News from March 2011
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: "In this time of fiscal belt-tightening, it is important that we not lose sight of the fact that diplomacy and development are crucial to promoting stability, improving economies, and sustaining peace.".
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing to investigate the rising cost of employer-provided health care and its impact on workers. Members of the subcommittee heard testimony that described a number of factors contributing to the growing expense, including the Democrats’ recent government takeover of health care.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: March. Sunday, 20th, Battlefield Hike-Irish Brigade at Antietam-This hike will begin at 1:15 p.m. at the Newcomer House on MD Rt. 34, which is approximately one mile east of the town of Sharpsburg. The length of the hike is two miles and it will last about two hours. April. Saturday, 9th, Battlefield...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Daniel Salinas, 30; Juan Oscar Martinez-Arias, 22; Antonio Sanchez-Gaona, 24; and Edgardo Solorio-Camacho, 26; of Mexico, with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today held a hearing to look at alternatives to programs that put children in need into traditional foster care. The hearing considered reauthorizing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to give states flexibility to...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: “This is the Committee’s fourth hearing focusing on the federal investment in for-profit higher education companies, and whether our $26 billion annual investment in this sector is a good value for students and taxpayers.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) laid out the negative effects of House Republicans' proposed attempts to defund implementation of the health reform law. Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA), today criticized the Republicans' irresponsible deficit-increasing funding scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 10, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after participating in a press conference with House Speaker John Boehner and other Members of Republican leadership to announce the American Energy Initiative - an ongoing effort to stop Washington policies that are driving up gasoline prices and expand American energy production to help lower costs and create jobs.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - National Capital Parks-East (NCP-East), a unit of the National Park Service (NPS), will host an open house at the Anacostia Community Museum, located at 1901 Fort Place, S.E., Washington, D.C., on March 16th and 17th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., both evenings. This open house is FREE and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment today against Timothy Duane, 30, for failure to appear, adding the a fifth criminal charge to four pending drug charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC- Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, made the following remarks at the Budget Hearing for the Department of Education today.Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, Mr. Secretary, for joining us today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Guest speaker geologist Daniel Muhs will share his research on marine terrace uplift rates at the Channel Islands and how this information increases our understanding of the islands biogeography at the April 13, 2011, “From Shore to Sea" lecture.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
Release: San Angelo, TX, March 10, 2011 - USDA's Food and Nutrition Service teamed with San Angelo Independent School District today to celebrate National School Breakfast Week (March 7-11) by emphasizing the administration's commitment to provide our nation's school children healthy, well-balanced meals to prepare...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Harkers Island, N.C. -- Acting Superintendent Mike Tranel announced 4 new special event programs to be held at Cape Lookout National Seashore. These programs will take place at the Harkers Island Visitor Center and the adjacent Shell Point picnic area. These programs are designed to involve children and their families. Scouts, home-school groups, and other organizations are asked to call ahead to help us plan for your group.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Curriculum-based Snowshoe Programs a Grand Success in Pilot Year.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - By a vote of 21-14 the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to approve H.R. 471, the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act, one of Speaker John Boehner’s top legislative priorities. The legislation restores the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, called an analysis released today by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) another reminder of why the $2.6 trillion health law “is one of the most offensive" he’s ever seen. According to CBO, health spending will dramatically increase over the next ten years, despite the Administration’s pledge that it would “bend the cost curve" or lower health costs.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: “Good afternoon and thank you Chairman Lucas for holding today’s hearing.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2011
News Release: As the National Park Service prepares for the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the staff and volunteers of Fort Sumter National Monument are presenting monthly talks at the Fort Moultrie Visitor Center on Sullivan’s Island. Entitled Impending War, this program series takes a deeper look at the antebellum...
