News from June 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented on the Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. From Chairman Baucus...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement today regarding the House-Senate agreement on transportation legislation. Upton is one of the House negotiators to the jobs and infrastructure package.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns expressed concern today with the news of another DOE loan guarantee recipient announcing bankruptcy. Abound Solar’s bankruptcy announcement comes...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled on the health care law...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: Wednesday, June 27th, 2012. CONTACT: Ryan Nickel (202) 225 3481. ryan.nickel@mail.house.gov. @AppropsDems. BACKGROUND. On June 19th, House Republicans released their The bill will be considered at Full Committee today, Wednesday, June 27th, at 10AM. The bill proposes drastic cuts to the Environmental Protection...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: In searching for better flame retardants for home furnishings-a large source of fuel in house fires-National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers defied the conventional wisdom and literally hit a wall, one made of clay.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today spoke with Florida Governor Rick Scott to reiterate support for the communities impacted by Tropical Storm Debby and express her condolences for the loss ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: National Preparedness Level Raised to 4; Heightened response to fighting Waldo Canyon fire today WASHINGTON, June 27, 2012 – As the federal family continues to aggressively respond to the wildfires in the Western states, the U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, and FEMA today announced additional ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio, June 27, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today toured a successful rural housing development in South Central Ohio and highlighted USDA's long-standing partnership with income-eligible rural residents who want to become homeowners.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 27, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted USDA's collaboration with General Electric (GE) Aviation, the Ohio Aerospace Institute, air carriers and producer groups to develop a Midwest-regional strategy to provide renewable-jet fuel at GE Aviation's Cincinnati-area ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Barclays Bank PLC, a financial institution headquartered in London, has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to pay a $160 million penalty to resolve violations arising from Barclays’s submissions for the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and the Euro Interbank Offered ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 22, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and resident of Lubbock, Texas, was convicted by a federal jury today on an indictment charging one count of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction in connection with his purchase of chemicals and equipment necessary to make an improvised explosive device (IED) and his research of potential U.S. targets, including persons and infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: A federal court in Miami has permanently barred Kenia Marrero of Miami, and her company, Kenia Immigration Services, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order, to which Marrero consented without admitting the allegations against her, was signed by Judge José E. Martinez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Milford, Conn., man pleaded guilty today in Hartford to sexually abusing four minor girls while he was a volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps in South Africa, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney David B. Fein ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: Arthur S. Weiss was indicted by a grand jury for tax fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, bank loan fraud, money laundering and bankruptcy fraud, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The indictment was returned yesterday in the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the state of Georgia and its chief election official seeking relief to help ensure that military service members, their family members and U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in Georgia’s Aug. 21, 2012, federal primary runoff election and all future federal runoff elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Redmond, Ore., man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to help thousands steal internet service, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz of the District of Massachusetts ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Miami-area resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami for her role in a health care fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $63 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By Fed Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board announced on Wednesday that Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will host a town hall meeting with educators from across the country on August 7. The educators will join the Chairman in the Board Room of the Federal Reserve Board's main building in Washington, D.C., and will gather in ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank wrapped up her visit to Turkey today after co-chairing the second meeting of the U.S.-Turkey Framework for Strategic Economic and Commercial Cooperation (FSECC) with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk in Ankara yesterday. The Turkish delegation was led by Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan and Minister of the Economy Zafer Caglayan.
