News published on Federal Newswire in March 2023

News from March 2023


News Release: The Justice Department today issued the following statement from Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on the RESTRICT Act


Biden-Harris Administration Recommends Advancing Eighteen Major Transit Projects

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, 18 large transit projects in 11 states across the nation were recommended to receive $4.45 billion for construction by U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. These large rail and bus rapid transit (BRT) projects were recommended to receive federal support in President Biden's . .



IB 23-15: NMFS Announces the March 10, 2023 Season Opening of the Sablefish Fixed Gear Fisheries

IB 23-15: NMFS Announces the March 10, 2023 Season Opening of the Sablefish Fixed Gear Fisheries


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup of 13 bills.


News Release: The National Trails System invites your family to #sParkCuriosity by completing the national trails’ Junior Ranger Programs ! As Junior Rangers, children can explore some of the national scenic and historic trails that make up the National Trails System, spanning across all 50 states and more than 55,000...


Approved At-Sea Monitoring and Electronic Monitoring Providers for Groundfish Sectors

Approved At-Sea Monitoring and Electronic Monitoring Providers for Groundfish Sectors


Release: Program Description. Summary. Geographic Regions / Populations. Program area. Program Sectors and modalities. Number of Proposal Applications. Country-specific Guidelines. Federal Award Information. Eligibility Information. Other. Application and Submission Instructions. Application Package. Application...


Secretary Blinken’s Call with French Foreign Minister Colonna

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price


Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Redell Williams, III, 42, of Syracuse, New York, pled guilty today to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow today released the following statement on the nutrition, agriculture, and rural provisions in President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget request.


Unaware of the danger, painter fatally falls 21 feet after stepping onto unsecured balcony at Cleveland residential construction project

News Release: CLEVELAND - A 51-year-old painting contractor at a residential apartment complex in Cleveland stepped onto a third-floor balcony and it tilted suddenly, causing him to fall 21 feet onto the concrete below. As he lay injured, the balcony slid off its wall mount and landed on top of the painter. He died from his injuries.


Assistant Secretary Medina’s Travel to Miami Beach, Florida

Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Monica Medina will travel to Miami Beach, Florida, on March 9, 2023, for the Aspen Ideas: Climate event hosted by The Aspen Institute.


EPA Announces Nearly $180 Million for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades for the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (March 9th, 2023) –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $176,868,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the states; Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas for this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). The funding will support ...


News Release: President Biden’s $4.7 Trillion Tax Hike Proposal: Small Businesses Must Send a Bigger Check to Washington.


Subcommittee Markup Recap: E&C Advance Bipartisan Solutions to Strengthen American Leadership in Next-gen Communications Technologies

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee members today advanced 13 bipartisan solutions during a Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup.


News Release: President Biden and the Left’s rush-to-green agenda is making American dangerously reliant on China’s supply chains that use slave and child labor.


Release: WASHINGTON, March 9, 2023 The Biden-Harris Administration today released the Presidents Budget for Fiscal Year 2024. The budget details a blueprint to grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out, lower costs for families, protect and strengthen Medicare and Social Security, and reduce the deficit by ensuring the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair shareall while ensuring no one making less than $400,000 per year pays more in taxes.


Subcommittee Markup Recap: E&C Advances Bills to Halt Fentanyl, Secure the Border, Stop QALYs, and More

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans today advanced five solutions during a Subcommittee on Health markup...


News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after meeting with Robert Benmosche, the CEO of American International Group (AIG), who traveled to Washington, D.C. to apologize in person for equating congressional and public criticism of AIG’s excessive bonuses during the financial crisis with lynchings in the Deep South...