News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

News from February 2022


U.S. Attorney’s Office Enforces Americans with Disabilities Act Against Airport Parking Company

News Release: Company will acquire wheelchair accessible shuttles and pay damages to complainant.


Member of Large-Scale Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL ESTREMERA, 42, last residing in East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 138 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a fentanyl trafficking ring, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release that followed a prior federal conviction.



Capito, EPW Republicans Tell Biden Administration to Halt New WOTUS Definition Rulemaking, Await SCOTUS Decision

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led her Republican colleagues on the committee in a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael Connor.


Walorski: Billions Lost to UI Fraud at Stake, So Why Won’t Democrats Act?

News Release: Walorski: Billions Lost to UI Fraud at Stake, So Why Won’t Democrats Act?.


Remarks at a UN Security Council Open Debate on Cooperation Between the UN and Collective Security Treaty Organization

Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Secretary-General Guterres, for your remarks, as well as those of Secretary-General Zas of CSTO.



Importer of Controlled Substances Application: Noramco Coventry LLC discussed on Feb. 24 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Explanation of Position at 59th Session of the Commission for Social Development: “Social Dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa’s Develop

The United States is pleased to join consensus on this text today, and we thank South Africa for its facilitation of this resolution.


News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Feb. 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Wheeler Livestock Auction Inc. (Wheeler Livestock) of Osceola, Mo., for...


Barrasso: Biden’s Critical Minerals List Will Make America More Vulnerable to Russia

U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), released the following statement on the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) release of its critical minerals list for 2022.


Manchin In Wheeling Intelligencer: New Investments Coming To West Virginia Will Give Communities New Opportunities To Thrive

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, published an op-ed in the Wheeling Intelligencer on the new investments coming to West Virginia to address abandoned mine lands and clean up orphaned oil and gas wells.


Release: BOSTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a recruiting event Saturday, February 26. The hiring event is designed to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).


Joint Statement by Secretaries Raimondo and Mayorkas on Assessment of the Critical Supply Chains Supporting the Information and Communications Technology Industry

News Release: Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement on the completion of a one-year assessment on the critical supply chains supporting the information and communications technology (ICT) industry. Directed by President ...


The US Interior Department published a three page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Stabenow and Klobuchar Lead Letter Calling on Biden Administration to Strengthen Federal Support for U.S. Biobased Economy

Today, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack asking the administration to take a meaningful step in addressing the climate crisis by increasing federal investments in biobased products.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba At a Joint Press Availability

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Since Foreign Minister Kuleba and I were in Munich just a few days ago, Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine and its rejection of international law and diplomacy have accelerated. Yesterday, President Putin recognized the so-called “independence” of the Donetsk ...


Senators Stabenow, Boozman Create Bipartisan Caucus Focused on Future Leaders in Agriculture

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced the creation of the bipartisan Senate FFA Caucus.


Chairman David Scott Statement on the Passing of Congressman Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing to consider the nominations of Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin N. Johnson, Summer Kristine Mersinger, and Caroline D. Pham each to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.


Director’s Report: Shaping Wildland Fire Management for the Future

As a new fire year begins, our nation is preparing to respond to the increasingly severe wildfire activity we have observed in recent years