News from November 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man associated with the CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion) drug cartel has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges involving fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: JERSEY CITY, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor and the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. have entered into an agreement to resolve alleged systematic discrimination by the federal contractor against female, Black and Hispanic employees at its Jersey City location.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A doctor licensed in Virginia, Maryland, and elsewhere was sentenced today to 3 years for writing and referring compounded drug prescriptions in return for illegal kickback payments. The doctor previously entered into a civil settlement with the Government that requires him and the company he owned to pay $3.1 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Nov. 18, 2022, David Guerrero, Jr., was sentenced to 32 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. Guerrero was also ordered to pay over $1 million in restitution to Medicare and Medicaid.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Nov. 14, 2022, Kelly Joyce, 38, of Pinon, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 202 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Joyce previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
The US Justice Department published a three page rule on Nov. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Beyah Islam “Bear" Basha, 44, of Perry, Florida, was sentenced to thirty years in federal prison after being convicted following a jury trial on Aug. 23, 2022, on charges of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) applauded House passage of the Disaster Survivors Fairness Act, legislation approved by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to ease survivor’s access to federal relief in the wake of disasters.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled, “Accessible Air Travel: Addressing Challenges for Passengers with Disabilities.”
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Opening remarks of Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) from today’s hearing entitled, “Accessible Air Travel: Addressing Challenges for Passengers with Disabilities”:
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, introduced the Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, honored Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30), Chair of the House Space, Science and Technology Committee, at a ceremony unveiling Chair Johnson’s official portrait.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) draft broadband availability maps.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Today, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight held a hearing on the nominations of Stephen A. Owens to be chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigations Board (CSB) and Catherine J.K Sandoval to be member of the CSB.
By Homeland Newswire Report | Nov 21, 2022
The Biden White House has officially accepted the resignation of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Christopher Magnus.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler today delivered the following remarks, as prepared, on the House floor in support of the Speak Out Act (S. 4524):
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
House Judiciary Committee Republicans sent letters to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona naming potential witnesses to take part in transcribed interviews and hearings early in the 118th Congress.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio revealed the first targets of his investigation into Biden’s Education Department in a document obtained by the Daily Caller.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jim Jordan is seeking voluntary testimony and compliance from Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray and more than a dozen other officials and employees as the soon-to-be GOP-led panel ramps up its investigation into allegations of politicization and bias at the bureau and the Justice Department.
