News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022



News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced the bipartisan DHS Trade and Economic Security Council Act to strengthen U.S. supply chains and...


Artist in Residence Selected for Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

News Release: Medford, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management is pleased to announce that the 2022 Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Artist in Residence (AiR) is Anna Marie Pavlik.


Assistant Secretary Noyes’ Travel to New York

News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes will travel to New York, New York, May 18-20, where she will attend the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) to discuss international cooperation on migration and meet with UN and government officials.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that James Abrams, age 39, of Easley, South Carolina, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on wire and mail fraud, identity theft, money laundering, unlawful monetary transactions, obstruction of justice, and false statement offenses.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Florida man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a health care fraud and kickback scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


There was activity on three bills related to the Ways and Means Committee on May 17.


Ferguson man shot while searching for his drugs sentenced to over 13 years in prison

News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark on Wednesday sentenced a Ferguson man who was shot while trying to find methamphetamine that had been seized by authorities to 165 months in prison.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau visited Texas this week to highlight investments through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program that will enable urban communities to create new outdoor recreation spaces, reinvigorate existing parks, and form connections between people and the outdoors in economically underserved communities.


Springfield Man Sentenced for Heroin Conspiracy

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Leader Rodgers Statement on President Biden Easing Energy Sanctions on Venezuela

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the Biden administration easing energy sanctions on Venezuela.


Savannah man sentenced to federal prison for possession of child pornography

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Chatham County man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of possession of hundreds of images of child sexual exploitation.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Texas man sentenced to 10 years for drug charge

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Leonard Jasmine, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today to 121 months of incarceration for his role in a multi-state drug trafficking ring, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Ethnic Kyrgyz Christian detained and tortured in concentration camp in Xinjiang, relevant details revealed

(Xinjiang/Washington—May 17, 2022) An Ethnic Kyrgyz Christian, a survivor of severe torture in a concentration camp in Xinjiang, arrived in the United States on Friday night of April 8 with his family of three.


Federal Trial Jury Convicts Man For Domestic Violence Against His Intimate Partner Aboard a Cruise Ship

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GERONIMO FLORES, age 30, from Abilene, Texas, was found guilty today after a three-day jury trial before United States District Judge Wendy B. Vitter. He was found guilty of one count of interstate domestic violence assault by strangulation and one count of interstate domestic violence.


How politicians on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee dealt with bills on May 17

There was activity on one bill related to the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on May 17.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on May 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.