News from September 2014
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management's Billings Field Office is planning prescribed burning operations on BLM-managed land in Yellowstone County during the upcoming fall months.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Reports Show Enrollment Numbers Have Dropped in Absence of Administration’s Reports
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives approved, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act, with a bipartisan vote of 226-191. This package of legislation would expand U.S. energy production and reduce bureaucratic red-tape in order to lower energy prices, create and protect over a million good-paying American jobs, strengthen our economy, and improve our energy security.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss, “Suicide Prevention and Treatment: Helping Loved Ones in Mental Health Crisis."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Boston - A Quincy woman was sentenced yesterday for sending multiple bomb, anthrax and other death threats through the U.S. mail, e-mail and Twitter.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -Three leading Democratic senators praised the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) for resuming its case against Guatemala, which has failed to enforce its own labor laws for years in violation of commitments under the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders of the House and Senate Committees of jurisdiction today sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner regarding the ongoing challenges states are facing while implementing the health law’s changes to Medicaid.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released two reports on the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Secure Flight program, which assigns a risk category to passengers which determines if individuals should be prevented from flying or if they require additional...
By State Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the House of Representatives unanimous passage of H. Res. 707, which condemns all forms of anti-Semitism and rejects attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred or violent attacks.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Reports Show Enrollment Numbers Have Dropped in Absence of Administration’s Reports
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Three patient recruiters were sentenced to prison today for their participation in a $20 million health care fraud scheme involving defunct home health care company Trust Care Health Services Inc. (Trust Care).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Boise - Terry Dorton Anderson, 49, of Caldwell, Idaho, made his initial appearance today on charges of two counts of felony injury to government land, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. He was indicted on September 9, 2014, by a federal grand jury in Boise. Trial is set for Nov. 10, 2014, before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Boise.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Shantelle P. Kitchen, the Acting Internal Revenue Service Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office - Criminal Investigation (“IRS"), George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: The House Majority Leader today announced that the House is no longer scheduled to be in session tomorrow. However, the Health Subcommittee’s hearing scheduled for tomorrow, Sept. 19, 2014, entitled “21st Century Cures: Examining Ways to Combat Antibiotic Resistance and Foster New Drug Development" will proceed as scheduled. The hearing will be held at 9 AM in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 2, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), is a broad energy package that brings together American energy solutions previously approved by the House, including...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Point Reyes Station - The National Park Service (NPS) has released the Public Comment Analysis Report for the Ranch Comprehensive Management Plan/Environmental Assessment. The report presents analysis and summary of public comment, and includes more than 3,000 comment letters submitted during the 6 week...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders of the House and Senate Committees of jurisdiction today sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner regarding the ongoing challenges states are facing while implementing the health law’s changes to Medicaid.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of Environment and Public Works Committee, is releasing the Boxer Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform counterproposal reflecting important changes needed to Senator Vitter's draft bill to ensure that the bill strengthens current law and protects public health. She is also releasing a critique of the Vitter TCSA proposal.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today announced the second part of his investigation into the collusion between environmental activists, lawyers and lobbyists, and the billionaires and their supporting foundations who use large sums of money to influence environmental public policy through propaganda campaigns and close ties with federal agencies.
By State Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 11:30 a.m., Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing to question Secretary of State John Kerry about the President’s recently announced strategy on ISIS. The hearing is entitled “The ISIS Threat: Weighing the Obama Administration’s Response.".
