News published on Federal Newswire in November 2007

News from November 2007


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a seven page rule on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide details on steps it is taking to implement the recommendations that the Government Accountability...


Bush Administration Created the AMT Monster –  They should Help Congress Kill it

News Release: WASHINGTON - Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3996, a responsible tax relief package to spare more than 23 million families from a tax increase this year under the alternative minimum tax (AMT).


Baucus Calls On Japan To Lift Beef Restrictions

News Release: Dear Mr. President: I am writing to encourage you to work with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to strengthen U.S-Japan economic ties and expand our historic partnership. U.S-Japan relations are an important anchor for American leadership in Asia, a region that promises our greatest challenges and opportunities...


IG Reform Legislation Receives Committee Approval

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs today gave unanimous approval to bipartisan legislation that would significantly strengthen the Inspector General (IG) system. The bill is now headed to the Senate floor for a vote, which senators are hopeful will occur...


Wildland Fires Continue to Expand in Yosemite National Park

News Release: Two fires are continuing to expand in Yosemite National Park. The Devil Wildland Fire Use (WFU) fire, within the wilderness boundary, continues to be managed for resource benefit. It is located north of Yosemite Valley along Cascade Creek. In the southern end of the Park, the Jack Fire continues to burn...


Opening Remarks of Chairman Lantos at hearing, The Merida Initiative: Assessing Plans to Step Up our Security Cooperation with Mexico and Central America

News Release: At a time when more than 90 per cent of the cocaine arriving in the United States is coming through the Mexico-Central American corridor, it is essential that we ratchet-up our cooperation with our friends to the south to put an end to this deadly flow. The appalling violence associated with the drug trade-and with the vicious criminal gangs that run it-cries out for vigorous joint action by the governments of the region.


KENNEDY ON HEAD START AND THE IMPROVING HEAD START FOR SCHOOL READINESS ACT

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy made the following


News Release: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs today gave unanimous approval of bipartisan legislation that would significantly strengthen the Inspector General (IG) system. The bill is now headed to the Senate floor for a vote, which senators are hopeful will occur by the end of...


SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE APPROVES COLLINS-LIEBERMAN BOMBING PREVENTION LEGISLATION

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-The Senate Homeland Security Committee has overwhelmingly approved legislation authored by the Committee’s Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME) and Chairman Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) that will that will help make our nation better prepared for the threat of Improvised Explosive Device (IED)...


Sen. Grassley comments on new black box warning for heart attacks on widely used diabetes drug

News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the comment below about the decision announced today by the Food and Drug Administration to add a new warning to the existing black box on the diabetes drug Avandia. The new warning concerns the drug’s risk for heart attacks. The FDA first applied a black box to Avandia in...


Baucus Comments On Avandia “Black Box” Warning From FDA

News Release: Washington, DC -U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.).


Coleman, Levin Investigate Medicaid Doctors Owing Over $1 Billion In Back Taxes

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Continuing their efforts to root out waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars, Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), and Subcommittee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) will be holding a hearing today at 3:30 p.m est entitled,...