News from June 2011
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: Opening Statement of House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (remarks as prepared)...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 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 waste, fraud and abuse within the federal unemployment insurance system...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce today approved the second in a series of education reform bills designed to overhaul current elementary and secondary education law. The Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218), sponsored by Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), passed by a strong bipartisan vote of 34 to 5.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the Committee, and U.S. Representative John Mica (R-FL), Chairman of the Committee, aimed at reining in EPA’s overreach in the Clean Water Act permitting process that is threatening the future of coal mining jobs and communities throughout Appalachia.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: Gateway National Recreation Area welcomes Outdoor Nation, a youth-led organization championing outdoor recreation, which will hold a summit at the park's Floyd Bennett Field June 24-26. The summit will draw 250 young adults as delegates from the northeastern United States. Delegates will camp overnight at Floyd Bennett Field's expanding campgrounds.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- H.R. 2146, The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, was approved the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on a unanimous bi-partisan voice vote today at a business meeting of the Committee.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a hearing today examining ways to improve the Unemployment Insurance program by decreasing costly overpayments. Baucus underscored the importance of protecting the integrity of the UI program and preserving the aid that keeps families and individuals afloat while they transition to new jobs.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, spoke on the Senate floor in support of modernized elections rules proposed yesterday by the National Labor Relations Board.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Members Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday said rail and transit security in the U.S. has improved since 9/11 but needs to reach a higher level - particularly since recent evidence recovered from Osama bin Laden’s hideout suggests that rail systems remain key terrorist targets.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is considering construction of an open air structure to showcase a 46 foot rearticulated humpback whale skeleton in Bartlett Cove, Alaska. The exhibit would provide park visitors with information about humpback whales that visit the park's marine waters each summer...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: I’d like to thank Chairman Herger for holding this hearing today. Monitoring Medicare’s solvency is an important responsibility for this Committee, and I welcome the opportunity to discuss this topic with the Public Trustees today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: NPS Temporary Fire Ban in Effect.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today renewed his call for dramatic action to cut the nation’s debt by slashing federal spending after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an assessment of the nation’s fiscal outlook which showed the nation’s public debt rising to 190 percent of the gross domestic product by 2035.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 22, 2011 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Parks, Forest and Public Lands Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) met privately with Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey and Department of the Interior Deputy Secretary David Hayes...
By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Following President Obama’s speech on Afghanistan, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) issued the following statement:
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: Dear Dr. Ishrak: The United States Senate Committee on Finance (Committee) has jurisdiction over the Medicare and Medicaid programs. As Chairman and a senior member of the Committee, we have a special responsibility to the more than 100 million Americans who receive health care under those programs...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Susan Boudreau announced today that a vessel speed limit of 13 knots through the water will be implemented in lower Glacier Bay and in Park waters at the mouth of Glacier Bay to protect numerous humpback whales that have been sighted in this area.During...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: Summer session of Outdoor Adventure Camp will start Tuesday, July 19, 2011.Students in the 4th, 5th and 6th grade can register at the Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation the Ajo Community Center.The camp will be held on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from July 19 through July 30.Planned...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: Washington - The Department of Agriculture today issued a rule amending the membership provisions of the Mango Promotion, Research and Information Order.
