News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DHS Electric Vehicle Program Accelerates with Debut of First Fully Electric Law Enforcement Vehicle

News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) became the first federal agency to debut a battery electric vehicle (EV) fitted for performing law enforcement functions at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers’ Office of Cheltenham Operations. The Ford Mustang Mach-E is the first of a variety of EVs DHS plans to field across its varied law enforcement missions throughout the homeland.


There was activity on two bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Sept. 19.


Vallejo Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Christopher Matthew Rougeau, 38, of Vallejo, pleaded guilty today to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - The health and safety of Portsmouth Site employees is the first priority. When something doesn’t seem right, team members know to act.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the Department of the Interior announced that it has invested over $3.5 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to advance wildfire resilience work and support fuels management projects in Idaho on 35,436 acres of land across the state. ...


Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty in $4 Million Romance Scam Fraud

News Release: BOSTON - A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with a wire fraud and money laundering scheme involving funds obtained from “romance scam" victims.


A Dire Warning: ‘If you see me, weep’

Release: On the banks of the Elbe River in the Czech Republic there is a new tourist attraction with a dire warning. Europe’s severe drought has exposed more than a dozen boulders, including one inscribed with the words, “Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine." “If you see me, weep."


DOE Announces Notice of Sale of Additional Crude Oil From the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Release: Notice is Part of Biden-Harris Administration’s Continued Action to Protect American Consumers and Address the Global Supply Disruption Caused by Putin’s Energy Price Hike


News Release: On Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, representatives of Artemis Accords signatory nations met at the International Astronautical Congress in Paris for the first in-person meeting since the launch of the Accords. At an event co-hosted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Agência Espacial ...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the full Committee will hold a markup on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 10:15 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.


Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people and government of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the 39th anniversary of your independence.


America First Policy Institute analyst: 'It’s very, very important that we work on strategic decoupling from China'

The United States must move decisively to achieve independence from China in terms of economic, manufacturing and energy policies, according to one analyst.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the bipartisan Fire Grants and Safety Act to increase federal support for local fire departments across the nation. The...


News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-An Oregon man pleaded guilty today after twice breaking windows and destroying property at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Grants Pass, Oregon because the clinic provides reproductive health services.



News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Rafael Robinson, 35, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to seventeen years and six months in prison, ten years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $459,000 restitution by United States District Judge C. Darnell Jones II, for sex trafficking of an adult by force.


Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel to Greece, Indonesia, and Vietnam

Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Athens, Greece, August 28-29 to meet with government counterparts on efforts to reduce global emissions, decarbonize ocean-based shipping, and continue the momentum of the Our Ocean Conferences. From August 30-Sept. 1, Secretary Kerry...


Peace Corps Payout Leaves Taxpayers on the Hook

News Release: Ahead of today’s House consideration of H.R. 1456, the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) submitted the following statement for the Congressional Record slamming a flawed provision in the bill...


Boston Man Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Prison for Pandemic Fraud, Identity Theft, Firearm and Drug Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced on Sept. 15, 2022 for fraud, identity theft, firearm and drug offenses.