News from February 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Lee’s Summit, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today in two separate indictments for leading an arson and insurance fraud conspiracy and a separate bank fraud conspiracy, and for illegally possessing firearms.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
On Wednesday at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold its first hearing, titled “American Education in Crisis,” which will discuss the state of K-12 and postsecondary education.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
Tune in live E.T. to hear from Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Members of the House GOP, and female athletes on National Girls and Women in Sports Da
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
Following the Education and the Workforce Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress, Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the full list of subcommittee assignments as well as the adopted Committee Rules and Committee Oversight Plan. Chairwoman Foxx also announced the committee will consist of 45 Members, with 25 Republicans and 20 Democrats.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress:
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress:
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of November 2022 for on-time performance, consumer complaints, mishandled baggage, and mishandled wheelchairs and scooters. There was a 23% increase in air travel service complaints from October to November, after complaints decreased by 12% from September to October.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Four Oklahoma men were indicted by a federal grand jury today after law enforcement officers seized more than $1 million worth of cocaine from a rental truck that was stopped on Interstate 70 in Lafayette County, Mo.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: JACKSON, MS - Federal investigators have determined that the employer of a 25-year-old welder - who suffered fatal injuries in an explosion at a Flora work site in July 2022 - could have prevented the tragedy by following federal workplace safety standards.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - Robert Gramolini, 64, of Malden, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for possession of stolen goods, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: The federal grazing fee for 2023 remains at $1.35 per animal unit month for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and $1.35 per head month for lands managed by the USDA Forest Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, AnnMarie R. Highsmith, the Executive Assistant Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (“CBP") Office of Trade, Francis J. Russo, the Director of CBP Field Operations New York, and Ivan J. Arvelo, the Special...
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (TX) gaveled the first committee meeting of the 118th Congress. During the meeting, the Committee Rules and Subcommittee Jurisdictions were adopted by voice vote.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) New Mexico Office has acquired a right-of-way from the New Mexico State Land Office (NMSLO) to improve recreational access along the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDNST), the agencies announced today. The right-of-way will authorize and...
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee; and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, today sent a letter to President Joe Biden to offer suggestions regarding the Administration’s recently announced initiative to give migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela a safe and orderly pathway to the United States, and to surge resources to humanely process migrants at our southwest borde
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
Good morning and welcome to the first meeting of the Committee on Appropriations for the 118th congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Sylvester Roosevelt McNeil, also known as “Juan," 50, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to distribution of fentanyl.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led a group of Senate and House Democratic colleagues in submitting an amicus brief in a bankruptcy case before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in support of 231,000 military veterans who are seeking restitution from 3M and its subsidiary Aearo Technologies for allegedly manufacturing defective earplugs.
