News published on Federal Newswire in December 2012

News from December 2012


News Release: The National Park Service at Chamizal National Memorial is pleased to announce a series of events in honor of the opening of a new art exhibit in its Los Paisanos Gallery. Local artist Gabriel S. Gaytan's "MASA: Mesoamerican Aeronautics and Space Administration" exhibit includes a vibrant and colorful collection of original paintings, light boxes, replica of an Aztec Codex Book, and film that all focus on Mesoamercian, Mayan, and Aztec cultural connections, past and present.


Upton Congratulates Blackburn Upon Appointment to House Budget Committee

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today congratulated incoming full committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) upon her appointment to the House Budget Committee. The Budget Committee will work to provide a framework to address the trillion dollar...


Energy and Commerce Leaders Raise Concerns Over EPA’s Use of Secondary Email Accounts and Aliases

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today wrote to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson concerning the agency’s use of secondary email accounts and aliases. It was recently revealed that Jackson...


Energy and Commerce Leaders Raise Concerns Over EPA’s Use of Secondary Email Accounts and Aliases

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today wrote to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson concerning the agency’s use of secondary email accounts and aliases. It was recently revealed that Jackson...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today wrote to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson concerning the agency’s use of secondary email accounts and aliases. It was recently revealed that Jackson...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today will convene a hearing with federal and state officials to discuss the implementation and regulation of the health exchanges and Medicaid expansion established in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Governors, members of...


Better Tools for Saving Water and Keeping Peaches Healthy

News Release: Peach growers in California may soon have better tools for saving water because of work by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Parlier, Calif.


Camp, Hatch Statement on White House “Bullying” Charitable Community in Pursuit of Tax Hikes

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Michigan) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement after the White House convened a call this morning with the charitable giving community...


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Idaho announced today that its fire management program is seeking to hire 20 veterans to join the Idaho BLM fuels crew. The veterans will be organized into four five-member fuels crews to be stationed at the following four Idaho locations: Boise, Burley, Pocatello...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the administration’s major policy reversal on the Medicaid blended rate proposal.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce leaders today commended Ambassador Terry Kramer, Ambassador Philip Verveer and the rest of the U.S. Delegation’s decision not to sign an international telecommunications treaty that would expand the role for the UN on Internet issues. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI), Greg Walden (R-OR), Mary Bono Mock (R-CA), Lee Terry (R-NE), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement...


States on Obamacare Implementation: Washington Mandates and Uncertainty Remain

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health today heard from federal and state officials on the “State of Uncertainty: Implementation of PPACA’s Exchanges and Medicaid Expansion." Nearly 1,000 days after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law, states and members of Congress...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today wrote to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson concerning the agency’s use of secondary email accounts and aliases. It was recently revealed that Jackson...


Deadline Extended for the 2013 Siglo de Oro International Spanish Drama Festival Art Contests

News Release: Chamizal National Memorial and non-profit partner, Los Paisanos de El Chamizal, are seeking submissions of original artwork by both professional artists and local youth for the upcoming 38th Annual Siglo de Oro International Spanish Drama Festival scheduled for March 6-10, 2013.


Upton Congratulates Blackburn Upon Appointment to House Budget Committee

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today congratulated incoming full committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) upon her appointment to the House Budget Committee. The Budget Committee will work to provide a framework to address the trillion dollar...


Energy and Commerce Leaders Raise Concerns Over EPA’s Use of Secondary Email Accounts and Aliases

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today wrote to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson concerning the agency’s use of secondary email accounts and aliases. It was recently revealed that Jackson...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health today heard from federal and state officials on the “State of Uncertainty: Implementation of PPACA’s Exchanges and Medicaid Expansion." Nearly 1,000 days after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law, states and members of Congress...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today will convene a hearing with federal and state officials to discuss the implementation and regulation of the health exchanges and Medicaid expansion established in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Governors, members of...


Energy and Commerce Leaders Applaud U.S. Delegation’s Efforts to Preserve Internet Freedom

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce leaders today commended Ambassador Terry Kramer, Ambassador Philip Verveer and the rest of the U.S. Delegation’s decision not to sign an international telecommunications treaty that would expand the role for the UN on Internet issues. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI), Greg Walden (R-OR), Mary Bono Mock (R-CA), Lee Terry (R-NE), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement...