News from March 2011
By USDA Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 220,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheat for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2010/2011 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 2, 2011 - The Subcommittee on Water and Power, held an oversight hearing today to examine the FY 2012 budget request for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock also focused on Reclamation’s wasteful spending and a divergence from its original mission of providing water and power abundance that has resulted in lost jobs and economic hardships for Westerners.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: (Calumet, MI) Targeted audiences for the grant program workshop are owners and operators of historic properties, including homeowners, and providers of copper-related history programs within Houghton, Keweenaw, or Ontonagon counties, and the northern half of Baraga County. The workshop will be held at park headquarters, located at the corner of Red Jacket Road and US-41 in Calumet.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), today concluded a hearing on waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid. The amount of fraud in the Medicare and Medicaid programs has risen steadily over the last forty...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-On Monday the majority party on the Ways and Means Committee continued their campaign to discredit Social Security by alleging that it adds to our federal budget deficit, citing a statement by FactCheck.org. Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Xavier Becerra (D-CA), released the following statement in response...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provided an update on implementation of the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program in health reform. As of the end of 2010, more than 5,000 employers have received more than $535 million in health benefit reimbursements. Large employers that received 58 percent of the funds dispersed in 2010 reported using the program to continue retiree health coverage for more than 4.5 million Americans.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: Documents for the March 3rd Full Committee Hearing: "Waste and Abuse: The Refuse of the Federal Spending Binge II"
By USDA Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: Fire, cattle and even prairie dogs all could play a role in sustaining the biodiversity of the western Great Plains, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researcher.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), today concluded a hearing on waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid. The amount of fraud in the Medicare and Medicaid programs has risen steadily over the last forty...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Ranking Member James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) today sent the following letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson criticizing the agency’s...
By State Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the killing of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s Minister for Minority Affairs, outside his home in Islamabad. His killing comes after Salman Taseer, former Governor of Punjab, was shot and killed by a member of his own security detail for his promotion of religious tolerance on January 4, 2011.
By State Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released a statement condemning today’s assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s Minister for Minority Affairs, outside his home in Islamabad:
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday heard testimony in support of streamlining the nomination process of Presidential appointees, providing momentum to legislation expected to be introduced next week.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member John Lewis (D-GA), delivered the following statement today at a Subcommittee hearing on improving efforts to combat health care fraud...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Ranking Member James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) today sent the following letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson criticizing the agency’s...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Ranking Member James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) today sent the following letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson criticizing the agency’s...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), today concluded a hearing on waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid. The amount of fraud in the Medicare and Medicaid programs has risen steadily over the last forty...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2011
News Release: During the next 6-8 weeks, National Park Service fire crews will be conducting a series of prescribed fires within Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The prescribed fires, as defined in the park's Fire Management Plan, will all be located within the boundaries of the park. Plans call for burns varying in size from 38 to 2,080 acres to occur at locations in both Kentucky and Tennessee.
