News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


Six men indicted on federal charges for illegal firearms possession, drugs

Six defendants face federal charges including drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms after separate indictments by a grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia, while recent actions in U.S. District Court include guilty pleas and criminal sentences related to illegal gun possession.



Republicans Host Tribal Roundtable Marking Fifty Years of the Alaska Natives Claims Settlement Act

Today, Dean of the House and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Don Young (R-Alaska) and House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)


Westerman, Rodgers Introduce the American Energy Independence from Russia Act

Today, we are introducing the American Energy Independence from Russia Act that would require President Biden to make an energy security plan within 30 days and take action to unleash America’s oil and natural gas production to offset Russian imports.


E&C Republican Leaders Send Letters to Sec. Granholm and FERC Urging Approval of LNG Export Facilities and Natural Gas Pipelines

The members request Secretary Granholm and FERC Commissioners respond by March 9, 2022 to explain why the agencies are delaying important infrastructure project approvals and describe what steps should be taken to expedite authorizations and encourage U.S. natural gas production and exports.


Leader Rodgers Statement on Senate Striking President’s Vaccine Mandate

President Joe Biden’s authoritarian vaccine mandate on health care workers should have never existed in the first place.


Leader Rodgers on Answers We Need to Restore Trust in Public Health

During the height of the Omicron surge, the Biden administration took nearly $7 billion from the Provider Relief Fund meant to help hospitals and clinics affected by the pandemic and used it to buy COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.


Oversight Subcommittee Leader Griffith Opening Remarks on Lessons Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic

Americans need to learn to live with COVID-19, and the federal government needs to learn to better prepare for and handle future pandemics.


Leader Rodgers on the President’s Remarks on Privacy Protections and Protecting Kids Online

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement in response to President Biden’s calls to strengthen privacy protections and protect kids online in his State of the Union address.


Release: The following statement was released by France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America on the occasion of the 11-year anniversary of the Syrian uprising.


Judge sentences Webster Groves man to 10 years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography

Jonathan Wells, age 39, of Webster Groves, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge Stephen R.


Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Heroin Distribution Scheme

A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 70 months’ imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release on his conviction for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, United States Attorney Cindy K.


Risch: We Can, and Must, Do More for Syrians

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement ahead of tomorrow’s 11th anniversary of the Syrian conflict:


Four Los Angeles Residents Indicted for Operating Illegal Gambling Business and Conspiring to Launder Money

A three-count indictment was unsealed yesterday charging four defendants in connection with an illegal gambling business and conspiracies to launder the proceeds of the illegal gambling business, U.S.


Keswick Boat Ramp to be temporarily closed during water quality study

News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will temporarily close the Keswick Reservoir boat ramp along the Sacramento River Rail Trail from Monday, April 4 through the afternoon of Friday, April 8, so the U.S. Geological Survey can conduct a water quality study.


Howell Township Man Admits Subscribing to False Tax Returns

A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man who ran an illegal gambling business today admitted filing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Grand Jury Returns Indictments

A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


EM Releases Updated Strategic Vision Outlining Coming Decade of Accomplishments

The Strategic Vision outlines goals for 2022-2032 focused on safety, environmental cleanup priorities, innovation, and improved performance.


Cracking the Monarch Mystery: LM Ecologists Conduct Pollinator Survey

The LM ecologists observed both adult Monarchs and an abundance of naturally occurring horsetail milkweed.


NNSA Flyovers: Scanning Wyoming Mines for Radiation

To scan the Wyoming mines, NNSA sent out a Bell 412 helicopter, outfitted with 25 liters of sodium iodine (NaI) divided into 12 summed detectors that measure gamma radiation and determine radiological exposure levels.