News from July 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27, 2011 - The House Natural Resources Committee today held a Full Committee oversight hearing on “State Perspectives on Offshore Revenue Sharing." The hearing featured testimony from representatives of coastal states and examined state interest in a fair, equitable revenue sharing plan for offshore revenues.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: Dear Secretary Geithner, Chairmen Bernanke, Gensler, Matz, Shapiro, Acting Chairperson Gruenberg, Acting Director DeMarco, and Acting Comptroller Walsh...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement in support of Speaker John Boehner’s debt plan...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement after the House passed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) amendment offered by Rep. Norm Dicks to the FY 2012 Interior Appropriations bill.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Citing a first-ever report released today by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) that found America’s crumbling surface transportation infrastructure will cost the economy more than 877,000 jobs, U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: Due to a scheduled power outage, the T. Stell Newman Visitor Center will be closed on Saturday, July 30. We apologize for any inconvenience. A special Ranger Program about Guam after Liberation will begin as scheduled on July 30 at 2 p.m. at the Asan Bay Overlook. For more information call 333-4050 or visit www.nps.gov/wapa.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: $5.8 Million Photovoltaic Project in El Portal Grid Connected.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - In advance of tomorrow’s Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee first hearing on FDA User Fee legislation, the Committee’s Chairman and Ranking Member Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Mike Enzi (R-WY) released the following joint statement expressing their commitment to a bipartisan reauthorization process...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today urged top U.S. business leaders to preserve good-paying jobs and create more U.S.jobs. Baucus convened today’s hearing, a part of his series on tax reform, to evaluate the tax code’s effect on job creation and identify the policies that are the most effective in helping businesses create more jobs.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., issued the following statement Wednesday after the unanimous confirmation of FBI Director Robert Mueller.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement in reference to Trade Adjustment Assistance and the pending Free Trade Agreements with Korea, Panama and Colombia...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: Read the Opening Statement of Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: Full Committee Ranking Member, Rep. Norm Dicks.
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today introduced the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2012-13, which authorizes vital programs and initiatives to support key diplomatic and foreign policy priorities around the world and demonstrates Congress’ ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: American Indian communities are uniquely situated in the matrix of energy production and energy use. Tribal lands are often repositories of coal, oil and uranium, and have tremendous untapped energy potential in wind, hydropower and solar resources. However, Tribal Lands are also home to the highest rates for fuel and electricity, and have the highest percentage of un-electrified and un-weatherized homes.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved legislation to improve the safety of our nation’s pipelines and save jobs. Both the Pipeline Infrastructure and Community Protection Act and the Energy and the Energy and Revenue Enrichment Act passed the subcommittee by voice vote.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved legislation to improve the safety of our nation’s pipelines and save jobs. Both the Pipeline Infrastructure and Community Protection Act and the Energy and the Energy and Revenue Enrichment Act passed the subcommittee by voice vote.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: Shanksville, PA. - The National Park Service (NPS) today announced the arrival of 40 sweet gum trees donated by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center site (9/11 Memorial) to the Flight 93 National Memorial. Three of the trees will be planted during a formal ceremony on Saturday, July 30 at 1:00 p.m. ET at the memorial site near Shanksville, PA.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, today delivered the following statement at subcommittee markup of the FY2012 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Act.
