News from May 2009
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: I’ll begin by thanking the chairman for his leadership in scheduling today’s hearing on the U.S.- Panama Trade Promotion Agreement. I also thank our witnesses for being here, and in particular, I want to extend a special welcome to Mr. Sam Carney, a pork producer from Adair, Iowa, and the president-elect of the National Pork Producers Council.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Washington D.C. - Last night Ways & Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Sam Johnson (R-TX), along with Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) reintroduced the New Employee Verification Act, H.R. 2028 (NEVA). This worksite enforcement bill would create the nation’s first mandatory employment verification system for all U.S. employers.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Washington D.C. - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today announced the promotion of Dave Olander to Chief Tax Counsel and the addition of George Callas and Jill Schmalz to the Republican tax and health staff respectively.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement today as the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement...
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ways & Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI), a founding member of the Savings Solutions Group, encourages quick passage of the Savings Recovery Act, introduced today on Capitol Hill as a result of that group’s efforts to help Americans rebuild their retirement, college, and personal savings.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today, in a letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Lynne Osmus, requested documents to shed light on the decision to use $800,000 in Federal Stimulus funds to repave a secondary runway in the sparsely used airport.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation issued an analysis showing that close to 50% of all Americans will pay no income taxes under President Obama’s proposed tax policies...
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor released its monthly employment report showing that the nation’s unemployment rate jumped to 8.9 percent in April, which economists expect will rise to 10 percent next year and remain high through 2011. In reaction to the data, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - After a six-month project to install new water lines, the Elk Mountain Campground at Wind Cave National Park is reopening Friday, May 22.
By DOL Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Rep. Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA), the senior Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today joined House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) in introducing the Preserving DC Student Scholarships Act. Boehner, ...
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: There may be a new way to spice up your weight loss routine, according to results from a new animal model study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded scientists and colleagues.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS), National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) this week sent a letter (attached) to U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental...
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) in a hearing today pressed witnesses on matters related to the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (PNTPA), including the political and economic importance of such an agreement for both countries. Baucus said that good progress...
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- In a newly awarded project, researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are partnering with European scientists to track injected carbon dioxide (CO2) in the world's first and longest running carbon storage operation located at the Sleipner gas field in the North Sea.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2009
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By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on a report released today from the Treasury Department Office of Inspector General. The report, OIG-09-037 - SAFETY AND SOUNDNESS: OTS Involvement With Backdated CapitalContributions by Thrifts, is available at.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on a report released today from the Treasury Department Office of Inspector General. The report, OIG-09- 037 - SAFETY AND SOUNDNESS: OTS Involvement With Backdated Capital Contributions by Thrifts, is available at.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The National Park Service is advising Memorial Day visitors to Lake Mohave to expect an unpleasant odor and to see dead carp on beaches. Biologists from the National Park Service, Nevada Department of Wildlife and Arizona Game and Fish Department are looking into the cause.
By US DOT Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Today we are holding a hearing on Oversight of the Economic Development Administration.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Washington D.C. - In a recent letter to U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Ways & Means Republican Members expressed their opposition to the Department’s plans to mandate that state Employment Service (ES) employees administer the expanded Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for workers program.
