News from February 2022
By EPA Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
There were 37 press releases published by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in October 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: The Capitol Reef National Park Visitor Center will reopen on Wednesday, March 2 at 9 a.m., after a brief closure to install new exhibits. A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place before welcoming visitors to view the newly installed exhibits.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: Defendant Was the Child’s Stepfather. WASHINGTON - A 63-year-old man, of Southeast Washington, was sentenced today to life in prison for federal child exploitation offenses, including production of child pornography, enticement of a minor, and possession of child pornography, as well as multiple counts...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that EMILE JONES, age 44, of Metairie, Louisiana, was sentenced on Feb. 23, 2022 by the Honorable Jane Triche Milazzo after previously pleading guilty to violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today by phone with Polish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office Zbigniew Rau to discuss Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack on Ukraine. Secretary Blinken strongly condemned ...
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
On February 23, 2022, Christopher Lee Smith, a 24-year-old man from Union Springs, Alabama, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. In addition to his prison sentence, Smith was ordered to serve three years of supervised release.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and the Republican Members of the Committee have released the following joint statement commemorating six months since the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: Fishing in the Hoh, South Fork Hoh, Bogachiel, Dickey, and Quillayute river systems within Olympic National Park will close to fishing beginning March 1, 2022. This closure is in response to information provided by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, which indicates that wild steelhead runs...
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
A Jefferson Davis County felon was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Taylor B. McNeel to 77 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The sentence also included a fine of $2,000 and a term of three years of supervised release following his release from confinement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Amisial Elveus, 31, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Feb. 23, 2022, by a federal grand jury with access-device fraud and aggravated identity theft offenses.
By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement after Mazars USA reportedly severed ties with the Trump Organization: “Mazars’ letter is further confirmation of what has long been suspected: former President Trump’s claims about his shady financial dealings simply cannot be trusted.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars of consumer electronics before reselling the stolen goods in connection with a delivery fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announce.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: A federal judge in Valdosta, Georgia, yesterday sentenced Ashtyn Michael Rance, 35, to 33 months in prison on each count to run concurrently, a $4,300 fine and three years of post-release supervision. The judge also prohibited Rance from possessing or selling wildlife during the supervisory period. Rance pleaded guilty on Nov. 18, 2021, to violating the Lacey Act and unlawfully possessing firearms.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
Release: The U.S. Department of State will welcome 112 leaders in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields from Africa, the Middle East, and South and Central Asia to participate in the hybrid TechWomen Program. Through mentorships with U.S. women leaders in STEM fields, the TechWomen...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Enjoy a sweet taste of spring during the 45th annual Maple Sugar Time festival at Indiana Dunes National Park’s historic Chellberg Farm. The farm will be bustling with maple sugaring activities from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday March 12 and Sunday March 13.
By Karen Kidd | Feb 25, 2022
As the COVID-19 pandemic raged, two health care facilities in Michigan - one of the hardest hit in the nation by coronavirus - withheld hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages from its workers, the Department of Labor said in February.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Turners Falls man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin, Illinois, man, Thomas A. Wright, 44, of the 1400 block of Hazel Street, was sentenced on Feb. 22, 2022, to 300 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of ice methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Raleigh County woman pleaded guilty today to a federal fraud charge.
