News from February 2022
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member and Chairman Jim Risch and Bob Menendez, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman and Ranking Member Jack Reed and James Inhofe, and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman and Ranking Member Mark Warner and Marco Rubio today released the following joint statement that the U.S. Senate stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine:
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement regarding Vladimir Putin’s recognition of “separatist republics" in the Donbas region of Ukraine, and his deployment of Russian troops into these areas:
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
FY2022 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: U.S. &- Japan Collaboration on Cybersecurity grant opened on Feb. 21.
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) today introduced the Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador (ACES) Act, legislation requiring a State Department report on El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency, as legal tender and a plan to mitigate potential risks to the U.S. financial system.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
News Release: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 21, 2022 At the first Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) ministerial meeting in Dubai today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack underscored the importance of joint international action and investment in climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation, calling on AIM for Climate partners to continue on their ambitious path towards addressing global climate change and hunger challenges.
By David Beasley | Feb 21, 2022
Traffic deaths in Utah dropped after the state lowered the blood alcohol content limit for impaired driving to .05%, a federal study found.
By Ariana Chiarenza | Feb 21, 2022
The U.S. government and Nigeria recently announced that both have signed off on a bilateral cultural property agreement designed to preserve Nigerian cultural sites and museum collections through the US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Representatives Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Michael McCaul ...
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the U.S. Senate’s passage of a bipartisan resolution led by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, in support of Ukraine in the face of increased Russian aggression.
By Kaleb Brown | Feb 21, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently recognized the efforts of 18 businesses and organizations in reducing food waste throughout 2020 and 2021 as part of the agency's Food Recovery Challenge.
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
Release: Good afternoon and thank you, Ambassador Cohen, for that generous introduction and for representing our nation and supporting our staff here in Egypt. Thanks also to President Dallal and everyone at AUC.
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
Promoting American Tech in Iraq grant opened on Feb. 21.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Kevondric Fezia, 26, of Houston, Texas, has been found guilty by a federal jury in Lafayette on sex trafficking charges. United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. presided over the trial.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
A Claremore woman who injured one child and put a second at risk when she drove while under the influence of illegal substances pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court, announced U.S.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
A man has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for participating in a violent robbery crew that targeted cell phone stores in the suburbs of Chicago.AARON CLARK was part of a crew that conspired to rob cell phone stores in Calumet City, Ill., and Peotone, Ill., in 2017.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
A Kiln, Mississippi man pled guilty to wire fraud related to the COVID pandemic, announced U.S.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
A Charleston, South Carolina man pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
In the wake of persistent price increases initially stemming from supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Antitrust Division and the FBI announced an initiative today to deter, detect and prosecute those who would exploit supply chain disruptions to engage in collusive conduct.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
A Florida man who co-founded a sports and dietary supplements retailer was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for conspiring to sell illegal anabolic steroids and other products marketed as dietary supplements that were unlawful under federal law.
