News from May 2010
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement challenging President Obama to use today’s 12:30 p.m. (EST) press conference as an opportunity to address allegations made by Pennsylvania Senate Democratic nominee and three-star Navy Admiral Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) that someone inside the Obama White House offered him a job in exchange for his withdrawal from the PA Senate Primary race...
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: Irradiating salad leaves after washing reduces harmful and non-harmful microorganisms. Now, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and colleagues have looked into the effect of various levels of irradiation on concentrations of four vitamins and four carotenoids in two popular baby-leaf spinach cultivars.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: On Wednesday, May 26 a traveling exhibit of combat art from the National Museum of the Marine Corps opened at Federal Hall National Memorial for a special seven-day showing during New York City’s Fleet Week celebration.
By DOL Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: “I want to welcome everyone to this hearing on an issue of critical importance to workers and businesses alike - the security of our multiemployer pension plans.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent George E. Price, Jr. has announced that the 30-day public comment period for the Rehabilitation of Moors Road with Bicycle Accommodations in the Province Lands Environmental Assessment begins May 27 and closes on June 28, 2010. The NPS proposes to rehabilitate...
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 27, 2010 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Ranking Member Rob Bishop (UT-01) introduced a second Resolution of Inquiry () seeking the missing pages of an detailing plans to...
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: Copper Center, AK - Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve will hold public outreach meetings on the draft Chisana Caribou Herd Management Plan in Slana and Tok. The meeting in Tok will take place on June 15, 2010, from 7 to 9 PM at Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters. The meeting in...
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 27, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement regarding President Obama’s Gulf Coast oil spill press conference.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - All tours of Wind Cave will be free the weekend of June 5 and 6 as part of the celebration of National Trails Day. Tours of the Natural Entrance will be offered on the hour beginning at 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. This 75-minute tour has 300 stairs, most of which are down, and...
By DOE Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: A Canadian climber was evacuated from the West Rib route of Mt. McKinley on Thursday afternoon, May 27. Luc Benoit, age 40 of Montreal, reportedly fell 1,000 feet while solo climbing the technically challenging West Rib route the evening of May 26. Unable to safely ascend or descend from his elevation...
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: www.navytimes.com/news/2010/05/ap_john_finn_obit_052710. The Associated Press Posted : Thursday May 27, 2010 15:49:57 EDT. SAN DIEGO - Retired Navy Lt. John Finn, the oldest Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, has died at his Southern California home. He was 100. Navy Lt. Aaron Kakiel says Finn...
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s lifeguarded beaches will open on May 29, 2010. Lifeguards will be on duty at Coquina Beach (Nags Head) and Ocracoke Day Use area from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. seven days a week from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Additional lifeguards are being hired for the lifeguard beach in Buxton but their starting dated is not yet confirmed.
By State Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today released the following statement applauding President Obama’s National Security Strategy, which he said breaks decisively with the Bush-era approach to the world. Instead of casting U.S. foreign policy through the prism of conflict, the new strategy emphasizes the cooperation we need to meet the most pressing threats to our security.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - In celebration of America’s great outdoors, Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national parks and wildlife refuges around the country in offering free admission to the park on Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6.
By DOE Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By DOL Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, today joined other members of the House GOP Health Care Solutions Group to examine the true cost of the recently enacted health care law for American taxpayers, job creators, and the doctor-patient relationship.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: TIME: 9 AM to 5 PM, or until business is completed.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 27, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement at today’s second Full Committee oversight hearing on the “Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Strategy and Implications of the Deepwater Horizon Rig Explosion.".
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2010
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) issued the following statement today on the Finance Committee’s vote to successfully report the nomination of Dr. Sherry Glied as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. From Chairman Baucus...
