News from July 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
News Release: In the following message to all Department of Justice employees today, on the 152nd anniversary of the founding of the Department, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the publication of the Department’s 2022-26 strategic plan:
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
The Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record published “RECOGNIZING JEROME ``BIG DUCK'' SMITH, CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER AND FREEDOM RIDER” on June 28.
By State Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
News Release: Ukrainians continue to face a brutality highlighted once again this week by an attack that struck a shopping mall filled with civilians. They continue to fight for their country, and the United States continues to stand by them and their just cause. As the United States prepares to commemorate our independence, we remain committed to the independence, security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
By State Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
News Release: The Law Enforcement Coordination Group (LECG) focused on countering Hizballah’s terrorist and illicit activities convened in Europe on June 29-30 for its ninth meeting. More than 30 governments – from the Middle East, South America, Central America, Europe, Africa, Indo-Pacific, and North America – participated in this session, along with Europol.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Great Falls man who admitted to a firearm crime after shooting another man in the hand with a sawed-off shotgun was sentenced on June 16 to three years and four months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today.
By State Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people and Government of Somalia on your 62nd National Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
News Release: Jared Preston Desadier, 44, of Monroe, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to a charge of deprivation of rights under color of law, announced Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division; U.S. Attorney Brandon B. Brown of the Western District of Louisiana; and Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Williams of the FBI New Orleans Field Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma homeowners and renters in seven counties who sustained damage from the recent severe storms, tornadoes and flooding from May 2-8 could be eligible for help from FEMA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been arrested on federal firearm charges for allegedly trafficking more than a dozen guns, including a “ghost gun" and a machine gun, in the city this year.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Agriculture Committee has conducted a number of hearings in Washington, DC focused on the 2018 Farm Bill and improvements that can be made in the 2023 Farm Bill. This series of listening sessions, entitled “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Perspectives from the Field," allows House Agriculture Committee Members to gather input from producers and consumers on the ground across the country.
By State Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the schedule for the month of July.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2022
News Release: Joseph Smith, 57, formerly of Fishkill, New York, was sentenced to three years and six months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,100,450 in restitution by U.S. District Court Judge Gerald J. Pappert for his scheme to defraud prospective franchisees of more than $2.1 million, collectively.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 2, 2022
Wendy Chun-Hoon, director of the U.S. Department of Labor's Women’s Bureau, issued an official statement addressing the Supreme Court's June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established a woman's right to abortion.
By Andy Nghiem | Jul 1, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that, to date, more than $4 billion in emergency relief payments have been made to farmers who suffered losses to natural disasters in 2020 and 2021.
By Press Release | Jul 1, 2022
Congressman Jeff Duncan celebrates the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency to rein in the EPA’s abuse of authority.
By Press release submission | Jul 1, 2022
Constituent Update - June 10, 2022
By Glenn Minnis | Jul 1, 2022
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is encouraging families to do their homework when it comes to keeping students safe while using the Internet this summer.
By David Hutton | Jul 1, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 recently awarded Fort Dodge, Iowa, a $250,000 grant to clean up the Greenleaf Healthcare facility, a former nursing home rife with contaminants, including asbestos.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - On Friday, July 1, 2022, Dakota James Hoffman, 29, of Bellevue, Idaho, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Yesterday, a San Antonio man was sentenced to 230 months in prison for receipt of child pornography by U.S. District Judge Jason Pulliam.
