News from December 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement in reaction to the 1-year extension of Trade Adjustment Assistance, which provides training, employment assistance, and income support for workers who have lost jobs because of trade, as part of the omnibus funding bill passed by Congress today...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after introduction of the fiscal year 2023 omnibus funding package, which included commonsense bills to protect consumers and promote the economy.
By State Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Jurors Found Evidence of a Conscious Disregard of the Extreme Risk of Harm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that William Watts, Sr., 56, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison, five years of supervised release and ordered to pay $12,000 in special assessments by United States District Court Judge Joel H. Slomsky after being convicted of receiving and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A suburban Pittsburgh resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics trafficking and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed three Republican bills under suspension of the rules. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.
By State Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
Release: Joseph Kennedy III currently serves as the Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Defendant Accused of Assaulting an Officer.
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 the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) Act in a 92-5 amendment vote to add the legislation to the 2023 government funding bill, which passed the Senate today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: * Return to The Civil War.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Severe winter weather is expected to impact communities nationwide, with the potential to create hazardous conditions across the country. The worst impacts are expected in eastern Wisconsin, Michigan, northern Indiana, northeast Illinois and northern Ohio, including limited accessibility and travel due to snow covered roads, as well as power outages and wind chills well below zero.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Honduran woman pleaded guilty today to participating in a large-scale conspiracy to traffic cocaine for importation into the United States.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 20, 2022) – Today, the PCE Carriage Cleaners Site in Bellevue, Nebraska, has been added to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL), following its listing in the Federal Register for a 60-day public comment period.
By Commerce 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 Homeland Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: BRANDON, Fla. - Fifty-one additional Florida counties affected by Hurricane Nicole are now eligible for emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance under the Public Assistance program. The counties are Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Broward, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, ...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, praised the announcement from Form Energy, Inc. (Form Energy) that they have entered into an agreement with the State of West Virginia to build the first iron-air battery manufacturing ...
By State Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
Release: As Russia continues its brutal attacks against critical infrastructure in Ukraine, the United States welcomes President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington, D.C. today to underscore our enduring commitment to the people of Ukraine. Over the past three hundred days, the Kremlin has tried and failed to wipe ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
News Release: DHS is working diligently to prevent the importation of forced labor-made goods from Xinjiang while facilitating lawful trade
By State Newswire | Dec 26, 2022
Release: Recently in Honolulu I had the honor of opening the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Informal Senior Officials’ Meeting (ISOM) Symposium. During ISOM, the United States’ first gathering as 2023 APEC host, I joined with my counterparts across APEC’s 21 member economies to reaffirm our shared commitment...
