News from April 2011
By EPA Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement today on Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s FY 2012 budget...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement today on Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s FY 2012 budget...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today approved five pieces of legislation that take initial steps to defund the health care law, limit the Department of Health and Human Services’ unprecedented power, and restore Congress’ fiduciary duty as...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today released the following statement after House Republicans released their budget blueprint for Fiscal Year 2012, which proposes to cut $318 billion in federal transportation...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today said that while House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has laid out a plan to confront the nation’s broken entitlements and sky-rocketing national debt, the White House continues to “demonstrate a complete failure of leadership." The Finance Committee has jurisdiction over taxes, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Hatch issued the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: Padre Island National Seashore Prepares for the 2011 Kemp’s ridley Nesting Season.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today approved five pieces of legislation that take initial steps to defund the health care law, limit the Department of Health and Human Services’ unprecedented power, and restore Congress’ fiduciary duty as...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are urging the Office of Management and Budget to withdraw the Environmental Protection Agency’s final draft rule “TSCA Inventory Update Modifications" (IUR). Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 5, 2011 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service’s energy and minerals programs. The hearing focused on Obama Administration roadblocks to onshore energy production on public lands and the impacts to job creation and the economy - especially in the West.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: On Thursday, April 7 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, “Education Reforms: Promoting Flexibility and Innovation." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement today on Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s FY 2012 budget...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON DC - If it looks like a voucher plan and acts like a voucher plan, it is a voucher plan. But don’t tell that to Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, who like former Ways and Means Chairman Bill Thomas before him, is trying to rebrand a bad idea that will turn Medicare into a voucher program. This time he’s reverting to the voucher plan’s original name, “premium support.".
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are urging the Office of Management and Budget to withdraw the Environmental Protection Agency’s final draft rule “TSCA Inventory Update Modifications" (IUR). Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 5, 2011 - The Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing to examine the federal regulations that are blocking job growth and abundant water and power supplies. Attention was also given to potential future regulatory obstacles to water deliveries and hydropower generation that will further compound economic hardships in rural communities.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT - Glacier National Park road crews have begun spring snow plowing on the park's roads and are finding substantial amounts of snow. Flattop and Many Glacier Snotel sites, snow measuring stations, are showing between 20 and 40 percent above normal snow water equivalent. Last week, USGS snow survey crews recorded 100 inches of snow on the ground at Siyeh Bend, two miles east of Logan Pass, and 140 inches of snow at the 7,500 foot elevation nearby.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today approved five pieces of legislation that take initial steps to defund the health care law, limit the Department of Health and Human Services’ unprecedented power, and restore Congress’ fiduciary duty as...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 101,600 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations for delivery during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, hailed Senate passage of an amendment to repeal the burdensome 1099 tax reporting requirement in the $2.6 trillion health law. The amendment, offered by U.S. Senator Johanns (R-Neb.), overwhelmingly passed the Senate today by a vote of 87 to 12.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are urging the Office of Management and Budget to withdraw the Environmental Protection Agency’s final draft rule “TSCA Inventory Update Modifications" (IUR). Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2011
News Release: Beginning Tuesday, April 5, the J. Porter Shaw Library at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park will open the doors of the maritime library from 1pm to 5pm, three days a week - Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays (excluding Federal holidays) so that visitors can experience the park’s maritime library collection. No appointment is necessary to visit the library or use the library collection.
