News published on Federal Newswire in December 2021

News from December 2021


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks in a Health Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The Future of Biomedicine: Translating Biomedical Research into Personalized Health Care."


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Guatemalan man was sentenced in federal court here for distributing at least five kilograms or more of cocaine on the high seas.


Release: Today, the United States and Iceland held the third bilateral Economic Partnership Dialogue, led by Economic and Business Affairs Senior Bureau Official Matt Murray and Icelandic Director General for External Trade and Economic Affairs Ragnar Kristjánsson. The United States and Iceland jointly addressed ...


Leader Rodgers Remarks in Health Subcommittee Hearing on the Future of Biomedicine

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in a Health Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The Future of Biomedicine: Translating Biomedical Research into Personalized Health Care."


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


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


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Keith A. Bonanno, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (“DOJ OIG") Cyber Investigations Office, announced today that an Indictment was filed in Manhattan federal court...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 3359, the Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act of 2021...


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


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Marcus Catchings, 43, Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to five years in prison for possessing 500 grams or more of cocaine with intent to distribute. Catchings pleaded guilty to this charge on Sept. 14, 2021.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on the future of U.S. policy on Taiwan. The committee heard witness testimony from the Honorable Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and the Honorable Ely Ratner, assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs.


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


Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on Future of Biomedical Research

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: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News commercial fisherman was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for evading payment of his federal income taxes for nearly a decade.


During Subcommittee Hearing, Chairman Raskin Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan FAIR Act to Reform Nation’s Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, held a hearing to examine the need to reform the nation’s civil asset forfeiture laws and to prevent state, local, and federal law enforcement from abusing the civil rights and civil liberties of Americans.


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


News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Two Disaster Recovery Centers will be closing this week in Fairfield County. While these sites will be closing help is still available, FEMA specialists are still just a phone call or mouse click away.


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


Guthrie Remarks in Health Subcommittee Hearing on the Future of Biomedicine

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks in a Health Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The Future of Biomedicine: Translating Biomedical Research into Personalized Health Care."


Foxx: Senate Scores Win Against Tyrannical Vaccine Mandates

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement in response to the Senate passing the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to nullify President Biden’s vaccine mandate for private employers and workers.