News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


July 27: bills handled by Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

There was activity on two bills related to the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on July 27.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following statement on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 3771, the South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2022...


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Committee passed legislation that would mandate an overly prescriptive heat standard and add layers of burdensome regulations to our school nutrition programs...


News Release: Today is all about the thousands of women retirees who stand to have their earned pensions restored under H.R. 6929, the Susan Muffley Act of 2022. More than 20,000 Delphi salaried retirees, nearly half of whom are women, had their pensions slashed after the subsidiary of GM filed for bankruptcy in 2005.


Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

News Release: Recent indicators of spending and production have softened. Nonetheless, job gains have been robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation remains elevated, reflecting supply and demand imbalances related to the pandemic, higher food and energy prices, and broader price pressures.


McCaul, House Foreign Affairs Members Send Letter to USAID Administrator Power Over Global Food Crisis

News Release: Dear Administrator Power: We write to express our concern over the global food crisis caused by Russia’s full scale and unprovoked continued invasion of Ukraine and the Administration’s slow response to utilize emergency supplemental funds and prioritize this unprecedented humanitarian emergency. Before...


There was activity on five bills related to the Foreign Relations Committee on July 27.


There was activity on two bills related to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Committee on July 27.


The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on July 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Pallone Floor Statement on the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following statement on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 4040, the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2022...


There was activity on three bills related to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on July 27.


Blinken: Myanmar's executions are 'reprehensible acts of violence'

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken condemned Myanmar's recent executions of pro-democracy activists in the country, labeling the deaths as “reprehensible acts of violence” that further “extinguish democracy” in the country.


Peters and Hawley Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Bolster DHS Efforts to Detect and Seize Illicit Drugs

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that the Department of the Homeland Security (DHS) is efficiently using existing resources and expanding available...


The US Transportation Department published a seven page notice on July 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment until Aug. 29 on its proposal to adjust use and reservation fees at several Glennallen Field Office (GFO) campgrounds.


DOE Announces First Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan in More than a Decade

Release: LPO’s $102 Million Loan to Syrah Vidalia Facility in Louisiana Will Support Processing Critical Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries


News Release: COTTONWOOD, Idaho - The River Management Society has selected a long-time recreation manager at the Bureau of Land Management’s Cottonwood Field Office as the 2022 recipient of the River Manager of the Year Award. Joe O’Neill, an Outdoor Recreation Planner who oversees recreation activities along the 112-mile stretch of the Lower Salmon River, was recognized during an award ceremony in Cottonwood on July 25.


Hank Cramer Performances on July 30 Cancelled

News Release: Contact: Clayton Hanson. 307-837-2221, FOLA_Visitor_Information@nps.gov. Hank Cramer Performances on July 30 Cancelled. FORT LARAMIE, WYO., July 28, 2022 - Due to unforeseen circumstances, folk singer Hank Cramer has had to cancel his performances during “Fort Laramie After Dark." His...


The United States and Colombia Add All-Cargo Rights to Air Transport Agreement

News Release: Today, U.S. Embassy Bogota Chargé d’Affaires Francisco Palmieri and Colombian Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Lucía Ramírez signed a protocol of amendment to the 2011 U.S.-Colombia Air Transport Agreement (the ATA) in Bogota. The amendment adds seventh-freedom traffic rights for ...