News from October 2022
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced that it is seeking public nominations for positions on the Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council (RAC). This citizen-based council assists in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues within southeast Oregon’s Lake, Harney and Malheur counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the sentencing of two defendants who were involved in separate child pornography cases. United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. sentenced the following individuals today.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced that Sean Brebbia has joined her senior leadership team on the Energy and Commerce Committee as the Chief Counsel of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Salvador Barrera, Jr., 27, and Ricardo Jonathan Gomez, 27, both of Charlotte, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler today and pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By State Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER URREJOLA: (Via interpreter) Good - I’m not sure if it’s good afternoon or good morning, but thank you for being here with us today. First of all, I would like to make a statement, and then Secretary Antony Blinken will have a few remarks. We’ll then go on to Q&A.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Aldie man pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging him with one count of wire fraud.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- A week after widespread flooding in Florida from Hurricane Ian, FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program policyholders are beginning to receive funds to help jumpstart their recovery. To date, FEMA has provided $3.5 million in advance payments to policyholders who have started the claim process.
By State Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Since the military coup in Burma over 18 months ago, the Burmese military regime has perpetrated violence against Burma’s people, killing thousands, displacing more than a million people, and detaining pro-democracy advocates, political opposition leaders, members of civil society, and journalists all in a brutal attempt to consolidate its control.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: $30 million Program will allow Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development to provide technical assistance to help communities access grants and opportunities, diversifying the pipeline of projects under consideration for Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding and financing
By Tamara Browning | Oct 7, 2022
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has made recommendations to the Coast Guard regarding cyberspace staff recruitment and retention.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Lawrence Jeffrey Brooks, 41, of Mount Holly, N.C., to 396 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release, and Dustin Blair Henry, 39, of Charlotte, to 235 months in prison and five years of supervised release for drug trafficking and firearms offenses, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: MEMPHIS, TN-The FBI Memphis Field Office is warning Tennesseans to be cautious of charity and disaster fraudsters. When tragedies like Hurricane Ian occur, the public comes together to help those in need. Whether you are directly impacted or want to help, scammers will take advantage of a natural disaster, like Hurricane Ian, to steal your money, your personal information, or both.
By State Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, thank you all so much for joining us today for this conversation. We have some remarkable colleagues from Nicaragua and Cuba and Venezuela who are all serving as human rights defenders, making sure, to the best of their ability, that people in their countries have a voice despite ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A 42-year-old man residing in Houston has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to distribute cocaine as a Darknet vendor, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 11.
By State Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: We are deeply saddened by the tragedy in Nong Bua Lam Phu Province, where a gunman took the lives of at least 38 people, including 24 children. This violence is both senseless and heartbreaking. We stand with the people of Thailand and extend our deepest condolences to those who lost their loved ones today. The United States is ready to assist our Thai allies in the wake of this tragedy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FELIX CANCEL, JR., 49, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in a fentanyl ring while incarcerated in a federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on President Biden’s announcement that he would issue an executive order pardoning all people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding reports that President Joe Biden plans to lift sanctions on Venezuela rather than encouraging more American oil and gas production.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2022
News Release: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. sent the following letter today to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressing serious concerns about the proposed acquisition of TEGNA, a broadcast news company that manages 64 stations across 51 domestic markets.
