News from November 2009
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Republicans won bipartisan support tonight for separate amendments to protect the Defense of Marriage Act and to use E-Verify to prevent Federal Employee Health Benefits from going to illegal aliens. The amendments to H.R. 2517, the Domestic...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) issued the following statement today after the release of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates of the Senate health reform bill.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: Like children everywhere, kids in Hawaii love to run barefoot through tall grass. But an invasive pest called the nettle moth caterpillar can take the fun out of this simple childhood pleasure, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research entomologist Eric B. Jang.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., said Wednesday they have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood attack that killed 13 people and wounded 43 to determine whether the federal government failed to “connect the dots" that might have prevented the murders from occurring.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON-Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Tuesday heard testimony from federal officials that poor communication on their part led to mistaken expectations about availability of the H1N1 vaccine this fall.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: Dear Mr. Dodaro:. We anticipate that we will soon enact comprehensive health care legislation that will ensure all Americans have access to affordable, quality health care and reduce the growth rate of health care spending. The pharmaceutical industry has been monitoring this legislation closely, and...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance, issued the comment below regarding the Finance Committee review of nominee Lael Brainard to serve as Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: The Senate Finance Committee is releasing documents today related to the nomination of Lael Brainard to be Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for International Affairs. The Finance Committee documents, compiled from information received and discovered in the Committee’s vetting process for the nominee, reflect certain errors in documents submitted to the Committee. Steps have been taken by the nominee to bring her documents into compliance.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has asked leading medical schools to describe their policies on ghostwriting as part of his continuing effort to shed light on financial ties between the pharmaceutical industry and medical professionals.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Responding to a letter sent last week by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) questioning the accuracy of information appearing on www.recovery.gov, Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Chairman Earl Devaney wrote that, “Your...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: Superintendent Stan Austin at Rainbow Bridge National Monument today announced that Tom Morris of Bartlett, Illinois has been selected as the grand prize winner in the Rainbow Bridge Centennial Photo Contest.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: Representative John Kline (R-MN), Ranking Member on the House Education and Labor Committee, and Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, announced today they are introducing bipartisan legislation to extend the Ensuring Continued Access ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Environment and Public Works Committee approved S. 2778, the Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2009, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Economic Development Administration (EDA), that provides development grants to communities with high levels of economic distress. The legislation overwhelmingly passed the committee with a bipartisan vote of 18 to 0.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced today that the Committee approved two key Administration nominees during this morning’s Executive Session.
By State Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), senior member of the Finance Committee and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, today urged the swift confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, Lael Brainard.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -. Click to enlarge. Background: 1. TheEnergy Information Administration reports that: “With limited domestic energy resources, South Korea is almost entirely dependent on imports to meet its energy consumption needs.". 1. On November 11th, the White House announced that President...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) issued a statement today regarding the nomination of Lael Brainard to serve as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. Baucus’ statement followed the release by the Finance Committee of several documents related to issues uncovered in the panel’s vetting of the nominee.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2009
News Release: Miami artist Xavier Cortada will mount a major installation at Biscayne National Park’s Convoy Point this winter and spring, part of the park’s celebration of the United Nations’ “International Year of Biodiversity." Endangered World: Biscayne National Park will feature 360 brightly colored flags lining...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Office of Public Affairs Contact: 202-282-8010 HUD Office of Public Affairs, Contact: 202-708-0685 Los Angeles - The Long Term Disaster Recovery Working Group today held its third of five planned stakeholder forums in Los Angeles—designed to encourage stakeholders to provide direct input and ideas for disaster recovery.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today hosted the first in a series of roundtable meetings with private sector leaders to discuss critical infrastructure security and unveiled a new Web site designed ...
