News from May 2007
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2007
News Release: Over the last six years, the budget resolution provided the necessary resources to allow the Finance Committee, usually in a bipartisan manner, to realistically address the demands of tax, trade, health, and welfare policy. I’m disappointed to say this year is different.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded Senate approval of a final Fiscal Year 2008 budget including $50 billion for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and a host of tax relief for America’s working families. Baucus, whose committee oversees the CHIP...
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2007
News Release: Dear Mr. Sant: I am writing to you regarding Smithsonian Business Ventures (SBV), the entity that isresponsible for managing commercial activities at the Smithsonian, including the gift shops, foodvendors and the Smithsonian magazine. My office has received a significant number of phone callsand letters...
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - A new report revealing financial and security gaps in Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) process for cargo prompted comment today from Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Republican Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). At the Senators’ request, the Government Accountability...
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., issued the following statement Thursday on funding for the Department of Homeland Security contained in the Fiscal Year 2008 budget resolution approved by Congress Thursday: “Congressional passage of the...
By State Newswire | May 17, 2007
News Release: There are few areas where historical memory and historical amnesia are as often encountered as in the field of Russian studies. I would like to spend a moment on historical memory.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2007
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, has been conducting oversight of the Smithsonian Institution as part of his broad review of tax-exempt groups, their accountability for their tax status, and the public service they perform. Inspector general and Washington Post reports...
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) and Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) led a bipartisan group of 42 lawmakers in filing a petition for action against China’s unfair currency manipulation today. The petition, filed under section...
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2007
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the comment below regarding the proposed compromise onimmigration reform that was announced today. Sen. Grassley is Ranking Member of theCommittee on Finance and a senior member of the Judiciary Committee.Sen. Grassley’s Comment...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A former U.S. Virgin Islands fireman and an Atlanta businessman were sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands for their role in an elaborate bribery and ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A lobbyist from Anchorage, Alaska, has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to obtain bribe payments for a former elected member of the Alaska House of Representatives, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.
By Commerce News Now | May 16, 2007
News Release: Commerce Deputy Secretary Celebrates National Tourism Week by Announcing $1.2 Trillion in Tourism-Related Sales in 2006 WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson today celebrated National Tourism Week by announcing that tourism-related sales totaled a record $1.2 trillion in 2006. In ...
By DOT News Wire | May 16, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 16, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 16, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 16, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 16, 2007
The US Transportation Department published an eight page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 16, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 16, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | May 16, 2007
The US State Department published a one page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
