News from July 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: In much of the coverage of tax expenditures, it has been taken as an article of faith that they disproportionately benefit wealthy taxpayers. But, data show tax expenditures tend to skew towards middle class Americans or those below the Obama Administration’s definition of the rich - that is singles with adjusted gross incomes over $200,000 per year and married couples with incomes over $250,000 per year.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Democratic Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments after release of the FY 2012 State and Foreign Operations bill text.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: Farmington, PA - The August installment of the Friends of Fort Necessity Lecture Series features local history teacher Joshua Scully, on Wednesday, August 10. The presentation takes place at Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Farmington, PA, 7 to 8 p.m. in the Park's Visitor Center. This event is free and open to the public.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - A warm and dry weekend has led to moderate growth on the Point Fire as it continues to achieve objectives on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Over the last few days, flame lengths have ranged from one to three feet with occasional torching of snags and dense groups of trees. The Point Fire is currently estimated at 975 acres in size.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: National Park Service to Issue Subsistence Permits in Cantwell.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, all Democratic Members of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting a full Committee debate and vote before issuing any subpoena to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for documents related to its ongoing litigation against the Boeing Corporation for allegedly retaliating against workers in Washington State.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: Witnesses. Carlos Canino. ATF Acting Attaché to Mexico. Darren Gil . Former ATF Attaché to Mexico. Jose Wall. ATF Senior Special Agent,Tijuana, Mexico. Lorren Leadmon. ATF Intelligence Operations Specialist. William Newell. Former ATF Special Agent in Charge. Phoenix Field Division. William McMahon. ATF Deputy...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining the current fiscal crisis and approaches to deficit reduction...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) today held a hearing to examine a proposal by the Department of Labor to dramatically alter the long-standing fiduciary definition. Members of the committee discussed bipartisan concerns with the policy and the process surrounding this controversial proposal.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: Yesterday, Speaker Boehner put forward what he calls “a two-step approach to hold President Obama accountable." Under that proposal, the Speaker states that there will be “no tax hikes.".
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: On Saturday, August 6th, members of the Yurok Tribe will present a Brush Dance Demonstration at 2:00 p.m. at the Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center. The Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center is located just off Highway 101, one mile south of the town of Orick, on the beach just north of Freshwater Lagoon. The demonstration is open to the public, free of charge, and will last about an hour.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) called today for a long-term solution to raise the debt ceiling and made clear his support for a balanced deficit reduction package. At a hearing reviewing the deficit reduction debate and recapping the Committee’s recent series...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Congressman Bennie G. Thompson, Ranking Member, House Committee on Homeland Security, submitted the following statement for the record for the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight hearing on: Small Business Contracts: How Oversight Failures and Regulatory Loopholes Allow Large Businesses to Get and Keep Small Business Contracts...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 26, 2011 - House Natural Resources Energy and Minerals Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) delivered the following statementon the House floor in support of H.R. 1938, the “North American Made Energy Security Act.".
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor has announced the selection of seven applied science projects to receive $1.2 million funding for the enhancement of water resource management in a changing climate. Facilitating the development of new tools that allow better management of water resources...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: Dear Ambassador Kirk: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations provide a rare and important opportunity for the United States to craft a trade agreement that reflects American values and helps to rebuild bipartisan support for trade in the United States. The consensus that was reached between...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 26, 2011 - Today the House National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 1581, the “Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011." Sponsored by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA-22), this bill would release Bureau of Land Management wilderness...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - With gas prices on the rise, today the White House, with support of the auto industry, announced new fuel economy standard of 54.4 mpg for Model Year 2025. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee and senior member of the Energy and Commerce...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - While House Republican leaders scramble to fix a $150 billion shortfall in their proposed deficit plan, Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rush Holt (D-N.J.) today introduced a bill that would recover that exact amount. The legislation would end the practice of sending revenue generated from offshore oil drilling in federal waters to selected states, recovering an estimated $150 billion in the coming decades.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2011
News Release: President Lyndon Baines Johnson once said, “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.".
