News from September 2012
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: Park Entrance Fees Waived for the Day.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline today issued the following statements on a National Labor Relations Board Inspector General report alleging NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon committed ethical...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding the passage of H.R. 6213, the No More Solyndras Act, which will effectively phase out Department of Energy’s flawed loan guarantee program...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: “Severely disabled American workers have earned the right to receive disability benefits, and they rely on them. One hundred and sixty million Americans contribute to Social Security, earning protection for themselves and their families when they retire, or if they should die or become severely disabled.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Prosecutors today announce that a Randolph County resident was sentenced on a one-count indictment, charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: DETROIT - An indictment was unsealed today charging Dr. Mikhayl Soliman, 59, of Plymouth, Michigan with Medicare fraud and distribution of prescription drugs, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This fall, the White House will be opening its gardens and grounds to visitors on four occasions: Saturday, October 13th from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Sunday, October 14th from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Friday, October 19th from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Saturday, October 20th from 9:00 AM to 4:00...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced today the issuance of an Immediate Suspension (ISO) at Walgreens Distribution Center located at 15998 Walgreens Drive, Jupiter, (“Walgreens Jupiter"). An ISO is served pursuant to Section...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: NEWBURY PARK, Calif. -- The National Park Service will host an exhibit opening for Native American gourd mask artist Bernie Granados, Jr. on Sunday, October 7 at Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center. A talented Apache-Zacatec artist, Garanados produces visually stunning acrylic art and intricately painted gourd masks.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: On the energy front, I continue to advocate concrete measures towards achieving North American energy independence. This includes approving Keystone XL, increasing conventional and renewable energy production from federal lands, and eliminating unnecessary EPA red tape on coal and other fossil fuels. These and other pro-energy measures are part of the all-of-the-above agenda that has been championed by my Committee and the full House.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: Bicycles must remain on the trail and may not be used beyond the end of the old tower road.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is traveling to North Dakota on Monday for a two-day tour of oil and natural gas development in that state’s Bakken region with Sen. John Hoeven, her colleague on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: On the energy front, I continue to advocate concrete measures towards achieving North American energy independence. This includes approving Keystone XL, increasing conventional and renewable energy production from federal lands, and eliminating unnecessary EPA red tape on coal and other fossil fuels. These and other pro-energy measures are part of the all-of-the-above agenda that has been championed by my Committee and the full House.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today took a stand for taxpayers and America’s energy future and passed H.R. 6213, the “No More Solyndras Act." The House approved the legislation with bipartisan support by a vote of 245 to 161.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today issued the following statements on a National Labor Relations Board Inspector General report alleging NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon committed ethical ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: On the energy front, I continue to advocate concrete measures towards achieving North American energy independence. This includes approving Keystone XL, increasing conventional and renewable energy production from federal lands, and eliminating unnecessary EPA red tape on coal and other fossil fuels. These and other pro-energy measures are part of the all-of-the-above agenda that has been championed by my Committee and the full House.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Wilfred Houston Blair, 37, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and formerly of Richmond, Virginia, was sentenced today to 276 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride and 1 kilogram of heroin.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today took a stand for taxpayers and America’s energy future and passed H.R. 6213, the “No More Solyndras Act." The House approved the legislation with bipartisan support by a vote of 245 to 161.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: PHOENIX - On Sept. 13, 2012, following a five-day trial in federal district court, a jury found Francisco Alfredo Montes-Vargas, 39, of Culiacan, Mexico, guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2012
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: The National Park Service has released the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the "Shoreline Restoration and Management Plan" for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and is seeking public comment.
