News from June 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: DES MOINES, IOWA - On Tuesday, June 28, 2022, Marcus Andrew Burrage, age 36, originally of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to a total of 375 months in prison. In two separate jury trials, Burrage was convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and assaulting a correctional officer.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: MONTE VISTA, COLO - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) San Luis Valley Field Office has lifted fire restrictions. “Recent rains have improved fuel moisture and reduced the risk of wildfire ignition and spread, allowing fire restrictions to be lifted," said San Luis Valley Field Manager Melissa Garcia. “Although restrictions are no longer in effect, visitors should always be cautious when using fire."
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
The Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record published “HONORING ALEX MORALES-HERNANDEZ FOR CARIBBEAN HERITAGE MONTH” on June 24.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Previously convicted of a serious drug offense in 2015.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce the recipients of the fourth annual Resilience Innovation Grant, a part of the Greening Diplomacy Initiative (GDI) Awards. Sponsored by the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), the grant provides up to $1 million to help U.S. embassies and ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Marques Russell, 37, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to seven years in prison, three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $3,100 special assessment and forfeiture of $129,600 by United States District Judge C. Darnell Jones, II, for his role in an inter-state prescription forgery ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, FL -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Jesse Rance Moore (45, Bell) with Hobbs Act robbery, robbery involving controlled substances, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of crimes of violence. If convicted on all counts, Moore faces a minimum mandatory term of seven years, and up to life, in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - Two Worcester residents have pleaded guilty to their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl and heroin. The defendants pleaded guilty on the morning of June 13, 2022, upon commencing jury selection for their previously scheduled trial.

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 28.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Plummer, Idaho, for infrastructure improvements to the water supply system of De Smet, Idaho. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: A man who was arrested three times since 2019 for methamphetamine and firearms violations pleaded guilty Monday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Illegally Worked Using a Fraudulent Social Security Card After Illegally Reentering the United States Following Six Deportations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: A dual citizen of the United States and Iran pleaded guilty today to conspiring to illegally export U.S. goods, technology and services to end users in Iran, including the Government of Iran, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee hearing on Medicare Advantage (MA).
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A man who illegally possessed a loaded handgun on a Chicago sidewalk and tried to flee from police has been sentenced to nearly seven years in federal prison.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a rescheduled joint subcommittee hearing to examine the policies and priorities of the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)...