News published on Federal Newswire in March 2023

News from March 2023


Crapo Statement at Hearing on Housing Tax Incentives

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “Tax Policy’s Role in Increasing Affordable Housing Supply for Working Families.".


News Release: A federal grand jury in Detroit returned an indictment yesterday charging a Michigan man with conspiring to defraud the United States and filing false income tax returns.


An Immense Job, a Robust Effort after Hurricane Ian

News Release: LAKE MARY, Fla. - Homes. Schools. Beaches. Fire stations. City halls. Water and sewer systems. Parks, Train stations. Marinas. Hospitals. Recreation centers. Daycare centers. Docks. Piers. Public safety buildings. Post Offices.


US Department of Labor, Trade Representative request Mexico review labor rights denial allegation at Unique Fabricating plant in Queretaro

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement today requested a review by the government of Mexico after receiving an allegation that workers’ rights are being denied at the Unique Fabricating facility in Querétaro, Mexico.


From David’s Farm to Your Table, Biden’s Energy Crisis is Raising Prices

News Release: President Biden’s war on American energy is making life unaffordable, including for David Hickman, a fifth-generation farm owner and operation from Horntown, Virginia.


Cape Hatteras National Seashore seeks high-school-aged students for paid summer jobs in Buxton

News Release: AYAKO NOMURA MACHIDA. Family # 3808. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 15-6-1. I remember December 7, 1941 (Sunday morning) very well. My mother had just made breakfast and the family was ready to eat. My brother came running into the kitchen to say that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor and that the United States...


Frijole Ranch Orchard

News Release: FRANK MORI. Family #14145. Camp: Gila River, AZ. Address: 47-14-C. I was born in 1920 and grew up in Santa Barbara, California. My father had emigrated from Japan in 1898. He worked for two years in Hawaii on a sugar plantation and then came to California. Eventually settling in Santa Barbara, he worked...



Massachusetts Flexible Services Program: Improving Food and Nutrition Security Improves Health

Release: By Jane Francis, USDA, FNS and written by Hannah Benson, Project Bread Program Manager.


Chairs Rodgers, McCaul Urge Transparency from DOE and Intelligence Community on COVID-19 Origins

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm and National Intelligence Director Avril Haines requesting a briefing regarding the DOE’s assessment that concludes the COVID-19 pandemic was most likely caused by a lab leak in China.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury today convicted Valfonso Dewitt, a/k/a “Valentino" and “Val," age 72, of Bronx, New York, for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and on two counts for using his cellular telephone to facilitate illegal drug distribution. The jury acquitted Dewitt on three counts of using his cellular telephone to facilitate illegal drug distribution.


Request for Comments on an Amendment to Revise Gulf of Mexico Greater Amberjack Catch Limits, Allocation, and Rebuilding Plan

Request for Comments on an Amendment to Revise Gulf of Mexico Greater Amberjack Catch Limits, Allocation, and Rebuilding Plan


USDA Announces Sign-up for Cost-Share Assistance for On-Farm Grain Storage in Areas with Limited Commercial Capacity Due to Severe Storms

News Release: New Program Helps Fill the Need Caused by Damaged Grain Storage Facilities in Kentucky, Minnesota, and South Dakota


News Release: On behalf of Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs is soliciting public input for recommendations for this year’s Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). Now in its 23rd year, the ACE honors U.S. companies that ...


Reclamation awards $43.5M contract for modifications at Fresno Dam

News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $43,599,090 contract to NW Construction out of Bozeman, Montana to conduct a dam modification to Fresno Dam. Project construction is scheduled to begin in April 2023. The Tailwater Fishing Access Site will be closed to public access once construction starts.


Justice Department Sues to Block JetBlue’s Proposed Acquisition of Spirit

News Release: The Justice Department, together with Attorneys General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State of New York, and the District of Columbia, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today to block JetBlue Airways Corporation’s (JetBlue) proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of its largest and fastest-growing ...


News Release: NEW DELHI - Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Indian Minister of Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw ahead of the U.S.-India CEO Forum and U.S.-India Commercial Dialogue to discuss issues of importance to the U.S.-India commercial relationship, including our cooperation ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led Senators Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) in reintroducing a resolution on U.S.-Mexico relations.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) commended the passage of H.R. 1123, the Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act, which was passed on the House floor by suspension yesterday...


Rodgers, Westerman, Graves Statement on H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Natural Resources Committee Chair Bruce Westerman (R-AR), and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statements about H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act.