News from September 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 14, 2011 - On Sunday, September 18th, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings will host Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in a visit to Central Washington’s Fourth Congressional District for a discussion on Yakima River Basin water and a tour of Hanford’s historic B Reactor.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), with House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-Mich.) urged the IRS, in a letter yesterday, to appropriately use its discretion and authority as...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 14, 2011 - USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today highlighted the results of two Summer Food Service Program pilot programs in Arkansas and Mississippi that used incentives to increase participation among low-income children. The study found that the innovative pilot programs were associated with an increased average participation rate among kids in the Summer Food Service Programs by 35 percent in Arkansas and 19 percent in Mississippi.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today gave the following speech on the floor of the House of Representatives regarding the House Republican effort to once again take our economy to the brink of default through a debt ceiling resolution of disapproval...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Baucus, Hatch, Davis, Doggett Unveil Legislation to Improve, Extend Child Welfare Programs.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) called today for reforms in the tax code that would result in greater fairness and balanced, job-creating deficit reduction. At a hearing examining high-income, capital gains and dividends tax rates, Baucus said a balanced solution...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in response to the announcement that he has been selected by Speaker Boehner to serve on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, officials from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will meet with Members of Congress to discuss a plan to allow more American families to refinance their mortgages at historically low rates. The meeting comes after repeated requests from House...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - President Obama recently halted the implementation of a controversial job-killing regulation from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), saying he recognized the “importance of reducing regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty" in the economy. While the President has spoken about, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Committee Chairmen Call for Health Care Law Waiver.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Today, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing entitled “Education Reforms: Examining the Federal Role in Public School Accountability" to examine the appropriate federal role in accountability. The hearing brought education leaders from New Mexico, Maryland, Florida, and Pennsylvania to Washington, D.C. to discuss innovative state and local approaches to hold schools accountable for student achievement.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today joined with three of his House colleagues in outlining the costs and consequences of the employer mandate in the partisan health law, and called for its repeal as a means of spurring job creation and...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Camp, Brady Statements on Entry into Force of Canada-Colombia Trade Agreement.
By State Newswire | Sep 14, 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 committee briefing entitled “Promoting Peace? Reexamining U.S. Assistance to the Palestinian Authority, Part II"...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Witnesses. John Graham. PhD. Dean of Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Mrs. Robbie LeValley. Co-owner Homestead Meats and Member of Board of Directors. National Cattlemen's Beef Association. Mr. David Arkush. Director of Public Citizen's. Congress Watch. Mr. David Barker. Owner...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, today commended President Obama for taking actions to help the United States work with the Government of Iceland to cease permitting commercial whaling, consistent with the moratorium of the International Whaling...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Abraham Lincoln once said, “That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.".
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: “As part of our ongoing process to reauthorize the FDA user fee legislation this congress, we have convened this hearing to examine the safety and integrity of our pharmaceutical supply chain. Few issues are more important to the health and safety of Americans than the integrity of our drug supply. The...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will be hosting a presentation on Lyme disease and ticks on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., in the auditorium of the National Lakeshore visitor center in Empire. Visitors are encouraged to come and learn about tick identification, their life cycles, the diseases they transmit, and the measures used for prevention.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Hancock, MD - The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park will feature a variety of programs during the Hancock Apple Festival, September 17 - 18, 2011, in Hancock, Maryland. On Saturday, September 17th at 11:00 a.m. C&O Canal Bike Patrol Volunteers will participate in the Hancock Apple Festival Parade along with a float featuring the new C&O Canal Launch Boat. The launch boat will remain on display at the festival throughout the afternoon.
