News from April 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment today charging Manuel Humberto Lopez-Camacho, 36, and Ernesto Alonso Soto-Gonzalez, 23, both of Phoenix, with possessing heroin with the intent to distribute.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: Farmington, Pa - Admission to Fort Necessity National Battlefield will be free during National Park Week, April 16 to 24. Fort Necessity and Friendship Hill National Historic Site will also celebrate National Park Week with Junior Ranger activities on Saturday, April 23.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today voted for H.Con.Res. 35, a resolution to block funding for the implementation of the $2.6 trillion health overhaul bill that was enacted into law last year.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: The Mariposa Grove Road in Yosemite National Park will open for the season tomorrow morning, April 15, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. The road provides visitor access to the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, the largest grove of Giant Sequoia in Yosemite National Park. The road is located near the park’s South Entrance, on Highway 41.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee mark-up of H.R. 515, Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2011.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., led an illuminating discussion Thursday on the benefits of federal regulations to public health, safety, and the environment and the costs regulations incur, especially for small businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: One of the original matters of jurisdiction of the Finance Committee is bonded federal debt. In a letter dated April 4, 2011, Secretary Geithner indicated the federal debt limit is likely to be reached on May 16, 2011. Secretary Geithner indicated additional or administrative measures...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing to examine the Department of Labor’s implementation of the Davis-Bacon Act. According to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, a number of challenges affecting the department’s execution of the Act could potentially reduce earnings for workers or increase project costs to taxpayers.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation and the Washington State Department of Ecology have completed the Cle Elum Fish Passage Facilities and Fish Reintroduction Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and it is available to the public.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - The continued attack on American workers and public employee pensions in statehouses and now on Capitol Hill suffered a huge blow at today’s Committee hearing on state and municipal debt.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), hosted a hearing today to discuss a rising health crisis in America -prescription drug abuse.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), hosted a hearing today to discuss a rising health crisis in America -prescription drug abuse.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - At an event on the cost of tax increases to America’s economy this afternoon, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, blasted the President’s call for tax hikes and for a failure to provide a concrete plan to solve the debt crisis. The Finance Committee has jurisdiction over taxes, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today the Environment and Public Works Committee approved by voice vote bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Economic Development Administration (EDA), which provides investments in infrastructure and job creation efforts to economically distressed communities. S. 782, the Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011, would authorize EDA from 2011 through 2015 at $500 million per year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that a federal grand jury returned a four-count second superseding indictment today charging Timothy Duane, 30, Lorena Duane, 26, Bounsou Vorasane, 50, and...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), hosted a hearing today to discuss a rising health crisis in America -prescription drug abuse.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today the House of Representatives voted to approve H.R. 1473 by 260-167, funding the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year while cutting roughly $39 billion from this year’s spending. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the Finance Committee’s action favorably reporting the nominations of David S. Cohen to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes and Jenni R. LeCompte to be Assistant Secretary of the...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: National Park Week April 16 - April 24.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2011
News Release: A dietary yeast extract could be an effective alternative to antibiotics for poultry producers, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study.
