News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement in response to President Biden’s remarks on countering China with more spending in his State of the Union address.


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan filed a criminal complaint today to arrest and charge Candi Taylor (39) of Kalamazoo, Michigan for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.


Joint Statement on the Situation in Libya

Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom...


Release: The United States is designating two Hizballah financiers operating in Guinea: Ali Saade and Ibrahim Taher. This action will help disrupt Hizballah’s business network in West Africa, which relies on bribery to circumvent the rule of law.



BLM Carson City District seeds nearly 8,000 acres of public lands

News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Carson City District in February aerially seeded approximately 8,000 acres of western Nevada and northern California’s public lands. Objectives range from restoring and maintain watershed health and improving wildlife habitat to protecting human life and property and repairing fire damage.


USDOJ-OJP-NIJ offers new grant application process starting March 4

NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes grant opened on March 4.


News Release: United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Pablo Leyva, age 28, of South Sioux City, Nebraska, and Chrystian Townsley, age 34, of Sioux City, Iowa, were both sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and for carrying a firearm during a drug...


The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee hearing on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.


News Release: Prineville, Ore. - The Deschutes Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM), Prineville District will implement a fee change on the individual special recreation permit (boater pass) for floating the wild and scenic portion of the Lower Deschutes River. Effective April 1, 2022, the boater pass fee will be a flat rate of five dollars, per person, per day.


Violent Gang Members Receive 20 Years and 12 Years in Federal Prison for Their Role in Crime Spree

News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - Greer Old also known as “Ghost", 26, and Daniel Reaves also known as “Goon", 22, both of New Hanover County, were sentenced to 240 months and 144 months in federal prison respectively. Old pled guilty to discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence (aiding and abetting)...


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Prescribed fire planned along Colorado River near Lees Ferry next week

News Release: Grand Canyon National Park fire managers-working with resources from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and the National Park Service Utah Parks Group anticipate initiating prescribed fire treatments as early as next week downriver from Lees Ferry, Az. within Grand Canyon National Park.


News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Honduran national was sentenced to 15 months in prison for unlawful reentry by an alien removed after felony conviction, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge David Denton of Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.


21 Alleged Gang Members and Associates Charged in RICO Indictment

News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal indictment was unsealed yesterday charging 18 alleged members of the Simon City Royals gang with a racketeering conspiracy involving murder, attempted murder, narcotics trafficking, witness tampering, obstruction of justice, wire fraud, and money laundering.


Puerto Rico; Amendment No. 10 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration discussed on March 4 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Lewiston Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - A Lewiston man was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.


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.


Leader Rodgers Statement on Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic

“Parents across this country still deserve answers. School closures, forced masking, lockdowns, and social isolation have created a mental health crisis.