News from May 2007
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - The Fiscal Year 2008 budget announced by House and Senate negotiators today has retained vital children’s health and tax relief provisions championed by Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) in the Senate. In March, Baucus won passage of a budget amendment authorizing the extension...
By USDA Newswire | May 16, 2007
News Release: Where is the best place to water raspberries-from above ground or below? That's a persistent question for berry growers throughout the Pacific Northwest.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley wants to make sure drug makers fully disclose data from their drug studies to the Food and Drug Administration, and he’s asking the drug-safety agency if it needs new power to collect such information and a major drug maker to account for how it handled requests from the FDA for information about anti-anemia drugs given to kidney and cancer patients.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2007
News Release: Yosemite National Park managers invite the public to participate in public scoping meetings for the Merced River Plan. Those attending will have the opportunity to interact with park managers and planners and to share their ideas and suggestions for the management of the river. The public meeting schedule is as follows.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2007
News Release: The National Park Service welcomes those interested to attend an Open House in Yosemite Valley on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm in the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center Auditorium.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2007
News Release: 468th Commemoration. Landing of De Soto Expedition. De Soto National Memorial Superintendent Scott Pardue invites the public to join the park in a day of activities on Saturday, May 26th to commemorate the 468th anniversary of the beginning of the Hernando de Soto expedition. This particular Entrada...
By State Newswire | May 16, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today congratulated Fidelity Investments for joining the growing movement to sever financial ties to the government of Sudan, and urged others to join in the effort to cut off support for such ties as long as the genocide continues in Darfur.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2007
News Release: Facility Manager Charles Masten has announced that area young people can share in a summer work opportunity offered through the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program, administered by Keweenaw National Historical Park, in Calumet, Michigan. Applications are being distributed to area high schools for students between the ages of 15 and 18 interested in applying for the popular YCC program. There are no income restrictions for this youth employment program.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2007
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented late today on new reports detailing illegal and unethical marketing practices surrounding the sale of some private health care coverage plans that are available to seniors through Medicare. Baucus legislation in the 109th Congress sought...
By US DOT Newswire | May 16, 2007
News Release: For Immediate Release May 16, 2007 Contacts... Peter Rafle 202-228-3102 (Boxer) peter_rafle@epw.senate.gov Marc Morano 202-224-5762 (Inhofe) marc_morano@epw.senate.gov Matt Dempsey 202-224-9797 (Inhofe) matthew_dempsey@epw.senate.gov Barrett Kaiser 406-657-6790 (Baucus) barrett_kaiser@baucus.senate.gov ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2007
News Release: “Washington DC, - Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel released the following statement after a bipartisan meeting of Committee Members this morning...
By US DOT Newswire | May 16, 2007
News Release: Contact... Marc Morano 202-224-5762 marc_morano@epw.senate.gov Matt Dempsey 202-224-9797 matthew_dempsey@epw.senate.gov OPENING STATEMENT BY SENATOR INHOFE Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Hearing on the State of Mercury Regulation, Science, and Technology Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley today introduced legislation that would require hedge funds to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2007
News Release: Carlsbad Caverns National Park superintendent John Benjamin announced today that although the visitor center rehabilitation project is not set to begin until mid-July, all park operations-ticket sales, bookstore, restaurant and gift shop-are moving into temporary trailers beginning Friday, May 18.
By DOE Newswire | May 15, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today said that while there is no “silver bullet" that will bring down rising gas prices, there are long term steps that can be taken to ease the pain.
By Homeland Newswire | May 15, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn, is asking The Government Accountability Office to verify that any decision by the Department of Homeland Security to move ahead with a planned $1 billion procurement of next generation nuclear radiation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 New Initiatives Focus Resources on Federal, State and Local Partnerships WASHINGTON Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today unveiled new Department of Justice efforts to assist federal, state and local ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON The Justice Department and the U.S. Navy have reached a settlement agreement with approximately 3,400 property owners in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, Va., regarding litigation relating to jet ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTONJessica Lynn Quintana, a former employee of a contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), has pleaded guilty to knowingly removing classified information from the national security research laboratory, Assistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth L. Wainstein announced today.
By Commerce News Now | May 15, 2007
News Release: I am pleased to welcome all of you to Washington and to the Trade Winds Conference. I understand this conference is a sell out. That’s an encouraging sign, and I thank you for your interest in advancing the U.S. trade agenda. I specifically would like to acknowledge our Commercial Service staff who have ...
