News from December 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement today in response to the announcement of an agreement on critical changes to the pending trade agreement between the U.S. and South Korea...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: Democrats Refuse to Pay for Important Unemployment Benefit Legislation.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $325,199 contract to Yerba Buena Engineering and Construction, Inc., of San Francisco for improvement work at Upper Stillwater Dam, a feature of the Central Utah Project.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: Mr. President, the textbook definition of economics is about scarcity.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the appointment of Dr. Colien Hefferan as the director of the U.S. National Arboretum.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) this afternoon rebutted an op-ed published this morning by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in the Boston Globe repeating inaccurate assertions about New START that have already been thoroughly debunked. Chairman Kerry’s rebuttal is now also in the Boston Globe.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has announced that the 2011-2012 Criteria for Performance Excellence for businesses and nonprofit organizations are now available for download. The Criteria serve both as the standard for selecting the annual recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement today after the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform failed to adopt a set of policy proposals drafted by its leaders...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced the award of a $33.8 million contract to continue construction on the "Missing Link" of the Foothills Parkway. The Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (FHWA) made the award to the Lane Construction Company of Charlotte, NC to design and build a substantial portion of the uncompleted section of the Foothills Parkway between Walland, TN and Wears Valley, TN.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States Mint announced yesterday the designs for the second set of coins in its America the Beautiful Quarters Program. The 2011 quarters will bear reverse (tails side) designs honoring Gettysburg National Military Park (Pennsylvania); Glacier National Park (Montana); Olympic National Park (Washington); Vicksburg National Military Park (Mississippi); and Chickasaw National Recreation Area (Oklahoma).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady, the top House Republican on the Trade Subcommittee of the Committee on Ways and Means, released the following statement related to the U.S.-South Korea trade agreement negotiations...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: Baucus, Levin, Camp statement on Korea FTA negotiations.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: Washington DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today expressed deep disappointment following the Administration’s announcement on the U.S. - Korea free trade agreement (FTA). Baucus has long fought for the interests of American ranchers in discussions on the agreement.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
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 statements today regarding the Mexican trucking dispute as the NAFTA Commission meetings commence in Mexico...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: Crater Lake National Park is pleased to announce that our popular ranger-guided snowshoe walks are about to begin for the 2010-2011 winter season. The walks will take place every Saturday and Sunday at 1:00 p.m. from December 4 through April. Walks will also be offered daily from Monday, December 27 through Friday, December 31 at 1:00 pm.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today introduced legislation to permanently cut taxes for middle class families making up to $250,000 and individuals making up to $200,000 per year. The legislation would also help create jobs by extending critical tax cuts for...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today delivered a speech before the Tax Council. Below are key excerpts, the full remarks can be found here.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 3, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Department of Labor reported that unemployment rose to 9.8 percent in November.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following joint statement on trade negotiations between the U.S. and South Korea...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statements in response the announcement of an agreement for the US- South Korea trade pact.
