News from February 2011
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today approved by a vote of 34-25 a controversial four-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authored by Republicans and introduced just five days ago.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today issued a video release of the Committee Mission Statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Congressman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), senior Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement as prepared for delivery at a hearing today on the President's Budget with OMB Director Jacob Lew...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Subcommittee on the Oversight of Government Management Chairman Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, and subcommittee Ranking Member Ron Johnson, R-Wis., were joined by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrel Issa, R-Calif., Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Comptroller General Eugene Dodaro to unveil the list.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: President John F. Kennedy said: “Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can’t find it deserves the attention of the United States government and the people.".
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: OVERTON, Nev. - Echo Bay Marina has temporarily closed its fuel dock to repair a fuel line leak discovered on Monday. Repairs are expected to take a week, leaving boaters without water-based fueling facilities in the upper Overton Arm of Lake Mead. The National Park Service urges boaters to plan accordingly. The marina's land-based gas station is open.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: DETROIT, MI - United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Robert L. Corso announced today that on Feb. 13, 2011, Eric Mitchell, a resident of Carson, California, was arrested for his role in a large (PCP) distribution ring in southeast Michigan.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance, delivered opening remarks at a committee hearing examining the President’s budget proposal for FY 2012. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified before the Committee this morning.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: Dear Secretary Geithner: Beginning with the economic downturn of 2008, many states have faced significant budget challenges resulting from a combination of factors. As the U.S. Census Bureau recently reported, total state government revenues dropped nearly thirty-one percent in 2009 from 2008 figures.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House and Senate leaders on communications and technology policy today formally introduced a Resolution of Disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules. Leading the effort in the House are Communications and Technology...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This evening on the House Floor, Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) engaged in a colloquy with Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Mike Simpson (R-ID) to discuss provisions in the Continuing Resolution government funding package that...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House and Senate leaders on communications and technology policy today formally introduced a Resolution of Disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules. Leading the effort in the House are Communications and Technology...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: Today, at the House Judiciary Full Committee’s Hearing on the “Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate," Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and his Democratic colleagues stressed how the Affordable Healthcare Act’s foundations are constitutionally sound, invoking the Constitution’s plain language, past Supreme Court cases, and the establishment of federal programs, such as Medicare and Social Security.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 100,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheat for delivery to Iraq during the 2010/2011 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In December of 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), then the Committee’s Ranking Member, launched an investigation into Countrywide Financial Corporation’s infamous VIP and Friends of Angelo Program that exposed the inner workings of...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: Read Ranking Member Cummings' Opening Statement.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House and Senate leaders on communications and technology policy today formally introduced a Resolution of Disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules. Leading the effort in the House are Communications and Technology...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: African American History Month Concludes at Fort Pulaski.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing today examining the new bureaucracy responsible for granting widespread waivers for the massive health care law. The subcommittee heard from the officials responsible for granting the waivers, Steve...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2011
News Release: Tomatoes spend so much time on shelves and in refrigerators that an estimated 20 percent are lost to spoilage, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). But scientists with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are working with colleagues at Purdue University to extend the shelf life of tomatoes. The research also may lead to tomatoes that taste better and are more nutritious.
