News from September 2011
By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Florida Prime Mushrooms Inc. (Florida Prime), alleging the company failed to make full payment promptly to two sellers in the total amount of $434,626.68. The company, operating from Quincy, Fla., purchased the produce during the period of August 2009 through October 2009.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding President Obama’s speech before a Joint Session of Congress...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: Full Committee Ranking Member, Rep. Norm Dicks.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: Today, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, spoke on the House floor in support of legislation to remove barriers to high-quality charter school growth. Rep Hunter introduced the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218) earlier this summer.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and senior Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today applauded the Senate’s passage of their bill to protect taxpayers and fight tax evasion, which was included in the larger patent reform bill. The Baucus-Grassley legislation...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 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 effective solutions for international tax reform...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, tonight released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s address to a Joint Session of Congress on jobs...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The Lower Fire grew to approximately 874 acres on Wednesday as crews were able to take advantage of favorable weather conditions to complete additional management ignitions on National Forest lands to prevent fire spread outside the planning area and to protect sensitive cultural...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: Mr. Chairman, as we take up the question of how to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, I think we should focus on two goals: helping able-bodied recipients find the work that they need while protecting the safety net for struggling parents who are unable to do work because of disability, family crisis, or the fact that there’s not a job available. I believe much more work remains to be done on both counts.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: "The Republican leadership has presented a subcommittee bill with a completely inadequate funding level that ignores both our nation’s jobs crisis and the drastic need for infrastructure investment. We should be sending paychecks to American construction workers instead of unemployment checks at this critical time." - Rep. Norm Dicks.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: Today, the National Park Service issued two prospectuses for proposals to operate two beach clubs at Gateway National Recreation Area: Silver Gull Beach Club and Breezy Point Beach Club, both of which are located on the Rockaway Peninsula in New York. The new contract would allow the beach clubs to operate for approximately ten years, providing similar services to those that currently exist.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a directive on Enforcement Procedures for Investigating or Inspecting Incidents of Workplace Violence. The directive establishes uniform procedures for OSHA field staff for responding to incidents and complaints of workplace...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement this evening after the President delivered remarks to a Joint Session of Congress...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., September 8, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding President Obama’s speech to a Joint Session of Congress.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: WESTLAKE, La. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recognized employees and management of the ConocoPhillips Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex in Westlake for achieving three years of excellence in the company's employee safety and health program. The facility has been designated as a "star" site, the highest honor in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Stowe Woodward LLC for 16 violations of workplace safety standards following an inspection at its Concord plant. The company, which refurbishes large metal rolls for the paper industry, faces $176,000 in proposed penalties.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 161,900 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 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 in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) report showing that 1.3 million people with traditional Medicare have received...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Tom J. Ridge, the first Secretary of Homeland Security and former Republican Governor of Pennsylvania testified at a hearing on Capitol Hill that he supports a clean boost to disaster relief funds without offsets or budget cuts elsewhere. While testifying before the full House Committee...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will begin consideration of the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218). H.R. 2218 will facilitate the establishment and replication of high-performing charter schools, as well as encourage choice, innovation, and excellence in education.
