News from June 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced a legislative hearing for Tuesday, June 14, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Protecting America’s Consumers: Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Data Privacy and Security."
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
News Release: On May 19, 2022, DOE announced $53 million in funding awards for diverse small businesses to pursue advanced scientific instrumentation and technologies to address climate change. The funding will support 259 projects across 38 states that cover security and resilience, renewable energy, energy storage...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 7.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press Release | Jun 8, 2022
U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), as well as Representatives Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Jim McGovern (D-MA), sent a letter to President Joe Biden regarding their Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (P.L. 117-78), which goes into effect no later than June 21, 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to the Solicitor General of the United States Elizabeth B. Prelogar expressing serious concerns over the position taken by the Solicitor General in an amicus brief in Monsanto Company v. Hardeman...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kimberly McPherson, age 61, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to identity theft in connection with her casting of absentee ballots in two other people’s names in elections held in 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN - Mondraques Newby, 30, has been sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Joseph C. Murphy Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $822,800 grant to New Castle County, Delaware, to help complete a major trail connecting two rivers in New Castle County and provide informational wayfinding, historical background, and public art to attract visitors to New Castle County’s outdoor amenities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-On June 7, 2022, a federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment charging a Portland man for using Instagram to persuade children to produce and send him sexually explicit photos of themselves.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Debra Steidel Wall, the Acting Archivist of the United States, seeking documents and information on former President Trump’s apparent failure to account for gifts from foreign government officials while in office, as required by the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act.
By State Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Bob Fu | Jun 8, 2022
Thirty-three years ago, winds of change blew through China.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park staff will continue efforts to eliminate unsafe roadside parking at Laurel Falls Trailhead. Temporary roadside barriers will be re-established during the busy summer season through fall, beginning Thursday, June 9 through Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Unofficial parking...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans demand to know from Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) how the Biden administration plans to prepare for and prevent dangerous blackouts that the North American Electric Reliability...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Martin Perez-Amaro, age 33, of Mexico, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury and charged with illegal reentry into the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2022
News Release: Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement on the confirmation of Kenneth L. Wainstein as Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis: “I thank the Senate for confirming Kenneth L. Wainstein to lead DHS’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), and ...
By Press release submission | Jun 8, 2022
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Results in DEA and Partners Collecting Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds of Unneeded Medications in an Effort to Prevent Addiction and Reduce Overdose Deaths
