News from April 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., made the following statement upon the passage of the Senate attempt at postal reform, S. 1789...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Committee's Ranking Member, today wrote to Department of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, requesting a committee staff briefing and detailed information about the investigation surrounding the 12 military personnel implicated in the prostitution scandal in Cartagena, Colombia.
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, submitted the remarks below for the record at today’s House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, "LRA, Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, AQIM and Other Sources of Instability in Africa.".
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - While the influence of Wall Street speculators on the recent spikes in the price of oil is well-documented, little-known financial products known as commodity index funds may be inflating the price of commodities like oil and wheat while also endangering people’s pensions. Reps. Ed Markey...
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement marking Israel’s Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut. The statement follows...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Friday, May 18, 2012, Grand Canyon National Park will celebrate Endangered Species Day in recognition of the national conservation effort to protect our nation's endangered species and their habitats. Then, on Saturday, May 19, the celebration will continue as the park hosts...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Almonds can be treated with infrared heat and then hot-air roasting so they remain safe from Salmonella. Information on this process, called "SIRHA" (sequential infrared and hot air), is among the new nutrition and health findings noted in the newest issue of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Food and Nutrition Research Briefs and its Spanish-language edition (Informe de investigaciones de alimentos y nutrición).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Committee’s Ranking Member, today wrote to Department of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, requesting a committee staff briefing and detailed information about the investigation surrounding the 12 military personnel implicated in the prostitution scandal in Cartagena, Colombia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on “The Department of Justice’s Guidance on Access to Pools and Spas Under the ADA." The purpose of the hearing was to examine the scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act’s (“ADA") more than 20 year old mandate ...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The four lead sponsors of Senate legislation to protect the nation’s most critical networks said Wednesday that cybersecurity legislation to be debated in the House provides inadequate protection against malicious cyber intrusions or attacks. Senators Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Susan Collins,...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Dear Chairman Rogers: Our oceans support more than 28 million American jobs. This activity, along with Coastal and Great Lake States maritime activities contribute to more than 80% of our domestic economy. Proper stewardship of this vital resource will always remain a National interest. Concerns have...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: This year, visitors to Grand Portage have the opportunity for an exciting new interpretive experience! Grand Portage National Monument, in partnership with the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, is very proud to announce the debut of a new park orientation film at the monument's Heritage Center.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a quantum simulator that can engineer interactions among hundreds of quantum bits (qubits)-10 times more than previous devices. As described in the April 26 issue of Nature*, the simulator has passed a series of important benchmarking tests and scientists are poised to study problems in material science that are impossible to model on conventional computers.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON)-The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has released a new report documenting shortcomings in the federal Medicaid program leading to billions in wasteful or fraudulent spending. The Committee noted that Medicaid spending had grown by 450 percent over the past two decades, and is projected to more than double over the next decade. As spending increases, the report said, the likelihood for waste, fraud and abuse also increases.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -In an effort to prevent the cost of college loans from doubling for millions of students, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Tom Harkin (D-IA), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) have teamed up to introduce the Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act, a short-term remedy that will freeze the interest rates on subsidized federal Stafford loans for one year.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - At a Senate Finance Committee hearing held today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said tax reform could help improve the finances and tax policies of state and local governments. Baucus also considered what improvements to the current tax code could help spur growth, reduce complexity, promote investment in local communities and improve coordination between the federal, state and local governments.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Boustany, for holding this hearing today. Health care is an important topic that touches the lives of millions of Americans.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that an innovative technology has successfully improved oil recovery at a 106-year old Illinois field by more than 300 percent. This method of extraction could help pull as many as 130 million additional barrels of oil from the depleted field, which is past peak production using traditional drilling.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) introduced the Interest Rate Reduction Act (H.R. 4628), legislation that provides a one-year extension of the 3.4 percent subsidized Stafford Loan interest rate paid for by rolling back wasteful government spending...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Sunday, May 20, 2012, visitors to both rims of Grand Canyon National Park will be able to view a rare annular eclipse of the sun. The western two-thirds of the country and the southern two-thirds of Arizona will see at least a partial eclipse prior to sunset, but visitors to...
