News from September 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Mr. Chairman, the joy that my wife Libby and I feel each time that we are home in Texas with our three young granddaughters makes it difficult to understand how anyone could abuse a child. But our daughter, the mother of two, is a physician, who has seen tragic instances of abuse and neglect.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Star Watching Program at Haleakalā National Park.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: REALITY CHECK. Obama Press Secretary Tries to Dismiss White House Pressure to Rush Solyndra Loan as OMB E-mails Reveal Corners Were Cut. According to media reports, White House spokesman Jay Carney today tried, but failed, to dismiss an Energy and Commerce report on White House e-mails that clearly show...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WATCH the Today Show Highlight “Green Embarrassment"
By EPA Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WATCH the Today Show Highlight “Green Embarrassment"
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Camp, Brady Statements on Senate Path Forward for Pending Trade Agreements.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America Corp. in violation of the whistleblower protection provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for improperly firing an employee. The bank has been ordered to reinstate...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: REALITY CHECK. Obama Press Secretary Tries to Dismiss White House Pressure to Rush Solyndra Loan as OMB E-mails Reveal Corners Were Cut. According to media reports, White House spokesman Jay Carney today tried, but failed, to dismiss an Energy and Commerce report on White House e-mails that clearly show...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national park units across the country in celebrating National Public Lands Day (NPLD) with fee free entry into the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 14, 2011 - The Subcommittee on Water and Power today held a legislative hearing on H.R. 2842, the “Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2011," introduced by Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03). The legislation streamlines burdensome red tape...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: (Thousand Oaks, CA) The National Park Service and California State Parks will host a volunteer event in celebration of National Public Lands Day on September 24 from 9 am to 1 pm at Leo Carrillo and Point Mugu State Parks.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), held a hearing today with members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and state regulators to discuss the impacts of new EPA regulations on America’s electric reliability.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: BEAUMONT, TX - A Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a major drug trafficking conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), held a hearing today with members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and state regulators to discuss the impacts of new EPA regulations on America’s electric reliability.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), held a hearing today with members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and state regulators to discuss the impacts of new EPA regulations on America’s electric reliability.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 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 hearing examining marginal tax rates for high-income taxpayers, capital gains, and dividends...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WATCH the Today Show Highlight “Green Embarrassment"
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park staff are preparing a new Fire Management Plan for the park. The current Fire Management Plan is currently based on a 1992 plan which underwent minor revisions in 2004. This new plan will more fully address the challenges the park now faces with the bark beetle epidemic, other forest health issues, and community wildland fire protection.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: REALITY CHECK. Obama Press Secretary Tries to Dismiss White House Pressure to Rush Solyndra Loan as OMB E-mails Reveal Corners Were Cut. According to media reports, White House spokesman Jay Carney today tried, but failed, to dismiss an Energy and Commerce report on White House e-mails that clearly show...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 13, 2011 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced investments across the country to help children develop positive nutrition and physical activity habits that can lead to healthier lifestyles. The grants will provide nutrition education materials, resources for children...
