News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Cumberland County Man Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison on Drug Charge

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland County, New Jersey man was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Worcester Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced on Sept. 14, 2022 in federal court in Worcester for unlawful firearm possession and trafficking in fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.


Environmental Protection Agency set to publish a new notice on Sept. 23

There are five releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 23.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate has passed legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Debbie Stabenow (MI) to designate the post office located at 404 US-41 North in Baraga County, Michigan as the “Cora Reynolds Anderson...


Interior Department Announces Next Steps for Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing to Comply with Provisions in Inflation Reduction Act

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced that the Proposed Notice of Sale for Lease Sale 258 in Cook Inlet, Alaska will be available for review in the Federal Register tomorrow. In the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Congress directed that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) hold Lease Sale 258 by Dec. 31, 2022, and today’s announcement reflects action to meet that timeline.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dedham veterinarian has agreed to resolve allegations that he maintained inadequate records of controlled substances, improperly stored controlled substances at his office and residence, ordered controlled substances without a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration, and failed to report he was on probation on his DEA registration forms.


Committee Democrats Block Government Oversight Requests

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources reconvened a markup and held votes on the five Resolutions of Inquiry (ROIs) submitted by Republican committee members. Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.


News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Florida man convicted of Bribery Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds, was sentenced on Sept. 12, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


U.S. Ratification of the Kigali Amendment

News Release: Today, the U.S. Senate, with strong bipartisan support, gave advice and consent to ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The United States will soon join 137 other countries that have already ratified the Kigali Amendment.


There was activity on five bills related to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Sept. 21.


What releases are upcoming from the State Department on Sept. 23

There are two releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 23.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today led his Senate colleagues in ratifying the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, a global treaty to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), by a vote of 69-27.


Newington Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm Charge

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody today announced that GLEN DAUPHIN, 50, of Newington, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a firearm offense stemming from his unlawful possession of numerous firearms, firearm components and ammunition.


Allen Demands Accountability, Transparency for Unemployment Insurance Programs

News Release: Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on the massive fraud and mismanagement in the unemployment insurance (UI) programs...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Sept. 21, 2022, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing to examine state and local implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following statement today after the Senate voted to ratify the Kigali Amendment, agreeing to join the international community in its commitment to phasing down the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs):


There was activity on one bill related to the Finance Committee on Sept. 21.


News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Macon resident with a criminal history to include an armed robbery conviction admitted in court that he possessed with the intent to distribute heroin as a result of a federal investigation into drug trafficking in Middle Georgia.


Committee Democrats Politicize Historically Bipartisan Fisheries Law

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Democrats held a markup on H.R. 4690, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.). Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.


Notice published on Sept. 21 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.