News from January 2023
By Press release submission | Jan 6, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today was selected to serve as the next chairman of the House Oversight Committee and issued the following statement:
By Press release submission | Jan 6, 2023
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Oversight Republicans sent letters to the Chief Executive Officer of Meta Platforms, Inc., Mark Zuckerberg, and Twitter Owner, Elon Musk, requesting documents and communications to assist with the investigation into U.S. government officials’ efforts to suppress free speech on social media platforms.
By Press release submission | Jan 6, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing by condemning violence in all forms and warned against ignoring facts about the increase in crime in the United States.
By Press release submission | Jan 6, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are pressing senior Biden Administration officials, the president of EcoHealth Alliance, and several virologists who authored “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” for information necessary to the Oversight Committee’s investigation into COVID origins and, for the first time, outlined the names of 40 individuals with whom the Committee will be requesting transcribed interviews.
By Press release submission | Jan 6, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent letters to senior leadership at the White House, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Department of State (State), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Joint Chiefs of Staff renewing requests for all documents and communications related to the Biden Administration’s failed Afghanistan withdrawal.
By Commerce Newswire Report | Jan 6, 2023
Implementation of the funding in the 2023 appropriations bill will improve individual prosperity and well-being and strengthen economic and national security, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Alejandra Castillo said.
By Tamara Browning | Jan 6, 2023
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack praised the swearing-in of Alexis Taylor as under secretary of trade and foreign agricultural affairs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By State Newswire | Jan 6, 2023
Release: The United States welcomes the midterm report by the United Nations Group of Experts released on Dec. 30, and shares the concerns outlined in the report about the sharp increase in violence and the deterioration in the security and humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo...
By Karen Kidd | Jan 6, 2023
A South Carolina Arby's franchisee was found to be in violation of child labor regulations in the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2023
News Release: * Return to The Civil War.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2023
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By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2023
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 43-year-old Corpus Christi man is facing life in prison after robbing a bank during a 45-minute crime spree that left one person dead and another seriously injured, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2023
News Release: New Jersey Woman Also Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund of Millions of Dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Jeronte Robinson was sentenced to 24 months in prison for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2023
News Release: * Return to The Civil War.
By Karen Kidd | Jan 6, 2023
The FBI issued a public safety alert following an increase in "financial sextortion" schemes targeting minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2023
News Release: Zyno Medical LLC (Zyno), a medical device manufacturer headquartered in Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $493,140 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of claims to Medicare in connection with the intravenous (IV) administration of medication using devices Zyno knew were materially defective.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2023
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Rocheport, Mo., woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for using her payroll services business in a $1.5 million fraud and embezzlement scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2023
News Release: * Return to The Civil War.
