News from February 2023
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled “Protecting Speech from Government Interference and Social Media Bias, Part 1: Twitter’s Role in Suppressing the Biden Laptop Story.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled “On The Front Lines of the Border Crisis: A Hearing with Chief Patrol Agents.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled “On The Front Lines of the Border Crisis: A Hearing with Chief Patrol Agents.” Chairman Comer and Committee Republicans outlined how President Biden and his administration’s policies created the worst border crisis in American history. U.S. Border Patrol Chiefs testified about a crisis that has set records for the arrests of illegal border crossers, migrant deaths, narcotics seized, and suspected terrorists arrested trying to illegally cross the border.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Chief of Protocol Ambassador Rufus Gifford, and Chief Executive Officer of the James Beard Foundation Clare Reichenbach will deliver remarks to commemorate the launch of the Diplomatic Culinary Partnership on Thursday, February 9, 2023, at 5:45 p.m. ET at the Department of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: More Than $7 Million in Losses Reported by Victims of Romance Scams in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is now accepting proposals for funding from its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The SBIR Program awards contracts to small businesses across the country to spur research and commercialization of innovative transportation technologies in select research areas. The current SBIR Solicitation provides funding ranging from $150,000 to $200,000 for ten Phase I research topics.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on President Biden’s “State of the Union” address:
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Tonight, as elected officials and their guests gather in Washington to hear the State of the Union, women across Afghanistan are suffering under the brutal Taliban regime.
By State Newswire Report | Feb 8, 2023
U.S. Reps. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) and Chris Smith (R-N.J.) have reintroduced legislation that would require the president to assess China’s human rights record annually and use those findings to evaluate the status of U.S.-China trade.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Today, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda to verify that Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh met his ethics obligations as he sought employment with the National Hockey League Players Association.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) will hold a full committee hearing titled “Protecting Speech from Government Interference and Social Media Bias, Part 1: Twitter’s Role in Suppressing the Biden Laptop Story.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) today wrote a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm calling for all documents and communications related to three DOE National Laboratories targeted by a Russian hacking team during the summer of 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging a former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) lieutenant with use of excessive force and two obstruction offenses.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is pressing Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) John Kerry for documents and information related to his role within the Biden Administration.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
IIJA Bureau of Land Management Alaska Wildlife Resources Management Program grant opened on Feb. 8.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Robbinsdale man has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm as a felon, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2023
House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (TX) gaveled the first committee meeting of the 118th Congress.
