News from June 2022
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: ASHFORD, Wash. - Stevens Canyon Road will remain closed between Bench and Snow Lake trailhead and the Grove of the Patriarchs trailhead through the July 4th holiday weekend. There is no access to Box Canyon from either direction during this time. This closure applies to motorized vehicle, bicycle, and foot traffic. Please check the road status page on the park’s website before planning a visit to the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced a legislative hearing for Wednesday, June 29, at 11 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Investing in Public Health: Legislation to Support Patients, Workers, and Research."
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
There was activity on six bills related to the Natural Resources Committee on June 22.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5855, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health (ARPA-H) Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON- Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) today called on Subcommittee Chairman Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) to hold an immediate hearing to examine the recent string of domestic extremist attacks targeting crisis pregnancy centers and religious institutions across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to no further penalty after pleading guilty today to malicious destruction of property by fire resulting in death, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Press release submission | Jun 23, 2022
Pallone Applauds FDA Proposal to Limit the Level of Nicotine in Cigarettes
By John Kelly | Jun 23, 2022
The Federal Aviation Administration reported it will continue working to keep 5G C-band interference from disrupting commercial air travel.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Agriculture Committee on June 22.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Natchez, Miss. - A Tylertown man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for possessing a firearm after having been previously convicted of a felony crime, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 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 the Senate Finance Committee’s markup of its retirement security package, the Enhancing American Retirement Now (EARN) Act. Last...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Seattle - The Arlington, Washington based leader of a prolific and violent drug trafficking ring pleaded guilty this week to federal drug, gun, and money laundering crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Cesar Valdez-Sanudo, 36, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy...
By John Kelly | Jun 23, 2022
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management recently revealed a new policy on geologic carbon storage policy for public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Sixteen residents of Kansas City, Mo., Kansas City, Kan., and Independence, Mo., have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: JAMAR TRAYLOR, also known as “J-Hop," 22, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a racketeering charge stemming from his participation in a violent Bridgeport street gang.
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
Release: Pursuant to a delegation of authority from the President, I am authorizing our thirteenth drawdown of arms and equipment from U.S. Department of Defense inventories for Ukraine’s defense since August 2021, of up to $450 million. This authorization will bring total U.S. security assistance to Ukraine to more than $6.1 billion since Russia launched its brutal, unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants grant opened on June 23.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Energy Subcommittee legislative hearing on several bills and urged the committee to work to lower surging energy costs on American families.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2022
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new statistical tool that they have used to predict protein function. Not only could it help with the difficult job of altering proteins in practically useful ways, but it also works by methods that are fully interpretable - an advantage over the conventional artificial intelligence (AI) that has aided with protein engineering in the past.
