News from February 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas man who assaulted a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was sentenced today to 46 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Christopher Hogg, age 63, of Gladwyne, PA, was sentenced to six years and three months in prison, and two years of supervised release, and was ordered to forfeit over $17 million and pay restitution of over $750,000 by United States District Judge Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro for his participation with two co-conspirators in a loan fraud scheme worth more than $21 million.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking nominations for the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committees to fill existing and upcoming vacancies. The committee members are volunteers who provide advice and recommendations to the BLM on the development...
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. Ro Khanna, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, held a hearing to examine whether climate pledges made by fossil fuel companies Exxon, Chevron, Shell, and BP are adequate to address global warming.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: On behalf of Senator Crapo and myself, it’s our hope that this morning’s hearing on the state of mental health for our youth serves as a wake up call. Millions of young Americans are struggling under a mental health epidemic. Struggling in school. Struggling with addiction or isolation. Struggling to make it from one day to the next.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in the Health Subcommittee Hearing on biomedical research.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on the Brownfields Program on Tuesday, February 15, at 11:30 a.m. (EST).
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “ARPA-H: The Next Frontier of Biomedical Research:”
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A citizen of the Dominican Republic has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal immigration laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) from today’s hearing entitled, “Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2022: Stakeholder Priorities":
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Douglas Edward Bennett (77, Clearwater) to 22 years in federal prison for assuming another’s identity, applying for a passport in that identity, and possessing firearms as a convicted felon. Bennett was also ordered to pay a fine of $200,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Philadelphia, PA - Members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Jahlil Williams, 23, for murder, at approximately 8:00 a.m. on February 8th in the 100 block of Holly Road NW in Atlanta, Georgia. Williams was wanted for murder in relation to the shooting of a 14 year old boy which occurred...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Good afternoon. Welcome to our first Oversight Subcommittee hearing this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Defendant Accused of Assaulting Police With Metal Flagpole.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. - An Erie County, N.Y., man was detained by police after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer at Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) detected a loaded handgun in the man’s carry-on bag at the security checkpoint on Saturday, Feb. 5. It was the first gun detected by TSA officers at the security checkpoint this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina announced today the launch of a Planning and Implementation Guide designed to provide a framework to assist those who work with victims, and to help them effectively support survivors and victims’ families through the preparation, planning, and implementation phases of such high-profile cases.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: Private exporters reported the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance grant opened on Feb. 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Columbia County, Ga., man has been sentenced to federal prison for possession of child pornography, while a second man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in a separate case.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $1.3 million to Hawaii 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, ...
