News from June 2011
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - This morning, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) held a hearing with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to assess U.S. policy and progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: Join National Park Ranger Donel Singleton and the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Company I, Civil War Reenactment Unit at Fort Moultrie for a free special program commemorating the regiment on July 16, 2011. The 54th was the first African-American regiment organized in the North following the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Republican changes for the 112th Congress included switching back to Styrofoam cups, new budgetary restrictions that protect corporate loopholes for oil companies, and biannual self-congratulatory "activity reports." Today the Democratic members of the Natural Resources Committee assailed...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks gave the following statement on the House floor during consideration of the Defense Appropriations bill for FY2012.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- Seeking to prevent another taxpayer bailout, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, introduced today legislation to implement sweeping, structural reforms of the United States Postal Service (USPS). The legislation represents the most fundamental reform of the postal service that has been proposed since USPS was first created from the old Post Office Department.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: Pack mules will be used to accomplish a bridge reconstruction project on backcountry trails at Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Hydra Engineering of Crawfordville, Florida is constructing several pre-engineered trail bridges as a part of a larger project being completed at the Atlanta metropolitan...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on June 23, 2011, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch, the following individuals were arraigned...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today during a Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee hearing on Social Security’s Finances, Social Security Administration Chief Actuary Stephen C. Goss testified that a recently introduced Republican plan to privatize Social Security (H.R. 2019), introduced by Rep. Pete Sessions,...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: The two female hikers who were the focus of an air and ground search effort in the rugged terrain surrounding Mt. Healy, were located by an Air National Guard Pavehawk helicopter around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 23 approximately five miles north of Mt. Healy. Sybill Senn, age 22 from Newberry, South...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
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By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii introduced legislation in the Senate. Representatives Geoff Davis, R-Ky., and John Tierney, D-Mass., introduced a companion bill in the House.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: Mr. Chairman, thank you for calling this important hearing today. Our committee has been examining the impact of tax reform on U.S. multinational companies. I'm pleased to now shift gears and focus on the equally important topic of the taxation of foreign-owned companies operating in the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: "I thank Chairman Rogers for yielding to me, and I'd like to thank him, Chairwoman Emerson, Ranking Member Serrano and the staff on both sides for what they have been able to do to accommodate some of the priorities of Democratic members as they have assembled the bill.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: -. PHOENIX, AZ. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, Dennis K. Burke, announced that Robert Jan Opacian, 31, of Bridgeview, Ill., was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to 30 months in prison and...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a hearing today to examine ways to protect Medicare and Medicaid benefits for seniors and those who need them the most, particularly in the face of growing health care costs. Baucus reiterated his commitment to reducing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, 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 an indictment today charging Emmanuel Martinez Ruvalcaba, 19, of Alhambra, and Rafael Alfonso Torres, 22, of Mexico, with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
