News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


USDA Updates Farm Loan Programs to Increase Equity

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is updating its farm loan programs to better support current borrowers, including historically underserved producers.


USDA Announces March 2022 Lending Rates for Agricultural Producers

FSA offers farm ownership and operating loans with favorable interest rates and terms to help eligible agricultural producers, whether multi-generational, long-time or new to the industry, obtain financing needed to start, expand or maintain a family agricultural operation.


DeLauro Introduces Standalone Covid Supplemental

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) this afternoon introduced H.R. 7007, a standalone supplemental to help manage the coronavirus pandemic at home and around the world.


DeLauro Statement to Rules Committee on Government Funding Legislation

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider H.R.


DeLauro Introduces Government Funding Legislation

Omnibus helps lower the cost of living for working families, creates American jobs, and supports the vulnerable; Provides urgent funding to support UkraineHouse Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today introduced H.R.


Hike the New England Trail with a Ranger! 

News Release:  Join us this summer and hike the New England Trail!.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi

Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today that he is naming an experienced team of women and men to lead the Office’s enforcement of criminal and civil laws. His leadership team, which will include 18 women and people of diverse backgrounds (including 13 women and seven otherwise diverse attorneys), will be among the most diverse in the history of the office.


News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will host and deliver remarks at the 16th annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 14, 2022. He will be joined by First Lady Jill Biden, U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Linda ...


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Isabella, PA waived indictment and pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Fort Thompson Man Sentenced for Assault Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault by Striking, Beating, or Wounding, was sentenced on March 14, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal indictment was unsealed today charging a former Oregon Department of Corrections employee with sexually assaulting a dozen female inmates while serving as a nurse at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF), Oregon’s only women’s prison.


Release: The following is the text of a joint statement by the Governments of Slovenia and the United States of America.


Bears are emerging from hibernation in Grand Teton National Park

News Release: MOOSE, WY-On Sunday, March 13, the first grizzly bear sighting of 2022 was reported in Grand Teton National Park. Now that bears are emerging from their dens, visitors and local communities are encouraged to secure attractants.



Drug User Sentenced to Prison for Possessing a Firearm

News Release: A man who unlawfully possessed a firearm was sentenced today to more than one year in federal prison.


“EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022” published by the Congressional Record in the House of Representatives section on March 9

The House of Representatives section of the Congressional Record published “EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022” on March 9.


News Release: MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA - Less than twenty months after 30 Horry County and Myrtle Beach-area drug traffickers were indicted based on a federal wiretap investigation into narcotics and violence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina announced today that all 30 have pleaded guilty and been sentenced in federal court.