News from September 2011
By DOE Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are seeking answers from Obama Administration officials on the recent government raid of an iconic U.S. guitar manufacturer, Tennessee’s Gibson Guitar Corporation. Armed agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently conducted raids of Gibson’s...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: America's national parks have inspired artists for centuries. Beginning October 7, artwork depicting our National Parks will inspire visitors to the Gateway Arch Visitors Center and the Old Courthouse in St. Louis as part of Paint the Parks.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today responded to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s final vote on the Atomic Safety Licensing Board’s ruling that Department of Energy may not withdraw...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today responded to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s final vote on the Atomic Safety Licensing Board’s ruling that Department of Energy may not withdraw...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have conducted studies to investigate the use of virgin cotton in nonwoven materials and products. The work was led by cotton technologist Paul Sawhney and his colleagues at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Cotton Chemistry and Utilization Research Unit in the agency's Southern Regional Research Center (SRRC) in New Orleans, La.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Fire crews were able to complete management ignitions on National Forest lands within the Lower Fire planning area on Thursday. As a result of yesterday's activities, the fire grew to 1,787 acres. Weather moving into the area from the south brought an increase in relative humidity in the afternoon. The afternoon weather pattern also impacted smoke dispersal, resulting in some reduced visibility.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: "Just one week after the U.S. economy reported adding no new jobs in the month of August and barely 100,000 jobs since the Ryan budget was passed, this bill willfully cuts hundreds of thousands of highway, transit and housing construction jobs. Official unemployment hovers around 9 percent and in the construction industry it is much worse at around 13.5 percent. Now is not the time to be laying off even more construction workers.".
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: Permits are available by lottery to collect firewood generated from hazard tree removals on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park near Grand Lake. Collection dates begin Tuesday, Sept. 27, through October 31. Firewood collection times may vary based on location of firewood. A $10 nonrefundable...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announces that a Federal Register Notice has been published today to reopen the public comment period for the proposed rule to manage off-road vehicle use at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina. The additional comment period allows more time for those who may have been affected by Hurricane Irene to submit comments.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON)- President Obama and his Administration can immediately take action to create jobs and grow the economy by working with House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders to address regulatory reform and a broken rulemaking process that creates market uncertainty-a disincentive to entrepreneurs and new investment.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are seeking answers from Obama Administration officials on the recent government raid of an iconic U.S. guitar manufacturer, Tennessee’s Gibson Guitar Corporation. Armed agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently conducted raids of Gibson’s...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today responded to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s final vote on the Atomic Safety Licensing Board’s ruling that Department of Energy may not withdraw...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today the selection of six projects aimed at developing technologies to lower the cost of producing electricity in integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plants using carbon capture, while maintaining the highest environmental...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: NEW YORK, NY -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) Director, Arun Majumdar, announced yesterday that the Agency will hold its third annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit from February 27 - 29, 2012 at the Gaylord Convention Center just outside Washington, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: Thanks to Chairman Herger for calling this hearing. Consolidation in the health care sector is an important and multifaceted subject. While it is hard to take on a topic of this breadth with a single panel on a Friday morning, maybe this is an area where we can work together on a bipartisan basis to fashion more targeted hearings in the future.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are seeking answers from Obama Administration officials on the recent government raid of an iconic U.S. guitar manufacturer, Tennessee’s Gibson Guitar Corporation. Armed agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently conducted raids of Gibson’s...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: Park Entrance Fees Waived for the Day.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: Western HiWays. Bakersfield, CA. Western HiWays trucking company headquarters sits among the oil derricks and citrus groves just off Highway 65 in Bakersfield, CA. Its 13 drivers haul everything from building materials to steel, giving life to the industry adage, “If you bought it, a truck brought it." ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: Dear Chairman Camp: Last night, President Obama outlined the urgent need for action to create jobs and proposed a specific plan to do so. During the last Congress, the President and the then-Democratic Majority took needed steps to stabilize the economy. According to Congressional Budget Office, the...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee, called on Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) to immediately schedule hearings on the provisions in the American Jobs Act that fall within the jurisdiction of the committee. Specifically, Ranking Member Markey says the committee could address the high unemployment rate in Native American communities.
