News from June 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform and Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) entered Let’s Fix This in YouTube’s Town Hall Series, which pits Republican solutions to pressing national problems against Democrat alternatives. Let’s Fix This outlines the common-sense, pro-growth...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: At these funding levels, there will be significant harm to America's consumers, investors, taxpayers, workers, businesses, judiciary, the security of our elections, and even our deficit, and I will be unable to vote for the bill.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: Fifty-Six Buses Inspected, Twenty-Eight Citations Issues, Five Buses taken out of Service.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, released his opening statement from a committee hearing today examining the solvency of health care entitlement programs. Hatch has said it is imperative to keep entitlements - the largest drivers of the nation’s debt - on the table during deficit reduction discussions.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
Release: Washington, DC, June 23, 2011 - USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Administrator Audrey Rowe joined D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) representatives at the 8th Annual "Free Summer Meals Kick off", a celebration of USDA's Summer Food Service Program in the District of Columbia. This summer, OSSE will offer more than 300 feeding sites throughout the city, providing free, nutritious meals to children up to age 18.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today approved legislation to create jobs and reduce our dependence on OPEC oil. The North American-Made Energy Security Act (H.R. 1938) passed the committee with bipartisan support by a vote of 33 to 13.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: "I thank Chairman Rogers for yielding to me, and I'd like to thank him, Chairwoman Emerson, Ranking Member Serrano and the staff on both sides for what they have been able to do to accommodate some of the priorities of Democratic members as they have assembled the bill.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following statement today after learning of the Risk Management Agency’s (RMA) assurance to farmers along the flooded Missouri River that crop insurance will cover any damages caused by the flooding...
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s committee hearing entitled “Iran and Syria: Next Steps.".
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today approved legislation to create jobs and reduce our dependence on OPEC oil. The North American-Made Energy Security Act (H.R. 1938) passed the committee with bipartisan support by a vote of 33 to 13.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 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 EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement today in response to the Administration’s announcement that it plans to release 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 23, 2011 - In a blatant admission that increasing the world oil supply will affect prices, the Obama Administration today released 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). However, the SPR is not a political tool; it is intended for emergency situations...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders from the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius demanding more information on whether the administration was aware that millions of middle class Americans could qualify for, and in some cases be forced...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) is demanding answers and cooperation from Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew regarding an ongoing investigation of a stimulus loan guarantee awarded to Solyndra, Inc.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) is demanding answers and cooperation from Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew regarding an ongoing investigation of a stimulus loan guarantee awarded to Solyndra, Inc.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders from the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius demanding more information on whether the administration was aware that millions of middle class Americans could qualify for, and in some cases be forced...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement today in response to the Administration’s announcement that it plans to release 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement today in response to the Administration’s announcement that it plans to release 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: ATLANTA, GA. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Charlie Stephens, age 76, Jeff Sivell, age unknown, and Alvin Malone, age 32, all certified law enforcement officers working for the Sheriff’s Department in Talbot County, Georgia, were charged...
