News published on Federal Newswire in December 2021

News from December 2021


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm today sentenced Brian Anthony Gilbert, age 34, of District Heights, Maryland to 45 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for two counts of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. Judge Grimm...


Foxx, Fulcher Condemn Biden Administration’s Attack on Religious Federal Contractors

News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh expressing opposition to the DOL’s proposed rescission of religious liberty protections for federal contractors.


Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Hawaii from December 9-17, 2021.


News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Knightdale man was sentenced to 100 months in prison, and 5 years of supervised release and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $412,885.17, on a charge of Bank Fraud and Aiding and Abetting, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1344 and 2.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, 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 Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Future of Biomedicine: Translating Biomedical Research into Personalized Health Care:"


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Nixa, Missouri, physician pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to making a false statement to Medicare to obtain insurance coverage for a fentanyl prescription and to conspiring with others to use his DEA registration number to issue Schedule II controlled substances to patients in his absence.


Neal Statement on House Action to Ban Goods Produced with Uyghur Forced Labor

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1155, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act...


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Pallone & Eshoo Praise House Passage of 15 Health Bills

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 after the House of Representatives passed 15 health bills...


News Release: Investigation resulted in the conviction of 14 drug defendants, the seizure of 84 kilograms of cocaine and 8 boats, and the dismantlement of an international drug trafficking organization.


APHIS Establishes Citrus Greening (Huanglongbing) Quarantines in Alabama

Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2021-36. December 7, 2021To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI), is establishing quarantines ...


News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Abraxas J. Discala, also known as “AJ Discala," the former Chief Executive Officer of OmniView Capital Advisors LLC (“OmniView"), was sentenced by United States District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano to 138 months’ imprisonment for orchestrating a multi-million...


The US Commerce Department published a six page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Reno Man Sentenced For Selling Hundreds Of Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Laced With Fentanyl

News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man was sentenced yesterday to 34 months in prison after pleading guilty to selling hundreds of counterfeit oxycodone pills containing the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.