News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


Louisiana Man Sentenced for Three Years’ Imprisonment for Dog Fighting Ventures

Louisiana Man Sentenced for Three Years’ Imprisonment for Dog Fighting Ventures


Louisiana Man Sentenced to Three Years Imprisonment for Dog Fighting Ventures

Louisiana Man Sentenced to Three Years Imprisonment for Dog Fighting Ventures


Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in Exchange for Purported Hunting Leases

Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in Exchange for Purported Hunting Leases


Justice Department Secures Permanent Injunction Against Georgia Tax Return Preparers

Justice Department Secures Permanent Injunction Against Georgia Tax Return Preparers


Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Promoting Nationwide Tax Fraud Scheme

Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Promoting Nationwide Tax Fraud Scheme


Co-Owner of Georgia Bars Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

Co-Owner of Georgia Bars Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion


Operators of Michigan Businesses Charged with Tax Conspiracy and Wire Fraud

Operators of Michigan Businesses Charged with Tax Conspiracy and Wire Fraud


ICYMI: Comer Joins Fox News, Invites Hunter Biden to Testify and Share his “Expertise” on Electric Vehicles

House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) joined “Fox & Friends Weekend” with Pete Hegseth to discuss calling Hunter Biden to appear before a scheduled committee hearing on electrifying the Postal Service fleet.


Oversight Republicans: Russia’s Sanctions Targeting Hunter Biden Latest Evidence of His Shady Foreign Business Dealings

sanctions on Hunter Biden, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republicans today raised concerns about Hunter Biden’s questionable foreign business dealings in Russia and Ukraine.


Comer: Democrats’ Socialized Healthcare Scheme a Bad Deal for Americans

House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing on the Democrats’ socialized medicine scheme by blasting Democrats for looking for more ways to grow entitlement spending instead of conducting oversight to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in federal spending.


ICYMI: Chairman Neal Highlights Bipartisan Victory for Retirement Security in the Boston Globe

On the heels of the House’s overwhelmingly bipartisan passage of H.R. 2954, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) penned an opinion piece in the Boston Globe touting this retirement security win for the American people.


The TRUTH About the Democrats’ Insulin Bill: It Revives Their Tax and Spend Agenda

We can lower the price of insulin for seniors and workers together, Democrats insist on their way or the highway


Barrasso: Biden is Making American Energy More Expensive & Harder to Produce

News Release: CASPER, WY - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement on the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) announcement regarding lease sales for oil and gas drilling on federal land.



U.S. attorney advises 'Never trust a smuggler' after fatal boat accident

A California man entered a guilty plea to charges brought against him after a maritime smuggling accident killed three people aboard the boat he was operating.



EPA's Guzman: 'I applaud the students at UC Berkeley' for creating clean-water tech

A group of students at the University of California, Berkeley, has been awarded nearly $100,000 for developing new technology to remove arsenic from groundwater, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced recently.


'I am confident he will continue to empower the agency’s scientific and technical experts': Biden nominates Applegate as director of USGS

President Joe Biden has nominated David Applegate to direct the U.S. Geological Survey in the Department of the Interior, a news release said.


USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Idaho

Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in two flocks in Idaho - a non-commercial, backyard flock (non-poultry) in Caribou County and a non-commercial, backyard ...


USDA Declares a Portion of East Fork State Park in Clermont County, Ohio, Removed from Asian Longhorned Beetle Quarantine

Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) together with the Ohio Department of Agriculture today announced that a portion of East Fork State Park in Clermont County, Ohio, is removed from the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) quarantine ...



DOS-DRL grant application closes on May 31

DRL FY21 Latin America and the Caribbean Labor Consortium grant opened on April 15.