News from March 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced today that Matthew Christopher Yates (27, Hastings) has been arrested and charged with using the internet to attempt to entice a 14-year-old child to engage in sexual activity. Yates faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Carl Young, Jr., 41, of Indianapolis, appeared in federal court today to face charges of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
Today on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered remarks ahead of the final Senate vote urging his Senate colleagues to support the bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months’ imprisonment for possessing multiple images and videos depicting child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
This morning, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, received a commitment from the nominee to be Inspector General in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Krista Boyd, that if confirmed she would work with members on both sides of the aisle in pursuing waste, fraud and abuse and efficiency efforts at the agency. She also committed to work even-handedly with the House of Representatives and the Senate in all oversight matters concerning OPM.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: HOPKINS, SC - Park rangers from Congaree National Park, along with staff from Kings Mountain National Military Park, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the SC Forestry Commission, will be conducting a prescribed burn March 28-April 8, weather...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) named Alejandra Tamayo as its 2021 Manager of the Year during the agency’s annual honorary awards celebration, which was held virtually on Thursday. Tamayo works at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and is a Lead Transportation Security Manager (LTSM).

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
Samples from the Kansas flock were tested at the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and samples from the Illinois flock were tested at the University of Illinois Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - A Roanoke man, who possessed a stolen firearm in the course of a domestic disturbance incident in 2018, pleaded guilty to a federal firearms violation.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
Portman Announces FY 2022 Bipartisan Funding Agreement Includes $250 Million in Security Resources for Faith-Based Communities & Institutions
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Columbus, Ohio man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Asante James, of Freeport, Illinois, was sentenced today to time served for a counterfeit charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
A landmark provision authored by U.S.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
The House today passed H.R. 2471, an omnibus spending bill consisting of all 12 fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills and supplemental funding to support Ukraine.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of H.R.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
“I offer my congratulations to Dr. Osama El Lissy on his appointment as Secretary of The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the deadlines to apply for the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding opportunity after requests from many stakeholders.

By Press release submission | Mar 14, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will host the first public meeting of the inaugural Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production on March 23-24, 2022.