News from September 2012
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore announces that the next wild horse watching tour is scheduled for Sept. 15, 2012. Horse Sense and Survival trips are walking tours following the wild Banker horses of Shackleford Banks.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Why is the weather forecast so often wrong - come find out! Join Meteorologist Dr. Glenn Van Knowe, in the "Backyard Club" program on Saturday, Sept. 15, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am and from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm at the Fort Stanwix National Monument's Willett Center.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) sent a letter to the Commissioner of Social Security, transmitting the legal opinion issued this week by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the agency’s decision to end two programs designed to help disability beneficiaries...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - In anticipation of tomorrow’s anniversary of the signing of the historic, bipartisan 1996 Welfare Reform law, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today released a report detailing the Obama Administration’s efforts to undermine work requirements in multiple government...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
Release: By Shubhi Misra, FAS Agricultural Specialist, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join a National Park Service ranger at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore for a tour of five historic homes from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair on Saturday, October 20 between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm. Each tour will last one hour and fifteen minutes and includes an inside look...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - The nationwide search for a "Jane Doe" suspected child pornographer, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), ended Tuesday with the arrest of two Salem, Ore., residents on federal child exploitation charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), issued the following statement regarding the taxation of medals and awards earned by U.S. Olympians.
By State Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Kerry made the following comments today after Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced upcoming peace negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee today said a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) analysis confirms the Obama Administration circumvented Congress to waive bipartisan welfare work requirements.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: SHANKSVILLE, Pa. - Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta will tour the Flight 93 National Memorial on Monday, September 10. Secretary Panetta will travel to Shanksville, PA from Washington, D.C.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA), and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA), called on Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro to produce a detailed accounting...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement after the nation’s debt hit $16 trillion...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -National Park Service and US Forest Service Firefighters are working to secure the perimeter of the Avalanche Wildland Fire, located on Mount Brown, near Avalanche Lake on the west side of Glacier National Park. The Avalanche Lake Trail remains closed until further notice.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: POINT MARION, Pa. - Visitors to FestiFall 2012 will be able to tour a new exhibit on loan from the Library of Geneva Switzerland. FestiFall 2012 runs Saturday, Sept. 22, and Sunday, Sept. 23, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Friendship Hill National Historic Site. In addition to viewing "Albert...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced that Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, following the release of his report of the investigation into reckless conduct in Operation Fast and Furious, will testify before the Full...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement as Russia becomes a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In July, Camp, along with Ways and Means trade leaders, introduced legislation granting Russia permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) to ensure that U.S. employers, workers, farmers and ranchers benefit from Russia’s membership in the WTO. The Committee, on a voice vote, approved the measure on July 26.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park joins public lands across the nation in celebration of National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. As the nation's largest single day volunteer event for public lands, National Public Lands Day educates Americans about the environment and natural resources, and the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: McALLEN, TX - Six more people have landed in federal prison for their roles in a large scale drug trafficking organization operating out of Starr County, Texas, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: FRESNO, CA - Tony Lieng, aka Ung A. Lieng, 38, of Clovis, California was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison for a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders in order to buy houses in Fresno and Mendocino Counties, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. The houses were converted into hazardous indoor marijuana cultivation operations.
