News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023



Carper, Capito Announce EPW Subcommittee Assignments for 118th Congress

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, today announced the EPW subcommittee assignments for the 118th Congress.



The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Ways and Means to Hold Hearing on The Greatest Theft of Taxpayer Dollars: Unchecked Unemployment Fraud

News Release: Washington, D.C. -The House Committee on Ways and Means tomorrow will hold a hearing titled, “The Greatest Theft of Taxpayer Dollars: Unchecked Unemployment Fraud." The hearing will take place on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at 10:00 AM in Longworth 1100.


Interior Department publishes notice on Feb. 9

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Treasury Department Announces Puerto Rico to Receive up to $109 Million to Promote Small Business Growth and Entrepreneurship through President Biden’s American Rescue



EPA to Host February 16 Virtual Community Meeting for Kingsbury and Queensbury New York Residents

News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a virtual community meeting for residents of Kingsbury and Queensbury, New York to share information about health risks from the chemical ethylene oxide, or EtO, which is being emitted from the Sterigenics commercial sterilization facility located in Kingsbury, New York.


DOI-BLM grant application closes on April 11

IIJA Bureau of Land Management Colorado Aquatic Resource Management grant opened on Feb. 10.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Crypto CEOs agree: 'Regulation, done correctly, can be a huge benefit'

Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the Canadian CEO and founder of Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, said in a recent tweet that regulation can benefit the crypto industry and ultimately lead to more mainstream adoption by providing guidance and confidence to both those who provide crypto services and those who use them.


Chairman Smith: Biden Administration Cannot Override Congress’s Constitutional Tax-Writing Authority

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published guidance on February 2 regarding the treatment of tax credits and allocation of tax among countries within its global minimum tax project...



Energy Department discusses Internal Network Security Monitoring for High and Medium Impact Bulk Electric System Cyber Systems on Feb. 9

The US Energy Department published a one page rule on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Chairman Smith Invites DOJ “Chief Pandemic Prosecutor” to Testify on Greatest Theft of Taxpayer Dollars in American History

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In response to the Biden Administration’s failure to provide timely accountings of the size, scope, and severity of pandemic fraud perpetrated on the American public, House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) sent a letter to Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Galdo, the acting “Chief Pandemic Prosecutor," inviting him to testify at a Ways and Means committee hearing on unemployment insurance (UI) fraud on February 8, 2023.


DOE-NETL grant application closes on April 12

Water Research and Development for Oil and Gas Produced Water and Coal Combustion Residuals Wastewater Associated with Coal Power Plants grant opened on Feb. 10.


News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, Eduardo Flores-Diaz, 43, of Mexico, was sentenced by United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 78 months in prison. Flores-Diaz pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl.


Two Defendants Sentenced to 202 Years' and 40 Years' Imprisonment, Respectively, for Their Participation in the Murder and Extortion of Queens Business Owner

News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Ppassim Elder, also known as “Bsam," “Big Sam" and “Sam," and Wilbert Bryant, also known as “Will" and “La," were sentenced by United States District Judge William F. Kuntz II, to terms of imprisonment of 202 years and 40 years, respectively. The defendants...