News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


Rodgers, Smith: Biden Admin Doubles Down on Restricting Medicare Coverage for Seniors

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Medicare coverage for novel drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease will continue to be restricted by the Biden administration’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency announced this week, despite numerous bipartisan requests to reconsider. Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) issued the following statement condemning the announcement...


Biden-Harris Administration Invests Nearly $10 Million for Reforestation through Forest Nursery and Native Seed Partnerships

News Release: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds will support partners in growing forest nurseries, seed orchards and seed collection efforts to meet historic needs


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Medicare coverage for novel drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease will continue to be restricted by the Biden Administration’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency announced this week, despite numerous bipartisan requests to reconsider. Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement condemning the announcement...


Secretary Antony J. Blinken with George Stephanopoulos of ABC Good Morning America

Release: QUESTION: We’re joined now by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Mr. Secretary, thanks for coming in this morning.


Engineers Week Spotlight: Four EM Team Members Advancing Cleanup

News Release: Editor's Note: Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951, National Engineers Week is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers.


News Release: The United States will continue to take actions against Russia until it ends its brutal war against Ukraine. Today, the Department of State is taking actions to increase the costs on President Putin’s regime. All targets are being designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, which authorizes sanctions with respect to specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation.


Rodgers, Smith: Biden Admin Doubles Down on Restricting Medicare Coverage for Seniors

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Medicare coverage for novel drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease will continue to be restricted by the Biden administration’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency announced this week, despite numerous bipartisan requests to reconsider. Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) issued the following statement condemning the announcement...


EPA Releases Proposed Approach for Considering Cumulative Risks under TSCA

News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released for public comment and peer review a set of principles for evaluating cumulative risks under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and an approach for applying those principles to the evaluation of the cumulative risk posed ...


News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Martin Felder, Jr. (43, Orlando) to 12 years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. The court also ordered Felder to forfeit assets, which are traceable to proceeds of the offense. Felder had pleaded guilty on Oct. 20, 2022.


News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Maurice Johnson, 36, of Mount Hope, was sentenced today to one year in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a conspiracy to traffic more than 140 firearms from the Beckley area to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


Enabling Civil Society Efforts to Address the Misuse, Diversion, and Abuse of Arms Exports

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Enabling Civil Society Efforts to Address the Misuse, Diversion, and Abuse of Arms Exports. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number: SFOP0009429. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type...


News Release: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $62,727,000 to Wisconsin from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law through this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). The funding will support Wisconsin communities in upgrading essential water, wastewater, and stormwater ...


News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 216 N Delaware St. Significance: Harry S Truman's cousins home. Designation: National Historic Site. Amenities. 17 listed. Accessible Rooms, Accessible Sites, Baby Changing Station, Benches/Seating, Cellular Signal, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Information, Information...


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Former New Jersey Resident Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl Analogue

News Release: A former New Jersey resident was sentenced on Feb. 23, 2023, to two years in prison for conspiring to distribute a fentanyl analogue. Darryl Hinkson, 47, formerly of Jersey City, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi on July 20, 2021, to an information charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue.


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $23.1+ Million for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in New Hampshire

News Release: BOSTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $23,186,000 to New Hampshire from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure through this year's Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). The funding will support New Hampshire communities in upgrading essential water, wastewater, ...


Rodgers, Smith: Biden Admin Doubles Down on Restricting Medicare Coverage for Seniors

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Medicare coverage for novel drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease will continue to be restricted by the Biden administration’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency announced this week, despite numerous bipartisan requests to reconsider. Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) issued the following statement condemning the announcement...


News Release: This article is one in a series, French Language and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, by Lewis and Clark Trail Digital Interns.


News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Longmire. Amenities. 3 listed. Trailhead, Trash/Litter Receptacles, Water - Bottle-Filling Station. Season: Summer (May - October). Longmire is open year-round, but this trail can be hazardous in winter. This popular trailhead in Longmire serves as the primary starting point for the...


News Release: "For 977 days, Michael Scott Moore, an American journalist, was held hostage in Somalia by pirates. Today, a unanimous jury found two key players in Moore's years-long captivity guilty on all counts: Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed and Abdi Yusuf Hassan. Tahlil, a Somali Army officer, left his post to take command...