News from September 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: “This is a hearing on “the economic models available to the Joint Committee on Taxation for analyzing tax reform proposals." Let me first say that I hope that neither this hearing nor anything said here today is construed as a criticism of the Joint Committee, its work or its staff.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC -- Today, Ranking Members Elijah E. Cummings and Stephen Lynch introduced comprehensive legislation to address the Postal Service’s current financial challenges and make innovative structural changes to enable it to continue to deliver for decades to come.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA) today issued the following statements after two surveys - from the National Center for Health Statistics and Gallup - showed that the new health care law has significantly reduced the...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) called today for continued progress improving care for patients enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid and reducing costs for taxpayers. At a committee hearing, Baucus conducted oversight of the new Medicare-Medicaid Coordination...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today approved bipartisan legislation to protect jobs and enhance the security of nation’s pipeline infrastructure.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today approved bipartisan legislation to protect jobs and enhance the security of nation’s pipeline infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: TACOMA, WASH. - Bill Celeya Flores, 60, of Puyallup, Washington, was sentenced Sept. 16, 2011, in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release for illegally possessing and distributing oxycodone and possession of a firearm by an unlawful use of a controlled...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley addressed several hundred educators, IT experts, and others at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) yesterday as part of a workshop hosted by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), a national campaign coordinated by NIST.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and every member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations are seeking answers from the venture capitalists behind Solyndra. In the letters to Argonaut Private Equity and Madrone Capital Partners, Members are seeking...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today approved bipartisan legislation to protect jobs and enhance the security of nation’s pipeline infrastructure.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA - Have you ever wanted to spend a day as an archeologist? The National Park Service (NPS) and the United States Forest Service (USFS) are looking for students in the 4th through 6th grades to take part in a Junior Archaeologist Day Camp as part of the Flagstaff Festival of Science. The day camps will give students the opportunity to get a hands-on lesson in the science of archaeology on public lands.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining innovative solutions to improve care and lower costs for patients who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid programs...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: "I rise in reluctant opposition to the Continuing Resolution. For the most part, it is a reasonable CR. It provides funding at $1.043 trillion, as required by the Budget Control Act cap on FY 2012 appropriations, through November 18. The CR continues funding as provided in FY 2011, with a 1.503 % across-the-board cut.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) approved the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourism Opportunities and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011 (RESTORE Act), which establishes the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund to dedicate funding to ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: Mahatma Gandhi said, “The measure of a country's greatness should be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable populations.".
By EPA Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and every member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations are seeking answers from the venture capitalists behind Solyndra. In the letters to Argonaut Private Equity and Madrone Capital Partners, Members are seeking...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and every member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations are seeking answers from the venture capitalists behind Solyndra. In the letters to Argonaut Private Equity and Madrone Capital Partners, Members are seeking...
By State Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on President Barack Obama’s remarks to the United Nations General Assembly.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration released a new edition of its Whistleblower Investigations Manual, one of a series of measures to improve OSHA's Whistleblower Protection Program that were announced in August.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2011
News Release: Fire Management staff at Denali National Park and Preserve will burn piles of debris in Kantishna, at the western end of the Denali Park Road, beginning late evening on Monday, September 19 and continuing through Friday, Sept. 23, conditions permitting. The debris pile is located in a gravel pit near the junction of Eureka Creek and the park road.
