News from July 2011
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: FARMINGTON, PA - Maryland Forces, a re-enactment group that portrays the lives of soldiers during the French and Indian War, will be demonstrating an encampment Saturday, July 23, and Sunday, July 24, at Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Farmington, PA. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors are welcome walk through the encampment at their own pace. This is the second consecutive year that Ft. Necessity has hosted Maryland Forces for an encampment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Moments before jury empanelment was scheduled to begin Wednesday in the federal court trial of a Jamaica Plain, Mass., man charged with participating in a heroin trafficking conspiracy, the defendant pleaded guilty as charged. Emanuel Hilario, 31, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: Media Contact: Liz Friedlander. 202-225-1564, U.S. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., today made the following statement after releasing a dairy reform discussion draft that would offer protection, create stability and inspire growth in the dairy sector. The draft...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: DENVER, CO. - Louis Hampers, MD, of Denver, pled guilty this morning before U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to 14 counts of obtaining a controlled substance, hydrocodone, by misrepresentation, fraud, deception or subterfuge. Hampers, who was present at today’s hearing, is on 24-hour home detention. Judge Blackburn is scheduled to sentence Hampers on Oct. 20, 2011.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: Eielson Visitor Center Temporarily Closed. The Eielson Visitor Center, located on Mile 66 on the Denali Park Road, will be closed all day on Wednesday, July 13 so that subject matter experts can assess a malfunction of the sewage system. Park managers will determine when the visitor center will reopen...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 13, 2011 - As part of House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative, the House Natural Resources Committee passed with bipartisan support four bills, H.R. 2170, H.R. 2171, H.R. 2172 and H.R. 2173, to create jobs and increase renewable energy production on federal lands and water. The bills streamline burdensome regulations and cumbersome government permitting processes that have greatly slowed renewable energy development on public lands.
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to the simultaneous bombings that occurred earlier today in Mumbai, India.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: The Eielson Visitor Center, located on Mile 66 on the Denali Park Road, will be closed for an estimated 3-4 days so that a contractor can fix the sewage system. The anticipated opening date is Monday, July 18.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement this evening after Moody’s Investor Services placed America’s bond rating under review...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: Can Cows Fly? Let’s Go Fly a Kite: The 33rd Annual Wright Kite Festival will be hosted by Kitty Hawk Kites at Wright Brothers National Memorial on July 16 - 17, 2011. For thousands of years kites have been a simple and fun method of flight. As teenagers Wilbur and Orville Wright enjoyed building and...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a joint hearing with the House Ways and Means Committee today to look at ways to improve the tax code to encourage job creation and grow the economy, while ensuring the different tax treatment of debt and equity does not...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - A rainy Tuesday in mid-July contributed to rangers taking the most people through Wind Cave in a single day since Aug. 10, 1976. Fifteen extra tours were put in to handle the heavy traffic on July 12. Besides the weather, another factor was the temporary closure of the Scenic Cave Tour at nearby Jewel Cave National Monument due to elevator problems.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: On Monday morning July 11, 2011, 27 year old Eric Brimlow from Syracuse, New York fell from the rim of the Crater Lake caldera in Crater Lake National Park. He is currently listed in critical condtion at Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford, Oregon. Eric's family wishes to express their sincere thanks to the rescue team for their efforts. They have requested not to be contacted by the media at this time.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Wednesday pressed Administration officials about continuing gaps in our defenses against terrorist travel, including inadequate security in visa processing, a large backlog of visa overstays in this country, and our failure to implement biometric information-sharing programs with our allies.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: Opening Statement of House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (remarks as prepared)...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings issued a forty-page investigative report today regarding the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: Park Superintendent to host public comment session.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: The entire road is open for vehicle traffic for the summer.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Economists at a joint hearing held by the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees today warned about the possibility of defaulting on our debt by not acting to raise the debt ceiling before the Aug. 2 deadline - a move many Republicans endorse. Senator McConnell on Wednesday said...
