News from September 2011
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina -- In today's economy, hands-on internships can make a real difference for young professionals - and those same young people can make a real difference through national service.That is why Jessica Vartanian, an intern with the Student Conservation Association (SCA), has...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: "Mr. Speaker, I know as well as anyone that Members change their minds. I've heard a lot about that the last couple of days. But here we are debating essentially the same bill that we voted on yesterday. Many Republicans who voted "No" last night did so because they believe $1.043 trillion is too much. The bill before us tonight spends $1.043 trillion.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: To accommodate additional interested parties, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a 30-day extension on a request seeking public comment on the proposed new Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia (AMTech) program. The comment period now ends 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA) today issued the following statements one year after the new health law’s Patient's Bill of Rights took effect. Thanks to these provisions, young adults can obtain coverage on their...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation today to protect jobs and provide certainty to America’s job creators. H.R. 2401, the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act, or TRAIN Act, passed the House with strong bipartisan support by a vote of 249 to 169.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Marking the 18 month anniversary of the $2.6 trillion health law, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today said the partisan health care overhaul is a threat to the ailing American economy and called for its full repeal.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation today to protect jobs and provide certainty to America’s job creators. H.R. 2401, the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act, or TRAIN Act, passed the House with strong bipartisan support by a vote of 249 to 169.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation today to protect jobs and provide certainty to America’s job creators. H.R. 2401, the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act, or TRAIN Act, passed the House with strong bipartisan support by a vote of 249 to 169.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: Point Reyes Station - The National Park Service made available today a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) evaluating the potential issuance of a Special Use Permit for a commercial shellfish operation in Drakes Estero in Point Reyes National Seashore. On Nov. 30, 2012, a 40-year-old agreement that allows such activities in a national park will expire and the commercial shellfish operations within the park will cease, unless a new permit is issued.
By State Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s committee briefing entitled “Job Creation Made Easy: The Colombia, Panama and South Korea Free Trade Agreements"...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN) Act (H.R.2401), legislation that would have devastating impacts on the health of children and families nationwide. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Despite receiving a $535 million loan guarantee financed by U.S. taxpayers, two top executives for now-bankrupt Solyndra today refused to answer any questions from the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, instead invoking their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday sent a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu urging him to correct any shortcomings in the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program under the 2009 stimulus bill before taxpayers are asked to shoulder additional risk. The Department of Energy (DOE) may issue up to $9.2 billion in new loan guarantees under the temporary Section 1705 loan guarantee program in the next week.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: BANGOR - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Bangor indicted Reginald S. Gracie, Jr., age 40, of Bowdoin, Maine, on charges relating to his...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: Paul Lewis from the University of Tennessee and the Big South Fork astronomy volunteers will be at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, for two special programs.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., and Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, today introduced The Dairy Security Act of 2011. The legislation will replace current, outdated dairy programs with new risk management tools addressing the realities of today’s dairy industry, such as rising input costs and a growing export market.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Despite receiving a $535 million loan guarantee financed by U.S. taxpayers, two top executives for now-bankrupt Solyndra today refused to answer any questions from the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, instead invoking their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that today United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Ediberto Alvarez Ceballos, 31, of Madera, to two years in prison for a conspiracy to cultivate marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales announced that 57 Roswell residents have been charged with federal drug trafficking offenses in 45 federal indictments and six federal criminal complaints that were unsealed...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 23, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 126,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
