News from March 2023

By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: Defendant Joined in Pushing Against Officers In Confrontations Inside Capitol Building.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: Two former Wall Street traders were each sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for engaging in a multi-year fraud scheme to manipulate U.S. commodities markets for publicly traded precious metals futures contracts.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Trish Lollo, President of St. Louis Children’s Hospital, to request information about the kinds of medical interventions provided by the hospital’s Transgender Center. This follows troubling accounts of a former employee, who revealed that medical personnel do not always defer to the wishes of a parent who opposes life-altering medical procedures.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding President Biden's FY 2024 budget proposal...
By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: At the Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Panama, the United States highlighted new and recently launched global initiatives totaling more than USD 800 million to protect our ocean and assist developing countries - from supporting the creation of marine protected areas and helping partner countries secure and enforce their marine resources, to improving the resilience of coastal areas to climate change.

By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.

By EPA Newswire Reports | Mar 10, 2023
Register for Part Two of EPA’s Webinar Series on Reviewing Mixed Metal Oxides

By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: More than $4.2 billion for the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and the Interior wildland fire and hazardous fuels management; includes funds to implement comprehensive workforce reform, including increased firefighter pay, additional firefighting capacity, enhanced mental and physical health support, and improved housing options for firefighters

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: DENVER - Howard Weiss of Greenwood Village pleaded guilty on March 8, 2023 to distributing a controlled substance outside the usual course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose, structuring financial transactions in a way to evade reporting requirements, and engaging in monetary transactions greater than $10,000 in property derived from specified unlawful activity. The 69-year-old also agreed to forfeit $826,083.24 in criminal proceeds.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: Chairman Smith: Congress Must Listen to Working Americans Living Under Biden’s Failed Policies So We Can Chart a Better Course.

By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: We join the international community in honoring the life and legacy of Judith “Judy" Heumann. Judy was a trailblazer and extraordinary leader during her decades of human rights advocacy and public service. She was frequently called the “mother of the disability rights movement" and was a mentor to countless young leaders and activists around the world.

By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
Release: The 3rd U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Working Group Meeting on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Cyber Threat was held in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2023. U.S. and ROK government representatives exchanged information about the DPRK’s malicious cyber activities, including cryptocurrency...
By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm and National Intelligence Director Avril Haines regarding the DOE’s...

By EPA Newswire Reports | Mar 10, 2023
EPA Finalizes Updates to List of Pests of Significant Health Importance

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) fully supports the Justice Department’s lawsuit under the Clayton Act to block the proposed JetBlue-Spirit merger. Robust airline competition makes it more it affordable to fly. Travelers depend on low-cost flight options to see the world, go home for the . .
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: The release of the is a major milestone in the journey toward a more secure, connected, and resilient future for all Americans. In the energy sector, we see an incredible transition taking place: a transition that involves new sources of generation such as wind and solar; new architectures and systems...

By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC- House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) issued the following statement on the 2023 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
BJA FY 23 Invited to Apply - Field Initiated: Encouraging Innovation grant opened on March 10.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee markup of five bills.