News published on Federal Newswire in June 2022

News from June 2022


Oversight Committee Holds Classified Briefing on U.S. Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Oversight Committee Holds Classified Briefing on U.S. Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine


GOP Leaders React to NSBA Investigation

Last fall the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President Biden, calling for the Justice Department to use counterterrorism tools to investigate parents at school board meetings.



EPA Announces Oklahoma Corporation Commission to Receive $2,000,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 has selected the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) for a Brownfields Community-Wide Assessment Grant for States and Tribes.


Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a UN Security Council Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Representative of the United States.Let me start by thanking you, Director Rajasingham and Director-General Mardini, for your briefings today.


EPA Announces $1.9 Million Nevada Investment, Supported by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to Revitalize Communities

Nevada Communities Will Receive Brownfields Assessment Grants to Help Build A Better America While Advancing Environmental Justice


EPA Announces Record $4 Million Brownfields Investment in New Hampshire

President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help revitalize New England communities, Build a Better America and Address Environmental Justice Concerns


Biden Administration Announces $9.4 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites in Indiana

Indiana communities to receive Brownfield funding to help build back America’s economy while addressing environmental justice concerns


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Egyptian Foreign Minister Shoukry

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry today regarding the situation in Yemen and the importance of flights between Sana’a and Cairo.


Taiwan as an Observer in the World Health Assembly

Today’s unprecedented health threats demand close international cooperation.


Promoting Accountability for War Crimes and Other Atrocities in Ukraine

The U.S. Department of State is announcing the launch of a new Conflict Observatory to capture, analyze, and make widely available evidence of Russia-perpetrated war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine.


Pallone Opening Remarks at Conference Committee on the America COMPETES Act and USICA

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at the first Conference Committee meeting on H.R. 4521, the America COMPETES Act and S. 1260, the United States Innovation and Competition Act


USDA NIFA Invests More Than $5M in Mitigating Antimicrobial Resistance Across the Food Chain

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced an investment of more than $5 million to mitigate antimicrobial resistance across the food chain.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, and Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging KEJUAN WILLIAMS, 29, of Hartford, with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.


What did Interior Department publish on June 2?

The US Interior Department published a three page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WIND CAVE, S.D. - While the cost of fees has not changed, the method for collecting them will. Beginning June 15, 2022, payments for cave tours, campground fees, as well as Interagency Passes at Wind Cave National Park, will be by credit and debit card only. Cash and check payments will no longer be accepted. Visitors can pay via the following charge cards: American Express, Master Card, Visa, Discover and Diners International.


55 Schools to Be Retrofitted with FEMA Funds

News Release: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico - Around 55 public schools in Puerto Rico will be seismic retrofitted following updated building codes. This is possible thanks to an initial obligation of nearly $35 million to the Public Buildings Administration through the Hazard Mitigation Grants Program (HMGP) of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).


Red Lake Man Sentenced to More Than 19 Years in Prison for Sexual Abuse of a Child

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Red Lake man was sentenced to 235 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for sexually abusing a child over the course of several years, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Release: In June, UK-based NGO Amnesty International released a 160-page report entitled “Like We Were Enemies in a War": China’s Mass Internment, Torture and Persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang, documenting the accounts of more than 50 former detainees who experienced torture, violence, and other mistreatment...


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, June 2, 2022, Eric Michael Caylor, a 40-year-old man from Enterprise, Alabama, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for attempting to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. Following his prison sentence, Caylor will be on supervised release for three years. There is no parole in the federal system.