News from May 2011
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The twenty-first annual Grand Canyon Star Party will be held from Saturday, June 18 through Saturday, June 25, 2011 on the South and North Rims of Grand Canyon National Park. This event is sponsored by the National Park Service, the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (South Rim), and the Saguaro Astronomy Club of Phoenix (North Rim), with funding from Grand Canyon Association.
By State Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - The following is Congressman Howard L. Berman’s, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, opening statement as prepared for delivery at today’s committee hearing entitled “War Powers, United States Operations in Libya, and Related Legislation"...
By USDA Newswire | May 25, 2011
Release: Dallas, TX, May 25, 2011 - USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, Janey Thornton today recognized 154 Dallas schools for their efforts to expand nutrition and physical activity opportunities, the largest group of honorees from one district to date. USDA and its partners...
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - A chip seal project that began last summer on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will be completed early this summer.
By DOL Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce today approved the first in a series of education reform bills designed to revamp current Education and Secondary Education law. The Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act (H.R. 1891), sponsored by Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), passed by a vote of 23 to 16.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings and Congresswoman Jackie Speier, joined by Democratic Members of the Subcommittee on TARP and Financial Services, sent a letter to GOP Chairman Patrick McHenry today asking him to apologize for his “disrespectful treatment" of Professor Elizabeth Warren, Special Advisory to the Secretary of the Treasury, during yesterday’s hearing.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight is holding a hearing to attack tax benefits for working, middle-class families. At the hearing, refundable tax credits are caught in the crosshairs of the Republican agenda. These tax credits provide unique incentives to reward work and help families pay for college, adopt and care for children, and purchase homes.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 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 U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement...
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: In 1987, Ronald Reagan said, “We can look forward to the day when the free flow of trade, from the southern reaches of Tierra del Fuego to the northern outposts of the Arctic Circle, unites the people of the Western Hemisphere in a bond of mutually beneficial exchange.".
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By USDA Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: Dear Commissioner Hamburg: The United States Senate Committee on Finance (Committee) has jurisdiction over the Medicare and Medicaid programs. As senior members of the United States Senate and as Chairman and a senior member of the Committee, we have a special responsibility to the more than 100 million...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: PORTLAND, ME. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that on May 25th, a federal jury found Wolker Georges -, 29 of Portland, Maine, guilty of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | May 25, 2011
Release: Washington, DC, May 25, 2011 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today applauded The Office of the First Lady's Let's Move! initiative and the launch of Let's Move! in Indian Country (LMIC). LMIC is an effort designed to support and advance the work that tribal leaders and community members are already...
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: Local Musician, Teacher, and Student to Play Key Roles.
By DOL Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: On Thursday, May 26 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled “Corporate Campaigns and the NLRB: The Impact of Union Pressure on Job Creation." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The National Park Service in collaboration with the Dupont Kalorama Museums Consortium (DKMC) will host an annual event established in 1983 to promote off the mall museums and their neighborhoods. The public is invited to visit the eight DKMC museums during Walk Weekend.
By USDA Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC -Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) today introduced the bipartisan Veterinary Services Investment Act. The legislation would help address the shortage of veterinarians in rural ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today Oversight Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that the Committee issue subpoenas to six mortgage servicing companies that have refused to provide documents relating to illegal foreclosures, inflated fees, and other abuses relating to millions of families losing their homes.
By Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday pointed to duplication and overlap within the federal government, which, if eliminated, could save American taxpayers billions of dollars.
