News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


News Release: MOBILE, AL - Three defendants from Tampa, Florida were sentenced to federal prison for engaging in a scheme to commit bank fraud and identity theft involving counterfeit checks and stolen mail.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Crews with EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) are performing risk-reduction activities to prepare a former plutonium processing facility on the Hanford Site for eventual disposition.


News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Two Alachua County men, each with multiple prior felony convictions, were sentenced on December 6, 2022, to federal prison terms ranging from 18 to 19.5 years followed by supervised release for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. The sentences were announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “VOTE EXPLANATION” on Dec. 8.


Pontiac Man Sentenced to 10 Years For the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

News Release: DETROIT - A Pontiac man was sentenced to 10 years in Federal prison for the sexual coercion and enticement of a minor, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.


Clay County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Crime

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Todd Jeffery Ullum, 32, of Maysel, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester Announce Federal Grant to Boost Environmental Job Training in Delaware

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced a $500,000 grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to boost environmental workforce training in Delaware.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum Lunch

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It is wonderful to see this room so full, so full of friends, colleagues. As I came in from the back, I note that this area is often filled with automobiles because this is where the car show takes place. But today, we have an incredibly vibrant community with us.


EPA grant application closes on March 31

2023 Request for Applications: Puget Sound Action Agenda 2; Climate Resilient Riparian Systems Lead grant opened on Dec. 15.


Energy Department discusses Notice of Denial of Water Quality Certification on Dec. 14

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) recently announced 18 communities across the U.S. as World War II (WWII) Heritage Cities, including four communities with sites important to DOE.


News Release: Memphis, TN - A Tennessee man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers during the January 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His and others’ actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.


Man Indicted for Making Threats to Arizona State Election Official

News Release: A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned an indictment today charging an Ohio man for allegedly sending threatening communications to an election official with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office.


Release: Good morning! Thank you to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Corporate Council on Africa, along with the U.S. Department of Commerce team, for their work to organize today’s events.


News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are pressing senior Biden Administration officials, the president of EcoHealth Alliance, and several virologists who authored “The Proximal Origin...


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Maple Park, Illinois, has been sentenced in federal court to 37 months in jail and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $5,787 on his conviction of conspiracy to transport stolen goods across state lines, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: HOUSTON - A 25-year-old Huntsville resident has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography as well as multiple counts of cyberstalking, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


“STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” was published on pages S13883-S13886 of the Congressional Record on Dec. 23, 2009.


News Release: ATLANTA - William Allen Liebisch has been charged with interfering with the duties of a flight crew after he brought a box cutter aboard a Fronter Airlines flight and told a fellow passenger that he wanted to stab someone, which required the pilot to make an emergency landing in Atlanta.


Leader Rodgers: “Free Speech is Foundational to America”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at today’s Energy and Commerce Committee markup on a Resolution of Inquiry on the Biden administration’s efforts to censor Americans by colluding with Big Tech.