News from April 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - William Joseph Milot, of Waterbury, Connecticut, has admitted to his role in a firearms trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2022
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 Montana - a non-commercial, backyard flock (poultry) in Cascade County, and a non-commercial, backyard ...

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
Amid 40-year high inflation, President Biden is doubling down on crippling tax hikes, this time with a scheme that taxes unrealized gains.As put succinctly by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV): “You can’t be taxed on things you don’t have.” And yet that’s exactly what President Biden wants to do.According to a recent poll, the vast majority of Americans oppose Biden’s tax hike.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
Today, the House of Representatives will take up the bipartisan SECURE 2.0 bill, legislation that will strengthen Americans’ retirement savings.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
“Once again, the Administration is proposing trillions of dollars in new spending, coupled with job-killing tax hikes.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
Today, President Joe Biden announced an unprecedented drawdown from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), intending to place 1 million barrels of oil on the market every day for the next six months and increase fees on federal oil and gas leaseholders.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
“Today the House passed two commonsense, bipartisan bills to improve public health data and strengthen our communications networks.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigations Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on President Biden’s price hike and America’s pain at the pump.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
“The Medical Marijuana Research Act amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a new, separate registration process to facilitate biomedical research on marijuana.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
The three government entities agreed to a new approach for Pit 9 that would fold the project into a broader buried waste environmental investigation at the landfill.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
Today, President Joe Biden announced he is invoking Defense Protection Act powers in order to ramp up domestic production of critical minerals.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
In the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing today, Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) delivered the following opening remarks about safe drinking water.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
“Federal rules and regulations for permitting, licensing, and environmental reviews have made it incredibly difficult and expensive to build in the United States.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
Lifesaving Legislation Caps the Monthly Cost of Insulin at $35 per Month

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
“President Biden put forward a budget today that prioritizes the health and prosperity of the American people.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
The SBPS complements existing Census Bureau data by providing detailed, near real-time information on the challenges that small businesses face.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 6.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021 (table 1), according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 2.3 percent.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today it has awarded four grants as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
We emphasize diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of our work from the grants we give to the people we reach.

By Press release submission | Apr 8, 2022
Curiosity and independent thinking lead the way to a STEM career.