News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to three years of probation, with six months of home confinement, for falsely labeling as “Toys" a package containing 10 live rhinoceros iguanas that was destined for Hong Kong, U.S Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about Speaker Pelosi’s expansive, duplicative government spending that will not secure America’s global competitive edge against China.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about Speaker Pelosi’s expansive, duplicative government spending that will not secure America’s global competitive edge against China.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal grand jury today charged a convicted felon with illegal firearm possession, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Lynch, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Canyon Country District will host virtual Customer Service Week from Feb.1, 2, and 3 at 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. MST. The Canyon Country District includes BLM-managed public lands in Southeastern Utah, specifically those in Grand and San Juan counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House posted text of the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength Act of 2022. The America COMPETES Act of 2022 includes a historic investment to surge production of American-made semiconductors, tackles supply chain ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: For Production of Child Pornography. HAMMOND-Josiah Phillips, 34, of Westville, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon following his guilty plea to two counts of production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Phillips was...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA - North Cascades National Park Service Complex will offer online trip planning and reservations on Recreation.gov for the May 27 through Sept. 30, 2022 peak hiking season. Visitors will have the opportunity to see real-time site availability and secure definitive backcountry trips...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) sent a letter to NBCUniversal asking about the level of influence the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has in NBC’s 2022 Winter Olympics programming.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RENALDO RUFFIN, age 29, of New Orleans, was indicted by a federal grand jury for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act on Nov. 12, 2021. The indictment was unsealed on Jan. 24, 2022. Specifically, RUFFIN was charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
When Walter “Pete” Landon was growing up in Montreal, Canada, he idolized the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 33-year-old Galveston man has entered a guilty plea to attempting to smuggle individuals in a flag-draped coffin, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $72.9 million through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) to fund innovative projects designed to support the expanding specialty crop sector and explore new market opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Armando Daniel Calderon was sentenced today in United States District Court to 198 months in federal prison following convictions for two counts of methamphetamine trafficking, one count of conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine, and one count of carrying a firearm during drug trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Halstead had 17 prior criminal convictions when stopped with meth, marijuana, a digital scale, and a loaded handgun.
By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
United States Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai and United Kingdom Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan today announced the start of bilateral discussions to address global steel and aluminum excess capacity, including the United States’ application of tariffs on imports from the United Kingdom under Section 232 and the UK’s retaliatory tariffs on certain U.S. exports to the UK. Both parties are committed to working towards an expeditious outcome that ensures the viability of steel and aluminum industries in both markets against the continuing shared challenge of global excess capacity and strengthens their democratic alliance.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Four panels of community leaders, commercial operators, environmental representatives, and landowners offered suggestions to the Bureau of Land Management in a January 6, 2022, online webinar and listening session that drew more than 1,000 participants.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Veterans’ Employment and Training Service will extend its traditional Transition Assistance Program curriculum beyond the active military installations it currently serves to at least 50 locations in at least 20 states to expand their efforts to improve employment-related outcomes in areas where large veteran populations face high rates of unemployment.
By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent, American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week (then called “Negro History Week”) nearly a century ago.
