News from June 2022

By Karen Kidd | Jun 25, 2022
Two Kentucky contractors for the Office of Environmental Management's Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office were recently awarded the Governor's Safety and Health Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: A Brookville, New York, man pleaded guilty today to willfully failing to collect and pay over employment taxes to the IRS on behalf of the spa companies he owned and managed.

By Press release submission | Jun 25, 2022
Chairman Krishnamoorthi to Hold Hearing Examining Dangerous Pet Collars

By David Hutton | Jun 25, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), as part of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), released a strategy June 17 to prevent the importation of products made with forced labor in China.

By David Beasley | Jun 25, 2022
A federal grand jury has indicted 26 people on international drug smuggling, drug trafficking and related conspiracy charges following a two-year investigation of an operation based in Sinaloa, Mexico.

By Trina Thomas | Jun 25, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service announced June 9 that a cooperative agreement was signed with New Mexico under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA).

By Fed Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: The Federal Open Market Committee on Friday announced its tentative meeting schedule for 2023: January 31-February 1 (Tuesday-Wednesday) March 21-22 (Tuesday-Wednesday) May 2-3 (Tuesday-Wednesday) June 13-14 (Tuesday-Wednesday) July 25-26 (Tuesday-Wednesday) September 19-20 (Tuesday-Wednesday) October 31-November 1 (Tuesday-Wednesday) December 12-13 (Tuesday-Wednesday) January 30-31, 2024 (Tuesday-Wednesday) For media inquiries, e-mail [email protected] or call 202-452-2955.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that ROLAN FRENCH, age 48, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing an unregistered firearm. French appeared for an arraignment hearing on June 6, 2022, before Federal District Court Magistrate Judge Kelly H. Rankin and pleaded not guilty to the charges. A trial has been set for August 8, 2022.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Oversight and Reform Committee on June 24.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today released a list of covered programs included in President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative, which aims to deliver 40 percent of the overall benefits of climate, clean energy, and related investments to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized, overburdened ...

By Press release submission | Jun 25, 2022
Comer, Oversight Republicans: Biden Administration’s Federal Construction Policies Harm Taxpayers & American Workers

By Press release submission | Jun 25, 2022
Cloud: Economic & Consumer Policy Subcommittee Must Hold Hearings on Economic Crises Facing Americans

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Homeland Security Committee on June 24.

By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on June 24.

By Press release submission | Jun 25, 2022
Comer, Top House Republicans Demand Answers on Biden Administration’s Voting Executive Order

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Supreme Court decided in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade and affirm the American people have the right to speak through their officials to enact laws that protect unborn children.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Armed Services Committee on June 24.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded a total of $4,479,195.95 in competitive research contracts to 30 small businesses across the United States to participate in Phase I of the DHS Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The...

By David Hutton | Jun 25, 2022
A New York woman is being charged with wire fraud, federal financial aid fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned nearly 50 years of precedent established by Roe v. Wade guaranteeing the constitutional right to abortion...