News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Scalise on COVID Oversight: Republicans Will Hold Biden Administration Accountable

House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today blasted Democrats’ final report and politicization of the Select Subcommittee to attack the Trump Administration rather than conduct impartial congressional oversight of the pandemic.


Stapleton: Those who choose a criminal path will be 'identified, investigated and removed from society'

A career criminal with multiple convictions for drug trafficking is headed to prison for more than a decade after he was apprehended with methamphetamine following a car crash.


Comer Statement on Committee Democrats’ Washington Commanders Report

Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement on Democrats’ Washington Commanders report:


Notice of a Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection discussed on Dec. 27 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Comer: Biden Administration Will Be Held Accountable for Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal

House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent letters to senior leadership at the White House, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Department of State (State), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Joint Chiefs of Staff renewing requests for all documents and communications related to the Biden Administration’s failed Afghanistan withdrawal.


News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Thursday sentenced a St. Louis County, Missouri, man involved in a fentanyl distribution ring to 20 years in prison.


Comer Selected as Chairman of Oversight Committee

House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today was selected to serve as the next chairman of the House Oversight Committee and issued the following statement:


Comer Calls on Twitter Employees to Testify About Censorship of Hunter Biden Laptop Story

House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today called on Twitter employees who were responsible for censoring the New York Post’s reporting about the Biden family’s influence peddling to testify before the House Oversight Committee next Congress.


Rule published on Dec. 27 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Homeland Security Department published a nine page proposed rule on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Environmental Protection Agency publishes notice on Dec. 27

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: (MISSOULA, Mont.) - The public now has access to more high-quality hunting and hiking in western Montana, as the Bureau of Land Management has just acquired more than 6,500 acres along the Blackfoot River.


Shelton Man Sentenced to 66 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotics In Bridgeport

News Release: SHELTON, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ANTHONY SMALL, also known as “Whompy," 31, of Shelton, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics in Bridgeport.


Transportation Department discusses Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee; Notice of Public Meeting on Dec. 27

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.