News from April 2011
By EPA Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: Majority Leader Eric Cantor . “These funds could be used to continue wasteful and duplicative programs that fail to actually improve health care for Americans. By repealing this fund, we ensure that public health programs of highest priority will continue to be supported by Congress.". Conference Chairman...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: Majority Leader Eric Cantor . “These funds could be used to continue wasteful and duplicative programs that fail to actually improve health care for Americans. By repealing this fund, we ensure that public health programs of highest priority will continue to be supported by Congress.". Conference Chairman...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today blasted a proposal in the President’s latest deficit reduction plan that punts the difficult decisions to reduce health care costs by dramatically expanding the power of a...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: Majority Leader Eric Cantor . “These funds could be used to continue wasteful and duplicative programs that fail to actually improve health care for Americans. By repealing this fund, we ensure that public health programs of highest priority will continue to be supported by Congress.". Conference Chairman...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s speech on deficit reduction, in which he outlined changes to Medicare and Medicaid and offered a plan to increase taxes...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation today held an oversight hearing on the status of the U.S. Coast Guard’s current acquisition programs, as well as the policies and procedures the Service uses to determine mission needs requirements and the assets needed to meet those requirements.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement after the House approved H.R. 1217, a bill to repeal $17.75 billion in mandatory spending, and the unaccountable prevention and public health fund for which it was authorized, under the president’s...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement after the House approved H.R. 1217, a bill to repeal $17.75 billion in mandatory spending, and the unaccountable prevention and public health fund for which it was authorized, under the president’s...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding the incident in New Orleans where a child was subjected to a pat down at an airport security checkpoint...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s speech on deficit reduction, in which he outlined changes to Medicare and Medicaid and offered a plan to increase taxes...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: Fee-free National Park Week and Junior Ranger Day at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement after the House approved H.R. 1217, a bill to repeal $17.75 billion in mandatory spending, and the unaccountable prevention and public health fund for which it was authorized, under the president’s...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) has released the following statement after President Obama’s speech on the national debt crisis...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 13, 2011 - The House Natural Resources Committee today passed three energy bills with bipartisan support that are a part of House Republicans' American Energy Initiative. These bills (H.R. 1229, H.R. 1230 and H.R. 1231) will expand American energy production, create jobs and lower gasoline prices by reversing Obama Administration policies that have placed our American energy resources off-limits.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its hearing on the American Energy Initiative, focusing on draft legislation that would to increase the production of American-made energy.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its hearing on the American Energy Initiative, focusing on draft legislation that would to increase the production of American-made energy.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s speech on deficit reduction, in which he outlined changes to Medicare and Medicaid and offered a plan to increase taxes...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its hearing on the American Energy Initiative, focusing on draft legislation that would to increase the production of American-made energy.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, at a joint hearing of the Ways and Means Health and Oversight Subcommittees to examine AARP and its affiliates, revenue, charitable giving, Boards of Directors, and lobbying expenditures, an expert on not-for-profit entities called for additional investigation of AARP.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Members Wally Herger (R-CA), Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Charles Boustany (R-LA) today released “Behind the Veil: The AARP America Doesn’t Know, " a new report exposing the conflict between AARP’s drive for profits, the best interests of its members and the organization’s...
