News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


News Release: By: Congressman Michael McCaul. Published March 23, 2022. In February 1941, facing the devastating bombing campaign by the Nazis known as “the Blitz," Winston Churchill made a direct plea to the United States for assistance saying: “Put your confidence in us…We shall not fail or falter. We shall not...


Commerce Department discusses Organic Soybean Meal From India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination on March 23

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on March 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Military Dependent Found Guilty of Sexual Abuse of a Child in South Korea

News Release: A federal jury convicted a Salina, Oklahoma, man Wednesday for sexually abusing a child while the man was a military dependent at U.S. Army Garrison (USAG)-Yongsan, within the Republic of Korea, announced Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite and U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson for the Northern District of Oklahoma.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) announcement to change the status of its two recent policy statements on natural gas pipelines and related infrastructure.



Credit Union President Sentenced to Prison for Embezzlement

News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Susan Irene Romero, 64, of Gilbert, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 26 months in prison and ordered to pay $2,360,000 in restitution. Romero pleaded guilty in May 2021 to embezzlement of credit union funds.


News Release: ALERT: Even Democrats Worry More Government Spending Will Worsen Inflation.


US Department of Labor issues $139K in penalties to address workplace safety deficiencies after six workers injured in flash fire

News Release: Employers: Westlake Chemical Lake Charles South, Westlake, Louisiana. Wastewater Specialties LLC, Sulphur, Louisiana. Turn2 Specialty Companies LLC, La Porte, Texas. Leak Sealers Inc., Lumberton, Texas. Citations issued: Turn2 Specialty Companies LLC. Four serious violations with proposed penalties...


Shalimar Man Sentenced To Seventy Years In Federal Prison For The Production And Distribution of Child Pornography

News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Jeffrey W. Boone, Jr., 32, of Shalimar, Florida, was sentenced to seventy years in federal prison on multiple counts of child sexual exploitation after pleading guilty on Nov. 18, 2021. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


Dominican Republic National Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Kilograms of Cocaine by Boat

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A man from the Dominican Republic pleaded guilty today to transporting over 300 kilograms of cocaine in a “go-fast" boat traveling from Colombia to the Dominican Republic.


Release: During her August 2021 visit to Vietnam, Vice President Kamala Harris affirmed the importance of U.S. and Vietnamese efforts to ensure space activities are conducted in a responsible and sustainable manner. As part of those joint efforts, U.S. and Vietnamese officials met virtually March 22-24 for the third U.S.-Vietnam Civil Space Dialogue.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on March 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Federal Reserve System discusses Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company on March 23

The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on March 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


MISSOURI MAN RECEIVES 30 YEAR SENTENCE FOR ATTEMPTED ENTICEMENT OF A CHILD

News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - William E. Jackson, 47, of Pevely, Missouri, was sentenced to 360 months in.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement after the announcement of a humanitarian truce in Ethiopia. Over nine million people in Northern Ethiopia are facing emergency levels of food insecurity and in Tigray, less than eight percent of the necessary food supplies have been allowed into the region since July.


ICE: Iowa man sentenced to 70 years for 'production of child pornography'

Andrew Scott Scanlan, 33, formerly of Newton, Iowa, has been sentenced to 70 years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges, according to a March 11 news release from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.


Chairman Krishnamoorthi Launches Inquiry into FDA Response to Contaminated Baby Formula After Two Infant Deaths

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf requesting information about FDA’s delayed response in addressing contaminated infant formula now linked to five hospitalizations and two deaths.


Webster City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: A Webster City, Iowa man who possessed child pornography was sentenced March 2, 2022, to 11 years in federal prison. Brady Vandemark, age 37, received the prison term after an Oct. 14, 2021, guilty plea to possession of child pornography.


News Release: FARMINGTON, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is extending the public comment period by 30 days for the proposed Federal mineral withdrawal surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park to allow for additional input on the proposal. The comment period will now end on May 6, 2022. In addition...


The US Homeland Security Department published a two page rule on March 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.