News from January 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2022
The United States is proud to cosponsor this resolution to combat the scourge of Holocaust denial.
By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2022
Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement following the issuance of the Government Accountability Office’s audit of the federal response to the SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange incidents:
By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2022
Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, along with Committee Members Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Brenda Lawrence, sent a letter to Census Bureau Director Robert Santos requesting information on whether the agency is looking into reported 2020 Census undercounting in Detroit, Michigan and other diverse communities.
By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2022
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Katie Porter, the Subcommittee’s Vice Chairwoman, sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) urging the agency to eliminate the massive backlog of approximately six million tax returns ahead of the 2022 tax season.
By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2022
Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Committee Members Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Katie Porter, sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging the agency to reassess its recommended three-month blanket deferral period for men who have sex with men, which has had the discriminatory effect of preventing gay and bisexual men from safely donating blood amid a national blood shortage.
By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2022
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly and Rep. Jody Hice, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent letters to several federal agencies requesting information about the implementation of the Creating Advanced Streamlined Electronic (CASES) for Constituents Act of 2019, which requires agencies to accept digital signatures on privacy forms that enable members of Congress to work with those agencies on behalf of constituents.
By Emily Bevard | Jan 20, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $13.4 million in funding to advance technologies that combat plastic waste and reduce plastic industry emissions across seven research and development projects, a Jan. 11 release states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on Jan. 19, 2022, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Mark A. Dreier (age: 64) of Appleton, Wisconsin.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable discussion with key stakeholders on the importance of restarting federal student loan repayments. Committee Members discussed the operational difficulties and implications for borrowers that come with continued ...
By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2022
Over the past year, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, under the leadership of Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has worked tirelessly to rebuild global relationships and restore America’s leadership at the United Nations.
By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2022
Madam President, colleagues, before I deliver my remarks, I want to extend my condolences to the UAE.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from Phase 7 of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), which measures the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as other major events such as hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses. SBPS complements existing Census Bureau data by providing detailed, near real-time information on challenges faced by small businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Republican lawmakers today pressed U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock on the agency’s failure to process numerous pending Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) applications...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: SAN DIEGO - San Diego’s Balboa Pharmacy has paid $105,000 to resolve allegations that it illegally dispensed opioids and other dangerous drugs to its patients, according to a settlement agreement signed by Balboa Pharmacy and the United States. The settlement stems from the United States’ continued efforts...
By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2022
Thank you, Foreign Minister Huitfeldt and Special Representative Gamba, and all other briefers for today’s discussion.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock expressing concerns over more reports the Biden Administration is improperly interfering at the FDA. This time, according to former high-ranking FDA officials, the agency is taking short cuts around the standard decision-making process for COVID-19 booster shots.
By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2022
President Biden faces more than a few challenges on the world stage: China, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, and the increasing worry that Russia will invade Ukraine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TYRONE DILLING, age 27, of New Orleans, Louisiana was charged with embezzling the mail in a Bill of Information filed today in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: Florida Study Coordinator Sentenced in Scheme to Falsify Clinical Drug Trial Data.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Denzil Weatherspoon, 29, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to a single-count indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
