News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a lease of Cottonwood Cove Resort and Marina located on Lake Mohave within Lake Mead National Recreation Area. This Lease opportunity provides a prospective operator with a chance to deliver a high-quality, full-service marina...



Remarks as Prepared for Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Littlejohn at “Week of Women and Girls in Science” Event

Release: Thank you, Ambassador. And let me thank all of you at the Italian, French, and German Embassies, the Children’s National Research Institute, and the George Washington University. Congratulations on the launch of the Week of Women and Girls in Science, and the Women in Science Diplomacy Club.


Chair Rodgers: Biden’s Public Health Officials Have Broken People’s Trust

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s joint Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Health Subcommittee hearing titled “The Federal Response to COVID-19."


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Fulda, Minnesota, man was sentenced in federal court today for exchanging pornographic photos and videos online with an 11-year-old child victim in Boone County, Mo.


Commerce Department discusses Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas on Feb. 8

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Belgrade Man Sentenced to More Than Eight Years for Manchester Bank Robbery

News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Belgrade man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for bank robbery.


News Release: A federal jury convicted a Texas man today for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and launder millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.


Granger Gavels First Meeting of 118th Congress

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (TX) gaveled the first committee meeting of the 118th Congress. During the meeting, the and were adopted by voice vote.


Man Who Served as Getaway Driver After Local Internet Café Murders Pleads Guilty

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today in a case involving the murder of a husband and wife in a local Internet café.


The Cover Up: Big Tech, the Swamp, and Mainstream Media Coordinated to Censor Americans’ Free Speech 

News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Reps. Sander Levin and Elijah Cummings, the Ranking Members of the House Ways and Means Committee and Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released a letter from IRS Commissioner John Koskinen documenting the significant funds expended by the IRS in responding to Congressional...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) along with Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) have introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to strengthen the United States’ policy to promote dialogue between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Dalai Lama toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict between Tibet and the PRC.


Health Subcommittee Chair Guthrie Opening Statement on the Federal Government’s Response to COVID-19

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s joint Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Health Subcommittee hearing titled “The Federal Response to COVID-19."


Health Subcommittee Chair Guthrie Speaks on House Floor in Favor of H.R. 185

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during debate on H.R. 185, a bill to end the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for people traveling to the United States.


Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities discussed on Feb. 8 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a three page rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) completed a project to remove no longer needed equipment and infrastructure in the Many Devils Wash area at the Shiprock, New Mexico, Disposal Site.


Automaker Stellantis agrees to add lactation rooms, amend its break policy for nursing mothers at Sterling Heights plant, following investigation

News Release: STERLING HEIGHTS, MI - After the U.S. Department of Labor found a Stellantis’ auto plant in Sterling Heights violated the rights of nursing mothers employed there, the global manufacturer of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles, will create additional lactation rooms and correct its break policy to avoid future violations.


News Release: Andee Sears, Adrienne Lindholm, and Peter Christian, National Park Service.


News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Mary Beth, thank you very much, and good morning, good afternoon, good evening. It’s great to see so many friends and colleagues on the screen today. Thank you so much for joining the fourth and actually final COVID-19 Global Action Plan Ministerial meeting.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg At a Joint Press Availability

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It is as always a great pleasure to welcome the secretary general back to Washington, back to the State Department. Jens, so good to be with you.