News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


Chairs Rodgers and Griffith Announces First Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Hearing

Chairs Rodgers and Griffith Announces First Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Hearing


Chair Rodgers Announces Energy and Commerce Committee Leadership, Subcommittee Membership for the 118th Congress

Chair Rodgers Announces Energy and Commerce Committee Leadership, Subcommittee Membership for the 118th Congress


Chairs Rodgers and Bilirakis Announce First Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing

Chairs Rodgers and Bilirakis Announce First Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing


Chair Rodgers Responds to Granholm’s Baseless Claims About H.R. 21

Chair Rodgers Responds to Granholm’s Baseless Claims About H.R. 21


Chair Rodgers Announces First Energy and Commerce Hearing

Chair Rodgers Announces First Energy and Commerce Hearing


Chair Rodgers: Today is a Reminder that Every Life is Worthy Living

Chair Rodgers: Today is a Reminder that Every Life is Worthy Living


Chair Rodgers: NSABB Recommendations Further Underscore Reforms Needed to P3CO Framework

Chair Rodgers: NSABB Recommendations Further Underscore Reforms Needed to P3CO Framework


Chair Rodgers Applauds Passage of H.R. 21 to Protect the SPR

Chair Rodgers Applauds Passage of H.R. 21 to Protect the SPR


Chair Rodgers Announces E&C Full Committee Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress

Chair Rodgers Announces E&C Full Committee Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress


Chair Rodgers: HHS’s OIG Report Confirms our Concerns with NIH’s Funding of EcoHealth Alliance

Chair Rodgers: HHS’s OIG Report Confirms our Concerns with NIH’s Funding of EcoHealth Alliance



Smith: Americans Struggling to Keep Up after Two Years of Biden’s Inflation Crisis

Smith: Americans Struggling to Keep Up after Two Years of Biden’s Inflation Crisis


Smith Announces 118th Congress Ways and Means Subcommittee Chairs

Smith Announces 118th Congress Ways and Means Subcommittee Chairs


Fact Check: President Biden’s Rhetoric Doesn’t Match His Results, Economy Continues to Fall Short of Expectations

Fact Check: President Biden’s Rhetoric Doesn’t Match His Results, Economy Continues to Fall Short of Expectations


Buchanan Named Vice Chairman of Ways & Means Committee

Buchanan Named Vice Chairman of Ways & Means Committee


Warwick Man Convicted on Drug Trafficking, Firearm Charges as Federal Jury Trial is Set to Begin

Jose Manuel Rosario-Mella, a/k/a Luis Cortes, 55, of Warwick, arrested in August 2020 by Rhode Island DEA Drug Task Force agents following a month-long investigation into his drug trafficking activities, pleaded guilty in federal court today to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


People’s Republic of China Citizen Indicted for Allegedly Stalking, Threatening Individual Promoting Democracy in China

A Berklee College of Music student, who is a citizen of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with allegedly stalking and threatening an individual who posted fliers in support of democracy in China.


Coventry Man Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-19 Relief Funds

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Jean Pierre Njock, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that JOHN MATAVA, 58, of Coventry, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with offenses related to his receipt of COVID-19 relief funds.


Federal Charges Announced Against Maine Man Who Carried Out Machete Attack in Times Square on New Year’s Eve in Name of Jihad

Trevor Thomas Bickford Traveled to Times Square for the Purpose of Killing U.S. Officials in the Name of Radical Islamic Jihad, and Used a Machete-Style Knife to Attack Three NYPD Officers Working in Coordination with the FBI to Protect the New Year’s Eve


Hebbronville resident admits to smuggling over a million in cocaine

A 63-year-old man has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute approximately 16 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.