News from May 2011
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) action against the Boeing Company and efforts to invalidate constitutional amendments in two states are likely to impact America’s economic recovery and should be carefully reviewed given the current climate. Those were the words of House...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: The guided client rescued from 19,500-feet had broken a leg when the 4-person rope team fell near the summit ridge of Mt. McKinley very late on Wednesday or early Thursday. After the fall, the team’s guide secured the injured climber in a bivy sack at the ‘Football Field’ while the other two clients...
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: 202-225-1784, andrew.high@mail.house.gov. Opening Statement of Ranking Member David Price. Subcommittee Markup of the FY2012 DHS Appropriations Bill. May 13, 2011. Mr. Chairman, I want to congratulate you on beginning the markup process for your first bill as Homeland Security Appropriations Chairman...
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today expressed disbelief with reports that the Obama administration’s blue ribbon commission on nuclear waste disposal is set to recommend taxpayers fund a new search for temporary storage - despite 30 years of research and billions of dollars...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) introduced H.R. 1899, the “Oil Consumer Protection Act of 2011," to subject the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to U.S. antitrust laws, prohibiting oil and gas companies from unilaterally withholding gasoline supply to create a shortage, with the intent of raising prices.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding news that the Department of Homeland Security has cancelled the Transformation and Systems Consolidation (TASC) program. The TASC contract was intended to provide integration services and program management support for integration of the Department's financial, acquisition and asset management processes.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 13, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement applauding NOAA’s authorization to lethally remove California sea lions.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today expressed disbelief with reports that the Obama administration’s blue ribbon commission on nuclear waste disposal is set to recommend taxpayers fund a new search for temporary storage - despite 30 years of research and billions of dollars...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: Two remaining injured climbers were evacuated from the 17,200-foot high camp on Mt. McKinley in the afternoon of Friday, May 13. Both climbers, one a guide and the other a client, suffered from frostbite to the hands and feet after a night spent at high elevation in cold temperatures and gusty winds. The guide also reportedly sustained a broken rib.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 13, 2011 - As part of House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative, the House Natural Resources Committee today held the first in a series of oversight hearings on “Identifying Roadblocks to Wind and Solar Energy on Public Lands and Waters." House Republicans are committed to advancing an all-of-the-above energy approach, which includes renewable energy, in order to create jobs, lower energy costs and decrease our dependence on foreign energy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: ATLANTA, GA. - A federal grand jury in Atlanta returned indictments this week in two separate cases charging a total of 13 defendants from Georgia and Kentucky with illegally trafficking in oxycodone and other prescription drugs. In the larger of the two cases, agents arrested a total of 6 defendants, all of whom appeared in federal court yesterday and today for arraignments.
By EPA Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today expressed disbelief with reports that the Obama administration’s blue ribbon commission on nuclear waste disposal is set to recommend taxpayers fund a new search for temporary storage - despite 30 years of research and billions of dollars...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: Harkers Island, N.C. - The National Park Service welcomes the public to join us Saturday, June 18, at the Harkers Island Visitor Center of Cape Lookout National Seashore as we celebrate "Take Your Parent Outside Day." Scouts, home-school groups, and other organizations are asked to call ahead to help us plan for your group.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Colorado posted its list of parcels for the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for 9 a.m., Aug. 11, 2011, at the Colorado State Office in Lakewood.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released “Meet Your Oversight Watchdogs: Rep. James Lankford, " the sixth in a series of videos to introduce committee members to the American people. Rep. Lankford serves the people of Oklahoma’s Fifth Congressional District...
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 271,200 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA) today responded to the release of the 2011 Medicare Trustees Report, which makes clear the positive impact of the Affordable Care Act on Medicare’s solvency.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing efforts to fight high gas prices and increase American energy production, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power today continued its hearing on the American Energy Initiative with a discussion on draft legislation that would accelerate energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: Have you ever wanted to be involved in an archeological project? For the next four weeks neighbors, students, and anyone interested in uncovering the history of San Francisco are invited to participate in a unique Archeological Stewardship Program at Lands End. National Park Service Archeologist, Leo...
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing efforts to fight high gas prices and increase American energy production, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power today continued its hearing on the American Energy Initiative with a discussion on draft legislation that would accelerate energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf.
