News from March 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department and the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) today reaffirmed their continuing commitment to jointly enforcing competition laws and strengthening their cooperation to promote competition in the ocean freight transportation system.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 1, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced supplemental American Rescue Plan Act funding for the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP). The program will receive a total of $130 million in supplemental American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act funding to promote competition ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: A former Delaware doctor was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for unlawful drug distribution and maintaining a drug-involved premises.
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States issue the following joint statement.
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: I extend best wishes to all those celebrating Losar, the Tibetan New Year. As we welcome the Year of the Water Tiger, we also recognize the strength, resilience, and vibrancy of the Tibetan community here in the United States and around the world. We are unwavering in our commitment to helping Tibetans preserve their cultural, linguistic, and religious heritage, which we honor today.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 3, 2022 – President Joe Biden and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $166.5 million in 108 infrastructure projects as part of implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure ...
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: The United States remains united with our allies and partners in our commitment to ensure the Government of Russia pays a severe economic and diplomatic price for its aggression against Ukraine. Today we are targeting Russian elites and their financial networks and assets, major Russian disinformation ...
By Solange DeLisle | Mar 5, 2022
Dairy farmers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic are set to receive financial relief through a federal program aimed at helping the dairy industry recover from the negative impacts left by the global health crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: A federal jury convicted an Illinois woman on fraud and tax offenses for cashing her deceased grandmother’s pension checks and preparing false tax returns.
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing on the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with Austrian Secretary General for Foreign Affairs Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal to discuss Russia’s unjustified, unprovoked, and premeditated war against Ukraine. The two strongly condemned Russia’s ...
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Senegalese President and African Union Assembly Chairperson Macky Sall. Secretary Blinken and President Sall discussed his priorities as AU Chair, focusing on combating the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: Today, the Department of State and the Department of Treasury have taken additional sweeping actions as part of our response, together with our allies and partners, to the premeditated, unprovoked Russian war against Ukraine. These actions make it clear that there is nowhere to hide for individuals and entities that support Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: Representatives of the Arab League, Egypt, the European Union, France, Germany, Iraq, Jordan, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States met in Washington D.C. on March 3 to discuss the ongoing crisis in Syria.
By State Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: We join in marking World Wildlife Day with many partners around the world. Together, we can conserve the diversity of life on this planet, which is critical for supporting healthy ecosystems.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: Los Alamos, New Mexico - Bandelier National Monument’s Natural Resources Program Manager Sarah Milligan, has been named the recipient of the 2022 Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award by the Friends of Bandelier. Dorothy Hoard, who established the non-profit group that supports activities in at Bandelier...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the launch of Task Force KleptoCapture, an interagency law enforcement task force dedicated to enforcing the sweeping sanctions, export restrictions, and economic countermeasures that the United States has imposed, along with allies and partners, in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: A regional leader of the Oath Keepers pleaded guilty today to seditious conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding for his actions before, during and after the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His and others’ actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, from the hearing to consider the nominations of Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristen Johnson, Summer Mersinger and Caroline Pham to serve as commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.