News from April 2006
By Commerce News Now | Apr 27, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 27, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 27, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 27, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a five page rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 27, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 27, 2006
The US Agriculture Department published a four page proposed rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 27, 2006
The US Energy Department published a three page rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 27, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Apr 27, 2006
The US State Department published a five page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2006
News Release: Today House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Bob Goodlatte chaired a hearing to review the role of futures markets in determining gasoline prices. Witnesses Walter Lukken, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner, and James Newsome, President and CEO of the New York Mercantile Exchange, testified...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2006
News Release: Who: Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN)
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2006
News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., delivered the following statement Thursday as he and Committee Chairman Susan Collins, R-Me., released proposed findings and recommendations from their seven month Hurricane Katrina investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) have introduced legislation to reduce confusion in the Medicare drug benefit by establishing six defined types of drug plan offerings. This move is meant to address problems that...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2006
News Release: Scientists funded by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) reported this month that consuming a "high glycemic-index" diet over a long period of time is associated with a higher risk of developing the early stages of a major eye disease--age-related macular degeneration, or AMD.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2006
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park’s 2006 campground opening/closing dates and nightly fee schedule was released today. Visitors are reminded that respective campgrounds open at 8 a.m. and close/change status at 12 noon on dates listed. Consult the chart below for the nightly fee for each campground. Several campgrounds will be open additional dates in primitive (no potable water) or winter status, and Fish Creek and St. Mary offer advance reservations; see notes.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today applauded the U.S. and Canadian governments for reaching a landmark accord that will end the long-running U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2006
News Release: On March 8, 2006, Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, wrote to the Catholic Health Association and the American Hospital Association to gather information about hospitals’ charitable care. Grassley is reviewing hospitals’ charitable care and charges to the uninsured as part of his comprehensive review of non-profit organizations and their tax-exempt status. He made the following comment on the Catholic Health Association’s response to his March.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Energy Chairman Pete Domenici today announced that he has cosponsored the Gas Price Relief and Rebate Act of 2006, filed last night as an amendment to H.R. 4939, the Supplemental Appropriations bill. This bill helps to ease the burden on consumers from high oil and gas prices, continues to develop and diversify our domestic fuel supply, and reduces our dependence on foreign oil.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2006
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) issued the following statement after the announcement that US and Canadian officials had reached an agreement on softwood lumber trade.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - An amendment proposed by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR, would allow oil companies to keep more of their profits than the current law, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici said today.