News from March 2011
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: Commissioner Bersin, I welcome you back to the Subcommittee as you present your budget request for fiscal year 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C -. - Thirty-five members and associates of the Barrio (BA) gang have been charged in a third superseding indictment unsealed today with various counts of racketeering, murder, drug offenses, money laundering and obstruction of justice, announced Administrator Michele Leonhart of the U.S.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, submitted testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s hearing, titled “Setting Fiscal Priorities in Health Care Funding." As the first anniversary of the Affordable Care Act nears, Harkin emphasized both the budgetary and consumer benefits that the law provides, making the case for protecting and implementing the new law.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are working to give melon growers some relief from cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus, or CYSDV.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: “Good morning and thank you Chairman Lucas for holding today’s meeting.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: Device May Help Process Information and Measure Motion at Quantum Scale
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, today responded to statements from House Speaker John Boehner, Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and others that ignored or dismissed the notion that Middle East strife was to blame for higher gas prices, instead attacking President Obama. Domestic oil production last year under President Obama was the highest since 2003.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON-Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Senator Jim Webb, D-Va. Wednesday introduced “time trade" legislation that would allow federal firefighters to exchange shifts without affecting the amount of overtime they earn in any given pay period. Congressman John Sarbanes, D-Md., introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - March 7, 2011 - The second of two men from the small northeastern Minnesota community of Hermantown was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Minneapolis for growing marijuana in his home.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) urged Ambassador Ron Kirk, the United States Trade Representative (USTR), at a hearing today to quickly resolve the outstanding issues in our pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and Korea so Congress can approve all three agreements this year.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor announced today the availability of three WaterSMART Funding Opportunity Announcements: System Optimization Review Grants, Advanced Water Treatment Pilot and Demonstration Project Grants, and Grants to Develop Climate Analysis Tools. These three funding opportunities are now available online at www.grants.gov.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: OVERTON, Nev. - The National Park Service will be conducting a prescribed fire in the area around the historic St. Thomas town site during the week of March 14. The exact date of the burn will be determined next week based on weather conditions. The controlled burn will encompass about 35-acres and take about one day. On that day, St. Thomas and the road leading to the town site will be closed to visitors.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor about the majority’s refusal to consider legislation to dramatically cut spending that is threatening economic growth.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: BOSTON, MA. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that HERIBERTO PEREZ, 29, of Wallingford, was sentenced yesterday, March 8, by United States District...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: Secretary Geithner, I join Chairwoman Granger in welcoming you - my constituent - to discuss the President’s request for the Treasury Department’s International Programs.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON DC- The Administration this week announced new rules as part of health reform, that force insurers to disclose double-digit premium increases. Consumers will have access to this information when making decisions about what plan to enter. Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA), today commented on the news...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: Vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians to experience parking lot and road closures and delays in 2011.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that National Park Service (NPS) staff will establish the 2011 pre-nesting areas for breeding shorebirds in Cape Hatteras National Seashore during the week of March 7 in accordance with the terms of the consent decree.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: Today, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), is holding a hearing and vote on H.J. Res. 37, a congressional Resolution of Disapproval to overturn the FCC’s controversial Internet rules.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2011
News Release: The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a full committee hearing to review the administration’s Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for the Department of Education. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan served as the hearing witness, offering testimony and answering member questions about the budget proposal.
