News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


Taxpayers Should Not Fund Biden's Vague, Undefined Environmental Slush Fund

Taxpayers Should Not Fund Biden's Vague, Undefined Environmental Slush Fund


What They Are Saying: The No Timber From Tyrants Act

What They Are Saying: The No Timber From Tyrants Act


EPA unveils plan to protect water quality by accelerating nutrient pollution reductions

The U.S. EPA recently announced a policy memorandum that outlines its commitment to work with a range of groups to reduce excess nutrients in the nation's waterways.


ICYMI: Manchin Visits Alberta To Discuss North American Energy Security

ICYMI: Manchin Visits Alberta To Discuss North American Energy Security


ICYMI: Barrasso Op-Ed: Stop Buying Uranium From Russia

ICYMI: Barrasso Op-Ed: Stop Buying Uranium From Russia


Committee Releases Report Uncovering Significant Conflicts of Interest at McKinsey & Co. Related to Work for FDA and Opioid Manufacturers

Committee Releases Report Uncovering Significant Conflicts of Interest at McKinsey & Co. Related to Work for FDA and Opioid Manufacturers


Oversight Committee Shares Evidence of Troubling Financial Conduct by Washington Commanders with Federal Trade Commission

Oversight Committee Shares Evidence of Troubling Financial Conduct by Washington Commanders with Federal Trade Commission


Investigation Reveals Biden’s CDC Bypassed Scientific Norms to Allow Teachers Union to Re-Write Official Guidance

Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Republicans released an interim report revealing Dr. Rochelle Walensky bypassed customary scientific processes at the U.S.


Nine House Republican Committee Leaders Raise Concerns on Biden Administration Directing Federal Agencies to Engage in Voting Access & Registration Activities

Today, Republican Leaders on the House Committees on Administration, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, Small Business, and the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture and Financial Services and General Government, sent a letter to the Biden Administration raising concerns about its lack of constitutional and statutory authority to enact the Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting, which directs federal agencies to engage in activities beyond their stated mission, including increasing government employee involvement in elections and registration activities.


Neal Applauds House Passage of Bill to Cap Insulin Costs

“The price of insulin has skyrocketed, forcing too many Americans to make the unconscionable choice between taking their essential medication and affording life’s other basic necessities.


Maloney, Baldwin, Hassan, King, Fitzpatrick Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Group in Calling on Drug Manufacturers to Make Naloxone Available Over the Counter

Maloney, Baldwin, Hassan, King, Fitzpatrick Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Group in Calling on Drug Manufacturers to Make Naloxone Available Over the Counter


Oversight Committee Urges NYC Mayor to Address Mental Health Crisis at Rikers Island

Oversight Committee Urges NYC Mayor to Address Mental Health Crisis at Rikers Island


President Biden Signs Comer, Maloney, Peters, Portman’s Postal Service Reform Act into Law

President Biden Signs Comer, Maloney, Peters, Portman’s Postal Service Reform Act into Law


House Oversight Committee Passes Hice’s “Chance to Compete Act”

House Oversight Committee Passes Hice’s “Chance to Compete Act”


Detroit man sentenced to prison, restitution in $1.6 million unemployment insurance scam

A Detroit man has been sentenced in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, on charges connected to the theft of $1.6 million in unemployment insurance benefits from nine states.


Mace: No Child Attending Public School Should be Subject to Government Indoctrination

Mace: No Child Attending Public School Should be Subject to Government Indoctrination


ICYMI: Republicans Seek Ban on Russian Timber, Boost to U.S. Logging

ICYMI: Republicans Seek Ban on Russian Timber, Boost to U.S. Logging


National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee Meeting; May 2022 Teleconference discussed on April 13 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA-FNS1 offers new grant application process starting April 14

School Breakfast Program Expansion-Territories grant opened on April 14.


News Release: La Junta, CO - Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site will reopen to the public on Friday, April 15, 2022. The fort closed on April 12 due to the Bent’s Fort Fire, which burned approximately 1,652 acres of park, private, and state wildlife area lands.