News from February 2015
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: Annual recreational closures to protect pupping harbor seals at Point Reyes National Seashore go into effect on Sunday, March 1, 2015. The closures are in Drakes Estero and the westernmost point of Limantour Spit, and remain in effect through June 30, 2015. During this most sensitive time of year for the harbor seals, the National Park Service asks park visitors to help ensure a successful pupping season by avoiding disturbing seals.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Understanding the Cyber Threat and Implications for the 21st Century Economy."
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: “I applaud the President for rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline legislation. The American public understands that the environmental risks of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline-for our drinking water, land, and climate-far outweigh any perceived benefit of its construction. Congress has wasted enough...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House and Senate Republican leaders today sent a letter to President Obama regarding the administration’s proposed cuts to the Medicare Advantage program. The administration has repeatedly threatened the popular Medicare Advantage program, leading to higher costs and fewer choices for...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Understanding the Cyber Threat and Implications for the 21st Century Economy."
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s veto of S.1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 24, 2015 - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s veto of Keystone XL legislation today. The legislation was approved earlier this month with bipartisan support in both the U.S. House and Senate and was sent to the President earlier today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Understanding the Cyber Threat and Implications for the 21st Century Economy."
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the statement below on President Obama's veto of S.1, a bill to approve the Keystone tar sands pipeline.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today released a discussion draft of legislation to extend the critically important State Children’s Health Insurance...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: “I applaud the President for rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline legislation. The American public understands that the environmental risks of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline-for our drinking water, land, and climate-far outweigh any perceived benefit of its construction. Congress has wasted enough...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Understanding the Cyber Threat and Implications for the 21st Century Economy."
By DOL Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: Employer name and location: Bentley Laboratories LLC, which manufactures products for the beauty and pharmaceutical industries, is located in the Raritan Center at 111 Fieldcrest Avenue in Edison, New Jersey. Joulé Clinical & Scientific Staffing Solutions, a division of System One, provides staffing services to Bentley Laboratories and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved two pieces of bipartisan legislation as part of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing efforts to protect the public health and streamline government to better function in the 21st century.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that Prabhjit S. Purewal, M.D., a Manteca based oncologist, agreed to pay the United States $550,000 to settle allegations that he defrauded Medicare, Tricare and Medicaid by billing these public insurers for chemotherapy drugs the US Food and Drug Administration had not approved for use in the United States. Dr. Purewal has paid the United States $400,000 to date.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - MICHAEL LEON ADKINS, SR. pled guilty to theft of government funds in connection with a scheme to obtain housing benefits through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) between 2009 and 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Aaron Cephas, 33, of Wilmington, Del., Dashawn Broomer, 20, of Claymont, Del., and Andre Green, 20, of Claymont, Del., pled guilty yesterday to conspiring to distribute heroin in Wilmington, Del., announced Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Understanding the Cyber Threat and Implications for the 21st Century Economy."
By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held the first hearing of his chairmanship and breaking with tradition, first heard the concerns of farmers and ranchers on the implementation of the Farm Bill followed by the testimony of U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at today’s hearing entitled “The Agricultural Act of 2014 - Implementation after One Year and Farm ...
