News from July 2022
By State Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink will travel to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Tokyo, Japan, July 11-15. In Phnom Penh, Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink will meet with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and other senior officials to ...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor held a panel discussion today on the 50-year legacy of the Report of the National Commission on State Workmen’s Compensation Laws and whether the workers’ compensation system is fulfilling its obligation to injured workers, at its Frances Perkins Building headquarters in Washington.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.--A new pair of analyses by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) shows that the Democrats’ latest tax-and-spend provisions under discussion will increase taxes on millions of Americans making less than $400,000 per year, and the average tax rate for every single income category...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: The Defendants’ Allegedly Submitted over 200 Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims to the Maryland Department of Labor and California Department of Labor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Two financial asset managers have been charged with money laundering for their alleged role in a $1.2 billion international scheme to launder funds corruptly obtained from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Judiciary Committee on July 11.
By State Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
Release: One year after the July 11, 2021 protests in Cuba, the United States recognizes the determination and courage of the Cuban people as they continue to fight for respect for human rights and persevere through repression during a historic year. We celebrate the Cuban people and commend their indomitable determination in the face of oppression.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
“U.S. Supreme Court (Executive Calendar)“ was published in the Senate section on pages S3234-S3235 on July 12
By DOE Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), Division of Methane Mitigation Technologies, announced its intent to issue funding for research and development (R&D) projects that will help to reduce methane emissions across oil and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Putnam County, Georgia, resident who admitted to stealing $156,734.76 from three small businesses that employed her as a part-time bookkeeper was sentenced to prison for her crime and ordered to pay restitution to the victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Jerry Collins, 42, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Gerald A. McHugh for his role in a broad daylight armed robbery of an armored vehicle containing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash nearly three years ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LAUREN DiMASSA, formerly known as LAUREN KNOX, 38, of West Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to a conspiracy charge stemming from her role in a scheme to steal COVID relief funds from the City of West Haven.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on news that the first application for an over-the-counter birth control pill has been submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for review today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: Salisbury, Md., -- Eric Holbrook, age 41, of Fruitland, Maryland, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on June 27, 2022, to possession with intent to distribute narcotics and was sentenced to six years imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Kirk Douglas Dudley (47, Maryland) has pleaded guilty to two counts of assault by striking, beating, or wounding. Dudley faces a maximum penalty of one year in federal prison for each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: Dear Assistant Attorney General Clarke: We are writing to you to urge the Department of Justice to restart the rulemaking process under Titles II and III of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and ensure that it includes protections to stop the persistent exclusion of people with disabilities from...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: Like the oak savannah grassland that surrounds Graton Rancheria Resort and Casino, the sleek rooftop solar array that reflects the blue sky above tells a story.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Andrew Dickson, 58, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to twenty years in prison, and lifetime supervised release by United States District Court Judge C. Darnell Jones for the production, receipt, and possession of voluminous amounts of child pornography, and for accessing a website with the intent to view child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the full Committee will hold a markup on Wednesday, July 13, at 11 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
