News from March 2011
By USDA Wire | Mar 3, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, spearheaded a letter of 42 Senators to President Obama today urging him to withdraw the nomination of Dr.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Camp, Brady Statements on U.S.-Mexico Trucking Dispute.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement today in support of the letter 67 House freshman Members sent to the President encouraging passage of the three pending trade agreements...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Jack Riley and United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced today the sentencing of Juan Antonio Corona-Gonzalez, 28, Jalisco, Mexico, to 24 years in prison. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (sitting by designation) David F. Hamilton...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 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 “Reforming the United Nations: Lessons Learned".
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 3, 2011 - At today’s House Natural Resources Committee hearing on the Department of the Interior’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget proposal, Rep. John Fleming asked Interior Secretary Ken Salazar about the Department’s refusal to issue new offshore drilling permits.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.(D-Mich.) spoke forcefully against H.R. 3, the misleadingly named, “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," during a Judiciary Committee markup. If enacted, H.R. 3 would expand current restrictions on abortion and impose an unprecedented ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office has posted its list of parcels for the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for 9 a.m., May 12, 2011, at the State Office in Lakewood.Twelve parcels with a total of 7,045 acres are being offered; 11 of the parcels are in Rio...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Camp Statement on Bipartisan Letter Supporting Passage of Colombia-Panama FTAs.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 3, 2011 - Today, at a House Natural Resources Committee Hearing on the Department of the Interior’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget proposal, Interior Secretary Salazar : “The 2012 budget reflects many difficult budget choices, cutting worthy programs and advancing efforts to shrink Federal spending. by eliminating and reducing lower priority programs. ".
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following comments today in response to the release of President Obama’s 2011 Trade Policy Agenda...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By USDA Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Media Contact: Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564. Republican and Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives today introduced the Energy Tax Prevention Act (H.R. 910), a bill to block EPA’s controversial backdoor climate change agenda that would further drive up the price of energy for American...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), in a speech on the House floor Thursday, criticized Republicans’ proposal to increase taxes on middle-income families to pay for the repeal of the 1099 provision.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Jack Riley and United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced today the sentencing of Juan Antonio Corona-Gonzalez, 28, Jalisco, Mexico, to 24 years in prison. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (sitting by designation) David F. Hamilton...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (OGR), today joined Committee Democrats to focus on a massive amount of revenue being lost by the United States Government, thanks to shoddy legislation. Cummings suggested a legislative solution to that loss and requested the help of OGR Chairman Darrell Issa (CA-49) to ensure that solution passes smoothly through the House of Representatives.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that Oregon Inlet, Frisco, and Ocracoke Campgrounds will open to the public on Friday, April 1, 2011. Oregon Inlet and Frisco Campgrounds will remain open through Columbus Day, Oct. 10, 2011. Ocracoke Island Campground, on a reservation...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2011
News Release: Multiple media outlets this week reported on the call by Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) to move the three pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea by July 1, 2011.
