News from June 2022

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, emphasized the need to make the American public’s interactions online with the federal government go smoothly whether they are applying for federal grants or veterans’...

By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Chair Sean Patrick Maloney delivered the following statement at today's hearing “The Future of Digital Asset Regulation."

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Garrian King was arrested yesterday in Chattanooga by agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and officers with the Chattanooga Police Department for being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1). This arrest is in connection with the shootings that occurred on June 5, 2022, in Chattanooga.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Concord, NH - The United States Marshals Service - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force is happy to announce the arrest of this week’s featured “Fugitive of the Week" this morning in Laconia, NH.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Today, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa O. Monaco traveled to Philadelphia to highlight the Department of Justice’s ongoing efforts to combat violent crime and gun violence through strong federal and local law enforcement partnerships and collaboration with community-based organizations.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
WaterSMART Water Conservation Field Services Program grant opened on June 24.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published the second version of “Cloud Security Technical Reference Architecture (TRA) " today, which strengthens guidance to fulfill a key mandate under President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14028 - "Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity." ...

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of April 2022 for on-time performance, consumer complaints received, mishandled baggage, and mishandled wheelchairs and scooters. The ATCR is designed . .

By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Republicans are leading on bipartisan solutions to improve safety, increase transparency, counter China, and strengthen privacy and data protections for Americans.

By David Beasley | Jun 24, 2022
A San Diego man pleaded guilty to federal charges of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine after admitting he supplied a fatal dose of fentanyl to a 24-year-old woman in 2020.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS), Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), Ranking Member of the LHHS Subcommittee, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Chair of the House...

By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
There was activity on 12 bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on June 23.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
There was activity on four bills related to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 23.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 23.

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Environment and Public Works Committee on June 23.

By David Beasley | Jun 24, 2022
United Nations High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet's recent trip to China was not an investigation.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) invited Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to testify before the Committee during a hearing on Medicare Advantage (MA).

By DOE Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered remarks at today’s subcommittee markup of eight bills, including the bipartisan, bicameral American Data Privacy and Protection Act which will protect kids and give Americans more control over their personal online data.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: VAN BUREN, Mo. - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,328,773 visitors to Ozark National Scenic Riverways in 2021 spent $64,433,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 886 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $73,856,000.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Martha Williams and Senator Jeff Merkley joined science experts and policymakers at the first-ever Monarch Butterfly Summit in Washington, DC, on June 22-23, 2022.