News from September 2011
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: (Thousand Oaks, CA) Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is composed of approximately 153,250 acres and has over 500 miles of trail for hiking, biking, and horseback riding. Visitors can also enjoy the park by camping in one of the many campgrounds located in the recreation area. The National Park Service manages one group campground for overnight use located at Circle X Ranch in Malibu, California.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings delivered the following statement today on H.R. 2587, legislation that would remove the only meaningful remedy available to workers if a company illegally outsources jobs overseas or moves operations out of state because workers engaged in activities protected under federal law.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., September 14th-- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Democratic Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments after release of Continuing Resolution bill text.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: As a special post-Irene Hatteras Island event, the National Park Service is offering all Hatteras Island kids and their families the opportunity to learn and experience more about this unique barrier island that they call home.Designed for the children of Hatteras Island, the Especially forHatteras Island...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: Dear Acting Director DeMarco: On behalf of more than two dozen Members of Congress, we are writing to request a meeting with you regarding the President’s proposal to help responsible American families avoid foreclosures by refinancing their mortgages at historically low interest rates. As you know, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today said as tax reform boosts our economy and helps create jobs, it must also improve the incentives to help Americans save for retirement. At a committee hearing, Baucus noted recent trends in retirement plans, as the baby boom generation ages, are leaving more people without a cushion of savings and entirely dependent on Social Security and examined options to solve that problem.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings today applauded a measure in the House Appropriations Fiscal Year 2012 Continuing Resolution (CR) that is similar to legislation he introduced to provide the U.S. Postal Service an extension on the payment it is statutorily required to make to prefund its retired employee health benefit fund. The CR extends by six weeks the date on which the Postal Service must make the payment, from September 30 to November 18.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: In recognition of National Public Lands Day, Everglades National Park will host a volunteer event to protect our native trees and their habitat from exotic species of plants. "One third of America's land is yours. Consider spending 1/365 of your time preserving it." ~ Anonymous.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON)- Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement upon passage of the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act (H.R. 2587) in the House of Representatives. Earlier this year, Chairman Issa and the Oversight Committee opened...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Fannie Mae, the government sponsored enterprise bailed out with billions in taxpayer dollars has agreed to buy a portfolio of high risk, deteriorating value loans from Bank of America (B of A). House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) has opened an investigation...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining tax reform options for retirement income security...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 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 in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) report projecting that between 2011 and 2012, average monthly premiums for Medicare...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that today a grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Cesar Galvan Cortes, 39, of Tulare County; and Hector Mariscal, 45, and Jose Luis Esparza, 35, both of Modesto, charging them with distributing methamphetamine and possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., September 14th-- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Democratic Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments after release of Continuing Resolution bill text.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: Fungi found in the leaves and trunks of wild Peruvian cacao trees offer the potential for biological control of cacao diseases such as witches' broom disease, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. Several of the fungal species were previously unknown to science.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: Please join Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, for another Families United with Nature (FUN) event. This time, join Park Rangers for an evening of campfires, stories, and s'mores! Meet park rangers at the D. H. Day Campground Log Cabin...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: September 15th, 2011. "The Continuing Resolution we are considering is not controversial, for the most part. It continues funding as provided in FY 2011, with a 1.5 percent across-the-board cut to keep funding at the $1.043 trillion level, as required by the Budget Control Act cap on FY 2012 appropriations.
By State Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: Dear ___________________: We write on a matter of great urgency, on the eve of the United Nations General Assembly meeting. It is our understanding that the leadership of the Palestinian Authority will pursue a resolution at the United Nations - in either or both the Security Council and the General...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), today held a hearing to discuss the European Union’s privacy and data collection regulations and the impact they have had on the global Internet economy.
