News from December 2005
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2005
News Release: HONG KONG -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, theSenate committee with legislative and oversight jurisdiction over international trade, today madethe following statement on the status of progress at the World Trade Organization Ministerial. Along time outspoken advocate for American agriculture and free trade, Grassley farms corn and soybeans with his son in Butler County, Iowa.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2005
News Release: House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Bob Goodlatte issued the following statement today regarding the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial talks underway in Hong Kong...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2005
News Release: As Congress meets for a final session before we adjourn for the holidays, we should be focused on the true meaning of Christmas and the special thoughts that Americans of many faiths have at this time of year regarding their families, their friends and neighbors, and the rest of humanity.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2005
News Release: HONG KONG -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate committee with legislative and oversight jurisdiction over international trade, today made the following statement on South Korean farmers’ protest of the World Trade Organization Ministerial. A longtime outspoken advocate for American agriculture and free trade, Grassley farms corn and soybeans with his son in Butler County, Iowa.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2005
News Release: (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced legislation to provide immediate additional assistance to American families facing skyrocketing home heating costs this winter. The Household Energy and Taxpayer Assistance Act of 2005,...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2005
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) met with President Bush at the White House today to discuss the findings of the National Academies October report, “Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future." The senators are preparing legislation to implement the recommendations and expect to introduce it early next year.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2005
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-- The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led by Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman, today held a hearing titled, “Hurricane Katrina: Who’s In Charge of the New Orleans Levees?" Today’s hearing was the ninth as part of the committee’s investigation...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2005
News Release: Who: Senators Pete V. Domenici, R-NM, Jeff Bingaman, D-NM, Lamar Alexander, R-TN, Barbara Mikulski, D-MD
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. A Texas highway construction firm has agreed to pay the United States $3 million to resolve claims that it knowingly violated the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) contracting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV EOIR (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. Andrew Anhh Nguyen, a Walnut, California resident, was charged by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, California with conspiring to import plant specimens protected under the Convention ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Cleveland Twins Allegedly Help Customers Evade Taxes WASHINGTON, D.C. The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a civil injunction suit in federal court in Cleveland to stop Ohio twin ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 "The USA PATRIOT Act is an essential part of our Nation's efforts in the war against terrorism, and I commend the House of Representatives for deciding to renew these critical sections. Our number-one ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Justice Department announced today that United States District Judge Sean J. McLaughlin of the Western District of Pennsylvania found that the City of Erie, Pennsylvania, violated ...
By Commerce News Now | Dec 14, 2005
News Release: In this holiday season, the good news is that thanks to hard-working Americans and the President’s pro-growth, pro-jobs policies, our economy is robust, business is booming and U.S. productivity is growing at the fastest rate in nearly 40 years.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 14, 2005
News Release: I commend the U.S. Senate for passing the Bahrain free trade agreement. Passage of the Bahrain free trade agreement sends a strong signal that the U.S. continues to work hard to open new markets for American exporters.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 14, 2005
News Release: In this holiday season, the good news is that thanks to hard-working Americans and the President’s pro-growth, pro-jobs policies, our economy is robust, business is booming and U.S. productivity is growing at the fastest rate in nearly 40 years.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 14, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 14, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 14, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 14, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
