News from March 2022

By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan requesting transparency and information on the EPA’s use of “Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases" (SC-GHG).

By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, every Republican member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) sent a letter to President Biden outlining 10 steps he and Congress can take to regain America’s energy dominance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: Sandoval had previously been involved in three high-speed chases with law enforcement when caught conspiring to distribute at least 40 pounds of meth.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Marc Punzalan, age 27, formerly of Maryland, was sentenced to 267 months in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann on child pornography charges.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives voted on an import ban on Russian oil that fails simultaneously to increase American oil and gas energy and exports. This followed...

By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: FROSTPROOF, FL - A federal judge approved a settlement with a Frostproof farm labor contractor - Jose M. Gracia Harvesting Inc. - who the U.S. Department of Labor found shortchanged workers and failed to provide them with safe and sanitary living conditions - a practice that will require him to pay back wages and a civil money penalty.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Kingfield man pleaded guilty in federal court today to sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.

By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
Release: The Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Commerce have taken additional sweeping actions as part of our response, together with our allies and partners, to the Russian Federation’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war against Ukraine. We are committed to ensuring the Government of Russia pays a severe economic and diplomatic price for its further invasion of Ukraine.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest guidance on mask mandates in schools...

By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: Los Alamos, New Mexico - From mid-March through mid-April, spring break for most schools across the country, Bandelier National Monument expects visitation to increase significantly. When parking lots in Frijoles Canyon fill, near the visitor center and within walking distance of the Pueblo Loop and...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that five defendants have been charged with conspiring to smuggle prescription drugs into the United States illegally. Brendon Gagne of Fountain, Colorado; James Funaro of Atlanta, Georgia; Jeremy Walenty of Tampa, Florida; Taylor McLaren...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: Ocala, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Edward Boney (40, Washington, DC), a federal prisoner at the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex, has entered pleaded guilty to assaulting a correctional officer and possessing contraband. Boney faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. Boney had been indicted on Oct. 12, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about the government spending bills that passed the House of Representatives today.

By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo dismissing the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) military in a recent interview with Bloomberg. In contrast to Secretary Raimondo’s comments, top national security advisers in the Biden administration have repeatedly identified the threat posed by the CCP.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau’s International Programs Center is releasing a series of technical notes on Select Topics in International Censuses (STIC). Each note highlights a new subject, method, or operation relevant to census planners in middle- to low-income countries. These notes complement the U.N. Principles...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A 39-year-old man has been ordered to prison for illegally breaching federal security and gaining entry to the FBI building in Houston, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.