News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


Investment Scam Ringleader Pleads Guilty After Being Recorded Paying Cash Kickbacks at Boca Raton Starbucks


Beaumont Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Armed Robbery of Dollar Store


KC Man Pleads Guilty to Falsely Claiming to Hire Ex-Cons for Non-profit Agency


Essex County Man Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Obstructing Justice while on Pre-Trial Release


Census Bureau Releases First in a Series of 2020 Census Quality Reports

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the first two of more than 65 reports from its 2020 Census Evaluations and Experiments (EAE) operation designed to assess the quality of 2020 Census programs and operations and test new methods suggested from previous research.


South Carolina Fentanyl Trafficker Is Sentenced To 13 Years


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.4 million grant to Snow College, Ephraim, Utah, to help diversify the regional economy by building the Innovative Agricultural Center. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA’s $300 million Coal Communities Commitment.


New York Man Sentenced To 24 Months’ Imprisonment For Scheme To Fraudulently Obtain 892 iphones From Sprint


Tukwila, WA, man who torched a car to retaliate against an informant sentenced to 7 years in prison


Fridley Felon Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Selling Methamphetamine, Illegally Possessing Firearms


Kodiak Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Federal Prison for Sextortion


Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Steal Firearms


Congressional Record publishes “THANKING THE HOUSE OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL”  on Dec. 16, 2021

The Congressional Record published “THANKING THE HOUSE OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL” in the Extensions of Remarks section on Dec. 16, 2021.


Two former officials of tiny St. Louis County municipality accused of stealing $660,000



Philadelphia Man Charged With Drug Trafficking Offenses


Barred Broker Dealer Charged with $1 Million Investment Scheme and Fraudulently Obtaining $96,000 Cares Act Loan


U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Lenderking’s Returns from Travel to the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Saudi Arabia

News Release: U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking returned to Washington on August 17 from travel to the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. During his trip, Special Envoy Lenderking engaged with senior officials from the Republic of Yemen Government, the United Nations, and regional and international partner countries as well as the Yemeni people to secure an expanded UN-mediated truce in Yemen to take effect October 2.


Congressional Record publishes “Judicial Nominations (Executive Calendar)”  on Dec. 17, 2021

“Judicial Nominations (Executive Calendar)“ was published in the Senate section on pages S9284-S9286 on Dec. 17, 2021


Leader Rodgers Statement on CDC and Rebuilding Trust

News Release: Washington, D.C.- Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizing the need to rebuild trust with the American people.