News from March 2011
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) chaired a hearing this afternoon on “Navigating a Turbulent Global Economy - Implications for the United States." Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner testified before the Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Thirty-eight individuals have been charged in three separate indictments with violating federal narcotics trafficking and firearms laws, United States Attorney in the Western District of Pennsylvania David J. Hickton and other federal law enforcement officials announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: GAO Study Shows More Work Needed on Education and Training Programs to Help Unemployed Find Jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman on late Friday afternoon, inquiring about reports of improper payments through the IRS’ Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Senator Chuck Grassley sent a letter today requesting additional information from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Chairman Issa and Senator Grassley seek to clarify how the SEC neglected to act on the seemingly obvious, significant conflicts of interest presented by then-General Counsel David Becker’s involvement in the Madoff case.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), and Subcommittee on Health, Labor, Employment, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) today released a letter sent to leaders of the National Labor Relations Board in response to their concerns about the House Republican budget plan that would reduce government spending by more than $100 billion.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today, Republicans in the House passed legislation that would raise taxes on the middle class by $25 billion. Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA), criticized passage of the Republican tax increase...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: BOSTON, MA. - A former Needham physician and a nurse practitioner who worked with him were charged today in U.S. District Court with illegally distributing controlled substances resulting in deaths.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today convened the Committee on Ways and Means for a hearing to examine the impact of the Democrats’ health care law on Medicare and its beneficiaries. The hearing included testimony from two officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick and Chief Actuary, Richard Foster. In response to the hearing, Camp said...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today issued the following statement in reaction to the release of the Administration’s budget...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - A federal grand jury in San Francisco has charged 15 individuals with committing racketeering, extortionate extension of credit, and narcotics offenses at and through two Bay Area casino card clubs, Artichoke Joe’s Casino and Oaks Card (the casinos), United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: The U.S. House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing today to examine recent regulatory and policy changes aimed at improving mine safety. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Secretary Joseph Main testified as the sole hearing witness.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Superintendent Jock Whitworth has announced the reopening of the Zion Human History Museum and South Campground in Zion National Park. Both of these visitor facilities have been closed during the winter months. In addition, the park horse concession will begin operations for the season.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON DC - Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) delivered the following statement today at a Subcommittee hearing on small businesses and tax reform...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and other EPW Committee members released the following statement in response to a bill introduced today by Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) in the Senate and Representative Fred Upton (R-MI) in the House ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Spring begins on March 20, but you can watch this transition throughout the month at Fire Island National Seashore. A variety of guided hikes and other special programs are offered in March 2011, providing an incentive to get outside and enjoy America's Great Outdoors. There are guided bird walks and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: WHITE PLAINS, NY. - JOHN P. GILBRIDE, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and PREET BHARARA, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrest yesterday of LAWRENCE C. HERZ and MICHAEL J. SZTROPKALYI for operating a marijuana grow house.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today convened a hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to discuss the president’s fiscal year 2012 budget requests and implementation of the health care law. This was Secretary Sebelius’ first time testifying before the subcommittee since the passage of the health care package.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican and Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives today introduced the Energy Tax Prevention Act (H.R. 910), a bill to block EPA’s controversial backdoor climate change agenda that would further drive up the price of energy for American consumers and job creators...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Thursday convened a hearing to examine specific steps that can be taken to create new jobs, as well as to bring jobs back to the United States from abroad. Witnesses repeatedly testified that unfair taxes and burdensome regulations are stifling economic growth.
