News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans are leading an effort to expand clean and affordable hydropower around the United States. Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan...


News Release: The Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a joint letter today reminding auto lenders and leasing companies of their responsibilities to recognize important legal protections that exist for members of the military and their dependents under the Servicemembers ...


News Release: Los Alamos, NM - Early this week, Bandelier Rangers and Preservationists discovered damage in a highly visited and very popular area on the Pueblo Loop Trail known as Cave Kiva. Kivas are sacred sites and centers for religious and social life for Pueblo People today, just as they were for their ancestors.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced that the National Park Service will distribute $192 million to local communities through the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) grant program, which enables urban communities to create new outdoor recreation spaces, reinvigorate existing ...


Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Opening Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo at the U.S.-Japan Economic Policy Consultative Committee

Release: Good morning. Tony and I are thrilled to host you this morning. I had the opportunity the other evening to express my condolences to Minister Hagiuda, but I haven’t seen you, so Minister Hayashi, please – and your delegation, please accept our condolences for Prime Minister Abe.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa, and Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Hagiuda Koichi at a Joint Press...

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. So we just concluded the inaugural meeting of the new U.S.-Japan Economic Consultative Committee, otherwise known as the EPCC or “epic." Secretary Raimondo and I were very glad to welcome our colleagues here to Washington today. Foreign Minister Hayashi and...


Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Cambodia, the Philippines, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda

News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Cambodia, the Philippines, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda August 2-12, 2022.


Increases in child labor violations, young workers’ injuries prompts enhanced outreach, strong enforcement by US Department of Labor

News Release: WASHINGTON - In the summer months, many employers hire young workers to meet increased demand. Across the nation in 2022, millions of teenagers are working in the agriculture, food services, retail, recreation and construction industries. At the same time, increases in child labor violations has the ...


News Release: Red Deer Exhaust Inc. (doing business as Flo~Pro Performance Exhaust) and Thunder Diesel & Performance Company have agreed to stop selling devices that bypass or disable vehicle emissions control systems, and pay a $1.6 million penalty, to resolve allegations that they violated the Clean Air Act (CAA).


News Release: A Saudi-born Canadian citizen was sentenced today to life imprisonment for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, resulting in death.


News Release: DENVER - Updates to some of Missoula County, Montana’s flood insurance rate maps are nearing completion. The new maps will provide the Clearwater River in Missoula County with more accurate flood risk information that can help local officials and residents make informed decisions about reducing flood risks and purchasing flood insurance.


Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Cambodia, the Philippines, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda August 2-12, 2022.


McCaul, House Foreign Affairs Members Send Letter to Secretary Blinken Over Putin’s Propaganda on U.S. Sanctions, Global Food Crisis

News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken: We write to express our serious concern over Vladimir Putin’s efforts to blame U.S. and international sanctions for the current global food crisis and urge the State Department to work with USAID to utilize emergency supplemental funding and with international partners to leverage...


Former BOP Employee Sentenced to 80 Months in Prison for Sexual Abuse of a Ward

News Release: A former employee of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Hosea Lee Jr., 43, was sentenced to 80 months in federal prison and 10 years of supervised release on Friday, by U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, after pleading guilty to committing five counts of sexual abuse of a ward.


Vanuatu National Day

Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I offer my best wishes in celebration of your National Day on July 30.


Transient Sentenced for Prohibited Possession of a Firearm


GirlsDoPorn Operator Pleads Guilty in Sex Trafficking Conspiracy


Federal Law Enforcement Partners Encourage Community Reporting of All Hate Crimes


Former Appleton Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Federal Prison for Violations of Federal Tax Laws