News from November 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: I am writing to request that the Committee hold a hearing with former lobbyist and convicted felon Jack Abramoff, who was recently released from prison after completing a three-and-a-half year sentence. Over the past several years, the Oversight Committee has worked in a bipartisan...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: KYOTO, JAPAN - Nov. 10, 2011 - The non-profit Inamori Foundation (President: Dr. Kazuo Inamori) today presented its 27th Annual Kyoto Prizes, Japan's highest private awards for lifetime achievement, in Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - At a Finance Committee hearing held today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) examined strategies to improve the Unemployment Insurance program to help unemployed workers find new jobs and boost our economy by giving companies assistance that preserve jobs and helps them hire new employees.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will discuss the importance of transportation investments while addressing the 2011 West Virginians for Better Transportation Conference on Nov. 14, 2011, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Charleston, West Virginia.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service, the El Paso Mexican Consulate and El Centro Cultural Mexicano Paso del Norte Host International Photo Exhibit.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Castle Clinton was built between 1808 and 1811 and served as a defense of New York Harbor during the War of 1812. Originally known as the Southwest Battery, it was dedicated on Nov. 25, 1811.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings and several Members of Congress sent a letter to Edward DeMarco, the Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), seeking information about mortgage servicing companies that may have improperly denied access to housing assistance programs for servicemembers ordered by the military to relocate.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) today issued the following joint statement regarding the decision by the Working Party on the Accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to approve the terms and conditions for Russia’s accession to the WTO...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today released the following statement in response to the Senate’s vote on the resolution of disapproval for the EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) made the following statement today regarding the ongoing investigation into the $535 million loan guarantee to Solyndra and efforts by the White House to comply with a subpoena issued by the committee last week.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing this year’s focus on job creation and innovative U.S. industries, members of Congress are announcing plans to host key energy policy experts to discuss the natural gas revolution that is creating American jobs and energy security. Scheduled for Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 at...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today expressed deep disappointment in response to President Obama’s delay of the Keystone XL pipeline decision. Instead of approving the pipeline, and allowing this construction project to move forward and create a massive infusion of American...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Families have a lot on their minds right now. On the positive side, kids are settling into school schedules and extracurricular activities, hunting season starts next week, and the holidays are right around the corner. On the concerning side, 520,000 Michiganders are out of work, and each is competing with five other applicants for every job opening in the Midwest.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve Announces Significant Archaeological Discovery at Kingsley Plantation.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today won approval from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for two lands bills that will help facilitate energy projects in Alaska.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing this year’s focus on job creation and innovative U.S. industries, members of Congress are announcing plans to host key energy policy experts to discuss the natural gas revolution that is creating American jobs and energy security. Scheduled for Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 at...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) made the following statement today regarding the ongoing investigation into the $535 million loan guarantee to Solyndra and efforts by the White House to comply with a subpoena issued by the committee last week.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing this year’s focus on job creation and innovative U.S. industries, members of Congress are announcing plans to host key energy policy experts to discuss the natural gas revolution that is creating American jobs and energy security. Scheduled for Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 at...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today expressed deep disappointment in response to President Obama’s delay of the Keystone XL pipeline decision. Instead of approving the pipeline, and allowing this construction project to move forward and create a massive infusion of American...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today released the following statement in response to the Senate’s vote on the resolution of disapproval for the EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.
