News from May 2022
By Homeland Newswire | May 5, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 4.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY - On April 29, 2022, SHC Home Health Services of Florida, LLC and its related entities (collectively “Signature HomeNow") paid $2.1 million to the United States government to settle claims of improperly billing the Medicare Program for home health services provided to beneficiaries living in Florida.
By State Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to have my colleague and friend Foreign Minister Linde here in Washington at the State Department, pursuing a conversation on work we’ve been doing for so many months. But Ann, welcome, and let me say this is a particularly important time ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 5, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Two men have been charged in a federal criminal complaint for their roles in the armed carjacking of a woman in a mall parking lot, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Venetia, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to one year in prison, two years of supervised release, a fine of $10,000, and ordered to pay $649,524 in restitution on his conviction of obtaining controlled substances by fraud, misbranding of drugs, and health care fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | May 5, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a three page proposed rule on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced the allocation of nearly $10 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for irrigation projects and power utilities owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: RICHMOND, Va.- On Saturday, May 21, the public is invited to Drewry’s Bluff, site of the Union Navy’s only attempt to capture Richmond by water, to learn about the area’s Civil War naval history. The event runs from 10 am to 4 pm and is free of charge.
By DOL Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Tina Smith (D-MN), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and U.S. Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today led a committee markup to advance the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 2022) by a 20-0 vote. Carper authored the legislation along with EPW Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as well as Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.).
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: Departamento de Justicia. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of New York. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Jueves, 5 de mayo de 2022. "Otoniel" Supuestamente Manejaba una Organización Paramilitar, uno de los Mayores Distribuidores de Cocaína en el Mundo, y Ordenó Actos de Violencia Sin Piedad Contra Poblaciones...
By Homeland Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: Volunteers help the communities they serve, but did you know that volunteering can also help improve your own health and wellbeing? Some of the benefits of volunteering include...
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced more than $2.3 billion for three efforts to advance diverse carbon management approaches that reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution, address the impacts of climate change, and create good-paying jobs while prioritizing community engagement...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A federal felon has been sentenced in federal court to an additional one year and one day of incarceration in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for violating his supervised release, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today unveiled a comprehensive legislative package to reauthorize the Food and...
By DOL Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Federal workplace safety investigators found that a construction company’s failure to prevent sudden start-up of a conveyor system contributed to an 18-year-old worker’s fatal injuries after he was pulled into a hot asphalt silo as he tried to remove debris from the conveyor in Oklahoma City on Nov. 2, 2021.
By State Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: Today, Undersecretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya, while on an official visit to Santiago, Chile, announced more than $6 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Venezuelan refugees and migrants and their host communities in Chile. This brings total U.S. humanitarian support for Venezuelans in Chile since the crisis began to nearly $26 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: HOT SPRINGS - Bradley Fields, age 40, was sentenced today to a total of 30 years in prison without the possibility of parole on one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor via the Production of Child Pornography and one count of Distribution of Child Pornography. Fields was also ordered to be placed...
By State Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met virtually today with a diverse group of civil society leaders from Southeast Asia to hear about their courageous work advocating for human rights, justice, democracy, and unhindered humanitarian access for assistance ...
