News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 4, 2022
During an oversight hearing this week, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA), provided an opening statement on the important oversight role that Congress exercises regarding the implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and its importance to Alaska Native, American Indian and Native Hawaiian efforts to repatriate sacred human remains and funerary objects back to their communities.
By Zachary Richter | Feb 4, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confiscated nearly a ton of prohibited pork and poultry products from China found among New York City-area retailers.
By Press release submission | Feb 4, 2022
U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the state of the U.S. territories – American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee, highlighted efforts Congress took to ensure the territories were included in the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Press release submission | Feb 4, 2022
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Representative David McKinley (R-WV) announced West Virginia is eligible for $141,932,226 from the Department of the Interior to plug, remediate and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells.
By Press release submission | Feb 4, 2022
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), along with Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), ranking member of the ENR Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, opposing the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) recent proposal to remove helium and uranium from the list of critical minerals.
By Press release submission | Feb 4, 2022
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent a letter to U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-PA) voicing his opposition to the nomination of Ms. Sarah Bloom Raskin to be vice chair of supervision at the Federal Reserve.
By Press release submission | Feb 4, 2022
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement in response to the Department of the Interior canceling the Twin Metals hardrock mineral leases.
By Press release submission | Feb 4, 2022
Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement following the decision by the District Court of the District of Columbia to revoke oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico tonight.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: As the United States raced to build atomic bombs during World War II, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Manhattan Engineer District, commonly known as the Manhattan Project, had acquired enough pure uranium metal by 1943 to begin mass-producing fuel for plutonium production reactors. What they did not have was the know-how to convert uranium metal billets into a form capable of fueling reactors.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
Release: MS PORTER: Hello, good afternoon, and happy Friday, everyone. Thank you for joining the call. As we announced this morning, Secretary Blinken will travel to Australia, Fiji, and Hawaii next week for a series of bilateral, trilateral, and multilateral engagements to advance our priorities in the Indo-Pacific.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Childes Neely, age 30, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 181 months' imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson for robbery and weapons offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Tucson, AZ ? Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement on House passage of the COMPETES Act, which includes provisions that tackle illegal fishing and slave labor in the seafood supply chain, expand renewable energy, address the illegal wildlife trade, bolster marine science and strengthen protection of marine life on the high seas.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 4521, the so-called America Competes Act, which emboldens the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the expense of American job creators, workers, and students...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Four defendants have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a conspiracy that converted large amounts of liquid methamphetamine into crystal methamphetamine at a rented house within 1,000 feet of George Melcher Elementary School in Kansas City, Missouri.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced updates to the school nutrition standards that give schools a clear path forward as they build back better from the pandemic. These actions provide support for the dedicated school meal program operators who provide critical nutrition to millions of children every school day.
By Kaleb Brown | Feb 4, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency awarded the Cherokee, Iowa Hy-Vee distribution center a 2020 EPA Region WasteWise Award for its efforts in preventing and diverting waste.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today that it has issued a reminding state and local government agencies that they are required by law to designate Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA") Coordinators and inviting ADA Coordinators to an informational meeting.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of North Versailles, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Ercin Kalender, age 60, of Alexandria, Virginia and Lizette Kalender, age 44, of Alexandria, Virginia pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy in relation to tax fraud within their corporate filings and business taxes. As part of their plea agreements, the Kalenders have been ordered to pay $2,219,602 in restitution.
