News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022



DHS-OPO grant application closes on Aug. 30

MSI National Nuclear Forensics Expertise Development Program Nuclear Forensics Research Award grant opened on July 18.


There is one release scheduled to be published on July 19.


Siblings Sentenced for Meth Trafficking from Arizona to Wisconsin

News Release: MADISON, Wis. - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Douglas Mack, 45, Phoenix, Arizona, and Emily Mack, 36, Madison, Wisconsin, were sentenced this...




Release: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Chair Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01) today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider, a minibus of six fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills.


Agriculture Secretary Vilsack: USDA 'making crop insurance more available in over 1,500 counties'

The Department of Agriculture announced July 12 it will implement steps to better support farmers.



DOL: Classifying workers as independent contractors an 'all-too-common violation'

A Houston car-detailing company has been made to pay more than $166,000 in back wages for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.



Michigan doctor 'violated his oath to do no harm': FBI

A Bingham Farms doctor faces 20 years in federal prison for his role in a multi-million-dollar health care fraud scheme and the illegal distribution of controlled substances, including opioids.



Quick passage of BIA 'critical to ensuring America’s global leadership in the 21st Century'

U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin outlined the national security need for approval of the Bipartisan Innovation Act before month’s end in a letter sent to congressional leadership last week.



Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Approves the Assessment of the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature


Senators Menendez, Kaine Lead Eight Democratic Colleagues in Introducing Resolution Condemning Violence against Journalists in Mexico

Senators Menendez, Kaine Lead Eight Democratic Colleagues in Introducing Resolution Condemning Violence against Journalists in Mexico


SFRC Chairman Menendez Remarks at Full Committee Hearing: “Instability and the State of Democracy in the Sahel and the U.S. Policy Response"

SFRC Chairman Menendez Remarks at Full Committee Hearing: “Instability and the State of Democracy in the Sahel and the U.S. Policy Response"


SFRC Chairman Menendez Statement in Advance of President Biden’s Trip to Israel, the West Bank, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

SFRC Chairman Menendez Statement in Advance of President Biden’s Trip to Israel, the West Bank, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia


Senators Menendez, Booker Pen Letter to POTUS on Investigations into Death of NJ Resident, Palestinian-American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

Senators Menendez, Booker Pen Letter to POTUS on Investigations into Death of NJ Resident, Palestinian-American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh


Risch: It’s Past Time to Address Illegal Immigration, SFRC Republicans Have Solutions


Biden Admin Has Failed to Deliver Billions in Humanitarian Aid to Starving Nations. Risch, Ernst, Bipartisan Senators Want Answers


Risch, Thune Mark One-Year Anniversary of Ignored Warnings of Afghanistan Collapse