News from August 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, applauded the House Veterans Affairs Committee’s passage of legislation he introduced with five other Ranking Members earlier this year to help protect servicemembers, surviving spouses, and veterans with disabilities from improper home foreclosure actions.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 1582, the Energy Consumers Relief Act, by a vote 232 to 181. The legislation, authored by Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), will put greater interagency checks and balances on the EPA and prevent costly regulations that threaten to destroy...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: Superintendent Randy King announced today that applications can now be requested for the Commercial Use Authorization program for 2014 and 2015 and the Commercial Non-Profit Special Use Permits program for 2014. New this year, the CUA application packet is available for download from the park website. Please see links below.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today held a hearing with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to secure answers regarding the status of the health care law’s implementation. Committee members relayed the many concerns they have heard...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara today sentenced Steven Scott Schriebman (24, Palm Harbor) to 6 years in federal prison for the unlawful possession and transfer of machineguns and destructive devices. Schriebman pleaded guilty on January 4, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: Assets of Defendants convicted in U.S. v. Bradley also used to satisfy $39.5 million forfeiture order and approximately $15 million in fines.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) welcomed President Obama’s Executive Order to help improve the safety and security of our nation’s chemical facilities. In June, Chairman Carper sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, at a special panel discussion with the Republican Study Committee, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (CA-49) took the President to task over his “phony scandal" rhetoric, saying...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service will celebrate lighthouses at Cape Hatteras National Seashore with special programs on Wed., Aug. 7, 2013. Lighthouse Day has, historically, been proclaimed as a day of national observance on Aug 7. The Lighthouse Act of Aug. 7, 1789 established the Federal Government's role in the construction, maintenance, and repair of these unique structures.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), today commended the panel’s thoughtful, comprehensive review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and said that bipartisan collaboration on potential reforms will continue in earnest during the upcoming August district work period. Upton and Waxman issued the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), today commended the panel’s thoughtful, comprehensive review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and said that bipartisan collaboration on potential reforms will continue in earnest during the upcoming August district work period. Upton and Waxman issued the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: Please join Capitol Reef National Park on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 for special events to celebrate the release of a new children's book Why the Moon Paints Her Face Black. The book was created as a result of a partnership between the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, linguistics student Chloe Brent, Capitol Reef Natural History Association, Capitol Reef National Park and the National Park Service Colorado Ecosystems Study Unit (CESU).
