News from December 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today welcomed Senate confirmation of Doug McKalip as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator within the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and Rebecca Jones Gaston as Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Both nominees cleared the Senate today by voice vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A repeat convicted felon has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly possessing a firearm, multiple rounds of ammunition and fentanyl intended for distribution while on federal supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Below is a statement from House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott following the confirmation of Alexis Taylor to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA, together with Puerto Rico Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (PRVOAD); Send Relief Puerto Rico; the DHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and other Federal agencies, hosted a workshop and networking session for houses of worship and community non-profit organizations in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, on December 15 in order to strengthen partnerships among the emergency management enterprise and shared best practices.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for EM Headquarters (HQ) Consolidated Technical Support Services (CTSS) to Catawba-TEA, LLC, of Rock Hill, South Carolina. Catawba-TEA, LLC is a Joint Venture between Catawba Engineering and Environmental Services and Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc. Catawba-TEA, LLC is a certified Small Business Administration 8(a) Program participant.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected him Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the 118th Congress...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of key Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reforms she negotiated this year and pushed to pass as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today following the U.S. Senate confirmation of Gene Rodrigues by voice vote to serve as Assistant Secretary for Electricity at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
By State Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: The United States welcomes the UN Security Council’s adoption of Resolution 2669 on Burma. This is an important step by the Security Council to address the crisis and end the Burma military regime’s escalating repression and violence against civilians. It sends a strong message from the international ...
By Tamara Browning | Dec 26, 2022
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services welcomes public comments, written data and views as it conducts a trial for updates to the current naturalization test.
By Tamara Browning | Dec 26, 2022
The underboss of a Philadelphia mafia family has been sentenced to five years in prison for leading a racketeering conspiracy that engaged in loansharking, gambling and extortion.
By Karen Kidd | Dec 26, 2022
U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a deadline extension for dairy margin coverage programs enrollment to help producers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
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.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today celebrated the confirmations of L. Michelle Moore, Robert Klein, William Renick, Adam Wade White, Joe Ritch, and Beth Pritchard Geer to be Members of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
By DOL Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement on Senate passage of an omnibus which includes a package of mental health and substance use disorder policies she worked to include with HELP Ranking Member Senator Richard Burr (R-NC).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) released the following statement after the House passed S. 1541, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022, the companion bill to Rush’s H.R. 2489, the Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Daquan Murphy, age 20, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 15 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for carjacking and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
The Congressional Record published “Senate” in the Daily Digest section on Dec. 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Dana Lamar Antonio Hayes, Jr., age 37, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal wire fraud charge related to a scheme to obtain a fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Relief loan application (EIDL loan) and several Paycheck Protection Plan loan applications (PPP loans), under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, from two financial institutions (Bank1 and Bank 2).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Rodney Kent a/k/a “Hott Rodd," a/k/a “Hott," 51, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release by United States District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe after being convicted of sex trafficking earlier this year.
