News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $512,000 in American Rescue Plan Funds to Support Pandemic Response and Economic Resiliency in Cookeville, Tennessee

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $512,000 grant to the Upper Cumberland Development District, Cookeville, Tennessee, to fund two regional recovery coordinator positions.


Foxx: Americans Cannot Afford Another Biden Budget Bust

Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after President Biden released his FY 2023 budget:


News Release: Washington, D.C. - This week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) introduced H.R. 7276, the Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability Act. This bill will ensure the U.S. has a coordinated effort to collect evidence to be used to prosecute Russian war crimes in Ukraine, and will help to deter future war crimes by ensuring Russian troops and their commanders know the world is watching closely.


Walsh Get out of the Picket Line and Back into the Office

Today, in a speech on the House Floor, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) called Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to account for his inappropriate involvement in labor disputes:


News Release: Defendant also worked for Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.


President’s 2023 Budget Proposes Significant Investments to Address the Nation’s Wildfire Crisis

The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2023.


New boat ramp at Belle Fourche Reservoir

The Bureau of Reclamation received a Federal Lands Transportation grant to reconstruct an existing boat ramp on the eastern tip of Gadens Point recreation area on Belle Fourche Reservoir.


Postal worker admits fraud in applying for and receiving veteran benefits

News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Taliaferro County, Ga., man has admitted withholding information about his employment with the U.S. Postal Service when applying for and receiving pension benefits from the Veterans Benefits Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).


York Man Charged With Escape After Absconding From Residential Reentry Center In Scranton

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Manuel Maldonado-Martinez, age 33, of York, PA, was indicted on March 29, 2022, by a federal grand jury for the crime of Escape.


DOE Releases Energy-Saving Rules for Federal Buildings and Proposes New Standards for Consumer Appliances

Release: Federal Building Energy Code Requirements and Residential Appliance Proposals Would Save Americans Millions in Energy Costs and Advance Carbon Reduction Efforts. Biden Administration to Finalize 100 Actions to Save Households $100 Annually.


Foxx: OSHA’s Bureaucratic Idiocy Knows No Bounds

Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its proposed rule that would re-instate provisions of the controversial Obama-era recordkeeping rule:


Reclamation announces funding opportunity for drought resiliency

The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a funding opportunity for WaterSMART: Drought Resiliency Projects.


The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2023.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.2 million grant to Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, to renovate and expand the capacity of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.


2022 Hong Kong Policy Act Report

Release: Consistent with Sections 205 and 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (the “Act") (22 U.S.C. §§ 5725 and 5731) and section 7043(f)(3)(C) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 (Div. K, P.L. 117-103), the Department submits this report and the enclosed certification on conditions in Hong Kong from March 2021 through March 2022 (“covered period").


Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing Examining the President’s 2022 Trade Policy Agenda

News Release: The biggest trade and economic security stories in the world today are Russia and China.


Leader Rodgers: This is an Attempt by Democrats to Revive Socialist Drug Pricing

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke before the Rules Committee during a hearing on H.R. 6833, an attempt by Democrats to revive socialist drug pricing in the tax and spending spree and give Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) a pass to keep hiding savings from patients.


Five Reasons Obamacare is a Failure

Twelve years ago, Democrats unloaded the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, onto the American people.


Fentanyl Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Federal Distribution Charge for 30,000 ‘Pressed Pills’

News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Smyth County man, who ordered approximately 30,000 fentanyl pills from California and sold them in Southwest Virginia, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court.


News Release: SAN DIEGO -Jonathan Mefford was sentenced in federal court today to 190 months in prison for selling fentanyl-laced pills that caused the death of a 20-year-old Chula Vista man, identified in court records as J.P., in October of 2018, and for distributing multi-pound level quantities of methamphetamine in Kansas.