News from February 2022
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - In the last decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the number of fatal overdoses in West Virginia has nearly tripled , nearly 85 percent of them linked to controlled substances including opioids. Nationally, the CDC estimates 91 of the more than 140 Americans who die each day from drug overdose fall victim to opioids.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: HONOLULU - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $117,718 in back wages and liquidated damages to 33 workers after their employer in Hawaii recklessly denied them overtime wages they earned.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
Release: Thank you for inviting me to speak today. It’s great to see so many familiar faces.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: On Feb. 1, 2021, Burma’s military overthrew the country’s democratically-elected civilian government in a coup d’etat. Since then, the military has killed more than 1,400 innocent people, unjustly arrested political leaders and journalists, violently disbanded labor unions, and committed egregious ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: The America Concedes Act is a missed opportunity to boost American competitiveness. It actively sets America back in our goal to beat China and win the future. It tries to copy China’s own dangerous path of centralized industrial policy and massive government handouts that benefit the ruling party’s political allies. We cannot, and should not even try, to beat the CCP at their own game.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: Consistent with the recent Joint Statement of Principles in Support of International Education , the U.S. Department of State is proud to announce additional measures to further our support for increasing the flow of talent in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to benefit American communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Havre man who admitted to drug trafficking and firearms crimes after law enforcement found methamphetamine, fentanyl, a gun and a large amount of cash in his motel room was sentenced today to 10 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: The Lukashenka regime now holds more than 1,000 political prisoners. These Belarusians, from all walks of life, have been arrested and confined simply because they peacefully exercised their rights to freedom of expression and assembly in response to a fraudulent election and the Lukashenka regime’s abuses. Tens of thousands more innocent Belarusians have also spent time in jail since and in the lead up to the fraudulent presidential election in August 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today convened a virtual discussion with a bipartisan group of election officials to provide an update on the work of the Election Threats Task Force.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary Wendy R. Sherman spoke today with OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid to discuss Russia’s destabilizing buildup of military forces on Ukraine’s borders. They discussed ongoing efforts to urge Russia to pursue the path of diplomacy ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks in the Health Subcommittee Hearing entitled “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Drugs and Biologics."
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks in the Health Subcommittee Hearing entitled “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Drugs and Biologics."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - A superseding indictment has been unsealed against multiple Indian-based call centers and their directors charging that each of them conspired with the previously-indicted VoIP provider E Sampark, and its Director, Guarav Gupta, to forward tens of millions of scam calls to American consumers.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: The following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Japan on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management will publish an opportunity for public input to inform its development of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Willow Master Development Plan submitted by Conoco Phillips Alaska, Inc., which will be available in the Federal Register’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I send my best wishes to the people of the Republic of Nauru as you celebrate the 54th anniversary of your independence.
