News from June 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2011
News Release: $250 Billion Livestock Industry Represents Major Opportunity for Growth, Innovation
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - This afternoon, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved 14-5 a bipartisan joint resolution authorizing the limited use of United States Armed Forces in support of the NATO mission in Libya. After the vote, Chairman Kerry released the following statement:
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today responded to the Federal Communications Commission’s agreement to eliminate the Fairness Doctrine and other outdated regulations by August. Chairman Genachowski initially agreed to strike the Fairness Doctrine from the Code of Federal Regulations in response to an inquiry made by Upton and Walden on May 31.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - This morning, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) held a hearing with the State Department’s legal adviser and outside experts to examine Libya and the War Powers Resolution. This afternoon, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will consider a bipartisan resolution authorizing the limited use of the United States Armed Forces in support of the NATO mission in Libya.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2011
News Release: SAN ANTONIO, TX - Juan Jose Quintero-Payan, 69, of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit (RICO), José Angel Moreno and John E. Murphy, United States Attorneys for the Southern and Western District of Texas, respectively, announced today along with Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Thomas E. Hinojosa and Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal (IRS-CI) Rodney E. Clarke.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today responded to the Federal Communications Commission’s agreement to eliminate the Fairness Doctrine and other outdated regulations by August. Chairman Genachowski initially agreed to strike the Fairness Doctrine from the Code of Federal Regulations in response to an inquiry made by Upton and Walden on May 31.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2011
News Release: MIDLAND, TX -- - DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced the arrests of two Midland-Odessa area members and one associate of the Barrio (BA) criminal organization on federal drug charges. The charges stem from a year-and-a-half-long investigation...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON -Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) today announced his deep concerns with the pending Colombia Free Trade Agreement implementing bill...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - A wealth of information about worldwide carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies and projects is available on the newly launched, updated and redesigned National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographic Information System (NATCARB) website.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2011
News Release: YARTS to Provide New Service originating from El Portal.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today outlined vital changes that have been made to fix the Korea and Panama free trade agreements that were flawed as originally negotiated by President Bush and he announced his support for the revised agreements. He also announced his opposition to the Colombia Free Trade Agreement implementing bill without any reference to the Action Plan on Worker Rights.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2011
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 27, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 New Campaign Website Provides Public Education Materials for Parents, Teachers and Kids WASHINGTON—In an event held today at the White House, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON –A Lufkin, Texas, man was sentenced today to life in prison for his role in a double homicide that took place in Nacogdoches, Texas, in August 2007, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales for the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON -The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against Farmland Foods Inc., a major producer of pork products in the United States, alleging that it engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination by imposing unnecessary documentary requirements on non-U.S. citizens when establishing their authority to work in the United States. Farmland Foods, a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods Inc., is headquartered in Kansas City, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Justin Cannon, 29, of Corpus Christi, Texas, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his role in shooting and killing an Afghan national while on an unauthorized convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 5, 2009, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Miami doctor Rene De Los Rios, 72, was sentenced today to 235 months in prison for his participation in a $23 million HIV injection and infusion Medicare fraud scheme , announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
By Fed Newswire | Jun 27, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced its approval of the proposal by Bank of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, to establish a branch in New York, New York.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 27, 2011
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released data on personal income and outlays for May 2011. Personal income rose 0.3 percent in May, slightly below private-sector forecasts of a 0.4-percent increase. Wages and salaries, the largest component of income, rose 0.2 percent, ...
