News published on Federal Newswire in June 2001

News from June 2001


The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a seven page proposed rule on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published an eight page proposed rule on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a five page notice on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a seven page proposed rule on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Grassley Comment on CBO Prescription Drug Proposal

News Release: The Congressional Budget Office today released cost estimates for several major approaches to adding a prescription drug benefit to Medicare. Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, favors concepts from the “Breaux-Frist II" approach, which would cost $176 billion over 10 years,...


Grassley Statement on the Vietnam Trade Agreement

News Release: President Bush has submitted the U.S.-Vietnam Trade Agreement to Congress. Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, earlier encouraged the President to send the agreement. Grassley made the following comment on today’s action.


Good Nutrition Could Help Prevent Bad Viruses

News Release: Once again, a relatively benign virus has mutated into a nasty pathogen in laboratory mice that were raised on a diet deficient in selenium, a potent antioxidant. This time the mutations occurred in a common influenza virus, a strain isolated in Bangkok in 1979.


Baucus: Prescription Drug Benefit Must Be Universal

News Release: Medicare was designed as a universal program and a prescription drug benefit must be universal as well. When Congress and the Administration began discussing options for adding a prescription drug benefit to Medicare again this year, it was critical that this plan provide protection for the nearly 19 million seniors and disabled who lack proper coverage or have none at all.


President signs Grassley-Baucus tax cut into law

News Release: WASHINGTON - President Bush today signed legislation into law that will provide substantial tax relief over the next decade to Americans across the income spectrum. The landmark measure provides the biggest tax cut in 20 years; it came from the Committee on Finance, led by Sen. Chuck Grassley, outgoing chairman, and Sen. Max Baucus, until this week the ranking Democrat.




The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.