News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


Pallone Opening Remarks at Oversight Hearing with Oil Company Executives on Rising Gas Prices

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “Gouged at the Gas Station: Big Oil and America’s Pain at the Pump...


TSA stops firearm during security screening at T.F. Green Airport

Release: WARWICK, R.I. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a female passenger from carrying a firearm onto an airplane at T.F. Green Airport (PVD) on Wednesday, April 6. This was the first firearm detection this year at PVD security checkpoints.


Fairbanks Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

News Release: For distributing counterfeit fentanyl pills resulting in a death.


Food Security and the Russian Federation’s Invasion of Ukraine

Release: THE WASHINGTON FOREIGN PRESS CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C. (Telephonic).


News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - Moris Alexis Flores, 33, an inmate at United States Penitentiary Lee County (USP Lee), was sentenced yesterday to over 15 years in prison for conspiring to murder a fellow inmate, attempting to commit murder, and being an inmate in possession of a prohibited object in relation to an assault that occurred at USP Lee in January 2020.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Federal Implementation Plan Addressing Regional Ozone Transport for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard discussed on April 6 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Philadelphia Man Sentenced to One Year in Jail for Shining Laser into Police Helicopter

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Raji Yusuf, 36, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to one year in prison and three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine by United States District Judge Michael Baylson for shining a laser pointer into a Philadelphia Police helicopter while it was airborne and for violating the terms of his supervised release.


Federal Reserve System discusses Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company on April 6

The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, Guam Environmental Protection Agency (Guam EPA) discussed on April 6 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


State Department discusses Designation of Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist on April 6

The US State Department published a two page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a four page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Bills addressed by Energy and Natural Resources Committee on April 7

There was activity on five bills related to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on April 7.


There was activity on four bills related to the Agriculture Committee on April 7.


Baltimore Sex Trafficker Admits to Recruiting a 14-Year-Old Minor Near a Group Home to Engage in Commercial Sex

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Kyle David Robinson, age 29, of Baltimore, Maryland pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking of a minor.


Watts on China: Bombard audience with messages and 'people will tend to believe them'

Many Chinese influencer accounts are linked to the state or its media outlets and work in lockstep with Beijing, the Associated Press recently reported.


DOS-ZWE grant application closes on May 8

2022/2023 EducationUSA Oportunity Funds Program grant opened on April 7.


News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District announces the availability of a draft environmental assessment to address potential environmental consequences associated with a proposal by the Federal Highway Administration to construct a multi-use trail in sections of Red Rock Canyon...


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Small Business Committee Republican Leader Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA), and Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations Subcommittee Republican Leader Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) issued the following joint statement on the discovery of unions illegally receiving Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds...


There was activity on six bills related to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on April 6.