News from April 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. “Extending a hand to Americans who have lost their job through no fault of their own and who are out searching for new opportunities is the right thing to do for our economy and for millions of our fellow Americans. Unemployment benefits helped, in a significant way, to avoid...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate Wednesday passed a strong, bipartisan postal reform bill to preserve the United States Postal Service (USPS) and put it on more solid financial ground for the future. The 21st Century Postal Service Act (S.1789) was passed by a 62-37 vote. The House must now act expeditiously so the two chambers can reconcile their bills and turn around the Postal Service’s daily loss of $23 million and prevent the wholesale closings of postal facilities.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today selected Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitefield (R-KY) to serve on the Conference Committee that will negotiate a House and Senate agreement on transportation legislation.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) today launched a bipartisan Federal Spectrum Working Group to examine how the federal government can use the nation’s airwaves more efficiently.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today selected Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitefield (R-KY) to serve on the Conference Committee that will negotiate a House and Senate agreement on transportation legislation.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: "Mr. Chairman, I want to congratulate you on the bipartisan and transparent manner in which you crafted the Fiscal Year 2013 Energy and Water bill. I also want to express my gratitude to Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Dicks, and the other members of the Subcommittee for their efforts. Finally, I would like to thank the majority Subcommittee staff and your personal staff for their great work.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today advanced reconciliation legislative recommendations required by the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget resolution.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) today launched a bipartisan Federal Spectrum Working Group to examine how the federal government can use the nation’s airwaves more efficiently.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), the Committee’s Ranking Member, today applauded MF Global Trustee Louis Freeh for heeding their call to drop any possible plan to pay bonuses to MF Global executives.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Glacier National Park recently surpassed 100,000 "likes" on the park's Facebook page, three years to the day that the page was created in 2009. Jared, from Huntsville, Alabama, became the 100,000th "friend" of the park through this popular social media venue.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Great Lakes Invasive Plant Management Plan / Environmental Assessment.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury has indicted five individuals related to a conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today advanced reconciliation legislative recommendations required by the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget resolution.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent letters to Thomas Donohue, President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Ranking Member Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) today said the Committee’s markup of FDA user fee reauthorization reflected a strong bipartisan effort.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) today launched a bipartisan Federal Spectrum Working Group to examine how the federal government can use the nation’s airwaves more efficiently.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today advanced reconciliation legislative recommendations required by the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget resolution.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today selected Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitefield (R-KY) to serve on the Conference Committee that will negotiate a House and Senate agreement on transportation legislation.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 24, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for 13 partnership agreements for high-priority wetland restoration and conservation work in 12 states. The USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and a network of partners have nearly $15 million in financial and technical assistance available for these projects in 2012 and will enter into long-term agreements to deliver additional assistance over the next four years.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 24, 2012
News Release: Assures Consumers That Existing Safeguards Protected Food Supply; Reiterates Safety of Consuming Beef Products WASHINGTON, April 24, 2012 – USDA Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford today released the following statement on the detection of BSE in the United States: "As part of our targeted surveillance ...
