News from April 2012
By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today issued the following statement:
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Thursday, April 26, at approximately 5 p.m. rangers in Grand Canyon National Park received a report from the Peregrine Fund of a possible body spotted below the South Rim in the Mather Point area. Peregrine Fund staff spotted what appeared to be a body while observing condor activity in the park. Due to poor weather conditions and the late hour, rangers had to wait until Friday to confirm the report.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) gave the following statement on the floor of the House of Representatives concerning H.R. 4628, the Republican Student Loan Bill...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - At approximately 11:15 a.m. this morning, (Friday, April 27), rangers retrieved the body of a white female from below the Trail View overlook on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) Salvo Day Use Area, south of the villages of Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo, will reopen on May 1, 2012 to the general public.The area was temporarily closed in September 2011 due to flooded conditions from Hurricane Irene.After the storm, NPS issued a special use permit that...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Several top House Democrats today introduced legislation that would end subsidies given to the largest oil companies, and instead extend incentives for onshore and offshore wind and other renewable energy production, electric vehicle and clean energy manufacturing, energy efficient appliances...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today offered his support for the Interest Rate Reduction Act (H.R. 4682), legislation introduced by Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) that will roll back wasteful ObamaCare spending to pay for a one year extension of the current interest rate on subsidized Stafford Loans made to undergraduate students. The House of Representatives approved H.R. 4682 with bipartisan support in a vote of 215 to 195.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: For National Park Week this year, the National Park Service is featuring park videos to encourage people to "picture themselves at national parks.".
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: According to a Los Angeles Times story published yesterday, you have drafted a 48-page contempt citation for the Attorney General relating to the Committee’s investigation into Operation Fast and Furious, and a copy of this document has already been provided to the press and to House...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In response to a disturbing video brought to light this week exposing a top Obama EPA appointee’s description of his “crucify them" enforcement strategy to punish oil and gas companies, Republican members of the Energy and Commerce Committee are launching an investigation into the agency’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 27, 2012 - Today, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held a joint legislative and oversight hearing on H.R. 4094, the “Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act," and, “Access Denied: Turning Away Visitors to National Parks.".
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In response to a disturbing video brought to light this week exposing a top Obama EPA appointee’s description of his “crucify them" enforcement strategy to punish oil and gas companies, Republican members of the Energy and Commerce Committee are launching an investigation into the agency’s...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee continue to investigate evidence of a “chilled work environment" created under Chairman Jaczko’s leadership at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Republican members of the committee wrote to Jaczko today requesting information about the Commission’s...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
Release: Washington, DC, April 27, 2012 - Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced increased support for schools across the Nation as they implement healthier and more nutritious school meal standards for America’s kids. Schools will be reimbursed an additional 6 cents for each lunch they serve in accordance with the new standards- the first increase beyond inflation in over 30 years.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - After a tour of the Department of Homeland Security Center that centralizes information sharing and incident response to protect U.S. cyber networks, U.S. Senator Susan Collins called for legislation that would protect critical infrastructure - our electric grid, water and sewer systems, transportation and financial networks.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The four Senate co-sponsors of bipartisan and comprehensive cybersecurity legislation - Senators Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. - issued the following reaction Friday to partial action in the House on cybersecurity.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In response to a disturbing video brought to light this week exposing a top Obama EPA appointee’s description of his “crucify them" enforcement strategy to punish oil and gas companies, Republican members of the Energy and Commerce Committee are launching an investigation into the agency’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee today continued to push their plan to end the Medicare guarantee during a Health Subcommittee hearing on the proposal - a plan that Democrats unanimously opposed last month because it would end a five-decade old guarantee and lead to dramatically higher health care costs for seniors. Here’s what eight leading beneficiary groups had to say about the proposal in their testimony submitted for today’s hearing...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee continue to investigate evidence of a “chilled work environment" created under Chairman Jaczko’s leadership at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Republican members of the committee wrote to Jaczko today requesting information about the Commission’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: I thank Chairman Herger for holding this hearing. I believe this is the first legislative hearing Republicans have held in the Ways and Means Committee to advance their plan to end Medicare as we know it. They want to take away Medicare’s guaranteed benefits, replace it with a voucher and put insurance companies back in charge. I disagree with the Republican plan, but appreciate their honesty in flying their flag to dismantle Medicare high and proud.
