News from February 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Hearing Wrap-up: February 2 Oversight Hearing on “The Need for the Establishment of a Puerto Rico Financial Stability and Economic Growth Authority".
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: On Feb. 14, 2016, at 1 p.m. learn about the history of making and giving Valentines with a program presented by Marcia Rowley.This program takes place at Homestead National Monument of America's Education Center.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement regarding today's House vote to override President Obama’s veto of the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 (H.R. 3762) ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominations for the Mushroom Council (Council). Applications for three open seats are due May 2, 2016. Selected representatives will serve three-year terms of office. The nine-member Council includes eight U.S. producers and an importer.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Dear Commissioner Koskinen: The Earned Income Tax Credit is one of the best anti-poverty programs in the country. By providing a refundable tax credit for low- and moderate-income working people, the Earned Income Tax Credit lifts millions out of poverty and incentivizes individuals to work. President...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Besse Forest Products Inc., operating as Goodman Veneer & Lumber
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent two supplemental memos to Democratic Committee Members in preparation for a hearing he requested on skyrocketing prescription drug prices this Thursday.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, “Frontline Response to Terrorism in America." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3662, Iran Terror Finance Transparency Act...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas - Due to scheduling issues, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southern Nevada District Office and Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) have selected new locations for meetings next week seeking input regarding issues related to wildlife management activities in wilderness and wilderness study areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Mahmoud Abdel-Ghani Mohammad Assaf (47, Amman, Jordan)to 33 months in federal prison for conspiring to export firearms and attempting to export firearms without a license, in violation of federal export control and firearms laws. The Court also ordered Assaf to forfeit the firearms and vehicles that had been involved in the offenses. He pleaded guilty on March 24, 2015.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Change doesn’t happen on its own. It’s led by dedicated and passionate people who are championing innovative solutions to Alaska’s energy challenges. Alaska Energy Champions is a regular feature spotlighting pioneers of Alaska’s new energy frontier.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: The nefarious Major Uncertainty has kidnapped Monsieur Kilogram, putting the world's measurements of mass in jeopardy. As the world spirals into "Mass Hysteria, " the remaining SI Superheroes, champions of the metric system, leap into action to save the day, and hopefully Monsieur Kilogram as well.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, praised President Obama’s proposal of over $1 billion in new funding to address prescription opioid and heroin abuse.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke in support of hydropower as the Senate resumed consideration of her broad, bipartisan energy bill. Murkowski highlighted the bill’s provisions and amendments offered by her Senate colleagues to advance the use of hydropower - a clean, renewable baseload energy resource - in her home state of Alaska and across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Two Texas men and a woman from Florida have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in North Texas for approximately two years, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Central California Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will convene for a meeting on March 18, at the BLM California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way in Sacramento.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation Inc., Canyon, Texas
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has released its study of the Truckee Basin in California and Nevada, projecting that climate change may impact water supplies in the 21st century. Now available online, this study provides water managers with information to better understand the basin’s water supply and demand from now until 2099, and also identifies potential options to help them meet future demands.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: “Before President Obama took office, that month, this country lost between seven and eight hundred thousand jobs a month. That’s because of the failed policies of the previous Administration. What’s happened since? Over 14 million jobs have been created. Seventy straight months of growth. The unemployment rate has been essentially cut in half. And the annual deficit has gone down substantially. And over 18 million people have been insured through the ACA.
