News published on Federal Newswire in October 2021

News from October 2021


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “Strengthening Our Communications Networks to Meet the Needs of Consumers:"


Secretary Antony J. Blinken and OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann at a Joint Press Availability

Release: MODERATOR: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen - those in the room, those watching online - to this final press conference for the OECD’s Ministerial Council Meeting. We’ll have a - we’ll hear a few remarks from the Secretary-General, followed by remarks from the Secretary of State, who chaired the meeting. And then we will take some questions and answers. I now hand the floor over to the Secretary-General Mathias Cormann.


News Release: OMAHA, Neb.- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division Special Agent in Charge Justin C. King stressed the importance of drug education and prevention at a Red Ribbon Week proclamation signing ceremony attended by Nebraska Lt. Governor Mike Foley at the Capitol in Lincoln.


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brandon Cody Sabol, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a child pornography charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Kevin Allen Rose (35, Macclenny) has pleaded guilty to escaping from a residential reentry center (halfway house) where he was completing a prior federal prison sentence. He faces a maximum penalty of five additional years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a Cumberland County, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.


The United States Welcomes the Appointment of Staffan de Mistura as the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara

Release: The United States warmly welcomes the appointment of Staffan de Mistura as the new UN Personal Envoy of the Secretary General for Western Sahara. Personal Envoy de Mistura brings considerable expertise - addressing challenges in Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria - to this important position and we will actively...


Narcotics Dealing Couple Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Charges and Assault on of a Federal Officer

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Alicia Marie Walls, age 28, of Bowie, Maryland; and Andrew Joseph Trimmer, age 32, of Bowie, Maryland pleaded guilty on October 4, 2021 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Trimmer also pled guilty to assault on a federal officer.


News Release: Gauthier Will Serve His Federal Sentence After Completing a State Sentence for Predatory Sexual Assault Against a Child.


News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Harold Ortiz, age 56, of Denver, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for threatening to assault or murder a Social Security Administration employee.


News Release: Gully was a career criminal and distributed at least 20 kilograms of marijuana.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released the below statement following the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)'s announcement of proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today released the following statement on the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) taking steps to restore key provisions in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations.


News Release: A man found transporting methamphetamine by aircraft into Tulsa’s Richard L. Jones Jr. Airport pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “Strengthening Our Communications Networks to Meet the Needs of Consumers:"


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks today at a hearing on strengthening America’s communications networks to meet consumers’ needs and close the digital divide.


Foxx Urges Committee Dems to Hold PSLF Oversight Hearing

News Release: WASHINGTON - Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) requesting a public hearing by the Committee to examine the Education Department’s unilateral action regarding the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.


DOE Announces Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator Program to Modernize the Grid

Release: Program Will Accelerate the Deployment of Cyber Solutions to Combat Threats to the Power Grid


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held an oversight hearing to examine the response by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Hurricane Ida.


Chairman Carper’s Opening Statement: Hearing on Hurricane Ida Response

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held an oversight hearing to examine the response by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Hurricane Ida.