News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Thursday, March 17, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Future of Medicine: Legislation to Encourage Innovation and Improve Oversight."


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March 16, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on facilitating the advancement of next-generation...


Pallone Opening Remarks at Oversight Hearing with Health Care Providers on the Frontlines of COVID-19

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “Lessons from the Frontline: COVID-19’s Impact on American Health Care:"


E&C Announces Hearing on America’s Wireless Future Frontier

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March 16, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on facilitating the advancement of next-generation...


News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Marion, Virginia man who used the online messaging application KIK to distribute child sex abuse materials featuring prepubescent children was sentenced yesterday to 87 months in federal prison.


Rice, Pascrell Lead 28 Members Demanding Answers on Treasury Enforcement of Russia Sanctions

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for answers on how the Biden administration and its new Task Force KleptoCapture will enforce new sanctions against the Russian Federation and its leaders and how the Treasury Department will hold Russia accountable.


News Release: CHICAGO - A police officer in Harvey, Ill., threatened to interfere with local towing companies’ ability to compete for city work unless they paid him cash and other benefits, according to a federal indictment.


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Charlotte business owner is facing federal charges for allegedly selling stolen Apple iPhones (iPhones) and other electronic devices overseas, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A federal criminal indictment charges Rami Mahmod Mhana, 45, of Charlotte, with four counts of transportation of stolen goods.


New London Man Who Received Cocaine Mailed from Puerto Rico is Sentenced

News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAUL ROBLES, 38, of New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a narcotics trafficking conspiracy in which cocaine was mailed through the U.S. Postal Service from Puerto Rico to southeastern Connecticut.


News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and cocaine base (crack cocaine) trafficking conspiracy.


PAMS-SC grant application closes on June 2

Collaborative Research in Magnetic Fusion Energy Sciences on International Tokamaks grant opened on March 17.


News Release: A Weatogue, Connecticut man who conspired with an IRS officer to con the United States out of $4 million in overdue employment taxes has been sentenced to four years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Portland man who serves as the head men’s basketball coach at Mt. Hood Community College and as an educational assistant at Hall Elementary School, both in Gresham, Oregon, is facing federal charges for soliciting and receiving sexually explicit images from a minor he met at a high school basketball camp.


News Release: Officer Cody Hubbard Recognized from the Pottsville Police Department in the Eastern District of Arkansas.


E&C Announces Hearing on America’s Wireless Future Frontier

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March 16, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on facilitating the advancement of next-generation...


Reclamation issues snowmelt forecast for North Platte River Basin

The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared the March snowmelt runoff forecasts and operating plans for the North Platte River Basin.


BLM seeks applicants for Teacher on Public Lands summer internship

News Release: WENATCHEE, Wash. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wenatchee Field Office is seeking a K-12 teacher from a local community for the Teachers on Public Lands (TPL) summer internship program. TPL teachers spend a portion of their summer working and learning at the BLM Wenatchee Field Office, doing various interest-based tasks and meeting the needs of the local area.


Senator Murray Pushes Biden Admin to Extend Student Loan Payment Pause until 2023, Take Action to Fix Broken Student Loan Programs & Lower Cost of Higher Education

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the student loan payment pause and the work ahead to not only support current borrowers but lower the skyrocketing cost of higher education for future students.


Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee discussed on March 14 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.