News from February 2022

By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
There were 45 press releases published by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in November 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE - A federal jury in Nashville yesterday found a local man guilty of federal firearm offenses following the shooting death of another man during a drug deal in 2019, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.

By USDA Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Waleed El Khereiji about the premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack against Ukraine by Russia’s military forces and the importance of building a strong international response to support Ukrainian sovereignty.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: A man was convicted Friday in federal court for paralyzing a fellow student when he picked him up and slammed him head-first onto the ground during a surprise attack in 2017, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: GEORGETOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA - A joint team of federal and local law enforcement officers recently arrested three individuals who have been charged in federal court in connection with a drug trafficking organization that operated in and around Pawley’s Island. Two others charged remain at large.

By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Estonia as you celebrate your independence on February 24.

By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
Release: The United States took action today to facilitate a broad range of commercial activity in Afghanistan that will benefit the Afghan people.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - Today, U.S. District Judge Aida Delgado-Colón sentenced Mario Torres-Rodríguez to a term of 168 months (14 years) in prison and 10 years of supervised release for transportation of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The defendant plead guilty on Aug. 30, 2021.

By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision on Monday to formally recognize the independence of Moscow-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine:

By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined José Díaz-Balart on MSNBC to discuss U.S. efforts to stand with Ukraine as the Kremlin’s threat of invasion continues to grow as well as other news of the day:

By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, and U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, led a bipartisan group of senators, including Senate Foreign Relations Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho), as well as Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), on a new, bipartisan resolution in support of Ukraine amid increased Russian aggression.

By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at today’s full Committee hearing: “Reinvigorating U.S. - Colombia Relations.” Today’s hearing follows the Senator’s publication of an opinion piece in the Miami Herald unveiling the U.S.-Colombia Strategic Alliance Act of 2022, new legislation to drastically strengthen the U.S.-Colombia relationship.

By Press release submission | Feb 25, 2022
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined his counterparts from the United Kingdom, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan in issuing the following joint statement regarding the growing threats to the peace, security and territorial integrity of Ukraine:

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Moorhead man has been sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for distributing material depicting the sexual abuse of children. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson sentenced the defendant.