News from February 2011
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) condemned the violence in Bahrain today, stating:
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s harsh remarks against Gov. Scott Walker’s (R-WI) efforts to address the $3.6 billion budget shortfall in Wisconsin...
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement condemning the Palestinians’ “UN strategy" and urging the Administration to veto any anti-Israel resolution.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: BOISE - - Acting Special Agent in Charge, Mark Thomas and U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced Feb. 14, 2011, that Troy Daniel Sabrosky, 21, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced in federal court in Boise to 24 months in person for conspiracy to traffic oxycodone. Sabrosky was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term. Sabrosky pled guilty to the charge on Sept. 16, 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Just as they have done all week during the debate on the yearly government spending bill, Republicans in the House rejected eliminating egregious loopholes and tax breaks given to the oil companies, voting down an amendment that would have recovered up to $53 billion in taxpayer funds from...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: Soon there will be U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) "apps" for smart phones, now that the Object Modeling System (OMS) is operational. The OMS is a framework for making software applications that use the power of cloud computing to run science computer models.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard testimony Thursday from Secretary Janet Napolitano about the Department of Homeland Security’s Fiscal Year 2012 budget.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart today hailed the White House announcement of President Obama’s intent to nominate Special Agent Thomas Harrigan to serve as DEA Deputy Administrator.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - On the two-year anniversary of the enactment of the failed near $1 trillion stimulus spending bill, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today praised House Republicans for taking action to cut spending and called on the Senate to follow suit. Hatch issued the following statement...
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following remarks on the House floor late last night during debate of H.R. 1, the Continuing Resolution for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2011. During his statement, Congressman Berman...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - On the two-year anniversary of the failed trillion-dollar stimulus spending bill, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, outlined in a speech on the Senate floor why raising taxes will not solve the nation’s spending-fueled, debt crisis, and that raising taxes to eliminate the deficit would only cause a new deficit to arise. Below are excerpts of Hatch’s speech...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 17, 2011 - Today, the Obama Administration’s de facto drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico was once again struck down in Federal Court. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman granted a preliminary injunction requiring that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) act within 30 days on five pending permit applications from Ensco.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today highlighted the importance of improving contractor oversight in the Federal Government, particularly in the Department of Defense. To help find ways to improve the...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., and Federal Financial Management Subcommittee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., authors of comprehensive cybersecurity legislation, have introduced updated legislation to secure the nation’s most sensitive and critical cyber infrastructures and protect Internet freedom.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) marked the second anniversary of the stimulus bill by seeking answers from the Department of Energy (DOE) on its inaugural $535 million stimulus loan guarantee awarded in March of 2009. Solyndra, Inc. of Fremont, California, ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Attending his first Senate Agriculture Committee hearing as ranking member, Senator Roberts today said America's farmers and ranchers are critical to the U.S. and global economies and that he would work to ensure producers have the tools they need to meet the food and nutrition demands of a growing global population.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - The governing board of the public-private Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has voted in favor of a new standard important for two-way data communications between utilities and their customers, bringing the next-generation "smart" electrical power grid a step closer to reality.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the Senate’s passage of the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act of 2011, which includes a title crafted by Baucus to reauthorize the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. The bill creates and supports an estimated 280,000 jobs across the country by investing in airports and infrastructure projects that will bring the aviation industry up to date.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed the opportunity for increased American energy production in response to news that a well containment system is now operational in the Gulf. Development of an underwater oil containment system was a key condition...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed the opportunity for increased American energy production in response to news that a well containment system is now operational in the Gulf. Development of an underwater oil containment system was a key condition...
