News from April 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
News Release: Renken and Wolthuis were caught with three pounds of meth as they left a residence where 20 pounds of meth was seized.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Amanda Griffith (619) 546-8970 and Jennifer McCollough (619) 546-8773.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: In 2021, U.S. investments in conventional weapons destruction (CWD) in Africa contributed to lasting security and economic growth in areas where explosive hazards hinder the safe return of displaced people, access to water sources, and limit the safety and socioeconomic growth of local civilian populations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
News Release: Departamento de Justicia. Oficina de Asuntos Públicos. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Lunes, 4 de abril de 2022. Un yate del oligarca ruso sancionado Viktor Vekselberg valorado en 90 millones de dólares es incautado por España a petición de Estados Unidos. Nota: Las imágenes de la incautación están disponibles...

By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Conroe, Texas, April 29-30, at the Lone Star Convention and Expo Center. The two-day event, featuring 120 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 29. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, April 29, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, April 30. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the reports of gross human rights violations recently revealed as the Ukrainian Armed Forces retook areas previously occupied by Russia:

By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness Friday in Washington, D.C. to commemorate 60 years of diplomatic relations with the United States, as Jamaica marks the 60th anniversary of its independence. On behalf ...

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
News Release: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Military Privatized Family Housing Oversight Hearing.

By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Promoting Civic Leadership & Participation grant opened on April 4.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today continued his investigation into Big Pharma’s tax practices, and how loopholes in the tax code have allowed large multinational corporations headquartered in the U.S. to further abuse tax havens and avoid paying U.S. taxes on prescription drug sales. While U.S. sales account for 46 percent of Merck’s global sales, Merck reported just 14 percent of pretax income in the United States.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) officer made his initial appearance in federal court on Friday for allegedly robbing three casinos, stealing approximately $164,000 in total.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to have Foreign Minister Momen here and to be able to work together on strengthening more the partnership between the United States and Bangladesh. We are in fact celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations. And even as we think back on those 50 years, we’re really looking ahead to the start of the next 50 and the work that we can do together, as I said, to strengthen our partnership.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: In 2021, U.S. conventional weapons destruction (CWD) support in Europe continued to improve regional security and build national capacity in Eastern Europe by investing in efforts to prevent accidental explosions at munitions depots storing older, unstable ammunition; clear landmines and explosive remnants...

By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Lee Satterfield is traveling to Croatia and Cyprus from April 3-9, 2022.

By Press release submission | Apr 4, 2022
Republican Leader of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) delivered remarks during a full committee hearing with U.S. Trade

By Press release submission | Apr 4, 2022
More than half of Americans worry a great deal about inflation and the economy, leading most other issues: Inflation emerges as a leading public concern, with 59 percent saying they worry about it “a great deal.”

By Press release submission | Apr 4, 2022
U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “Behavioral Health Care When Americans Need It: Ensuring Parity and Care Integration.”

By Press release submission | Apr 4, 2022
The RESPECT Act will codify into law that federal agencies must consult with tribal governments before taking federal actions that impact tribal lands, rights, resources, or citizens.

By Press release submission | Apr 4, 2022
Today we will discuss 19 bills that collectively provide resources for mental health and substance use prevention, care and coverage, treatment, and recovery support services.

By Press release submission | Apr 4, 2022
Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee hearing on President Biden’s price hike and America’s pain at the pump.