News from June 2008

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2008
News Release: Mr. President, for the last few years, I have been looking at how drug companies try andinfluence medical care in America. Companies can do this by, for example, creating studiesfavorable to their drugs, by hiring doctors to promote their products, and in some cases evenintimidating critics of their drugs.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2008
News Release: Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance, made the commentbelow about the Senate vote on a Medicare bill (S.3101) this afternoon and the refusal of the Senateleadership to allow a vote on an alternative measure (S.3118)...

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives today voted to extend immediate economic relief to millions of Americans who are out of work through no fault of their own. The House approved legislation, H.R. 5749, the Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act, which would provide an immediate extension of unemployment benefits nationwide, with additional benefits available to states with high unemployment.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 12, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Ranking Member Norm Coleman, R-Minn., reacted Thursday to a Department of Homeland Security report on an 18 month-old pilot...

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2008
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Grassley (R-Iowa) today commented on a Government Accountability Office (GAO).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 11, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, issued the following statement today regarding the sentencing of Peter Whittle, Bryan ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 11, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON—Four of the nation’s largest home builders have agreed to pay civil penalties totaling $4.3 million to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 11, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Third Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed a ruling by the U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh revoking the U.S. citizenship of Anton Geiser of Sharon, Pa., due to his participation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 11, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Three Miami area brothers who allegedly financed 11 corrupt HIV infusion clinics and a physician’s assistant who worked at those clinics have been charged in a $110 million HIV infusion fraud scheme, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 11, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A federal jury convicted a Sherman, Texas, businessman on two counts of submitting a false statement to a federally insured financial institution, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2008
The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 11, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2008
The US Interior Department published a four page rule on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 11, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2008
The US Interior Department published a four page rule on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 11, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jun 11, 2008
The US State Department published a one page notice on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jun 11, 2008
The US State Department published a two page notice on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 11, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 11, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.