News published on Federal Newswire in May 2006

News from May 2006


News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee today approved by nearly unanimous voice vote the nomination of Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne to be Secretary of the Interior with only Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-LA, voting “present."


Grassley: China Report Shows Need for Better Way to Enforce Trade Partners’ Currency Manipulation

News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on the U.S. Treasury Department's report that declined to brand China a manipulator of its currency.


Baucus Statement at Finance Hearing on Child Welfare

News Release: The Psalmist called on God “to defend the fatherless and the oppressed." Today, that job often falls to the child welfare system.


News Release: New, integrated approaches to battling annual broadleaf weeds may enlist beneficial soil microbes that "hit" the pesky plants where it hurts-their seed banks.


News Release: Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, today released the following statement in reaction to a proposal by Representatives Tom Davis and Bill Shuster to move the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) out of the Department of Homeland Security.


Increase in Visitation for April 2006

News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - Park Superintendent Lee Baiza announced the visitation for April was up by 4% over last year with 48,594 visits compared to last year’s 46,701. The year-to-date total is 137,844 which is up by 1.6% from last year.


Lieberman Seeks Probe Into HUD Secretary's Cancellation of Contract to Man Who Disliked Bush

News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Tuesday asked the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to investigate the Secretary’s apparent decision to rescind a HUD contract to a man who said he disliked President Bush.



Administrator of Maine Pension Plans Ordered to Pay Over $125,000 to Resolve U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit

News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a five page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.