News from January 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A 54-year-old Lyford man had entered a guilty plea to extortion under color of law, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

By State Newswire Report | Jan 17, 2023
Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL) believes China purposely uses fentanyl against the United States to profit off this drug epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: Defendant Posted a Video to YouTube Admitting He Carried a Knife.

By State Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy Ambassador Nina Hachigian will participate in the United States Conference of Mayors’ 91st Winter Meeting, January 17-19, at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. This gathering will bring mayors from across the country together to discuss key challenges facing America’s cities.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 61-year-old McAllen resident has been arrested for coercion and enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed three Republican bills under suspension of the rules. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response.

By State Newswire Report | Jan 17, 2023
Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) said the Biden administration needs to take control of the border to stop the invasion of illegal drugs, like fentanyl, across the U.S. southern border.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: Man Apprehended After Trading Child Sex Abuse Material in Internet Chat Rooms.

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be conducting a series of recruitment events in January to hire additional men and women to work at Syracuse Hancock International Airport in preparation for the busy spring and summer travel seasons.

By State Newswire Report | Jan 17, 2023
Congressman Rick Allen (R-GA) supports the creation of the new House committee on China that will work to hold China accountable for supplying fentanyl to Mexico, which is brought over the border with the help of President Joe Biden's policies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane Evans announced that on Jan. 12, 2023 EMILIO CESAR CLARA-GOMEZ, a/k/a “Emilio Cesar Clara-Gomez", a/k/a “Emilio C. Clara Gomez", age 34, was charged in a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).

By Fed Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday released results of a survey of senior financial officers at banks about their strategies and practices for managing reserve balances. The Senior Financial Officer Survey is used by the Board to obtain information about deposit pricing and behavior, bank liability ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former owner of a wastewater treatment facility in Orange County and his company each pleaded guilty today to a federal environmental criminal charge for discharging untreated industrial wastewater into the county’s sewer system.

By Fed Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its interest rate meetings from November 14 through Dec. 14, 2022.

By State Newswire Report | Jan 17, 2023
Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) said he supports the ban of TikTok from government devices in the interest of protecting data from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and believes that lawmakers' time is better spent focusing on other priorities.
By State Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “SA 5239. Mr. FRIST (for Mr. Smith) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 798, to provide for a research program for remediation of closed methampheta” on Dec. 8, 2006.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
Release: BINGHAMTON, N.Y. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring officers to work at Greater Binghamton Airport and Ithaca Tompkins International Airport and the agency is conducting a series of recruitment events in January to hire additional men and women to work at the airports in preparation for the busy spring and summer travel seasons.

By State Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: The United States is deeply concerned by the abduction of more than 50 women by violent extremists near Arbinda in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso on January 12 and 13. Those abducted must be returned safely to their loved ones immediately and unconditionally, and those responsible should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. Our thoughts remain with those abducted as well as their families and other loved ones.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: Building knowledge and capacity for Puerto Rico municipalities and preservation professionals.