News published on Federal Newswire in January 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today called for a transcribed interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci after new information reveals he may have concealed information from government...

Sinaloa Cartel Drug Trafficker and Money Launderer Sentenced to Prison

News Release: Sinaloa Cartel Drug Trafficker and Money Launderer Sentenced to Prison.

Meeks, McCaul, Menendez, Risch Raise Concerns Over U.S. Policy in Syria

By State Newswire | Jan 11, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today...

Louisville country club operator fined for wage, child labor violations

By George Willis | Jan 11, 2022

A Louisville, Kentucky country club operator has recently been ordered to pay nearly $28,000 in back pay and fines by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) for violations including paying some employees below minimum wage and failing to uphold child labor requirements.

Plymouth Man Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison for Advertising, Producing, and Distributing Child Pornography

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Plymouth man was sentenced to 228 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for advertising, producing, and distributing material depicting the sexual abuse of children. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Nancy E. Brasel sentenced the defendant.

Brady: Another disappointing jobs report proves Biden bungled 2021 economy

News Release: Brady: Another disappointing jobs report proves Biden bungled 2021 economy.

Bowie, Maryland Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute and Dispense Oxycodone

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Justina Aburime, age 53, of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone and one count of distribution and dispensing of oxycodone.

FEMA Provides $15.3M to University Hospitals for COVID-19 Response Costs

News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Ohio Emergency Management Agency (Ohio EMA) announced today that $15,375,666 in federal funding has been made available to University Hospitals Health Systems for costs related to the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic under the federal disaster declaration of March 31, 2020.

APPROPRIATIONS MEMO: America's National Security Requires a Government Funding Deal

News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) today approved its fiscal year 2021 bill by a vote of 9 to 6. For fiscal year 2021, the draft bill includes $196.5 billion in overall funding, an increase of $2.4 billion above...

FEMA Publishes More Data on New Flood Insurance Rating Methodology

News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA is releasing additional data on the agency’s new equitable flood insurance rate pricing methods.

Cincinnati residents charged with making straw purchases of firearms

News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged two individuals from Cincinnati with crimes related to making straw purchases of firearms.

Pittsfield Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Drug and Firearm Offenses

News Release: Defendant possessed enough heroin to make approximately 550 doses for distribution.

Taunton Man Arrested on Firearms Offenses

News Release: Previously convicted felon allegedly trafficked firearms.

Foxx: Secretary Cardona Must Answer to Congress Immediately

By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2022

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after new documents surface d regarding the National School Boards Association’s previously rescinded letter labeling parents as domestic terrorists...

Democrats Are Stuck on Anger, Denial Stages of Grief for $5 Trillion Bill

News Release: Democrats Are Stuck on Anger, Denial Stages of Grief for $5 Trillion Bill.

ICE HSI El Paso shows support for victims of human trafficking, educate community during awareness campaign

News Release: EL PASO, Texas - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents across the country will come together Jan. 11, to show solidarity for victims of human trafficking, while pushing to educate the community on the various signs of the various forms of the crime.

Inmate Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison on Assault Charge

News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a federal inmate on an assault charge, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick Davis.

Chair DeLauro Statement at Security of the Capitol Campus since the Attack of January 6, 2021 Hearing

Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH-13), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Security of the Capitol Campus since the Attack of January 6, 2021.

Top House Republicans Sound Alarm Over Skyrocketing U.S. Drug-Overdose Deaths

News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) sent letters to top officials at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), ...

Conroe man charged with funneling money to India