News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Joint Statement – Concrete Steps to Support Expansion of UN-mediated Truce in Yemen

Release: On 21 September 2022, vice ministers and senior official representatives of the permanent five members of the United Nations Security Council and the European Union, Germany, Kuwait and Sweden, hereafter referred to as the P5+4, met to discuss concrete steps to support an extension of the truce agreed...


“General Leave“ was published in the House section on pages H8093-H8096 on Sept. 22




Agriculture Department expands 'convenient, safe' online SNAP shopping by adding more than 150 retail chains

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has expanded its online shopping for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by adding more than 150 retail chains through which participants can shop for groceries.


Blinken: Alliance for Development to 'spur genuinely inclusive economic growth'

Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated the call for collaboration between nations in strengthening supply chain resiliency before the Alliance for Development in Democracy (ADD).


Texas Gov. Abbott: 'Cartels are terrorists, and it’s time we treated them that way'

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issues an executive order officially designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations


News Release: House and Senate leaders submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County v. Talevski. The Democrats wrote in support of the ability of individuals to use federal courts to enforce the requirements of certain federal programs, including Medicaid, ...


Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 20-21 FOMC meeting

News Release: The attached tables and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants in conjunction with the September 20-21 meeting.


Release: Begin Text. Today, representatives from the United States, France, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia met to discuss Lebanon on the margins of the UN General Assembly. The following statement is attributable to the Ministers of the three countries. Our three countries expressed their continuing support...


Biden admin nominates Donna Ann Welton as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

President Joe Biden recently announced his intention to appoint Donna Ann Welton as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.


News Release: Note: As-aired QUESTION: How concerned should Americans be about the prospect of nuclear war? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Scott, we’ve heard a lot of irresponsible rhetoric coming out of Vladmir Putin, but we’re focused on making sure that we’re all acting responsibly, especially when it comes to this kind of loose rhetoric. We’ve been very clear with the Russians publicly and as well as privately to stop the loose talk about nuclear weapons.


Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Yemen.



News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released its first-ever Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) for Puerto Rico. These data, available through QWI Explorer and the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Extraction Tool, provide comprehensive data access and analytical capabilities through flexible charts, tables and maps.


News Release: The owner of a Fairbanks, Alaska, commercial flooring company, pleaded guilty on Sept. 22 for his role in a conspiracy to provide kickbacks related to contracts for commercial flooring services at a U.S. Army Facility.


ICE makes history with first non-US law enforcement partner receiving prestigious award


Man sentenced to 264 months to prison following HSI Phoenix, multiagency probe


Somerset county man sentenced to 14 years for conspiring to distribute over 18 kilograms of heroin following HSI investigation


HSI investigation results in arrest of West Texas woman charged with assault of federal law enforcement officer