News from August 2012
By EPA Newswire | Aug 1, 2012
News Release: House Republicans are accusing the Obama White House - and the president’s reelection campaign manager Jim Messina - of purposefully skirting disclosure rules and negating the administration’s often-repeated claim to be “the most transparent administration in history."
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2012
News Release: “Identity theft is a serious problem, and seniors and disabled Americans are particularly vulnerable.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 1, 2012
News Release: OhioAmerican Energy, Inc., announced yesterday it would close its coal mining operations in Brilliant, Ohio. The company’s press release cites “regulatory actions by President Barack Obama and his appointees" as the “entire reason" for the mine’s closure. Ryan Murray, the company’s Vice President of...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Aug. 1, 2012) Today, Republican members of the House Natural Resources Committee voted against a series of amendments offered by Democrats to address catastrophic wildfire risk across the country and provide much needed relief to communities impacted by extreme weather events. The...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 4273, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act. The bipartisan legislation, introduced by Reps. Pete Olson (R-TX) and Mike Doyle (D-PA), will ensure America’s power companies are able to comply with Department of Energy emergency orders to maintain grid reliability without facing penalties for violating potentially conflicting environmental laws.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2012
News Release: End of Summer Season at Fort Pulaski.
By State Newswire | Aug 1, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and co-author of legislation strengthening Iran sanctions delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery. Berman was the Democratic manager during the debate on this bill in Congress today.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today advanced H.R. 6213, the “No More Solyndras Act." The committee approved the measure by a bipartisan vote of 29 to 19. Today’s vote comes on the heels of yesterday’s Wall Street Journal report on Solyndra’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2012
News Release: House Republicans are accusing the Obama White House - and the president’s reelection campaign manager Jim Messina - of purposefully skirting disclosure rules and negating the administration’s often-repeated claim to be “the most transparent administration in history."
