News published on Federal Newswire in September 2007

News from September 2007


Inhofe Opening Statement: Hearing on "An Examination of the Potential Human Health, Water Quality, and Other Impacts of the Confined Animal Feeding Operation Industry"

News Release: Contact: Marc Morano 202-224-5762 marc_morano@epw.senate.gov Matt Dempsey 202-224-9797 matthew_dempsey@epw.senate.gov SENATOR INHOFE OPENING STATEMENT Hearing on "An Examination of the Potential Human Health, Water Quality, and Other Impacts of the Confined Animal Feeding Operation Industry." Thursday, ...


Centennial Initiative Proposals

News Release: The project to create new interpretive and educational materials at Pipestone National Monument is one of 201 proposals National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced at a press conference in Yosemite National Park today to celebrate the 91st anniversary of the NPS.


Congress Must Simplify Tax Code to Promote Fairness and Provide Relief to Working Families

News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Committee on Ways and Means today held a hearing on fair and equitable tax policy for America’s working families. The panel focused on the current structure of our tax code and the fairness and effectiveness of the Bush tax cuts, the alternative minimum tax (AMT) and the tax treatment of hedge funds and partners in private equity firms. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) issued the following opening statement...


News Release: Our two committees will come together again next Monday to hear from General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker. It would be refreshing if these two capable and dedicated men would outline a new plan that would redeploy our troops and bring them home from Iraq. But I expect instead that the September report...


News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Committee on Ways and Means today held a hearing on fair and equitable tax policy for America’s working families. The morning session focused on the current structure of our tax code and the fairness and effectiveness of the Bush tax cuts and the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). The panelists described the budgetary effects of large tax cuts and how such cuts necessitate either a cut in spending or an increase taxes in order to promote economic growth.


News Release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today announced that the Department of Homeland Security has awarded $42,370 in grant funding for the Andover Fire Department. The funding is provided through the “Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program," or FIRE...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A federal court in Kansas City, Mo., has permanently barred Marva Bilberry, of Belton, Mo., from preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. Judge Scott O. Wright of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri signed the civil permanent injunction, to which Bilberry agreed without admitting wrongdoing.


News Release: WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Commerce today released new travel data that shows international visitors spent more than $10 billion in the United States in June 2007, an all time high for the month of June, putting the U.S. on track for another record setting year.



The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a five page rule on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.