News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


What did Agriculture Department publish on Sept. 28?

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands -Substantial progress has been made to create more resilient power grids throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands since hurricanes Irma and Maria left thousands of homes, businesses and critical facilities such as hospitals without power five years ago.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Sept. 28 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Indianapolis Man Sentenced To 70 Months for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl

News Release: HAMMOND, Ind. - Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Erasmo Martinez, 44, of Indianapolis was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Jon DeGuilio on his plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl.


There was activity on two bills related to the Appropriations Committee on Sept. 28.


News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent letters to eight federal agencies under the Committee’s jurisdiction warning the Biden administration not to overstep its constitutionally mandated authorities. Leader Rodgers cited the recent...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) are demanding the National Institutes of Health...


Former Financial Advisor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Tyler Rigsbee, 32, of Folsom, has signed a plea agreement admitting to committing aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


New notice from Transportation Department to be published on Sept. 30

There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 30.


DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States.


McCaul, 36 House Republicans Introduce Bill to Support Taiwan’s Defense

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican and Chairman of the China Task Force Michael McCaul, joined by 36 House Republican colleagues, introduced the Taiwan Policy Act. This legislation will strengthen Taiwan’s defense and deter the aggression of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by...


How politicians on Energy and Commerce Committee dealt with bills on Sept. 28

There was activity on nine bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on Sept. 28.


News Release: Defendant previously convicted of federal drug trafficking charges and faces mandatory 10-year sentence.


“CALLING FOR AN END TO THE TRADE EMBARGO WITH CUBA“ was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on page E1847 on Dec. 31, 2015


Westlake Man Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Pay More than $500,000 in Restitution for Evading Income Tax

News Release: CLEVELAND - Yaser Najjar, age 60, of Westlake, Ohio, was sentenced on Tuesday, September 7, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent to two years in prison and was ordered to pay a $100,000 fine and at least $503,398 in restitution to the IRS after he pleaded guilty to four counts of attempt to evade and defeat income tax.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Timothy Andrew Marquez was sentenced on Sept. 27 to 10 years and one month in prison. Marquez, 27, of Bayard, New Mexico, pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2018, to receiving child pornography.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction in Manhattan federal court of STEFAN GILLIER, a/k/a “Stephan Gillier," a/k/a “Stefan R.R. Gillier," a/k/a “Roland Gillier," a/k/a “Roland Van Gorp," a Belgian citizen, for engaging in a conspiracy...


News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Virgil Montell-Denzel Watkins, 29, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to the distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine.