News from June 2009
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2009
News Release: Schedule of Events- Sundays at 2pm.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 24, 2009 - On June 22, 2009, House Democrat Leaders released an updated 1,200 page Waxman-Markey “Cap and Tax" bill (H.R. 2454) that is expected to come to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives as early as Friday, June 26th.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing today examining specific proposals for reforming America’s health care system to reduce health care costs, protect current coverage and preserve choice for patients to ensure affordable, quality care for all. Today’s hearing was the...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Joseph Lieberman today chaired a hearing where children and adults talked about their struggles with Type 1 juvenile diabetes, the escalating cost of care and the need for continued federal funding to help find a cure. The hearing, titled “Type 1 Diabetes...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Chris Dodd and Senator Patty Murray, senior Democrats on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today held a press conference to call attention to the millions of Americans who have lost their health insurance during the economic downturn.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has asked 23 medical schools for information about their policies for conflicts of interest and requirements for disclosure of financial relationships between faculty members and the drug industry.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2009
News Release: Republicans proposed comprehensive reforms to improve retirement savings opportunities for workers today, arguing that workers need access to understandable and meaningful information about their 401(k) and other retirement savings vehicles. Congressional Democrats rejected the GOP proposals, instead advancing partisan legislation that Republicans warned could drive up costs for workers while reducing access to individualized investment advice.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2009
News Release: Led by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Republicans on the House Education and Labor Committee today raised alarm about new grant funding being offered under the economic stimulus package enacted earlier this year, arguing that the Administration is unnecessarily limiting opportunities for workers by providing funding only to union-affiliated recipients.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2009
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held the first of two hearings this week to review implementation of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA), commonly known as the Farm Bill. Congressman Leonard Boswell of Iowa is Chairman of the Subcommittee.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN) was elected today to serve as the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee. Kline was recommended for the post last week by members of the House Republican Steering Committee and received the endorsement of the full GOP Conference in a vote held this morning.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 2, 2009, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis requesting documents that would shed light on Countrywide’s infamous VIP program that was used to curry favor through sweetheart mortgage deals with Federal Government officials and Members of Congress who held responsibilities related to housing policy. Bank of America acquired Countrywide in 2008.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2009
News Release: A missing hiker was found on Sunday afternoon in North Cascades National Park when he walked out of the backcountry under his own power after six nights in the Cascade Pass area of the park.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2009
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Cherry Payne announced today that the special whale waters area in Park waters just outside the mouth of Glacier Bay that was implemented on May 15th is being extended westward to Point Dundas to protect numerous humpback whales that have been sighted...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2009
News Release: The ranking members of the House Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Budget committees today sent a letter to Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf asking for his office to analyze the cost of the House Democrats’ health care bill released on Friday.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2009
News Release: New, high-yielding sunflower germplasm that gives this important oilseed crop resistance to insects and two fungal pathogens could result from a research effort by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Fargo, N.D.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced her decision to end the National Applications Office (NAO) program, after a five-month review conducted in coordination with the Department’s law enforcement, emergency management and intelligence partners.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — Media executive John C. Malone will pay a $1.4 million civil penalty to settle charges that he violated premerger reporting and waiting requirements when he acquired Discovery Holding Co. voting securities, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2009
News Release: The United States has settled with two German moving companies relating to allegations of bid rigging in violation of the False Claims Act. ITO Möbel Transport GmbH has agreed to pay $150,000, and Birkart Globistics GmbH & Co. Logistik and Service KG will pay $222,146. The companies subcontracted with American freight forwarding firms to transport within Germany the household goods belonging to military and civilian Department of Defense (DOD) personnel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—The city of Duluth, Minn., and the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District have agreed to make improvements to the area’s sewer system, estimated to cost about $130 million, to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows in an agreement filed today in U.S. District Court inMinneapolis Minn., the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 23, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below. Terminations of enforcement actions are listed on the Federal Reserve's public website, www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/enforcement, as they occur.
