News from June 2005
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2005
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Committee on Finance will hold two days of hearings next week to consider how fraud, waste and abuse harm the Medicaid program.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2005
News Release: Dear ______: The Senate Finance Committee is currently considering various reforms to our pension laws. Inconnection with the Committee's review of those laws, the Committee requests the followinginformation with respect to all single-employer defined benefit pension plans sponsored by yourcompany and...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2005
News Release: Dear Ambassador Portman: We are writing with respect to your review of the Administration’s trade policy toward China. During your confirmation hearing in April, you indicated that you would conduct a top-to-bottom review of our ongoing trade issues with China. We understand that you have since visited...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2005
News Release: Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division announced today that a federal jury convicted defendants Deone Antonio Melvin, age 26, of Lanham, Maryland; Ramone Stephon Jones, age 27, or Upper Marlboro, Maryland; Stephon Mason, age 31, of Fort Washington, Maryland; and, Adrian Alexander, age 28, of Suitland, Maryland of a variety of drug conspiracy, money laundering, and gun charges. The defendants now face penalties of up to life imprisonment.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2005
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) today testified as the lead witness in a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee to examine U.S.-China economic relations. Senator Collins testified about the U.S. trade relationship with China and its impact on American and Maine manufacturers. She called...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2005
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senator Max Baucus today introduced the Trade AdjustmentAssistance Equity for Services Workers Act, which would extend the Trade AdjustmentAssistance (TAA) program to provide job retraining, income support, and health care benefits toservice sector workers who have lost their jobs due to international trade.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2005
News Release: House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Bob Goodlatte will lead a Congressional delegation to Alberta, Canada this weekend to meet with government officials on issues related to the U.S. and Canadian beef and meat industries and softwood lumber.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2005
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Hearing on U.S.-China Economic Relations Opening Statement (Unabridged for Hearing Record) of Senator Chuck Grassley Thursday, June 23, 2005.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice announced today that two Brazilian nationals have been indicted in connection with the Feb. 12, 2005, murder of Sister Dorothy Mae Stang, a Catholic nun, in the Amazon region of Brazil.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department announced today that Antonio Flores was sentenced to 171 months imprisonment for attempting to firebomb the Islamic Center of El Paso in El Paso, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales announced today that Thomas O. Barnett will serve as Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division following the departure of Assistant Attorney General R. Hewitt Pate. Barnett has served as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for civil enforcement at the Antitrust Division since April 2004. 05-331
By Labor Gazette | Jun 22, 2005
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) has ruled that 17 physicians, hired to work in rural Tennessee clinics under the Immigration and Nationality Act's H-1B visa program, are due over $1 million in back wages. The ARB also upheld the assessment of over $100,000 in civil money penalties for willful violations of the law.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 22, 2005
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 22, 2005
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 22, 2005
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By Fed News Journal | Jun 22, 2005
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Jun 22, 2005
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jun 22, 2005
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jun 22, 2005
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jun 22, 2005
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
