News published on Federal Newswire in October 2005

News from October 2005


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici joined his Budget Committee colleagues in approving a deficit reduction package that will draw down government spending by $39 billion over the next five years, in part by allowing energy exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.


***PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY*** KENNEDY OFFERS AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS AVIAN FLU Senator Kennedy Continues Push for National Preparedness Plan and Appropriate Funding for Safety Measures

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- TODAY, Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Senator Tom Harkin will offer an amendment to the Department of Labor and Health and Human Services appropriations bill to help ensure that the United States is prepared for a pandemic flu outbreak. Senator Kennedy joined Senator Harkin to attach an...


Chairman Reviews Mississippi River Transportation

News Release: House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Bob Goodlatte today chaired a hearing to examine the impact that transportation on the Mississippi River is having on agricultural markets. The Mississippi River is a vital part of the U.S. agricultural infrastructure. Roughly 1 billion bushels of grain, or 60...


ARS Awards Scientist for Wheat Gene Proposal

News Release: Proposed research to decipher a gene leading to humankind's domestication of wheat has won the Agricultural Research Service's T.W. Edminster Research Associate Award for 2006.


NIST Urges Implementation of Recommendations from World Trade Center Investigation Final Towers Report Released Today at Congressional Hearing

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- William Jeffrey, director of the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), today called on the organizations that develop building and fire safety codes, standards and practices- and the state and local agencies that adopt them-to give immediate...


KENNEDY, COLLEAGUES URGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO REBUILD THE GULF COAST IN A WAY THAT IS FAIR TO WORKERS JOINED VICTIMS OF KATRINA WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING – INCLUDING THEIR FAIR WAGES, JOBS, BENEFITS

News Release: Washington, DC: Today Senators Kennedy, Schumer, Dorgan, and Harkin joined working men and women impacted by Hurricane Katrina to discuss how the Administration’s policies have hurt those who have already lost everything. They heard firsthand from Diana Hill and Trina Daniels who were living in the lower...


KENNEDY RESPONDS TO NEW MEMO ON WAL-MART’S DESPICABLE TACTICS

News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy released the following statement on the newly released Wal-Mart internal memo...


SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY STATEMENT ON HOUSE RECONCILIATION BILL IN COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE

News Release: “Over the last four years, the rich have gotten richer, while four million more Americans fell into poverty. Families are facing a 60% increase in energy costs to heat their homes this winter, the nation is running a record deficit, we are facing billions of dollars in costs to fulfill our commitment...


KENNEDY FLOOR REMARKS ON AVIAN FLU AMENDMENT (As prepared for delivery)

News Release: It’s a privilege to join Senator Harkin, Senator Reid, and other Democratic colleagues on this needed proposal to improve the nation’s preparedness to deal with the danger of avian flu.


MEDIA ADVISORY

News Release: Who: Full Committee When: Thursday, November 3 at 2:30 p.m. Where: SD-366 Why: To consider the nominations of Jeffrey D. Jarrett to be Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, DOE; and Edward F. Sproat, III to be Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, DOE.


News Release: A specially designed field chamber has proved to be a good tool when used together with a computer model to evaluate how effectively riparian buffers filter out pollutants before they can reach streams or other bodies of water.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.-Randolph Hobson Guthrie III was arraigned in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Mississippi on charges resulting from the first joint United States-China intellectual property ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Promoters Allegedly Targeted Western Dairy Farms WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal court in Boise, Idaho has permanently barred Michael Lee Yohe and two companies, Ag-Mart Services, Inc. and Mancat, Inc., from ...