News from May 2011
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today questioned executives from the five largest oil and gas companies on whether the $2.1 billion spent annually on tax breaks for the oil and gas companies is the best use of taxpayer dollars, particularly given the top companies are on pace to make $140 billion in profits this year.
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments following release of the FY2012 Homeland Security bill text.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve mountaineering rangers launched a rescue effort the morning of Thursday, May 12 for two members of a guided expedition. A four-person rope team, including one guide and three clients, fell while descending from the summit ridge of Mt. McKinley very late on Wednesday or early Thursday.
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding the legislative proposal set forth by the White House on cybersecurity...
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - At a hearing this morning to examine the shrinking American middle class, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) challenged a Boeing Company executive to justify why his own compensation increased by 34% in one year while the average Boeing employee’s...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Documents. Opening Statement of Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings. Letter from Ranking Member Cummings to Chairman Issa, requesting Fred Wertheimer, the President of Democracy 21, testify as a witness. Letter from multiple stakeholder organizations, to President Obama, indicating support for the April...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee heard testimony on approaches to reforming the Medicare physician payment system. Witnesses: Stuart Guterman, Vice President, Payment and System Reform at The Commonwealth Fund; Dana Safran, senior Vice President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts;...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves issued the following statements on a letter sent today by a bipartisan group of Senators including Rob Portman (R- Ohio), Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Claire...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against two brothers, Masod Rahimi, 24, and Mansore Rahimi, 22, both of Union City, charging them in a conspiracy to distribute (Ecstasy).
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In light of a new proposed policy by the Obama Administration on contracting practices, U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Rob Portman (R-OH) wrote a letter to President Obama raising concerns about whether the new policies will...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Gerald Donald Taylor, 49, with possessing a form of cocaine base known as crack cocaine with the intent to distribute.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - After stacking today’s hearing with witnesses who oppose greater disclosure of campaign contributions, Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell E. Issa denied a request by Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings to invite Fred Wertheimer, the President of Democracy 21, to testify on a draft executive order that would require government contractors to provide more information about their political contributions.
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Sam Farr (D-CA) issued the following statement in response to the Republican Majority's proposed 302(b) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Allocation for Fiscal Year 2012.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Lassen Gateway Coalition Holds Spring Conference.
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments following release of the FY2012 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill text.
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments following release of the FY2012 Homeland Security bill text.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 12, 2011 - Today, as part of the American Energy Initiative, the House of Representatives is poised to pass H.R. 1231, the third in a trio of bipartisan bills passed by the House and introduced by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) to increase American offshore energy production, create jobs and reduce dependence on foreign energy. H.R. 1230 passed the House on May 5, 2011 and H.R. 1229 passed the House on May 11, 2011.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: On Friday, May 13 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing entitled “Examining the Costs of Federal Overreach into School Meals." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Congressman Xavier Becerra, Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, released the following statement commending Arturo Valenzuela for his service as Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Today House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) commended U.S. Justice Department Attorney General Eric Holder for extending the tenure of FBI Director Robert Mueller for an additional two years. First nominated by former President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, Director Mueller’s 10-year term was set to expire later this year.
