News from June 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that a grand jury returned an indictment charging ROBERT BUTLER, 34, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, with possession with intent to distribute Fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a public elementary school and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Butler has...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
FY 2022 CARES Act Economic Recovery Corps and Equity Impact Investments NOFO grant opened on June 16.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Below are Subcommittee Ranking Member Cloud’s remarks as prepared for delivery.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Dana Penney was sentenced to 188 months in prison for (1) conspiring to distribute cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and Schedule I synthetic cannabinoid controlled substances in 2017 and 2018; (2) possessing cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl with intent to distribute on June 19, 2018; and (3) brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime on July 18, 2018, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: The Republic of Finland hosted the United States at an event on June 16 focused on sustainable forest management, forest conservation, and the crucial role of forests and other ecosystems in addressing the climate crisis, delivering environmental benefits, and supporting rural economies.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY) raised ethical questions about Biden administration officials poised to receive a financial windfall from the administration’s proposal to forgive at least...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
There was activity on four bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on June 15.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: The United States is deeply concerned by the June 14 mass conviction of opposition activists in Cambodia, including Cambodian-American lawyer Theary Seng. The sentencing of these opposition activists, many of whom are associated with the disbanded Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), is the latest...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Communication and Technology Subcommittee markup on seven bipartisan bills that promote innovation and strengthen communication networks.
By Press release submission | Jun 16, 2022
E&C Republican Leaders Push EPA to Be Accountable for the Superfund Program
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Owner and Operator of Telemedicine and Telemarketing Companies Sentenced to 14 Years for $20 Million Fraud Scheme and $4 Million Tax Evasion.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: QUESTION: Secretary Blinken, thank you very much for joining us. Let’s start with Ukraine. We know from what the Ukrainians themselves are saying, what the reporting is, that they are now being massively outgunned by the Russians. They say their weapons are not being replaced quickly enough or adequately; they don’t have close to the amount of weapons and ammunition they need. The tide has turned in Russia’s favor?
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement applauding President Biden’s executive order advancing LGBTQI+ equality following the Oversight and Reform Committee’s historic passage of the LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-L.A.) today released a discussion draft for youth mental health care policies as a part of the committee’s ongoing work to improve mental health care across the nation, which has included a public call for comments and four hearings to help develop these initiatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Twenty Mexican nationals are among 39 defendants indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a $4.7 million conspiracy to distribute more than 335 kilograms of methamphetamine and 22 kilograms of heroin over the past two years.
By Press release submission | Jun 16, 2022
Pallone Opening Remarks at Legislative Hearing on Bipartisan, Bicameral Data Privacy Legislation
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 Today during a meeting with United Nations ambassadors and officials at the U.S. Mission to the U.N., United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine are entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance coordination between the U.S. and Ukrainian agriculture and food sectors and build a strategic partnership to address food security.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson today found DWAYNE THOMPSON, 37, of West Hartford, guilty of heroin trafficking offenses.