News published on Federal Newswire in June 2011

News from June 2011


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a three page proposed rule on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Norm Dicks’ Floor Statement during Consideration of the Defense Appropriations Bill, FY2012

News Release: WASHINGTON- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks gave the following statement on the House floor during consideration of the Defense Appropriations bill for FY2012.


News Release: Like diamonds, sugar crystals ideally are very pure and low in color. Now studies led by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) chemist Gillian Eggleston have provided a better understanding of the source of undesirable color in factory sugar.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 23, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced a release of 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.


Harkin: “Social contract has disappeared” for American Middle Class

News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee heard testimony from Americans who are struggling to make ends meet and those who are studying the decline of the middle class. After delivering a speech on the Senate floor yesterday decrying Washington’s focus on cutting the...


Cummings, Quigley Transparency Bills Advance through Oversight Committee

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed “The Government Accountability Office Improvement Act," one of five reform bills included in H.R. 1144, which was introduced by Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings and all Committee Democrats in March.


News Release: The week of June 12th was a busy period for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, with 2 SARs, a downed aircraft and a close bear encounter.


News Release: In any discussion of the successes and challenges for Social Security, the $2.6 trillion American workers have built up in the Social Security Trust Fund to date cannot be ignored. I’m concerned that in describing Social Security’s finances, the Majority today has disregarded the true value and the $117.5 billion in interest earned by the U.S. Treasury bonds in Social Security’s Trust Fund in 2010 alone.