News from October 2009
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: Six new inbred maize lines with resistance to aflatoxin contamination have now been registered in the United States by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). ARS plant pathologist Robert Brown and colleague Abebe Menkir, with the Ibadan, Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, developed the lines.
By State Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (H.R. 2194)...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Ranking Member James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) today released a report on EPA efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions concludes that the Obama Administration, ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: Yosemite National Park announces the end of the fire season, tomorrow, October 16th, 2009.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: The testimony came at a hearing called by Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., and entitled, “Domestic Partner Benefits: Fair Policy and Good Business for the Federal Government." Testimony focused on the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009, S. 1102, introduced in May by Lieberman and Collins. It has 23 cosponsors.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 15, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following speech regarding the Bay Area Regional Water Program Recycling Act of 2009 (H.R. 2442). While Ranking Member Hastings supports water recycling, he believes that Democrat...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Facing a Republican demand for a vote on subpoenaing Bank of America for the records of the Countrywide VIP program, the Oversight and Government Committee Majority today met in private for more than thirty minutes and decided to abandon a scheduled 2 p.m. committee mark-up at 2:35 pm...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: Aerial searchers located what appears to be the missing Cessna 185 at approximately 3:00 p.m. today on a steep slope west of the East Fork of the Toklat River, approximately seven miles north of the Denali Park Road. A search plane was able to land later in the afternoon on the river bar approximately...
By State Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: When the U.S.-led intervention in Afghanistan began eight years ago, there was near unanimity in Congress and among the American people that this use of military force was fully justified.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted this morning for legislation that would stop the "wheeling and dealing that delays the entry of lower-priced medicines in the marketplace," according to Senator Chuck Grassley, who sponsored the pro- consumer measure with Senator Herb Kohl.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: On October 25th the National Park Service (NPS) and the Point Reyes National Seashore Association (PRNSA) will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Giacomini Wetlands Restoration Project by holding a series of events that will highlight the amazing transformations taking place on more than 600 acres of restored wetlands at the southern end of Tomales Bay in the Point Reyes National Seashore.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on the President’s announcement of his administration’s support for a one-time $250 payment to seniors, veterans and people with disabilities. The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced today there will be no Social Security COLA in...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy today unveiled the 2010 Fuel Economy Guide, which gives consumers important information about estimated fuel costs and mileage standards for model year 2010 vehicles.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: Superintendent Joe Escoto announced today, that Red Tide has been reported at the National Seashore and asks park visitors to be cautious, especially children and visitors with breathing problems, as Red Tide can irritate the respiratory system, eyes and throat. Also, thousands of dead fish have washed ashore due to the Red Tide.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 15, 2009 - Yesterday, while promoting his $787 billion ‘stimulus’ bill, President Obama said.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: Homestead, Florida. Everglades National Park would like to recognize the importance of the South Florida Water Management District announcement today that work on the C-111 Spreader Canal project will begin. This project will help restore freshwater flows to Florida Bay, reduce seepage along the park...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) issued the following statement in response to an announcement today by the Social Security Administration (SSA) that beneficiaries will not receive a cost of living adjustment (COLA) in 2010...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont) commented today on a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that found the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) coordination with the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to facilitate...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2009
News Release: At 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, National Park Service Rangers on boat patrol in Iceberg Canyon on Lake Powell contacted two kayakers seeking assistance. The kayakers reported that four individuals in their party had become trapped on a cliff and needed rescue.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 14, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano today toured the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Cyber Crimes Center (C3)—a multifaceted facility for investigating international criminal activity conducted on or facilitated by the Internet.
