News from June 2022
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 24.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau Director Wendy Chun-Hoon issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade:
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: A Youngstown man was sentenced to 18 months in prison today by U.S. District Judge Benita Y. Pearson after he pleaded guilty to selling over 100 firearms without a license.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on June 24.

By Caleb Lombardo | Jun 25, 2022
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced new drinking water health advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
The Daily Digest section of the Congressional Record published “CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD” on June 21.

By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, announced she will hold a HELP Committee hearing on July 13th on the impact of the Dobbs decision on access to abortion and other reproductive services, including the effect restrictions...

By Press release submission | Jun 25, 2022
U.S. Attorney Charges Nurse Practitioner In $10.5 Million Disability Loan Fraud Scheme

By Press release submission | Jun 25, 2022
2022 World Elder Abuse Awareness (WEAAD) Day
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Let me just start by saying how wonderful it is to be back in Germany for what is I think my sixth time as Secretary of State. There are reminders of my country’s partnership with Germany everywhere in this city, including right here in this building. This bank administered the Marshall Plan funds that helped rebuild Germany and Europe after World War II.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: AUSTIN - An Austin man was sentenced today to over 18 years in prison for robbing Austin-area convenience stores while brandishing a firearm.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturns Roe v. Wade and ends the right to abortion.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 24, 2022 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the next steps in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) efforts to ensure that as part of President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative , Federal investments benefit communities that are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: KING SALMON, Alaska -- New this year, from July 1- Oct. 31, 2022, permits will be required for access to the Brooks River Corridor. Reservations will open to the public beginning June 28, 2022 at 8:00 am AKST on www.recreation.gov. Permits are free but include a $6 booking fee. Each permit will be valid for 7 days with a maximum group size of 6 individuals.

By Press release submission | Jun 25, 2022
Pfluger Opening Statement in Hearing on ISIS & al Qaeda

By Press release submission | Jun 25, 2022
Meijer Opening Statement in Review of DHS’s Targeted Violence & Terrorism Grant Program Hearing
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, man already under felony indictment was charged with conspiracy to engage in firearms trafficking and unlawful transportation of firearms in interstate commerce following law enforcement’s seizure of 11 firearms, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - The U.S. Marshals Service Mexico Foreign Field Office and the Florida Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force from Fort Myers partnered with state and local agencies to locate and recover two missing and endangered children in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, June 23.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Republican Leader Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh urging the Department of Labor (DOL) to withdraw its Wagner-Peyser proposed rule, which will harm state efforts to fill the 11 million unfilled jobs across America.