News from June 2011
By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing yesterday to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspector General Report on the “NRC Chairman’s Unilateral Decision to Terminate NRC’s Review of the DOE...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing yesterday to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspector General Report on the “NRC Chairman’s Unilateral Decision to Terminate NRC’s Review of the DOE...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), today held a legislative hearing on the discussion draft of the Secure and Fortify Data Act (SAFE Data Act), which establishes uniform national standards for data security and data breach notification.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), today held a legislative hearing on the discussion draft of the Secure and Fortify Data Act (SAFE Data Act), which establishes uniform national standards for data security and data breach notification.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow. June 15, 2011. Good morning, and thank you all for being here. The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry will now come to order. Thank you to our witnesses and to the public for joining us. We are here today to continue the Agriculture Committee’s oversight ...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved legislation to strengthen America’s energy security and create tens of thousands of new jobs. The North American-Made Energy Security Act (H.R. 1938) was approved by the subcommittee by voice vote. The bipartisan bill now moves to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for consideration.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments after release of the FY2012 Financial Services and General Government bill text.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: How does a visit to a remote island at no cost to you sound? If this idea intrigues you, consider going on a virtual journey to Channel Islands National Park. Through technology you can remotely join a live interactive dive or hike on Anacapa Island or watch a young eaglet in the nest on neighboring Santa Cruz Island, all part of a distance learning program called Channel Islands Live.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing yesterday to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspector General Report on the “NRC Chairman’s Unilateral Decision to Terminate NRC’s Review of the DOE...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Democrats continued to fight back Republican efforts to impose extreme Medicare cuts with a constitutional amendment, in the Committee’s third day-mark up of H.J. Res 1, the Republican balanced budget constitutional amendment.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: Colorado National Monument National Park Service rangers responded to report of a theft from an auto parked at the Lower Monument Canyon trailhead on June 5. Rangers discovered the theft took place approximately 70 feet outside of the Monument's boundary and thus turned the investigation over to the Mesa County Sheriff's Office.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: Molecular geneticist Sarah Hake has been named "Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of 2010" by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) for her scientific leadership, research and seminal discoveries in plant biology that have had a major impact on plant developmental genetics. ARS is the principal intramural scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that a Granite City man, Oscar Valle, who was indicted along with twenty-two other individuals and charged with being members of a large cocaine distribution organization, has pled guilty.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 2055, which provides funding for military construction projects, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies under the Subcommittee's jurisdiction. The bill passed by a vote of 411 to 5.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Full Committee Hearing: "The Clean Air Act and Public Health" June 15, 2011 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I called this hearing to conduct oversight on one of the most successful and significant public health statutes in our nation's history, the Clean Air Act. ...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved legislation to strengthen America’s energy security and create tens of thousands of new jobs. The North American-Made Energy Security Act (H.R. 1938) was approved by the subcommittee by voice vote. The bipartisan bill now moves to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for consideration.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 14, 2011 - As part of House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative, Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, Energy and Minerals Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn and Reps. Raúl Labrador, Kristi Noem and Rob Wittman today introduced a series of bills to expand renewable...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Christopher Drotleff, 31, of Virginia Beach, Va., was sentenced today to 37 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 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act (FCA) against Bay Area Sleep Associates LLC, dba SomnoMedics LLC, and its owner, Edward Killmer Jr., the Justice Department announced today. The complaint, filed today in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 14, 2011
News Release: Three federal banking regulatory agencies adopted a final rule that establishes a floor for the risk-based capital requirements applicable to the largest, internationally active banking organizations. The rule, finalized by the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, is consistent with the requirements of Section 171 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
