News from November 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: Today at a markup held by the House Judiciary Committee, Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) opposed the passage of H.R. 1996, the “Government Litigation Savings Act." The bill prohibits groups and individuals seeking to protect important rights and interests threatened by unreasonable government ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today urged the confirmation of Mary Miller to be Under Secretary for Domestic Finance at the Department of Treasury, Alastair Fitzpayne to be Deputy Under Secretary for Legislative Affairs at the Department of Treasury, Kathleen...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing considering the nominations of Mary John Miller to serve as Under Secretary for Domestic Finance at the Department of Treasury;...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - Nov. 17, 2011. Contacts Name:ERIC CAMPBELL (540) 868-9176. National Park Service and the Hoffman Family Announce Special Holiday Showing of the Hoffman Historic House. Middletown, VA ----- The Hoffman family, in partnership with the National Park Service, invite...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today held a press conference after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Chairman John Mica (R-FL) unveiled the House Republican ‘proposal’ for a long-term surface transportation reauthorization. Below are Rahall’s remarks, as prepared for delivery...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC), one of seven regional partnerships created by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance carbon storage technologies nationwide, has begun injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) for their large-scale CO2 injection test in Decatur, Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned Indictments today in two separate cases, charging distribution of methamphetamine and other controlled substances.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed concern and frustration over Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s order to “consolidate" the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) within the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 17, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement after joining House Speaker John Boehner and other Republican Members at a press conference today to highlight the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act - a bill to be introduced in the coming weeks that would link new American energy production to high-priority infrastructure projects.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 420,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke to FOX Business anchor Connell McShane about the administration’s continued “dithering" on the jobs, revenue and energy to be gained from increasing domestic offshore oil and natural gas production.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following floor statement in opposition of the previous question so that Democrats could bring the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act up for consideration. The bill (H.R. 639) has been blocked by Republican leadership. It would...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: Public Meetings: December 5, 2011 December 7, 2011. Stehekin Sedro-Woolley. Golden West Visitor Center Park and Forest Infromation Center. 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Throughout North America, invasive non-native plant species threaten to outcompete and affect the survival of native...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: Dear Secretary Bryson and Ambassador Kirk...
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee mark-up of H.R. 2918, the Taiwan Policy Act of 2011 and H.R. 2992 the Taiwan Airpower Modernization Act of 2011.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: Point Reyes Station - In light of next week's anticipated release of the Marine Mammal Commission report regarding harbor seal ecology in Point Reyes National Seashore, the National Park Service is extending the public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Drakes Bay Oyster Company Special Use Permit to December 9, 2011. Comments may be submitted by one of the following methods.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- - A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned an indictment in which three Bay Area residents are charged variously with conspiracy; possession with intent to distribute oxycodone and oxymorphone; distribution of oxycodone and oxymorphone; and possession of a firearm by a felon, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 17, 2011 - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee passed H.R. 3404, a bill introduced by Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) to formally abolish the former Minerals Management Service (MMS) and create three separate offshore agencies to ensure robust and safe American energy...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Sam Farr (D-Carmel) today released the following statement after the House passage of Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Agriculture, Commerce/Justice/Science (CJS), and Transportation/Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bills - also known as the "Mini-bus".
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - During today’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, ranking member Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, questioned Interior Department officials about a proposed policy that would restrict recreational shooting on Bureau of Land Management land.
