News from November 2009
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2009
News Release: What’s the Issue?. Over the past 3 years charter vessel use days in May and September (the “shoulder season") have increased over 600%. During the same period the number of Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) holders increased from two to six and the number of CUA vessels has also increased from 5 to...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON -Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Spencer Bachus (R-AL) sent a letter to Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan requesting information on the financial health of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). FHA...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, just one day after releasing their analysis of the House Democrats’ health care bill, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office issued a 9-page letter to “clarify the measures being used by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in its analysis of such proposals-in particular, the effects of proposals on federal budget deficits and on the magnitude of the federal budgetary commitment to health care.".
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2009
News Release: This fall and early winter, Rocky Mountain National Park will continue to celebrate "America’s Best Idea," our national parks, with Saturday evening programs at 7:00 pm in the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center Auditorium. All programs are free and open to the public.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - In light of the economic forum House Democrats are holding today and based on new statistics released this morning by the Department of Labor, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) released a state-by-state table showing 49 states and the District of Columbia have lost jobs since the President signed the stimulus bill into law.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today released the following quote in reaction to the Democrats finally revealing details of their health care bill, after nearly three months of closed door meetings.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 4, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today as Americans begin to wade into the more than 2,000 pages of Speaker Pelosi’s government takeover of health care. This latest big government agenda item is the product of partisan deliberation behind closed doors and out of view of the American people.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2009
News Release: Herger, Brown-Waite, Reichert Criticize AARP for Putting Political Self-Interest Over Seniors.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI), who played a key role in developing the Republicans’ health care bill, touted today an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing health insurance premiums for many families would be nearly $5,000 more expensive under Democrat reforms compared to the Republican plan. Americans have repeatedly said their top priority in the health care reform debate is lowering the cost of health coverage.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - In another blow to Democrats’ push for a massive government takeover of the nation’s health care system, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today released findings from a memo from the Obama Administration’s Chief Actuary for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Wally Herger (R-CA), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health, today introduced a resolution calling for Members of Congress and the public to be allowed to review an estimate of the financial effects of any proposed health care legislation, prepared by...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 3, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today applauded President Obama’s intent to nominate Grayling Williams as Director of the DHS Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 3, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Copenhagen, Denmark—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks about expanding international coordination to combat human trafficking at a forum hosted by Humanity in Action and the Danish Institute for International Studies.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 3, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “The entire Department of Homeland Security extends its deepest sympathies and condolences to the families and friends of the nine Coast Guard and Marine Corps men and women who tragically lost their lives in the devastating accident ...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 3, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: Sara Kuban, 202-282-8010 Pete Delgado, Tohono O’odham Nation: 520-383-2028 The Department of Homeland Security and the Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona today formalized an agreement to develop a Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI)-compliant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today the largest monetary payment ever obtained by the department in the settlement of a case alleging housing discrimination in the rental of apartments. Los Angeles apartment owner Donald T. Sterling has agreed to pay $2.725 million to settle allegations ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest nursing home pharmacy, Omnicare Inc. of Covington, Kentucky, will pay $98 million, and drug manufacturer, IVAX Pharmaceuticals of Weston, Florida, will pay $14 million to resolve allegations that Omnicare engaged in kickback schemes with several parties, including IVAX, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has filed a lawsuit against Patric LeHouillier, an attorney based in Colorado Springs, Colo., alleging that he violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying a woman with a service animal access to his offices, the Justice Department announced. The complaint, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Michael Bullard, Richard Armstrong and James Whitewater were sentenced today in federal court in Boise, Idaho, for hate crime and conspiracy charges in connection with the racially-motivated assault of an African-American man outside of a Wal-Mart store in July 2008, the Justice Department announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Nov 3, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Catoosa, Oklahoma, a registered bank holding company, Bank of Commerce, Chelsea, Oklahoma, a state chartered member bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
