News from March 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a hearing today with Ambassador Ron Kirk, the United States Trade Representative (USTR), to examine the President’s 2010 Trade Agenda. Baucus stressed that job creation must be at the center of America’s trade agenda and...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. funding for foreign assistance is a comparatively small investment with big dividends, House Foreign Affairs Committee Howard L. Berman (D-CA) said at a hearing today at which Dr. Rajiv Shah gave his first formal testimony to Congress as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: This is an important opportunity for the Committee to engage Ambassador Kirk in a detailed followupto the President’s recently-released trade policy agenda for 2010. I’ve looked at the trade policyagenda, and I’m disappointed by some of the gaps I see in the level of detail provided by thePresident.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4247, the Keeping All Students Safe Act. This legislation establishes new federal requirements and limitations for the use of seclusion or restraints in schools and comes in response to a 2009 Government Accountability Office (GAO) analysis of incidents ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today sent a letter to the New York Federal Reserve Bank and a letter to JP Morgan expressing concern regarding “reports of a significant decline in value in the assets held in Maiden Lane I and the potential for further taxpayer losses as a result of the Federal Reserve-orchestrated bailout of Bear Stearns."
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Charles B. Rangel delivered the attached letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier today taking a temporary leave of absence from his responsibilities as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Thursday, March 25th and Friday, March 26th, the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, co-chaired by former Congressman Lee Hamilton and former National Security Advisor General Brent Scowcroft, will hold its first meeting in Washington, D.C.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 3, 2010 - On Thursday, March 4, 2009, the House Natural Resources Energy and Minerals Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2011 budget requests. The Administration’s budget establishes a dangerous national energy policy that will increase...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senators today voted 54 to 45 against an amendment offered by Senator Chuck Grassley to make sure Medicare provisions in a tax-extenders bill are paid for in the federal budget.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: National Park Service Continues Accessibility Improvements in Stehekin: Public Input Sought for the Stehekin Ferry Landing.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) issued the following comment today after President Barack Obama’s remarks on health care reform. From Chairman Baucus...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: STATEMENT OF SENATOR BARBARA BOXER Full Committee Hearing on "The Importance of Transportation Investments to the National Economy and Jobs" March 3, 2010 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) This is the first in a series of hearings to spotlight important areas of focus in the process of authorizing ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: A large pile of oak and sagebrush limbs and branches has been generated through maintenance of campgrounds and other facilities at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Park staff, with the assistance of Montrose Interagency Dispatch Center, plan to ignite the slash pile sometime this winter or...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: Today, the House Committee on Agriculture approved two bills for floor consideration and adopted the annual budget views and estimates letter, which outlines the Committee’s budget recommendations for the federal agencies and programs under its jurisdiction for fiscal year 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: Wednesday, March 3, 2010. “The American health care system is in need of reform. We spend too much on healthcare, and we don’t get enough value for the dollars we spend. We should undertake reforms thatcan lower cost and improve quality without jeopardizing our economy by raising taxes or makingcoverage...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Wednesday sought to assess the federal government’s efforts to strengthen the security of hundreds of chemical sites around the country and to chart a path forward to reduce the risk of widespread casualties should a site be attacked by terrorists.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2010
News Release: The Firing of the Inspector General for The Corporation for National and Community Service1.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Israeli Transport and Road Safety Minister Israel Katz today announced a new agreement to enhance information sharing about civil aviation security incidents and ensure efficient and effective coordination in response to potential acts of terrorism and other aviation-related public safety emergencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement, in the form of a consent decree, with the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company that, if approved by the U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City, will resolve its lawsuit filed on behalf of Michael J. Ellis, a major in the U.S. Army Reserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — A Cincinnati packaged-ice manufacturer was sentenced today to pay a $9 million criminal fine for its participation in a conspiracy to allocate packaged-ice customers and territories, the Department of Justice announced today.
