News from October 2005
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2005
News Release: Students are making real progress in reading and math in the nation’s classrooms. The hard work of school reform is beginning to pay off and the nation will be the real winner in the years ahead.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2005
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, is continuing his efforts to get the federal government to take action to ensure that taxpayer-supported hospitals, community health centers and clinics for AIDS victims do not pay more than theyshould for prescription medicines.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2005
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Tomorrow, Senator Edward M. Kennedy will speak before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on protecting the employment rights of our National Guard Members returning from Iraq. Senator Kennedy, after having met several times with Massachusetts members of the...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2005
News Release: Washington, DC: Today at 4:30 pm the Senate will vote on two proposals on minimum wage: Senator Kennedy’s amendment and the Republican plan that contains anti-worker poison pills. Last night, to ensure bipartisan support, Kennedy changed the amount of the increase to match the amount of the Republican...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2005
News Release: Monitoring beetle attacks on purple loosestrife could become easier to do now that Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have discovered the beneficial insects' chemical attractant, or pheromone.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2005
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Today, U.S. Senator Max Baucus, ranking member of the SenateFinance Committee, once again asked for unanimous consent urging passage of S. 1716, theEmergency Health Care Relief Act. The health package would provide immediate health carecoverage to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Baucus drafted the legislation with ChairmanGrassley of the Senate Finance Committee.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 19, 2005
News Release: Washington, D. C. - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Commmittee today approved legislative language instructing the Secretary of the Interior to create and implement an environmentally-sensitive oil and gas leasing program in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that impacts no more than 2,000 surface acres.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2005
News Release: Dear Administrator Duke: The Senate Committee on Finance (Committee) has jurisdiction over the Medicare andMedicaid programs, and, accordingly, a responsibility to the more than 80 million Americanswho receive health care coverage, including organ transplants, under those programs. Thiscoverage includes...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The former Director of the American Samoa Department of Education has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, and the former Director of the American Samoa Department of Health ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 18, 2005
News Release: Today, I want to talk about the value of intellectual property. Intellectual property has led innovation throughout the world, and is an issue at the very heart of the global economy.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 18, 2005
News Release: Let me begin by saying that our thoughts and prayers are with all those in the region who have suffered through the recent natural disasters.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 18, 2005
The US Energy Department published a four page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Oct 18, 2005
The US Federal Reserve System published a three page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Oct 18, 2005
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 18, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 18, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 18, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 18, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 18, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 18, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
