News from April 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 6, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Democrats are making inaccurate statements and claims when describing H.R. 1229, the Get the Gulf Back to Work Act H.R. 1231 and the Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act. Below are just a few of the myths recently purported in a Committee hearing where an economist testified that Chairman Hastings’ three offshore energy bills could create 1.2 million American jobs.
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - After introducing legislation to extend and reauthorize the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) issued the following statement:
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Results from a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis released yesterday confirm that the House Republican budget would dismantle the Medicare program and wreak havoc on the health and retirement security of America’s seniors and future retirees. The Republican budget destroys...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - A bipartisan group of Senators led by Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) and Senator Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) today introduced the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 to strengthen the existing Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA). They were joined in this effort by Senators Collins, Grassley, Lieberman, Levin, Carper, Leahy, Harkin, Pryor, Landrieu, McCaskill, Tester, Begich, and Cardin.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released “Meet Your Oversight Watchdogs: Rep. Paul Gosar, " the fourth in a series of videos to introduce committee members to the American people. Rep. Gosar serves the people of Arizona’s First Congressional District as Vice...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas today announced the addition of Melodie A. Lloyd as director of communications to its State office in Billings. Lloyd was mostly recently a public affairs specialist with the BLM's headquarters office in Washington, D.C. BLM Public Affairs Specialist Mary Apple...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The Arizona Department of Transportation will open Highway 67 to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on Sunday, May 15 by 7:00 a.m.; and Grand Canyon Lodge North Rim, a Forever Resorts property, and Grand Canyon Trail Rides will commence their 2011 seasonal operations.
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement criticizing the Republican budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2012 that is being marked up today in the House Budget Committee.
By State Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) chaired the Committee’s second hearing to examine the situation in Libya. The Honorable Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, Tom Malinowski, Washington Director, Human Rights Watch, and Dr. Dirk J. Vandewalle, Associate Professor of Government, Dartmouth College, testified.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Enjoy hiking and camping? Want to support your park? Interested in endemic species?
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Contact: Matt Dennis 202-225-6506. Lowey Opening Statement at United Nations Hearing. Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Ranking Democrat on the Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, today delivered the following statement at a hearing on the United Nations: Ambassador Rice, I join with Chairwoman...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Olympic National Park and the non-profit group Friends of Olympic National Park kick off National Park Week April 16 by hosting a spring open house from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce leaders today touted the need for the Energy Tax Prevention Act, H.R. 910, to protect American jobs and keep gas and energy prices from rising even higher. Committee members urged their colleagues in the House of Representatives to join them in supporting H.R. 910 to stop the EPA from using the Clean Air Act to unilaterally impose greenhouse gas regulations to address climate change.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: To improve visitor safety and to protect park resources, a section of Enderts Beach Road in Redwood National and State Parks will be closed to all entry and parking from one half hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise beginning June 1st, 2011.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued the following statement today after 64 Senators voted for one or more proposals to block the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing a backdoor cap-and-trade agenda by regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Washington- Norm Dicks gave the following statement today as we work towards a deal on a FY2011 Budget: “As talks continue I sincerely hope that a bill emerges that’s fiscally responsible, fair to the American public and that all sides can agree too. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: a government...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued the following statement today after 64 Senators voted for one or more proposals to block the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing a backdoor cap-and-trade agenda by regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: Measure Puts Families First, Stops EPA From Driving up Gasoline and Energy Prices, Harming Job Creation
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce leaders today touted the need for the Energy Tax Prevention Act, H.R. 910, to protect American jobs and keep gas and energy prices from rising even higher. Committee members urged their colleagues in the House of Representatives to join them in supporting H.R. 910 to stop the EPA from using the Clean Air Act to unilaterally impose greenhouse gas regulations to address climate change.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued the following statement today after 64 Senators voted for one or more proposals to block the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing a backdoor cap-and-trade agenda by regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act...
