biosimilar competition.


The US Energy Department published a seven page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man with six prior felony convictions was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for firearms and distribution of controlled substances offenses, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.