News published on Federal Newswire in June 2022

News from June 2022


There was activity on two bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on June 14.


Bills addressed by Finance Committee on June 14

There was activity on two bills related to the Finance Committee on June 14.


News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for persuading or attempting to persuade more than a dozen underage girls to send him sexually explicit images of themselves.


New York Man Sentenced To Twenty-Four Months’ Imprisonment For Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Marlon Valoy De La Rosa, age 23, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced on June 8, 2022, to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay $19,138.01 in restitution by U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo, after pleading guilty to aggravated identity theft.


News Release: These exemptions will allow the U.S. Government to protect Afghans allies by alleviating certain obstacles to immigration benefits WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of Homeland Security and Department of State took steps to ensure that vulnerable Afghans who have supported and worked with the United ...


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Thomas Oliver Morrison (62, Jacksonville) with knowingly making a false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer. If convicted, Morrison faces a maximum penalty of 5years in federal prison.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Homeland Security and Department of State took steps to ensure that vulnerable Afghans who have supported and worked with the United States in Afghanistan, and who have undergone rigorous screening and vetting, can qualify for protection and other immigration benefits...


Protecting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Release: Sara Minkara, U.S. Special Advisor on International Disability Rights speaks about the United States’ new co-chair role for the Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network. With Vladimir Cuk’s organization, the International Disability Alliance (IDA), as the permanent co-chair, the United States will...


Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc., Airplanes discussed on June 14 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOE Announces Contract Awards and Issues Fourth Emergency Sale of Crude Oil From the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Release: Releases Are Part of President Biden’s Comprehensive Plan to Help Protect Americans from Putin’s Price Hike at the Pump


Protecting Wildlife Should Not Become Partisan Power Grab

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA). House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2.2 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Support the Food Processing and Manufacturing Sectors in Southwest Wisconsin

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.2 million grant to the village of Muscoda, Wisconsin, to expand the Muscoda Industrial Park. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.


Previously Convicted Sex Offender Admitted to Sexually Abusing Five Minor Victims and Recording the Sexual Abuse Over 13 Years

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Garnell Eugene Graves, age 58, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty yesterday to four counts of sexual exploitation of a child in relation to the sexual abuse of five minor victims.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.5 Million to Support Business Development in Laredo, Texas

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to the city of Laredo, Texas, to help build a two-mile road as part of the Springfield Avenue Extension.


South Florida Producer of Child Pornography Sentenced to 40 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: Miami, Florida - Yesterday, a federal district judge in Fort Lauderdale sentenced 23-year-old Keivon McBride to 40 years in prison for recording children as young as 12 engaged in sex acts and posting the videos for sale on the internet.



News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Emmanuel Wesner Jean, owner of Jean Tax Services (JTS), a tax preparation business located in Lumberton, N.C., was arrested today on charges of tax fraud. In the criminal complaint, which was unsealed today, Jean is charged with aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of a false and fraudulent return, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(2).


What releases are upcoming from the State Department on June 16

There are two releases scheduled to be published on June 16.



News Release: San Antonio, TX - Lance Stephens was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) this evening on charges involving escape from a county jail and felon in possession of a firearm.