News published on Federal Newswire in December 2021

News from December 2021


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published an eight page rule on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: OAKLAND - Sergio Luiz Cruz Esparza was sentenced today to 210 months in prison for producing child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Tatum King. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, U.S. District Judge.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior and the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to share records and information in support of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.


News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) sent a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan on her recent internal decisions that politicize the agency while harming businesses.


The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) called for a national privacy standard to rein in Big Tech and protect people’s information from the Chinese Communist Party.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA Launches Loan Guarantee Program to Create More Market Opportunities, Promote Competition and Strengthen America’s Food Supply Chain

News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA is deploying $100 million under the new Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program to make available nearly $1 billion in loan guarantees; these loan guarantees will back private investment in processing and food supply infrastructure that will strengthen the food supply chain for the American people.


Chicago Man Sentenced to 84 Months for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael C. Henderson, 52, Chicago, Illinois was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 84 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Henderson pleaded guilty to this charge on July 9, 2021. Judge Peterson also ordered Henderson to forfeit $22,763.59.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) called for a national privacy standard to rein in Big Tech and protect people’s information from the Chinese Communist Party.


News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) sent a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan on her recent internal decisions that politicize the agency while harming businesses.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “Holding Big Tech Accountable: Legislation to Build a Safer Internet:"


Russian National Sentenced for Providing Crypting Service for Kelihos Botnet

News Release: A Russian national was sentenced today in Hartford federal court to 48 months in prison for operating a “crypting" service used to conceal the Kelihos malware from antivirus software, which enabled hackers to systematically infect approximately hundreds of thousands of victim computers around the world with malicious software, including ransomware.


Rodgers, Bilirakis Urge FTC Chair to Embrace Bipartisan Tradition & Avoid an Ill-Conceived Decision-Making Process

News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) sent a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan on her recent internal decisions that politicize the agency while harming businesses.


Stabenow Cheers USDA Steps to Strengthen the Food Supply Chain Infrastructure and Support Small- and Mid-sized Meat Processors

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) today welcomed news from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that it will leverage American Rescue Plan Act funds to create the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program. USDA will provide $100 ...


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.