News from October 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 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 markup of the.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: John Quincy Adams once said, “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.".
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: Reception to Showcase "Drive into the Future, Restore the Past".
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today delivered the following statement to reporters calling for House GOP leaders to act on China currency reform legislation...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday, October 12 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a legislative hearing on the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act (H.R. 3094). The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal law enforcement officials announced that an elaborate scheme to murder the Saudi Ambassador to the United States with explosives was foiled, thanks to the work of a DEA-led investigation. Two individuals have been charged in New York for their alleged participation in the plot.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: Biscayne National Park is seeking the assistance of southern Miami-Dade county residents and former residents with the collection of personal recollections and photographs of the segregated beach that existed at Homestead Bayfront Park during the years of Jim Crow in South Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on the Senate vote to proceed to the President’s $447 billion stimulus measure...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: The National Agricultural Library (NAL) is helping people around the world get better access to scientific agricultural information.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: Dear Acting Director DeMarco: We are writing in response to your Jan. 20, 2012, letter which discussed your refusal to authorize principal reduction programs for underwater mortgages owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and which provided some of the analyses on which you claim to base...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: (Washington, D.C.)-On Tuesday, July 12, 2011, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, convened a forum to examine illegal foreclosures against U.S. service members and their families.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, IN - East State Park Road will be closed for reconstruction beginning Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. The Federal Highway Administration expects the road to be closed through May 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: St. Simons Island, GA: Colonial Georgia was home to people from many different places. The diversity is surprising. The traditions of the Creek and Cherokee were supplemented by new groups of emigrants from England, Scotland, Salzburg and France. Europeans came to Georgia by their own free choice; other...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, the Ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee, issued the following reaction to Justice Department announcement that it has uncovered a terrorist plot allegedly backed by factions of the Iranian government to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the U.S.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: The Proposal: The President and Senate Democrats are pushing a permanent 5.6 percent tax increase to pay for another temporary stimulus bill. With the economy as weak as it is, this $453 billion “surtax" would punish job creators, families, and investors, diverting money into more government spending.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: Come celebrate Halloween early at Capulin Volcano National Monument's Trek or Treat Junior Ranger Day on Oct. 29, 2011. The staff at Capulin Volcano will hold activities from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Capulin Volcano Visitor Center, as well as a campfire program starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Picnic Area.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: Fire Island, which is located along what is known as the Atlantic migratory flyway, is a spectacular place for birds and birdwatching, especially during the annual fall migration. Every year, migrant songbirds, hawks, and water birds touch down on this barrier island to rest and feed before continuing their journey south. It's now the peak of the fall migration - a perfect time to learn bird watching tips and techniques and to experience the migration first-hand.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
Release: Washington, DC, Oct. 11, 2011 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted positive changes in the school meals programs to promote children's health during National School Lunch Week, Oct. 10-14. USDA, along with its partners, celebrate the program's accomplishments, including the achievements of HealthierUS School Challenge honorees and the enactment of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: Elk Reduction Requires Midweek Backcountry Closures.
By State Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the recently revealed plot by the Iranian government to assassinate Ambassador Adel Al-Jubeir, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States on American soil.
