News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

News from February 2022


Leader Rodgers Statement on FERC’s Natural Gas Infrastructure Decision

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted 3-2 to make it more difficult to build natural gas projects in the United States.


Reports of Atrocities in the Amhara Region

Release: The United States is gravely concerned by the reports of atrocities, including sexual violence, committed by fighters affiliated with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in the Amhara region of Ethiopia in late August and early September 2021, as described in a recent Amnesty International report. We...


Oversight Subcommittee Leader Griffith Opening Remarks for Hearing on Mental Health

Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigations Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the mental health crisis in America.


Leader Rodgers Calls for End of Mask Mandates on Children

Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the mental health crisis in America.


Leader Rodgers: “We Need NTIA Oversight to Ensure That Funds are Being Used to Close the Digital Divide and Boost American Leadership”

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke about the need for NTIA oversight and the critical role they play in promoting economic growth and American leadership at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing.


Subcommittee Leader Latta: “E&C has a Duty to Oversee NTIA’s Implementation of It Critical Responsibilities and Connect Americans”

In a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing, Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks on the need to connect truly unserved areas across the country.


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Disaster Assistance Registration discussed on Feb. 22 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on Revitalizing Communities Through Brownfield Cleanups

Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “Back from the Brink: Restoring Brownfield Sites to Economic Engines:”


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Preparing for 24/7 operations to treat waste from Hanford ’s large underground tanks isn’t a one-organization job. EM established the Technical Integration Team to progress the site-wide mission to treat waste under the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW ) Program.


Leader Rodgers Statement on Biden Administration’s COVID-19 Supplemental Funding Request

Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the Biden administration’s request for $30 billion.


New Bipartisan E&C Draft Legislation Will Secure American Leadership in Satellite Communications

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement today on new, bipartisan draft legislation seeking to promote competition, innovation, national security, the interests of consumers, and American leadership in the thriving commercial satellite communications industry.


Leader Rodgers Statement Following Biden’s Address on the Ukraine-Russia Crisis

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement following President Biden’s remarks on the Ukraine-Russia crisis.


Leader Rodgers Statement Following Biden’s Address on the Ukraine-Russia Crisis

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement following President Biden’s remarks on the Ukraine-Russia crisis.


Senator Murray Celebrates the U.S. Women’s National Team’s Milestone Victory in Their Fight For Equal Pay

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. Soccer Federation and U.S. Women’s National Team’s (USWNT) equal pay settlement agreement, which will provide millions in back pay for the players and includes a commitment from U.S. Soccer to ensure equal pay for the women’s and men’s national teams moving forward.


Leader Rodgers Statement on FERC’s Natural Gas Infrastructure Decision

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted 3-2 to make it more difficult to build natural gas projects in the United States.


Environmental Protection Agency discusses Air Plan Disapproval; Maryland; Interstate Transport of Air Pollution for the 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard on Feb. 22

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


LANDER MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS FOR TRAVELING WITH THE INTENT TO ENGAGE IN ILLICIT SEXUAL CONDUCT AND PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that GARRETT THOMAS FINDLAY, 24, of Lander, Wyoming, was sentenced on one count of traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and four counts of production of child pornography on Feb. 17, 2022, before Federal District Court Judge Alan...


Leader Rodgers Opening Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing on EPA’s Brownfields Program

Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Brownfields” program.


Tax Collector Sentenced for Stealing Tax Payments and Filing False Tax Returns

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Beaver County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 12 months and one day in prison followed by three years of supervised release on her conviction of wire fraud and filing false income tax returns, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.