News from January 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today warned the Environmental Protection Agency’s final “Boiler MACT Rules," expected in February, pose significant economic risk and underscore the dangers of the agency’s flawed regulatory tactics. Last week a federal district...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 114,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2010/2011 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement at the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on the REINS Act, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Tiverton Police Chief Thomas Blakey, and Fall River Police Chief Daniel S. Racine announced today that four men were arrested Monday on federal complaints...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold its full committee organizational meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 10:30 a.m. in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building. At the organizational meeting, the Committee will consider...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2011 at 2 p.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing on “The State of the American Workforce" in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today made the following statement in response to the release of the Report on the Economic and Fiscal Consequences of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today warned the Environmental Protection Agency’s final “Boiler MACT Rules," expected in February, pose significant economic risk and underscore the dangers of the agency’s flawed regulatory tactics. Last week a federal district...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA), praised the Obama Administration's efforts to crack down on fraud, waste and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Their efforts in the past year have recouped $4 billion in taxpayer dollars- the highest amount ever.
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, engaged House Republicans on the House floor today when he pointed out in stark terms the national security risks their proposed budget cuts will create.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 24, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today announced the subcommittee assignments for the Republican Members of the Natural Resources Committee for the 112th Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today convened the Committee on Ways and Means for its first hearing of the 112th Congress on Fundamental Tax Reform. In response to the hearing, Camp said...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC- The Ways and Means Organizational meeting scheduled for Jan. 12, 2011 has been postponed. Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: Lowell Heritage Partnership and Lowell National Historical Park are seeking nominations from the community for acknowledging the contributions of organizations or individuals in the areas of historic preservation and cultural heritage. Acting Park Superintendent Peter Aucella stated that, "these awards...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) announced today that he is headed to Colombia and Brazil the week of February 20 to meet with senior government officials in both countries to discuss key economic and trade issues, including the pending U.S.-Colombia Free Trade...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Susan Collins today called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to quickly deploy an improved payroll system in the wake of a report showing discrepancies between the number of individuals deployed to disasters and the corresponding payroll entries. Senator...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2011
News Release: A DAY OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, KID’S CRAFTS, RANGER TALKS, AND A “LUCKY SHIP" TO BRING IN CHINESE NEW YEAR.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2011
News Release: LAFAYETTE, LA. - Demetrio Regalado, AKA “Dee" 24, leader of a drug trafficking organization based out of Vermilion Parish, was sentenced Jan. 23, 2011 to 25 years in prison and five years supervised release following imprisonment. The sentence is a result of Regalado’s plea of guilty to conspiracy...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2011
News Release: Since August 2010, the work oftwo museum assistants Sarah Curley and Jacqueline Billig, has greatly benefitted Sagamore Hill National Historic Site's archives and the needs of future researchers. These talented women, who are sponsored by Dickinson State University in North Dakota, have been working...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Glenn Duffie Shriver, 29, of Grand Rapids, Mich., was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for conspiring to provide national defense information to intelligence officers of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
