News from June 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI), Agriculture Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statements on the third anniversary of the bipartisan May 10 agreement as well as a report showing the harm suffered by American agriculture due to a failure to move forward on pending trade agreements...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C- Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today issued the following statement upon the launch of AmericaSpeakingOut.com, which invites active participation from the American people on issues of job creation, health care, tax reform and fiscal accountability among others. America...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2010
News Release: Dear Secretary Sebelius: As you know, the statutory deadline for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to submit their bids that outline benefits and premiums for 2011 is June 7th. We are writing to urge you to ensure that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) undertake a robust and thorough...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - With both the Obama Administration and numerous reports citing former Bush Administration officials, notably former Attorney General Michael Mukasey and ethics officer Richard Painter, exonerating the White House’s effort to use the guise of jobs or appointments to obtain the withdrawal of primary candidates from challenging incumbents, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) today questioned a new Health and Human Services mailing to Medicare enrollees, noting the document is highly misleading and a potential abuse of taxpayer funds.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today released a letter that she just received from U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood in which he voices strong support for the "30/10" plan to accelerate transit development in Los Angeles as a model for funding transportation projects across the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement upon release of a summary of the Democrats’ so-called tax extenders package which has been reported to contain in excess of $150 billion in unpaid for spending and provides zero net tax relief.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 4, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the May unemployment rate was 9.7%.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released the following statement regarding new job numbers for the month of May that report that of the 431,000 jobs “created", 411,000 (95 %) were a result of temporary census worker hiring’s by the Federal Government...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 4, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, issued the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Labor announced 41,000 private sector jobs were created in the month of May while 15 million Americans remained without work...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C. - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced that the United States and France have established an arrangement to implement the Immigration Advisory Program (IAP)--which allows for the identification of high-risk travelers at foreign airports before they board aircraft bound for the United States--at Paris' Charles De Gaulle International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., has permanently barred brothers Archie J. Pugh Jr. and Theodore Pugh from promoting tax evasion schemes and preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The court described the Pughs’ fraudulent activity as "pervasive ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2010
News Release: Chicago attorney and Certified Public Accountant John B. Ohle III and Louisiana attorney William Bradley were found guilty Wednesday in Manhattan federal court of wire and tax fraud conspiracy charges stemming from a scheme to fraudulently obtain referral fees relating to a tax shelter sold by Ohle’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2010
News Release: A former member of the Bosnian Serb Army has left the United States to return to Serbia after a federal judge ordered his denaturalization based on concealment during his application for U.S. citizenship that he served in the military during the Bosnian war, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2010
News Release: The Council of Ministers of Interior and Justice of the European Union today adopted a U.S.- EU and EU Member States Declaration on Counterterrorism. Below is a statement from Attorney General Eric Holder, who attended the EU/G6 Conference of Interior Ministers in Italy this past weekend, on the Declaration: ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2010
News Release: Houston-area physician Dr. Howard Grant and Houston residents Clinton Lee and Obisike Nwankwo were convicted late Wednesday by a federal jury in connection with their roles in a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Border Patrol Agent Eduardo Moreno pleaded guilty today in federal court in Tucson, Ariz., to a federal criminal civil rights charge for assaulting a Mexican national who was in his custody, the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona announced today. Sentencing has been scheduled for Aug. 12, 2010.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 3, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Volunteer Bancorp, Inc., Rogersville, Tennessee, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 3, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board announced Thursday that the Consumer Advisory Council will hold its next meeting on Thursday, June 17. The meeting will take place in Dining Room E, Terrace Level, in the Board's Martin Building. The session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and is open to the public. For security purposes, ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 3, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between CB Financial Corporation, Wilson, North Carolina, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.