News from May 2022

By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Homeland Security Committee on May 12.

By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2022
Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Grant Program- Region 8 grant opened on May 13.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Dezmin Meridith, 27, of Columbus, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for Transportation of Child Pornography. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Meridith to 90 months’ imprisonment. There...

By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2022
Release: DOE Seeks Public Input on a New Initiative to Enable the Widespread Availability of More Clean, Affordable, and Reliable Power
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - Twenty-five people - twenty residents of Erie, Pennsylvania, a resident of Meadville, Pennsylvania, a resident of New Jersey, a resident of Orlando, Florida, and two residentsof Puerto Rico - have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing on hydropower.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2022
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 canceling oil leases in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A federal jury in Eugene found a former New Jersey man guilty today for his role in a scheme to steal $1 million from an elderly man residing in Roseburg, Oregon.
By EPA Newswire | May 13, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: Five defendants who threatened or harmed witnesses in attempts to thwart a federal investigation into the kidnapping and killing of a Joplin woman have pleaded guilty in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

By State Newswire | May 13, 2022
U.S. Embassy Moscow Public Affairs Section FY 2022 Annual Program Statement (APS) grant opened on May 13.

By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - In honor of National Police Week, United States Attorney Richard D.Westphal recognizes the service and sacrifice of federal, state, and local law enforcement. Thisyear, the week is observed Wednesday, May 11 through Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - As temperatures rise in New England, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers and workers not to ignore the dangers of working in hot weather - indoors and out - and remember that “Water. Rest. Shade." can be the difference between ending the workday safely or suffering serious injuries or worse.

By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2022
Delta Health Care Service Grant Program grant opened on May 13.

By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today sent a letter to Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo regarding...
By State Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: Representatives of the United States, the Arab League, Egypt, the European Union, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom met in Brussels on May 10, 2022, to discuss the crisis in Syria.

By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Finance Committee Member Rob Portman, R-Ohio, today introduced legislation to disallow Foreign Tax Credits for companies that pay taxes to the Russian government, and other tax benefits.

By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
There was activity on four bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on May 12.