News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


EM Safely Tears Down High Risk Building, Reactor at LLNL

News Release: LIVERMORE, Calif. - EM partnered with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) to complete the recent demolition of a building and removal of a reactor to make room for new facilities on the lab’s 1-square-mile footprint.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, requesting documents and information...


Murray, DeLauro, Scott Introduce Bill to Stop Wage Theft and Improve Wage Recovery

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and Congressman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), Chair of the House Education...


News Release: Richard G. Frohling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Colette Amanda Mahan, also known as “Pimpin’ Amanda" and “Amanda Chase" (age 39), of Waukesha, Wisconsin, for multiple offenses related to sex trafficking.



Ham Lake Felon Sentenced to Prison for Cocaine Distribution, Firearms Violations

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Ham Lake man has been sentenced to 114 months in prison for illegally possessing multiple firearms and possessing cocaine with intent to distribute it, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


The US Federal Reserve System published a four page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes will visit the National Conference Center (NCC) in Leesburg, Virginia, on May 11. At the NCC, Assistant Secretary Noyes will welcome newly arrived Afghans to the United States and meet with staff and volunteers working to facilitate a smooth transition as they resettle into their new communities across the United States.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ASHLAND, Ky.- A Winterpark, Fla., man, Jimmy DeLeon, 56, was sentenced to 400 months in federal prison on Monday, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, after pleading guilty to aggravated sexual abuse of a child.


News Release: SAN DIEGO - In an effort to save lives, DEA is proud to join “Song for Charlie" and many of our valued public health, non-profit, and law enforcement partners in recognizing the first ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day. This day is an effort to educate individuals around the dangerous threat that fentanyl poses to the safety, health, and national security of the American people.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, May 11, at 10:15 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.


Foreign Relations Committee and the bills it addressed on May 9

There was activity on one bill related to the Foreign Relations Committee on May 9.


News Release: Under Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez will travel to Cape Town, South Africa, May 9-11, and Lusaka, Zambia, May 12-13, to engage with government officials, business, and members of civil society to support our shared objectives regarding trade and investment, public health and environment programs, and pandemic relief.


Bipartisan Senate Finance Committee Members Call For Improved Transparency from U.S. Trade Representative; Cite Failure to Consult with Congress on Recent Trade Negotiations

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., today called on the U.S. Trade Representative to dramatically improve transparency and consultation with Congress on pending trade negotiations, in a letter sent today with Senators Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Ben Sasse, R-Neb.


Former Valdosta Police and School Resource Officer Indicted for Producing and Possessing Child Sexual Assault Material

News Release: VALDOSTA, Ga. - A former police and school resource officer was criminally indicted by a federal grand jury last month for producing and possessing child sexual assault material.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $3.9 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Build New Hospital and Support Robotics and Manufacturing Workforce Training Facility in Arkansas

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $3.9 million in American Rescue Plan


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $671,500 in American Rescue Plan Funds to Boost Tourism Growth in Mariposa County, California

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $671,500 grant to Mariposa County, California, to help develop the Mariposa Creek Trailhead and Destination Park.


News Release: Defendant seen beating elderly man and threatening him with a gun concealed in his pocket.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), introduced the bipartisan Technological Hazards Preparedness and Training Act of 2022 to expand the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s...