News from July 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2010 - White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs kept the dream of a cap-and-trade national energy tax alive this week by confirming that it’s still not too late to exploit the tragedy in the Gulf in order to push through this job-killing measure. On Tuesday during his press...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Jim McDermott (D-WA), issued the following statement as prepared for delivery at a Subcommittee hearing to review the use of child welfare demonstration projects to promote child well-being...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2010 - A hallmark of this Democrat controlled Congress has been the dramatic increase in spending, and they keep that tradition going strong with the CLEAR Act. The bill includes an over $30 billion increase in new, mandatory spending over the next 30 years for programs that are completely unrelated to the oil spill.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2010 - A massive federal power grab is included in the Democrat’s CLEAR Act in the form of a provision that requires the federal government to take over energy permitting in state waters. This is in response to the oil spill that occurred in federal waters and was supposed to be regulated by the federal government? It has absolutely nothing to do with states.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: On Thursday, July 29, Coca-Cola will present a $50,000 check to Gateway National Recreation Area through the National Park Foundation (NPF) as part of their “America Is Your Park " campaign, to be launched today. Gateway will use the money to purchase kayaking equipment and bicycle racks for Riis Landing, a section of Gateway’s Jamaica Bay Unit. The donation is part of Coca-Cola’s “Live Positively " initiative.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: Henry Clay said: “Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.".
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has sent a letter to the Deepwater Horizon Response National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen requesting that he investigate allegations that the “Coast Guard is attempting to seize, relocate, and demobilize assets" thereby undermining the partnership between local officials and the federal government.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: About 1,200 people attended a ceremony in Yosemite Valley today to launch the new Yosemite Quarter. United States Mint Director Edmund Moy, Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher, other elected officials and guests spoke at the event.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2010 - In yet another example of House Democrats exploiting the oil spill to pass unrelated legislation, the CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534) makes fundamental changes to onshore federal energy leasing. This will not only affect leasing for natural gas and oil, but also for renewable...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a hearing today to consider the nominations of Michael C. Camuñez to be the Assistant Secretary of Market Access and Compliance at the Department of Commerce, and Charles P. Blahous III and Robert D. Reischauer to be Public...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today introduced H.R. 5924, the “SEC Freedom of Information Restoration Act" which will repeal section 9291 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that allows the SEC to not “disclose records or information" that are typically subjects of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2010 - Although the House is expected to vote tomorrow on “oil spill" legislation (The CLEAR Act), things aren’t going as well over on the other side of the Capitol. According to The Hill.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation's Mid-Pacific Region has awarded a $14.6 million contract under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for construction of the Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct Intertie Pumping Plant and Pipeline (Intertie).
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: The House passed the bill by a vote of 251 to 167.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today released the following statement regarding a GAO investigation into the ability of individuals to fraudulently obtain passports. In the course of this audit, GAO investigators applied for and received passports using fake names and Social Security numbers and supplied counterfeit or invalid identity documents with their applications.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement on the House floor today regarding the Democrats’ CLEAR Act - a bill that would kill jobs, raise taxes and increase spending.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, on Thursday questioned former Arlington National Cemetery officials about their roles in the mismanagement of the national military cemetery, which was the focus of a recent Army Inspector General's probe.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are being managed under the terms of the U.S. District Court approved consent decree. Park visitors can expect to see resource closures for breeding shorebirds in effect to varying degrees from mid-March to mid-to-late-August and sea turtle nesting closures may...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2010
News Release: The National Park Service Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew recently participated in valuable work with several local land management entities on a hot and humid July day. The local youths welcomed the opportunity to perform valuable work in the cool waters of the Roanoke Sound by assisting staff from Jockey Ridge State Park, The Nature Conservancy, North Carolina Coastal Federation and Division of Marine Fisheries with an oyster sill construction project.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park announced today the launch of an innovative new project; Glacier in Focus, part of a national program: The Stewart L. Udall Parks in Focus. The project is the result of a National Park Foundation Grant. Parks in Focus gives young environmental leaders (Udall...
