News from September 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: ANCHORAGE, AK- - Jeremy Locklear, 28, a resident of Wasilla, Alaska, was sentenced on Sept. 1, 2011, to 64 months in prison for attempted possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., said Thursday the U.S. and its allies throughout the world must remain “engaged, strong, adaptive, and forever united" in response to the continued threat of violent Islamist extremism, in a speech marking the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement on the release of the latest unemployment data...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, announced today that he will be examining how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) gave $4.2 billion in refundable tax credits last year to illegal aliens - four times the amount from five years ago.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: WHAT: Gateway National Recreation Area has reopened almost all of its 26,000 acres to the visiting public.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement on a federal unemployment report issued today...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) welcomed today’s news that President Obama is calling on the EPA to withdraw its controversial proposal to voluntarily revisit a 2008 ozone standard - a...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: MANHATTAN, NY. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) John P. Gilbride announced his retirement on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. Mr. Gilbride has overseen the largest DEA office in the world for over six years. Throughout those years, the New York...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, in conjunction with the Big South Fork Scenic Railway, is planning a new special event on Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Blue Heron Mining Community. The event will feature area storytellers presenting frightening tales in the evening hours at Blue Heron. Guided by National Park Service Rangers, visitors will be taken to different locations within the mining camp to hear tales of terror, mystery and intrigue.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement today following a report from the U.S. Department of Labor that the unemployment rate stands at 9.1 percent and there was no net job creation in the month of August...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Jay Bergman, Andean Regional Director, Drug Enforcement Administration, in conjunction with Viviane Morales...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: MANHATTAN, NY. - JOHN P. GILBRIDE, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field Division and PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that HECTOR FABIO OSPINO-ROSERO and JOHN FREDY NORENA-CORREA, two high-ranking...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance, issued the following statement today after the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its August jobs report that found that the nation’s unemployment rate remains at 9.1 percent with job creation stalled and no new payroll jobs created throughout the economy, and after the President scrapped a costly EPA air quality regulation...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: All trails in the Kolob Canyons section of Zion National Park have been reopened for visitor use. Kolob Canyons is the northern section of the park and is located just off I-15 approximately 15 miles south of Cedar City, UT. Trails in this section of the park were closed for visitor safety on Wednesday...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on President Obama's decision to withdraw consideration of the new protections against smog pollution that were proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement today following a report from the U.S. Department of Labor that the unemployment rate stands at 9.1 percent and there was no net job creation in the month of August...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) welcomed today’s news that President Obama is calling on the EPA to withdraw its controversial proposal to voluntarily revisit a 2008 ozone standard - a...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 2, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor released the August jobs report.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement today following a report from the U.S. Department of Labor that the unemployment rate stands at 9.1 percent and there was no net job creation in the month of August...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) welcomed today’s news that President Obama is calling on the EPA to withdraw its controversial proposal to voluntarily revisit a 2008 ozone standard - a...
