News from March 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today hailed the success of Medicare’s new preventive benefits enacted in the health reform law. At a hearing to provide an update on the implementation of the law after nearly a year of enactment, Health and Human Services Secretary...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - The Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has begun research under the Carbon Capture Simulation Initiative (CCSI), partnering with other national laboratories, universities, and industry to develop state-of-the-art computational modeling and simulation tools to accelerate commercialization of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: Bark beetles continue to be active within Rocky Mountain National Park, impacting large numbers of conifer trees. The park's priorities for mitigation of the effects of beetles are focused on removing hazard trees and hazard fuels related to the protection of life and property. For several years, Rocky...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 16, 2011 - On the heels of the highest increase in gasoline prices since 2008, the Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition today released outlining the economic impact of shallow water drilling outside of the Gulf States of Texas and Louisiana.**.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - In a speech today on U.S. Policy toward the Middle East at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) stressed that the United States must play a constructive role in the process of political and economic reform in the ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: Abraham Lincoln said: “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.". Health reform looked ahead to the responsibility of tomorrow. It asked: will quality, affordable care remain accessible if costs continue to rise? Health reform took responsibility for tomorrow by solving...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius examining the impact of the $2.6 trillion health overhaul one year after the President signed it into law...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service (NPS) will soon complete the installation of nine new water bottle filling stations in Grand Canyon National Park, making access to free Grand Canyon spring water easier than ever before.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: Mexico and the United States are friends and allies of long standing, with deep historical, cultural, and political ties. Consider also the economic ties: the United States is Mexico’s largest trading partner, buying 85% of Mexican exports. Mexico also buys large quantities of US goods and services...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter with Reps. Barney Frank, Bill Keating, and John Tierney asking the Commerce Department to provide immediate assistance to Massachusetts fisherman in an effort to address negative economic...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: Fort Frederica Superintendent Mary Beth Wester is pleased is pleased to announce the details of an upcoming living history program at the Battle of Bloody March site on St. Simons Island.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: Shot…. POLITICO: W.H. says W.H. is transparent. Chaser…. ASSOCIATED PRESS: Obama Tells GOP: Nice Try on Health Care Records. Remember Obama pledge to hold health care talks in the open? Tell that to White House now. President Barack Obama once promised that negotiations over his health care overhaul...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), will host the first component of the committee’s “American Energy Initiative" hearing on Thursday, March 17, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. in room 2123 of Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
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By US DOT Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: Opening Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today made the following statement about a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the readiness of the current carbon offset market to facilitate additional and verifiable results...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: Shot…. POLITICO: W.H. says W.H. is transparent. Chaser…. ASSOCIATED PRESS: Obama Tells GOP: Nice Try on Health Care Records. Remember Obama pledge to hold health care talks in the open? Tell that to White House now. President Barack Obama once promised that negotiations over his health care overhaul...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: Shot…. POLITICO: W.H. says W.H. is transparent. Chaser…. ASSOCIATED PRESS: Obama Tells GOP: Nice Try on Health Care Records. Remember Obama pledge to hold health care talks in the open? Tell that to White House now. President Barack Obama once promised that negotiations over his health care overhaul...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, the Oversight Committee heard the testimony of SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro where she stated that allowing SEC General Counsel David Becker to advise on the Madoff investigation was a mistake. To help answer key questions about the impact of this mistake, Rep. Darrell Issa...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2011
News Release: One of the first signs of spring on Fire Island, piping plovers have returned. On Sunday, March 13, Fire Island National Seashore park rangers reported sightings the first of this year's tiny shorebirds upon their arrival along the south shore of Long Island. Three birds were spotted between Watch Hill...
