News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


There are three releases scheduled to be published on July 20.


Denali Puppy Cam is Live

News Release: The live Puppy Cam is back at Denali National Park and Preserve! This year's litter was born on June 18, 2022. The sire is a park lead dog Steward, and the dame, Olive, comes from a well-respected partner kennel in Healy, Alaska. Arranged breeding and splitting litters with partners strengthens the health of the Kennel's lineage, as well as the health of all freight-style Alaskan huskies.


News Release: MODERATOR: Hey everyone, good morning. And thanks so much for joining us for this background briefing on updates to the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa process. This call will be on background attributable to senior administration officials and embargoed until the call’s conclusion.


Justice Department Secures the Surrender of Over 4,000 Beagles from Virginia Breeder of Dogs for Research

News Release: In a consent decree entered on July 15 by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Envigo RMS, a company that breeds and sells animals for research, has agreed to a permanent prohibition on engaging in any activity at its facility in Cumberland, Virginia, that requires an Animal Welfare Act (AWA) license. Envigo RMS has also agreed to relinquish all remaining beagles at the Cumberland facility to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).


News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. - The Mount Lewis Field Office has extended for 60 days the public review and comment period on a draft environmental impact statement for the Goldrush Mine Project. The comment period now closes Monday, Aug. 29.


The House section of the Congressional Record published “TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023” on July 19.


Evening on the Summit: Charles Dickens and his 1842 Trip to America

News Release: Park Ranger Doug Bosley will present, Charles Dickens and his 1842 Trip to America on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 8:00 pm in the Visitor Center theater. This free program will last approximately one hour.


Fact Check: Democrats Disguise Build Back Better’s Mom & Pop Paycut as “Closing a Loophole”

News Release: Fact Check: Democrats Disguise Build Back Better’s Mom & Pop Paycut as “Closing a Loophole".



News Release: Agricultural Research Service scientists are helping to enhance the abilities of regulatory agencies to trace Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteria back to their source during foodborne outbreaks by more specifically identifying E. coli strains through a better understanding of relatedness between human and environmental isolates of the bacteria. This information is part of the latest issue of ARS' Food and Nutrition Research Briefs.


News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will co-host the virtual COVID-19 Global Action Plan (GAP) Foreign Ministerial Meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa, on July 19, 2022, at 7:30 a.m. ET.


Wyden Statement on Path Forward on Clean Energy

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the path forward on clean energy...


Chairman Quigley Floor Remarks on Six-Bill Appropriations Minibus

Release: Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Chairman David E. Price (D-NC-04) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of, a minibus of six fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills.


July 18: bills handled by Armed Services Committee

There was activity on one bill related to the Armed Services Committee on July 18.


Public Bus Tours Restart in Oak Ridge, Highlight New EM Attractions

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Some things are worth the wait. After a two-year pause due to the COVID pandemic, DOE’s public bus tour at Oak Ridge officially kicked off a new tour season last week with a new attraction thanks to the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM ).


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Manuel Garcia, 35, of Armona, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 15 years in prison for conspiring to sell over 500 grams of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Darick Knighton, age 44, of Alexandria, Virginia, to five years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance and distribution of a controlled substance. The sentence was imposed on July 7, 2022.



For the Sixth Time, Oversight Republicans Call for a Hearing on Biden’s Border Crisis

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republicans sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) blasting Democrats’ for failing to conduct meaningful oversight over the Biden Administration’s self-inflicted humanitarian...