News from April 2012
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: “Thank you Chairman Lucas and good morning.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) announced the commencement of the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) process. Members wishing to...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - In a letter today, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany, M.D. (R-LA), along with Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Committee member Tom Coburn (R-OK), asked the Acting...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: Today, at a Congressional Summit on Overturning Citizens United, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) pledged to work towards passing a constitutional amendment to expressly permit Congress the power to regulate corporate spending in federal elections. The Supreme Court’s ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - On the eve of Tax Day and in anticipation of the Senate’s procedural vote on the so-called “Buffett Rule," Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement today.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments after release of the FY2013 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies bill text.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 18, 2012 - In the spirit of House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative, Republican Members of the Natural Resources Committee today unveiled a series of bills to expand onshore American energy production, lower gasoline prices and create new American jobs. The three all-of-the-above...
By State Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement upon the release of a report to Congress titled “Section 1248 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010" issued by the Department of Defense recommending the transfer of certain satellites and related items from the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List provided they contain minimal risk to national security.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a 51,000 short tons raw value (STRV) increase in the fiscal year (FY) 2012 Overall Allotment Quantity (OAQ), a reassignment of projected surplus beet sugar marketing allocations between beet processors, and a reassignment of 420,000...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Randy King has announced that the park is initiating the preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the installation of flood mitigation structures within the White River corridor to protect State Route 410, also known as the Mather Memorial Parkway...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today announced the release of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act Committee Print that will be considered at next Wednesday’s Committee markup.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statements today after President Obama and Colombian President Santos announced that the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement would enter into force on May 15, 2012. The...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for a Great Lakes Invasive Plant Management Plan (IPMP) for ten parks located in the Great Lakes region: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Grand Portage National Monument, Ice Age National Scenic Trail, Indiana Dunes National...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: Full Committee Ranking Member, Rep. Norm Dicks.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals. This quarterly online newsletter compiles ARS news and expert resources on the health and well-being of agricultural livestock, poultry and fish.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced release of the latest version of the Ways and Means “Green Book," which is officially titled “Background Material and Data on the Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means." This document,...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement in anticipation of the United States’ combined federal-state corporate tax rate becoming the highest in the industrialized world on April 1, 2012...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the House passed the House Republican Budget Resolution.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: Follow this link to read the joint letter from Ranking Member Cummings and Chairman Issa to U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: National Park Service News Release. - APRIL 18, 2012. ED CUMMINS, CHIEF RANGER, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 X227. 2012 Summer Junior Ranger Camps to be Held at Montezuma Well. This summer, Montezuma Castle National Monument will be holding the 4th annual FREE Summer Junior Ranger Camps at Montezuma Well in...
