News from July 2009
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI), Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Appropriations Subcommittee (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies) Ranking Member Jack Kingston (R-GA) issued a letter to colleagues...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: Phone: (252) 473-2111. NPS Salutes Outer Banks Group Volunteers. The National Park Service Outer Banks Group earlier honored three of its outstanding volunteers. Steve Jones, Joe Hardman, and Jerry Raveling have each contributed over 5,000 hours to the Wright Brothers National Memorial, thus earning...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: Republicans Request Speaker Allow CBO to Analyze Health Bill Before Rushing It Through Committees, House.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: [Salem, Mass.] - Salem Maritime National Historic Site today announced that the tall ship Friendship of Salem will not be at the Salem Maritime Festival, July 31-Aug 1, or making her much-anticipated trip to Newburyport’s Yankee Homecoming, August 13-16. “We are very disappointed that Friendship has...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today issued the following statement on this morning’s White House announcement with hospital industry executives...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement on today’s introduction of the House Democrats’ proposed government takeover of health care...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
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By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By USDA Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: Hawaii's welcoming "aloha" spirit isn't really meant for the white peach scale. This troublesome insect attacks not only its namesake-peaches-but also many other crops, including Hawaii's famed papaya trees.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: A slow start to summer with cool and rainy days seems to have had no effect on the attendance rates at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. In fact, it seems to be quite the opposite.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Committee on Ways and Means today passed H.R. 3200, the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, by a vote of 23-18. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), reform provisions in the bill will cover 97 percent of Americans. These provisions...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE: CHRISTMAS TREE PASS.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: With the unemployment rate at its highest level in a quarter-century and the federal deficit at its highest level ever, Republicans are doing all they can to ensure Democrats don’t make our economy any worse with their proposed trillion dollar government takeover of our health care system. The question is: Will Democrats stand up for workers, families, and the economy?
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Three U.S. Representatives who serve as the top Democrat and Republicans on subcommittees overseeing the Social Security Administration (SSA) have requested a thorough explanation of why taxpayer funds were used for a conference at the luxurious Arizona Biltmore resort.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2009
News Release: Republicans are presenting a united front against the Democrats’ plan to allow a government takeover of our nation’s health care system, fighting to ensure Americans who like their current coverage can keep it. In an effort to ensure Democrats do not impose a flawed health care system on the American ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute will travel to Germany, England and Sweden July 19-24 to strengthen ties with our European counterparts and enhance our collaboration in combating terrorism, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: A former Rockwell and Boeing engineer from Orange County, Calif., was remanded into custody this morning after a federal judge convicted him of charges of economic espionage and acting as an agent of the People’s Republic of China, for whom he stole restricted technology and Boeing trade secrets, including information related to the Space Shuttle program and Delta IV rocket.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder today announced that $500,000 in Recovery Act funds have been awarded to the Support for Harbor Area Women’s Lives (SHAWL) House, a program of the Volunteers of America of Los Angeles (VOALA). The announcement was made during the Attorney General’s visit to SHAWL House, known for its transitional housing and support services to victims of domestic violence in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today released a new technical assistance fact sheet on legal requirements relating to admitting individuals with HIV or AIDS to occupational training schools and granting state licensure in occupations such as barbering, massage therapy and home health care assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has sued four Hialeah, Fla., tax return preparers – Alberto Alem, Beatriz Sardinas and Pilar Medina and their company, PCPS Corp. – seeking to put them out of business, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction suit was filed in Miami with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
