News from July 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement after today’s Committee “mock" markup of the draft implementing bills for the Colombia, Panama, and South Korea trade agreements and the inclusion of a domestic spending program, Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) in the South Korea implementing bill...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate and House Democrats today offered nearly identical measures in an effort to include the Action Plan Related to Labor Rights in the Colombia FTA implementing bill. The Action Plan is an agreement between Colombia and the United States on how Colombia is addressing issues of worker...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, the Transportation Security Administration and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the reestablishment of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC). ASAC was originally created in response to the Lockerbie terrorist bombing in 1988, was later transferred...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Republicans on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today unveiled the framework for a controversial multi-year surface transportation proposal to reauthorize our Nation’s highway, highway safety, transit, and rail programs. Democratic leaders on the Committee responded at an afternoon news conference on Capitol Hill.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Monday, July 4, at approximately 6 p.m., North Zone fire managers received a report of a new fire start in the vicinity of Point Sublime on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The fire was reported by the Red Butte fire lookout.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The National Park Service has released visitor statistics for Fourth of July weekend. They encompass visitor use and incident statistics from Friday, July 1 through Monday, July 4 throughout Lake Mead National Recreation Area, which includes both lakes Mead and Mohave.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
Release: Washington, DC, July 7, 2011 - USDA announced today improvements included in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 that will enhance local wellness policies in schools in order to promote healthier lifestyles for children. Local wellness policies are an important tool for parents, local educational...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) hailed the Committee’s passage today of legislation to extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program and implement the South Korea, Colombia and Panama Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). The bills reported by the Finance Committee...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park officials announced today that the entire 50 miles of the Going-to-the-Sun Road is anticipated to be available for vehicle traffic on Wednesday, July 13th. Opening the upper section of the Going-to-the-Sun Road is always a challenge, but this year was compounded...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: Join the National Park Service in commemorating the 67th Anniversary of the Liberation of Guam. Park Rangers will lead special guided tours and share personal stories of those who fought to liberate Guam in 1944. These programs provide visitors an opportunity to learn about park resources, the people we honor, and how events of the past influence us today. For specific program details, please see the schedule of events below.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON)-Senior House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders have asked President Obama’s former auto czar Ron Bloom to clarify his June 22 committee testimony that appears to contradict previously published statements attributed to Mr. Bloom. He was quoted in news reports and a book by former auto czar Steve Rattner, at a celebratory dinner for the auto bailout team that he “did this all for the unions."
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are being managed under the terms of the U.S. District Court approved consent decree. Park visitors can expect to see resource closures for breeding shorebirds in effect to varying degrees from mid-March to mid-to-late-August and sea turtle nesting closures may...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 7, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee passed the FY 2012 spending bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: DETROIT, MI - An indictment charging six defendants with mortgage fraud, arson, marijuana trafficking and money laundering was unsealed today after many of those charged were arrested, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. Ms. McQuade was joined in the announcement by U.S. Drug Enforcement...
By State Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - The following is Congressman Howard L. Berman’s, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, opening statement as prepared for delivery at today’s committee hearing entitled “Time to Pause the Reset: Defending U.S. Interests in the Face of Russian Aggression.".
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: Cape Lookout National Seashore announced the following programs and activities for the month of July. Programs will run on schedule unless there is inclement weather. For more information on these programs and other program offerings, call the Visitor Center on Harkers Island at (252) 728-2250 for a complete schedule.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Mike Honda, Ranking Member of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee delivered the following statement at the Subcommittee Markup of the FY2012 Appropriations bill.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced that James Reneau Seed Company, a seed company operating out of Shamrock, Texas, has paid $6,125 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act. The company settled the case in agreement with AMS officials. The company neither admitted nor denied the charges brought against them.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are demanding more answers from Obama EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on the agency’s sending millions of taxpayer dollars overseas. Committee investigative staff recently released a report detailing 65 foreign grants (excluding Canada and Mexico) ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s submission of its “Network Neutrality" rules to the Office of Management and Budget...
