News from June 2010
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: Visitors traveling to Yosemite National Park over the Fourth of July holiday weekend should expect the park to be very busy. The Fourth of July weekend is traditionally one of the busiest weekends of the year.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, chaired by U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), approved several pieces of legislation to protect bodies of water throughout the United States, including the Chesapeake Bay, the San Francisco Bay, the Great Lakes, Puget Sound, Long ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: Camp Requests Information on IRS Outreach Efforts on Tanning Tax.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: Four Teacher-Rangers who started work with the National Park Service Outer Banks Group last week are already in uniform and learning much about the Group’s parks: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial. This marks the second year this developmental partnership program between the three parks and the local school district is offered.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today approved legislation sponsored by U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer (both D-Calif.) to authorize ten years of funding for the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to continue wetlands restoration projects and improve water quality in the San Francisco Bay and its watershed.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: The deep winter snows and late storms have extended the road, campground and trail openings at Lassen Volcanic National Park. Visitors can anticipate the main park road to be open for through traffic on July 9. Juniper and Summit Lake Campgrounds will open on July 16 and trails in the higher elevations...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564. James Ryder (202) 225-0020. Today, the House Agriculture Committee passed legislation to expand U.S. agriculture trade and increase jobs, approving historic legislation that will greatly expand trade of U.S. agriculture products to Cuba. H.R. 4645, the Travel Restriction...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) applauded the Finance Committee’s vote today to renew import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 for one year and to favorably report the nominations of Francisco Sanchez to be the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade and Richard Sorian to be the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Public Affairs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 30, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s Full Committee legislative hearing on the discussion draft of H.R. 3534, The CLEAR Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) applauded the efforts of fellow committee member Dave Reichert (R-WA) to launch a bipartisan U.S.- South Korea Trade Agreement working group.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement in reaction to China’s announcement that it would increase the flexibility of its exchange rate.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today announced the promotions of Jill Schmalz to Senior Professional Staff and Sarah Swinehart to Press Secretary.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, chaired by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), approved S. 3305, the Big Oil Bailout Prevention Liability Act of 2010, legislation introduced by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) to lift the cap on liability for damages from oil spills. ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - With understandably little fanfare and late on Friday night during a Congressional recess, the U.S. Treasury Department met its legal obligation to issue its “Annual Report on Public Debt." The document, which came out on the same day the Labor Department reported virtually no private...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday said the agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsible for coordinating the nation’s protections against the smuggling of nuclear materials has not performed its job well and needs to be fixed.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By USDA Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: New bean germplasm lines containing heat, drought and disease tolerance are being released by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today hailed a ruling by a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel that the European Union (EU) provided its major aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, with trade-distorting subsidies that have both harmed the U.S. aircraft industry and violated WTO rules.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Tuesday hailed Senate passage of legislation to renew a highly effective, competitive grant program to help prevent disaster-related damage before it happens.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON—A settlement with El Dorado County, Calif., will ensure the beginning of the cleanup, at an estimated cost of approximately $7 million, of the Meyers Landfill Site, located outside of the city of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., the Justice Department and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service announced today.
