News from August 2007
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today introduced legislation that will provide Indian Tribes with the same direct access to federal funding for foster care and adoption services that states currently receive. The Tribal Foster Care and Adoption Access Act of 2007...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to thepassage of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following a last minute meeting with former Representative Jim Nussle in his Senate office today, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, voted to confirm the OMB nominee at a Senate Budget Committee meeting today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: Temporary repairs are now in place that allows for vehicle access to the Cascade Pass parking area. Flooding last November necessitated the closure of the Cascade River Road three miles from its end. The road through the repairs remains rough and narrow. Please drive slowly and with caution.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: The U.S. Senate has approved an ethics and lobbying reform bill, of which Senator Collins voted in favor. Last year, Senator Collins, joined by Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) authored the original ethics and lobbying reform bill that overwhelming passed the Senate, but did not ultimately become law.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Republican Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today introduced legislation to ensure greater access to pharmacies for Medicare beneficiaries and to strengthen Medicare drug benefit policies for America’s pharmacists. The...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.--Tonight, Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Pete Domenici announced abreakthrough in Mental Health Parity negotiations. The new agreement will protect all statelaws and provide equity in mental health treatment to 113 million Americans.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Citing the tragedy of the Minnesota bridge collapse, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today called for immediate passage of a bill sponsored by Senators Coleman and Klobuchar to authorize additional funds for emergency ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: Great Basin National Park will host two night sky programs, Saturday, August 11 and Sunday August 12. Both programs will be held at the Great Basin Visitor Center on Highway 487 in Baker, Nevada. These programs are free and open to the public.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks in response to the global warming proposal announced today by Senators Joseph Lieberman (ID-Conn.), and John Warner (R-Va.), the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on a report from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department, “Reducing the Federal Tax Gap.".
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: Charles Rutkowski, Assistant Director of the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), will present an overview of CTAA’s assistance program on Tuesday, August 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the Tri-Valley Community Center in Healy. All interested members of the public are invited to attend and express their interests and concerns about local transit options.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - By a vote of 68-31, the full Senate has approved a bipartisan plan to renew and improve the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) this year. CHIP provides health coverage to low-income, uninsured American children whose parents do not qualify for Medicaid, but cannot afford private health insurance. U.S. Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.),.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 1, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today reiterated his belief that developing new energy technology is key to our nation's environmental, economic, and energy security policies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON U.K.-based British Airways Plc and South Korean-based Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. have each agreed to plead guilty and pay separate $300 million criminal fines for their roles in conspiracies ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 1, 2007
News Release: Chairman Inouye, Vice Chairman Stevens, distinguished Members....it is my pleasure to come before you today to talk about the Department of Commerce, an agency which I have proudly led for more than two-and-a-half years.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 1, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab announced today the 18th U.S.–China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) will be held the week of December 10 in Beijing, China. The JCCT, a high-level government-to-government dialogue, identifies and works to resolve bilateral trade issues to expand trade opportunities. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns will also participate in the JCCT.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 1, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
