News from September 2008
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding Committee approval of the Water Infrastructure Financing Act, and S. 2080, the Sewage Overflow Right-to-Know Act...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2008
News Release: Contact: Marc Morano (202) 224-5762 Marc_Morano@epw.senate.gov Matt Dempsey (202) 224-9797 Matthew_Dempsey@epw.senate.gov Inhofe-Craig-Crapo Offer Amendment to Restore $50M Cut in Defense Contribution for Yucca Mountain Repository Program Link to Amendment WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator James Inhofe ...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2008
News Release: Following are descriptions of the bills approved by the Environment and Public Works Committee during today's business meeting. The measures now go to the full Senate for consideration.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding the Committee's approval of The Restore the Value of Every American in Environmental Decisions Act.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2008
News Release: WEST BRANCH, IOWA- Herbert Hoover National Historic Site will be restoring tallgrass prairie as Iowa residents join the largest annual coast-to-coast, single-day volunteer restoration effort for America’s public lands.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding Committee approval of a bill designed to reduce air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley in California, which faces severe air pollution problems.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks following the Committee's unanimous approval of a measure to name a stretch of rapids on the Rappahannock River in Virginia for Senator John Warner (R-VA). Senator Warner is retiring from the Senate at the conclusion of the 110th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding the death Tuesday of Phil Clapp, deputy managing director of the Pew Environment Group.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding the Committee's approval of the Protect Pregnant Women and Children from Dangerous Lead Exposures Act of 2008...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding Committee approval of H.R. 3999, the National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act, and H.R. 3224, the Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks following the Committee's passage of three measures addressing global warming...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding the Committee's approval of two bipartisan measures, HR 1464 and HR 1771, to protect threatened and endangered great cats, rare canids (wild members of the dog family) and cranes.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2008
News Release: The National Science Foundation has awarded the Joint Quantum Institute $12.5 million over five years to create and operate a Physics Frontier Center (PFC) at the University of Maryland (UMD) College Park campus. The Joint Quantum Institute is a collaborative venture between the National Institute of...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2008
News Release: Summer has transitioned into fall at Denali National Park and Preserve, and the change in seasons provides visitors with a unique opportunity to experience the park. The Denali Park Road is now open for travel by private vehicles to the Teklanika River Rest Stop at Mile 30, weather permitting. The road...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - A Las Vegas federal jury convicted Michael Haynes of one count of conspiracy to commit tax evasion through a scheme involving the fraudulent sale of One Voice Technologies Inc. stock, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for his participation in a racketeering enterprise, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Edward M. Yarbrough of the Middle District of Tennessee announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Three Carolina, Puerto Rico, Municipal Police Department officers were indicted by a federal grand jury today for civil rights and obstruction of justice violations, announced Grace Chung ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A Florida producer has been charged by a federal grand jury in Billings, Mont., with distributing obscene DVDs through the mails, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Matthew Friedrich and U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana William Mercer announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 16, 2008
News Release: The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 2 percent.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 16, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday, with the full support of the Treasury Department, authorized the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to lend up to $85 billion to the American International Group (AIG) under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act. The secured loan has terms and conditions designed to protect the interests of the U.S. government and taxpayers.
