News from December 2011
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: December 7th, 2011. Rep. Norm Dicks, Washington. Rep. Peter Visclosky, Indiana. Rep. Nita Lowey, New York. Rep. José Serrano, New York. Rep. Rosa Delauro, Connecticut. Rep. James Moran, Virginia. Rep. David Price, North Carolina. Rep. Sanford Bishop, Georgia.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: Please join Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Saturday, December 17 at 1:00 p.m. for a shipwreck program presented by diver/historian Ross Richardson. Discover the legends and history of Sleeping Bear Point and learn about the shipwrecks that lie under her waters. This program will last approximately 1 to 1.5 hours. Meet in the visitor center auditorium in Empire.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: Road Temporarily Closed Due to High Wind Event.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: The staff of Aztec Ruins National Monument will once again host a luminaria display on Wednesday, Dec. 21, with its Evening of Lights event. Glowing luminarias will line the entry into the park as visitors arrive to view the brilliantly bedecked Visitor Center. The luminaria display will last from 5pm to 8pm, and hot chocolate will be served. Please park in the RV lot near the administration building and enjoy a short, beautiful walk to the Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NY. - Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Wilbert L. Plummer and United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced and Immigration and Customs (ICE) Homeland Security (HSI) Special Agent in Charge James Spero announced yesterday...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: Today, the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet held an oversight hearing on the antitrust enforcement agencies. The top federal officials charged with enforcing antitrust laws, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz and Acting Assistant ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON -Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs Subcommittee Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) today called on Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan to take immediate action to bar the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, from wasting additional taxpayer money.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining the impact of drug shortages in America...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - At a Finance Committee hearing held today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) examined the causes of drug shortages, how they impact patients and discussed what steps must be taken to achieve a solution. In recent years, drug shortages have begun to inhibit care in hospitals and physician offices across the country, and drugs commonly used in emergency rooms and for cancer treatment have been particularly affected.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: BOSTON - Three Guatemalan nationals were arrested yesterday in Lynn, Mass., by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). The three are wanted by Guatemalan authorities for the rape and murder of a female.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Press Conference to Send Message on Climate Change to Durban Conference December 7, 2011 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I am here today as Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to send a clear message to the Summit of the UN Framework Convention ...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission regarding its decision to revise the spectrum screen after reviewing the AT&T / T-Mobile deal.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission regarding its decision to revise the spectrum screen after reviewing the AT&T / T-Mobile deal.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: Valley Forge, Pa. - Their battle losses were crushing at Brandywine in the fall of 1777 and George Washington's tattered troops desperately needed shelter for the winter and a secure site for much-needed training. The General chose Valley Forge, 18 miles outside of Philadelphia, for its strategic location -- high ground above the frontal and side approach routes and bordered by the Schuylkill. The exhausted, beaten men trudged in on December 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 10, the “Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011" (REINS Act). H.R. 10 creates an unworkable process that will make it nearly impossible for new regulations to be enacted by giving Congress only 70 days in which to consider and approve ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - At the first joint hearing between the Senate and House Homeland Security Committees Wednesday, members examined the threat of homegrown terrorism to military communities inside the United States and vowed to change the law so domestic military victims of violent Islamist extremism can be awarded the Purple Heart.
By State Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: Dear Chairman Levin, Ranking Member McCain, Chairman McKeon, and Ranking Member Smith...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission regarding its decision to revise the spectrum screen after reviewing the AT&T / T-Mobile deal.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: Washington -Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is investing more than $8.5 million to help six organizations develop improved food aid products under the Micronutrient-Fortified Food Aid Products Pilot Program. This program is funded by the McGovern-Dole International Food for...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) to meet with aviation security officials to discuss the Department's efforts to collaborate with other nations on international aviation security initiatives and to secure the global supply chain.
