News from May 2011
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 4, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings issued the following statement on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announcement to delist biologically recovered gray wolf populations in the Western Great Lakes and the Northern Rocky Mountains. The areas...
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today hailed the Administration’s crucial first step to approve and implement the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and welcomed the letter from U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk stating the Administration is ready to begin...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: NORWALK, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JERRY LIVINGSTON, 49, formerly of Lexington Avenue, Norwalk, was sentenced today by United States District...
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA), Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) and Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA) sent a letter to AARP CEO Barry Rand seeking further clarification and information pertaining to concerns...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD- An explosives detecting canine has joined the team at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Aba, a seventeen-month old German Shepherd from the Czech Republic, completed her training at the end of April and was recently introduced to her new duty station at the Memorial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: ATLANTA, GA. - MARC BROTEMARKLE, 24, of Harrisburg, Missouri, and DEREK O’NEAL, 32, of Atlanta, Georgia, were sentenced to prison today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash on charges of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana plants and possession of marijuana plants with intent to distribute.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A large group of Senators, including Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), today introduced legislation, the Protect Life Act (S. 877), that would codify longstanding policy preventing taxpayer funding of abortion and apply it to the partisan health law.
By DOL Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing to review recent enforcement changes within the Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA). The hearing, entitled “Modernizing Mine Safety," offered committee members a chance to examine whether MSHA’s latest efforts are serving the needs of miners while discussing additional protections that may be necessary.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Republicans passed the first part of their “Oil Above All" energy plan today that will make oil drilling less safe, while protecting billions in tax breaks for the largest oil companies. The bill passed today would use shoddy, pre-BP-spill environmental review to accelerate drilling lease sales already scheduled by the Obama administration, and would open up new areas off Virginia’s beaches to new drilling.
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: Indian Energy Tribal Summit with American Indian and Alaska Native leaders kicks off this morning in Arlington, Virginia, with welcoming remarks from ARPA-E Director and Senior Advisor to the Secretary Arun Majumdar, National Nuclear Security Administration Principal Deputy Administrator Neile Miller, and Director of the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs Tracey LeBeau.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: Whether you are a beginning or an experienced birder, you are welcome to join the Eighth Annual Knife River Bird Walk on Saturday, May 14, 2011. Meet at the 7-Trails Trading Post (just south of the park) at 7:00 a.m. Central Time. Dalles and Marilyn Krause of Hazen will be leading the walk.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - After attending the address delivered by President Obama today at George Washington University, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Upon passage of H.R. 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: Camp, Brady: Panama Clears Last Hurdle to Consideration Of Panama Trade Agreement.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service has approved a "Record of Decision" associated with the Long Draw Reservoir Special Use Authorization issued by the US Forest Service to Water Supply and Storage Company of Fort Collins, Colorado. Long Draw Reservoir is located on National Forest System land, and Water Supply...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA: Armory Day is the annual celebration of the Springfield Armory National Historic Site's history. This year's events are particularly important as they simultaneously honor the Armory's rich history on the same day of the City of Springfield's 375th Anniversary. The Spirit of Springfield...
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman today seeking information about how the IRS is spending monies its received from the $1 billion...
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Way and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) today released the following joint statement regarding the Administration’s indication that it is ready to begin technical discussions on the draft implementing bill for the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement...
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: Confucius said: “He who does not economize will have to agonize.". Over the last decade this country has failed to live within our budget. The debt held by the public as a percent of our total economy is now quite high - about 69 percent of the Gross Domestic Product, or GDP. Now is the time for us...
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statements today after the Administration agreed to move forward with technical discussions with Congress on all three pending trade agreements...
