News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.2 million American Rescue Plan Economic Adjustment Assistance grant to the Keshet Dance Company, Albuquerque, New Mexico, to renovate the Keshet Ideas and Innovation Center.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.1 million American Rescue Plan Economic Adjustment Assistance grant to the city of South San Francisco, California, to develop the North County Business Resource Center.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
A Maryland woman pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to communicate Restricted Data related to the design of nuclear-powered warships. Her husband pleaded guilty to the same offense on Monday, Feb. 14.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in partnership with Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center, are looking for volunteers to help remove exotic invasive plant species along their shared boundary as part of Weed Wrangle 2022.
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Erin Burnett on CNN to discuss Russia’s increasing aggression against Ukraine:
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 John Thune (R-S.D.) today introduced a bill to require the U.S. State Department to release a public, unclassified version of the July 13, 2021, internal dissent channel cable that reportedly ...
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
A Mexican national, who was residing in Singapore, pleaded guilty yesterday to acting within the United States on behalf of a foreign government without notifying the Attorney General.According to court documents, Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes, 36, acted under the direction and control of an individual he believed to be a Russian government official.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
The Daily Digest section of the Congressional Record published “House Committee Meetings” on Feb. 17.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 21, 2022
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California recently received an Open OutDoors for Kids grant from the National Park Foundation.
By David Beasley | Feb 21, 2022
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has entered the year with a renewed commitment to crack down on imported goods produced by forced labor, a news release said.
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, Rob Portman (R-Ohio), chair of the Senate Ukraine ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Appear.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent letters to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins about their apparent attempts to suppress scientific debate and information about the origins of COVID-19 and how such efforts may have influenced the advice they gave the White House and policymakers in the early days of the pandemic.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today commending the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) issuance of policies to incorporate climate change, landowner protections, and environmental justice considerations in the natural gas certification process:
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “Americans in Need: Responding to the National Mental Health Crisis:”
By David Beasley | Feb 21, 2022
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Michael Regan, recently announced new policy changes and efforts to help communities historically and disproportionately affected by pollution.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
Chairman Touts Historic $65 Billion Broadband Investment Included in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
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:”
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Feb 21, 2022
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain cellular base station communication equipment, components thereof, and products containing same.
