News from June 2022

By Press release submission | Jun 22, 2022
Comer, Foxx Raise Ethical Concerns About Indebted Biden Administration Officials Working on Student Loan Forgiveness

By Press release submission | Jun 22, 2022
Neal Names Dylan Peachey as Ways and Means Communications Director

By Press release submission | Jun 22, 2022
Democrats Vow to Make Biden-Flation Worse

By Press release submission | Jun 22, 2022
Chair Grijalva Celebrates Historic Tribal Co-Management Agreement for Bears Ears National Monument

By Press release submission | Jun 22, 2022
E&C Announces Subcommittee Markup of Bipartisan, Bicameral Privacy Legislation & Seven Other Bills

By Press release submission | Jun 22, 2022
Census Bureau Releases 2020 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey

By Press release submission | Jun 22, 2022
Update on the NIST Champlain Towers South Investigation

By Press release submission | Jun 22, 2022
APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine Postpones Policy Update to Import Earthworms into the United States Until October

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Nixa woman who led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase at night with no headlights was sentenced in federal court today for trafficking methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2022
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently acquired approximately 35 acres within the boundaries of the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve and the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in Washington County for $2.5 million to continue to protect natural resources and to expand recreation access. The BLM acquired these parcels with funds derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the sale of public land in Washington County.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2022
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the National Institutes of Health's fiscal year 2020 budget request.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A former resident of North Versailles, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 years imprisonment and eight years supervised release on his conviction of federal narcotics laws United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2022
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass - End your day the perfect way, with music, presentations, and performance events at Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham. Events are held every Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 pm from June 28 through August 31 (except August 24) at the outdoor amphitheater on the shores of Salt Pond or in the indoor auditorium. In addition, Cape Symphony returns for Symphony at the Seashore on Friday, August 26. Salt Pond Visitor Center is located at 50 Nauset Road, Eastham.
By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2022
News Release: Starting today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin to implement the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act’s provisions to prohibit imports made by forced labor into the United States of products made in Xinjiang. President Biden signed the Act into law on Dec. 23, 2021, after it passed ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury has returned a twenty-one count indictment against Andrew Demetric Gillum, 42, and Sharon Janet Lettman-Hicks, 53, both of Tallahassee, Florida. The indictment was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

By Press Release | Jun 22, 2022
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) urges the US government to effectively implement the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) as it comes into effect, and governments to pass similar legislation to stop forced labor goods from entering the global market.

By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act entered into force. This bill passed with broad bipartisan support in December of 2021 and required the administration to block major categories of imports from China within 180 days due to the Chinese Communist Party’s genocide against Uyghurs,...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2022
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - A photo of Death Valley National Park is one of the winning images from the National Park Foundation’s 2021 Share the Experience photo contest. The Share the Experience photo contest invites amateur photographers to submit their favorite views, moments, memories, and adventures from national parks and public lands across the United States, with safety top of mind.

By Karen Kidd | Jun 22, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the 2022 Global Clean Energy Action Forum, planned for Sept. 21-23 in Pittsburgh, Pa.

By Karen Kidd | Jun 22, 2022
Yellowstone National Park was recently forced to close areas of the park indefinitely due to severe flooding which affected the park's infrastructure.