News from February 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Jonathan Walker, 29, of Ceredo, pleaded guilty today to distribution of heroin.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $70 million to support 372 projects under the Plant Protection Act’s Section 7721 program to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation; to safeguard the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - A Hope, Idaho man was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man today admitted in federal court that he possessed over 500 grams of cocaine and approximately 100 fentanyl pills that he intended to distribute; he also admitted that, as a convicted felon, he was illegally in the possession of various magazines of ammunition, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: The best path toward sustainable peace in Somalia is through the rapid conclusion of credible elections. The United States has repeatedly expressed concern over the delays and procedural irregularities in Somalia’s electoral process and the broader implications of those irregularities for the country’s democracy and stability.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Below are Ranking Member Norman’s remarks as prepared for delivery.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: The best path toward sustainable peace in Somalia is through the rapid conclusion of credible elections. The United States has repeatedly expressed concern over the delays and procedural irregularities in Somalia’s electoral process and the broader implications of those irregularities for the country’s democracy and stability.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a hearing on the response to and lessons learned from the threat posed by the vulnerability in Log4j software - which experts have said...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - There’s a big new "Cat" on the prowl at EM ’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Travis Ray Preston, 27, of Tuba City, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 51 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. On June 25, 2021, a federal jury convicted Preston of one count of involuntary manslaughter.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Very good. First of all, this is an important moment because it’s the final leg of our four-leg trip, so I know you’re all feeling good about that.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: Stage 1: Statement of Interest. The Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) announces an open competition for grant funding to support the Program to End Modern Slavery (PEMS). The TIP Office will allocate funding for anti-trafficking projects through an...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Feb. 08, 2022 - Beginning as early as February 10 through the middle of March, fire personnel at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park will be burning piles of cut wood and other vegetation in the Big Stump area of Grant Grove and the Lodgepole area of Giant Forest.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: The undersigned members of the Media Freedom Coalition express their deep concern at the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese authorities’ attacks on freedom of the press and their suppression of independent local media in Hong Kong.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $1.3 million to Idaho as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. James Comer, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives passed their bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act in a bipartisan vote of 342-92...
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
Following the recently announced agreement between the U.S. and Japan to allow historically-based sustainable volumes of Japanese steel products to enter the U.S. market without the application of Section 232 tariffs, industry and labor leaders are applauding the deal, which will counter unfair trade practices by China and is another example of President Biden’s focus on strengthening relationships with our vital allies and partners.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
Good morning. Thank you all for being here. I know we all wish we could meet in person and are disappointed to not be joined by our Brazilian counterparts.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
Today, Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves, National Economic Council (NEC) Director Brian Deese, and Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Marisa Lago met virtually with the U.S. section of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum to discuss opportunities to increase bilateral trade and investment with Brazil across industry sectors.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
Today, United States Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo and United States Trade Representative Katherine C. Tai announced a new 232 tariff agreement with Japan to allow historically-based sustainable volumes of Japanese steel products to enter the U.S. market without the application of Section 232 tariffs.
