News from December 2007
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2007
News Release: Mr. President, this day is long overdue. Today the Senate finally considers the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act. I strongly support this bill, and I urge my colleagues to do the same. Over the past seven years, Congress has passed implementing bills for trade agreements with twelve countries. Of these twelve, seven - over half - are located in Latin America.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 3, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Monday released the following statement in reaction to news reports the Administration plans to eliminate several homeland security grant programs. “A leaked OMB document indicates the Administration is...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2007
News Release: Johnson City, Texas -- Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park invites everyone to experience "Timeless Christmas at the LBJ Boyhood Home and the Johnson Settlement" on December 8, 2007. National park rangers will provide an open house of these historic sites, all decked out for a Christmas celebration in the 1920s and the 1860s from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2007
News Release: The National Park Service announces the temporary closure of the Overton Beach Launch Ramp during the month of December 2007. The temporary closure is necessary to complete the rehabilitation work on the ramp. It is important that the work begin now before the water comes up in January (based on Bureau of Reclamation projections).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2007
News Release: DEC 3 --Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Kenneth Cortez Minor, age 46, of Washington, D.C. today to 14 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to the food safety agreement reached with China. "I commend Secretary Leavitt for this achievement. These agreements are worthwhile initiatives...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 1, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement outlining the energy bill that will be considered in the House of Representatives next week, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement:
