News from January 2023

By Homeland Newswire Report | Jan 30, 2023
An investigation by Homeland Security Investigations resulted in the conviction of four men for their involvement in an online child exploitation network.

By Tamara Browning | Jan 30, 2023
The owner of a Brooklyn-based credit counseling business has been indicted for defrauding clients.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
Release: NEWARK, N.J. A Lehigh Valley, Pa., man was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Newark Liberty International Airport stopped him with a.357 caliber handgun at a security checkpoint in Terminal C on Sunday, Jan. 29. The firearm was not loaded.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today applauding Senate passage of historic clean energy and climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, which are expected to slash our nation’s greenhouse gas pollution by 40 percent by 2030...

By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
FY23 IIJA Bureau of Land Management Nevada (NV) Cultural and Paleontological Resource Management grant opened on Jan. 30.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.'s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery on the House floor today in support of the Inflation Reduction Act are enclosed below...

By US DOT Newswire Report | Jan 30, 2023
The Department of Transportation recently announced updates to its Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander action plan.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed S. 198, the “Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives Act:"

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - Recovery specialists from FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are now available at the Spalding County Senior Center to assist residents of Spaulding County who were severely impacted by the Jan. 12 storms and tornadoes.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
BJA FY 23 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes grant opened on Jan. 30.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes key health care provisions that will lower the cost of health care and lifesaving prescription drugs for Americans...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: POCATELLO - Adam Lee Vallely, 46, of Blackfoot, was sentenced to life in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession with the intent to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed two public health bills...

By State Newswire Report | Jan 30, 2023
U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) claimed Confucius Institutes are funded by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under different names within American college campuses.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) wrote to four cryptomining companies today...

By Sam Jackson | Jan 30, 2023
The House Ways and Means Committee, led by Chairman Rep. Jason Smith, has established an online form to allow Internal Revenue Service (IRS) personnel to report "any inappropriate behavior" by IRS workers.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today applauding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for proposing a new rule which would designate the two most common per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) - perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
Release: ALBANY, N.Y. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring additional men and women to work at Albany International Airport in preparation for the busy spring and summer travel seasons.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Coon Rapids man has been charged in a criminal complaint for illegal possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Today, bipartisan leaders from the House Committee on Energy & Commerce and House Committee on Homeland Security sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) urging the agency to take immediate action to address vulnerabilities in its oversight of purchases of radiological materials. Last...