News from May 2022

By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2022
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...
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
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.

By EPA Newswire | May 20, 2022
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...
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2022
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.

By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2022
“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” was published on pages E509-E511 of the Congressional Record on May 16.

By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2022
There was activity on six bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 19.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2022
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.

By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton, Massachusetts, man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with trafficking fentanyl and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
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.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: Panama Intermediaries Each Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
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.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
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.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
Release: U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain traveled to Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from May 11-15, 2022.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2022
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 ...

By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2022
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.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: Submitted false documents to multiple banks claiming pandemic benefits.
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2022
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.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2022
There are two releases scheduled to be published on May 23.