News from June 2022

By Press release submission | Jun 9, 2022
House and Senate Leaders Release Bipartisan Discussion Draft of Comprehensive Data Privacy Bill

By Press release submission | Jun 9, 2022
“The Administration’s position puts in jeopardy the future use of glyphosate as a pesticide and threatens the currently unstable American food supply.”

By Press release submission | Jun 9, 2022
President Biden does not have a plan to fight inflation and is in denial about how his policies have sabotaged our recovery and would make matters worse.

By Press release submission | Jun 9, 2022
At least 84 percent of Americans celebrating expect inflation to impact their holiday spending

By Press release submission | Jun 9, 2022
Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), wrote to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Chuck Rettig raising concerns and questions about the IRS’s destruction of an estimated 30 million paper-filed documents in March 2021 reportedly due to a backlog in processing paper documents.

By Press release submission | Jun 9, 2022
Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) today released a discussion draft of a comprehensive national data privacy and data security framework. The draft legislation is the first comprehensive privacy proposal to gain bipartisan, bicameral support.

By Press release submission | Jun 9, 2022
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. released the following statement today in response to Republicans’ latest “plan” to address climate and energy issues

By Press release submission | Jun 9, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) play an important role in the coordinated response to Russian aggression in Ukraine.

By Press release submission | Jun 9, 2022
Selected Projects Will Strengthen Hydropower’s Ability to Support an Electric Grid with More Variable Renewable Energy Resources

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal jury convicted an Essex County, New Jersey, man for his role in the knifepoint robbery of a Harrison, New Jersey, taxi company, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2022
News Release: Relax on the front lawn of the historic Chellberg Farm for an evening of music on Sunday, June 12 and June 26, from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The Save the Tunes Council is a group of local musicians devoted to preserving and passing on folk songs using a variety of traditional musical instruments including...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Will Thompson announced today that a Nicholas County woman has been charged with a federal gun crime related to the June 3, 2022, shooting that left one Nicholas County sheriff’s deputy dead and another wounded.

By Bob Pepalis | Jun 9, 2022
A novel National Travel and Tourism Strategy announced by Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo aims to attract 90 million international visitors to the United States annually.

By Press release submission | Jun 9, 2022
New Technical Assistance Capacity Will Help Federal Government Lead by Example in Demonstrating Benefits and Potential of Decarbonizing Buildings with Geothermal Energy

By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on June 8.

By Bob Pepalis | Jun 9, 2022
Work has begun on the final upgrade of Cambodia's biggest naval base, and its funding by China has raised concerns by the United States over Cambodia's deepening ties with China.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida -U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Jimmy Wayne Hammonds, aka “the Monkey Whisperer" (58, Parrish), to five years’ probation, to include eight months home confinement, for one count of conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and three counts of violating the Endangered Species...

By State Newswire | Jun 9, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2022
News Release: TULELAKE, California- Work to repave 18 miles of the road through Lava Beds is set to begin the week of June 13, 2022. The contractor plans to start pulverizing and paving north of the Entrance Station working their way to Valentine cave. Road work will take place Mondays - Fridays between 6:00am and 6:00pm, between now and can continue till September 2023. Visitors should expect up to 30-minute delays.