News from June 2022
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: As part of a comprehensive strategy to combat climate change and reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, the Bureau of Land Management has issued a new policy relating to geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide on public lands.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Natural Resources Committee on June 9.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Foreign Relations Committee on June 9.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: The United States is taking a series of measures to increase support for the Cuban and Haitian people in line with our national interests. Both Cuban and Haitian people are confronting a humanitarian crisis and our policy focuses on empowering people to help them create a future free from repression and economic suffering.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) are pressing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to be accountable with the vast amount of money it has been allotted to address Superfund sites and its implementation of the program.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS“ was published in the Senate section on pages S2785-S2786 on June 6
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX - A federal investigation has recovered $348,380 in back wages and liquidated damages for 144 underpaid workers of an Arizona construction employer who failed to pay their overtime wages.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri after law enforcement officers seized approximately 29 pounds of methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Brian P. McKeon met with German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action State Secretary Franziska Brantner today in Paris. Deputy Secretary McKeon emphasized the importance of the U.S.-Germany ...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) are pressing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to be accountable with the vast amount of money it has been allotted to address Superfund sites and its implementation of the program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: POCATELLO, Idaho - After a four-day trial, a federal jury sitting in Pocatello found Adam Lee Vallely 46, of Pocatello, Idaho, guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, one count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and one count of possession with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: Richard G. Frohling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on June 7, 2022, Christopher Crittendon (age:33) of Milwaukee Wisconsin, was sentenced to a 124-month term of imprisonment for armed bank robbery. That term of imprisonment will be followed by an additional 36 months of supervised release. Crittendon had been convicted by a jury of bank robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Brian Stanton, 38, of Athens, Georgia, was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison following his trial conviction on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine. Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: The United States welcomes Greece’s announcement that it will host the ninth Our Ocean Conference in 2024.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $31,757 for 93 workers of two Alabama senior residential facilities after its investigations found the employers denied the workers overtime wages.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: HAMMOND- Courtney Lewis, 41 years old, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon on his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: Pecos, NM: Join staff from Fort Union National Monument on July 9th and 10th for an interactive program about the 1862 Battle of Glorieta Pass. The living historian will be outfitted as a Union soldier and will offer visitors an opportunity to explore the typical soldier’s kit including uniform, personal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: EL PASO - Last week, the New Mexico High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program (NM HIDTA) received a national recognition for its work in southeastern New Mexico under Operation Shape Shifter. White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul Gupta made the announcement. The NM HIDTA was one of three to receive the Outstanding Cooperative Effort recognition.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to take steps to enforce Medicaid’s guarantee that Americans may see the health care providers of their choice.
