News published on Federal Newswire in March 2023

News from March 2023


Comer: We Must Protect Americans from Censorship

Comer: We Must Protect Americans from Censorship


Mace Delivers Opening Statement Written by ChatGPT at AI Hearing

Mace Delivers Opening Statement Written by ChatGPT at AI Hearing


Fallon: Depleting the SPR and Biden Admin’s Attack on American Energy Poses National Security Risks

Fallon: Depleting the SPR and Biden Admin’s Attack on American Energy Poses National Security Risks


COVID Origins Hearing Wrap Up: Facts, Science, Evidence Point to a Wuhan Lab Leak

COVID Origins Hearing Wrap Up: Facts, Science, Evidence Point to a Wuhan Lab Leak


Buttigieg: 'Parents traveling with young kids should be able to sit together' without extra fees

The U.S. Department of Transportation launched a dashboard that informs parents and caregivers about airlines' seating policies and fees for families with children.


Investment and Deployment of Force Multipliers Disrupts Transnational Criminal Organizations and Keeps Americans Safe

Investment and Deployment of Force Multipliers Disrupts Transnational Criminal Organizations and Keeps Americans Safe


Hearing Wrap Up: President Biden Damaged America’s Oil Security by Depleting the SPR

Hearing Wrap Up: President Biden Damaged America’s Oil Security by Depleting the SPR


Walsh: Infrastructure investments will 'provide equitable and accessible opportunities'

Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh announced a $20 million agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor and non-profit TradesFutures to advance equitable opportunities in construction through the Scaling Apprenticeship Readiness Across the Building Trades initiative.


Beeksma: ‘Name change reflects the sovereignty of the Tohono O’odham people’

The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ administrative agency office in Sells, Ariz., has a new name that replaces one that was a derogatory term Spanish conquistadors gave to O’odham people.


Crypto analyst: Plaskett uses ‘anti-Asian discrimination’ against Canadian crypto CEO in congressional hearing

While lawmakers were discussing Twitter during a House Judiciary Select Subcommittee hearing on the weaponization of the federal government, Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-U.S. Virgin Islands) alluded to Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the CEO of Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world, who also owns a stake in Twitter. Plaskett said that although CZ is a Canadian citizen, he is a “Chinese national.” Crypto influencer and analyst Chris Blec and CZ himself said on Twitter that Plaskett's comments implied racism and discrimination.


Fisher: DOL stops employers from 'threatening workers or attempting to coerce them into silence'

A Massachusetts restaurant owner must pay punitive damages and stop retaliation against its employees for a Labor Department investigation.


Buttigieg offers sympathies to family of conductor killed on duty

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has offered his sympathies to the family of a Norfolk Southern conductor killed in a Tuesday train collision.



University of Arkansas professor awarded Agriculture Department grant to recruit underrepresented students

A University of Arkansas professor, Donna Graham, has received a $222,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to recruit underrepresented students, according to a news release.


USCIS expands premium processing for some international students

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is expanding premium processing and online services for some international students studying in the United States, according to a news release.


Buttigieg: 'Unruly behavior on airplanes is dangerous and unacceptable'

A man was arrested March 7 at Boston Logan International Airport for attempting to open an emergency exit door while on board a flight from Newark to Boston.


Wittman: Chinese foreign minister placing blame on U.S. for tensions is 'fundamentally incorrect,' misleading

Qin Gang, China's new foreign minister, has warned of inevitable "confrontation and conflict" between the U.S. and China unless the U.S. changes course, but Virginia Rep. Rob Wittman responded by saying Gang's words are "fundamentally incorrect" and "misleading."


State attorneys general seek 'decisive action against the Mexican drug cartels'

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares wrote a letter, signed by 20 other state attorneys general, to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken Feb. 8, asking them to take swift and immediate action to abate the deadly fentanyl scourge.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - In anticipation of President Biden’s forthcoming plan to expand government price controls that kill cures, increase taxes, and relies on gimmicks for funding, Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) issued the following statements...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a hearing that will focus on examining ideas to drive down the cost of health care through transparency and competition.