News from March 2011
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By USDA Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: Media Contact: Liz Friedlander. 202-225-1564, By House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson. Farmers and ranchers are not happy with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). They see an agency that does not understand agriculture and imposes burdensome and confusing regulations.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today on the President’s trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador, the importance of bilateral trade agreements between the United States, Chile and El Salvador, and the need to pass the outstanding trade agreements with Colombia and Panama...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: 150th Commemoration of the "Extra Session" meeting of the Maryland Assembly in Frederick.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch(R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, said new estimates from Congress’ non-partisan budget scorekeeper, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), on the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Budget show “a profound lack of courage" in terms of tackling...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: "The Treasury Department has an important role to play in helping to address the concerns of everyday Americans in the areas of tax assistance, small business credit, mortgage relief, and the creation of economic opportunity. I look forward to discussing your important work in all of these areas today.".
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: Our hearts go out to the people of Japan. All of us watched in horror as a tsunami wiped out entire communities following a devastating earthquake, killing thousands of people and leaving hundreds of thousands of others homeless. In the midst of overwhelming shock and grief, the people of Japan are now facing a nuclear crisis that has displaced thousands more families and complicated humanitarian efforts.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - A company that provides computer security to the private sector and the U.S. government -- RSA, the security division of EMC Corporation based in Hopkinton, Mass. -- announced tonight it was hit by "an extremely sophisticated cyber attack". Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement.
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after participating with other Congressional and relevant Committee leaders in a briefing on Libya by President Obama, Secretary Clinton, Secretary Gates and other senior officials.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Representative Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA) questioned Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki about the large backlog of veterans claims and the department’s progress with remediating the homeless veterans problems during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing earlier this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: BOISE, IDAHO - - Enrique Manuel Ruiz-Soto, 45, of Riverside, California, was sentenced March 14, 2011 to 72 months in prison for conspiracy with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Ruiz-Soto was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and serve 10 years of supervised release following his prison term. Ruiz-Soto pled guilty to the charge in March 2010.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Water and Wildlife Subcommittee, made the following statement on a proposed settlement in litigation with the Department of Interior regarding the status of the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: Next week, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold two field hearings entitled, “Reviving our Economy: The Role of Higher Education in Job Growth and Development."
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC -- Following President Obama’s remarks on Libya, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) issued this statement:
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, wrote to President Obama to commend him for calling on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to conduct a comprehensive review of the safety of all nuclear power plants in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: Location: Golden Gate Room, Building A, Fort Mason Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: ATLANTA, GA. - DEVON SAMUELS, 45, and KEISHA JONES, 30, both of Stockbridge, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court. SAMUELS pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder drug money and attempting to smuggle guns onto an airplane. In a separate case, SAMUELS and JONES pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit marriage fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: (MUNISING, Mich.) A summer work opportunity is available for area young people through the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Youth between the ages of 15 and 18 may apply for the YCC program. There are no income restrictions for this youth employment program.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service (NPS) is continuing to search approximately 600 square miles of rugged backcountry for a possible downed plane in Grand Canyon National Park.
