News from March 2022
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Katie Porter (D-Calif.) today released the following joint statement regarding the announcement of Ambassador Joe Yun as the new Special Presidential Envoy for negotiations with the Freely Associated States—the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau—to extend the Compacts of Free Association:
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
Jerrell West, 32, of Forrest City, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
U.S. House of Representatives passed three Republican bills reported out of the House Committee on Natural Resources, the Japanese American World War II History Network Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.), the MAPLand Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah.), and the Save the Liberty Theatre Act of 2021, introduced by U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.).
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
House Committee on Natural Resources, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the House Select Climate Committee Republican members held a forum titled "Pain at the Pump: Biden's War on American Energy."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2022
News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces an agreement with the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and its parent company, American Heritage Railways (together, the “Railroad"), under which the Railroad will pay $20 million to compensate the United States for damages caused by a 2018 fire near Durango, Colorado, and will also modify railroad operations and take other measures to reduce the risk of wildfire ignition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Martin, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on March 21, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 21, 2022
Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2022 &- South Carolina grant opened on March 21.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to consider the nomination of Dr. Kathryn Huff to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
US Department of Labor cites Pennsylvania hot tub manufacturer for continuing to expose workers to dangerous chemicals
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and representatives from the Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Coal and Power Plant Communities visited several sites in Cabell, Fayette and Kanawha counties to highlight new investments in West Virginia.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland touted recent investments in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
A federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that a Smithfield company could have prevented a worker from suffering fatal head injuries while the worker repaired a cement truck on Oct. 21, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2022
News Release: Convicted After a Nine-Day Trial, Defendant Caused at Least Eight Individuals, Including a Minor, to Engage in Commercial Sex Acts for His Own Financial Benefit by Means of Force, Fraud, and Coercion.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
Evan Lemmon, 28, of Albuquerque, appeared in federal court today for a detention hearing, charged with nine counts of bank robbery. Lemmon will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor filed suit against a New York ophthalmologist and his practice in Amsterdam for allegedly firing an employee who raised concerns about the practice's failure to implement state-mandated protocols to protect employees from COVID-19, and later filed complaints with state health officials.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2022
News Release: The Island Loop Drive on Jamestown Island in Colonial National Historical Park will be closed intermittently during the final weeks of March and during the months of April, May, and June to allow turtles to move safely through their wetland habitat. Additional closures may occur sporadically throughout the year as conditions warrant. The National Park Service will close this tour road to vehicle traffic at the gate located just past the Jamestown Island Visitor Center.
By Press release submission | Mar 21, 2022
A U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that a plastic packaging manufacturer – with a history of workplace safety and health inspections – could have prevented a worker at its Sterling facility from suffering severe burns if they had complied with OSHA’s requirements for lockout/tagout and provided personal protective equipment.
