News from March 2010
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: Ten students from Grand and San Juan Counties will have the opportunity to work in local national parks this summer as part of the Canyon Country Conservation Corps. Sponsored by the Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service, the Conservation Corps is entering its tenth summer of operations.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: PEREGRINE FALCONS NESTING AT ACADIA NATIONAL PARK.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today the House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 4783, bipartisan legislation to allow individuals who make charitable contributions to victims of the earthquake in Chile (prior to April 15, 2010) to claim an itemized charitable deduction on their 2009 tax return instead of...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: Ten students from Grand and San Juan Counties will have the opportunity to work in local national parks this summer as part of the Canyon Country Conservation Corps. Sponsored by the Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service, the Conservation Corps is entering its tenth summer of operations.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: Ten students from Grand and San Juan Counties will have the opportunity to work in local national parks this summer as part of the Canyon Country Conservation Corps. Sponsored by the Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service, the Conservation Corps is entering its tenth summer of operations.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: Dear Mr. President: The “National Trade Estimate" report (NTE) is scheduled to be released next week, in accordance with section 181 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. As you know, the NTE catalogues many of the barriers to U.S. exports of goods and services, investment and intellectual property...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor on the importance of extending unemployment insurance.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) issued the following remarks after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to send critical legislation reforming and improving America’s health insurance system to President Obama’s desk to become law...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today made the following statement on the preliminary cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office on the Democrats’ government takeover of health care...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: A sure sign of spring in Denali National Park and Preserve is the opening of the park road beyond park headquarters. Weather conditions permitting, the road will open at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 27 so that park visitors can drive as far as the Savage River (Mile 15). Early spring offers enjoyable...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he requested to review options for selling emissions allowances under initiatives designed to address climate change. The report released today surveys a range of models for auctioning...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today introduced legislation that would allow individuals who make charitable contributions to victims of the earthquake in Chile (prior to April 15, 2010) to claim an itemized charitable deduction...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Republicans released a new report detailing how the Democrats’ health care bill vastly expands the responsibilities of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and strengthens the heavy hand of the IRS in dealing with taxpayers.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC -Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) today issued the following statements on the one-year anniversary of the Congressional termination of the NAFTA trucking pilot program, which then triggered $2.4 billion in retaliatory duties against American-made exports by Mexico...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statements in response to the President’s creation of an Export Promotion Cabinet.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking applicants for positions on Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) in central and eastern Oregon. These RACs advise and recommend management strategies for federal lands east of the Cascade Range administered by the BLM and the US Forest Service. The John Day-Snake...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: On Six Month Anniversary of Chinese Tire Tariffs,Brady Urges Administration to Review Full Record.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 26, 2010 - Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered a floor speech highlighting the Obama Administration's refusal to move forward with the current five-year Outer Continental Shelf leasing plan, essentially creating an "Obama Moratorium" on new offshore energy production until 2012. Full video and text of the speech follow.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: Ten students from Grand and San Juan Counties will have the opportunity to work in local national parks this summer as part of the Canyon Country Conservation Corps. Sponsored by the Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service, the Conservation Corps is entering its tenth summer of operations.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today was selected by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) to serve as one of three House Republicans on the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
