News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


Stage 1 Emergency Fire Restrictions in Effect at Great Sand Dunes

News Release: The entire area within Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is under extreme fire danger due to below-normal moisture conditions combined with unseasonably warm temperatures and windy conditions. The resulting low fuel moisture situation has created severe wildfire conditions and any fire ignitions...


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Two Leaders and an Associate of Little Havana Drug Trafficking Organization Found Guilty

News Release: Miami, Florida - Following a nine-week trial, a federal jury in Miami has found two leaders and an associate of a violent drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood guilty of various firearms, narcotics, and money laundering crimes.


Pallone Floor Remarks on the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House floor today in support of H.R. 7688, the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act...


News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves concluded his first official trip to Brazil. Over the course of the visit, which took place between May 15-19, the Deputy Secretary led the largest trade mission to the South America region since the onset of the pandemic and advanced key Biden-Harris Administration and Department priorities through a series of engagements with Brazilian government officials and private sector leaders.


“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” published by the Congressional Record  on May 16

“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” was published on pages E509-E511 of the Congressional Record on May 16.


Energy and Commerce Committee and the bills it addressed on May 19

There was activity on six bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 19.


News Release: MINERAL, Calif. -The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on a project to improve Lassen Volcanic National Park's water treatment system for Lost Creek Group Campground and Volcano Adventure Camp. This project is proposed to replace the surface water collection system with a subsurface source. If well drilling is successful, a small pump, water tank and treatment building would be constructed to serve these campgrounds.


Brockton Man Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton, Massachusetts, man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with trafficking fentanyl and cocaine.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Philip Abramowitz, age 50, of Pikesville, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As part of his guilty plea, Abramowitz will be ordered to pay $373,684 in restitution.


News Release: Panama Intermediaries Each Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme.


News Release: Two New Jersey men have pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for their roles in falsifying vehicle titles as part of a long-running odometer roll-back scheme.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, today announced that MARQUIS WILLIAMS, 45, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to a charge stemming from a mail theft, identity theft and bank fraud scheme.


Release: U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain traveled to Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from May 11-15, 2022.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Hizballah continues to exploit the private sector and commercial activity to fund its illicit and destabilizing activities. The United States is committed to protecting the international financial system from Hizballah’s abuses and to supporting legitimate businesses in Lebanon, Iraq, and the broader ...


Fort Necessity National Battlefield Announces Jumonville Anniversary Program and Encampment

News Release: On May 28 and 29, visitors to Fort Necessity National Battlefield can hear the shots of muskets and learn about the first battle of the French and Indian War, featuring a young British lieutenant colonel named George Washington.



News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx and several of her Committee Republicans sent a letter to the Biden administration urging an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and a transferal of vaccine purchasing, distribution, and administering of vaccines and therapies to the private market.


There are two releases scheduled to be published on May 23.