News from December 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement on the floor of the House of Representatives urging members to sign the discharge petition introduced by Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN) to force consideration of H.R. 15: The Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2012. Rep. Levin introduced H.R. 15 this summer.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - With thousands of West Virginia residents still waiting to hear if they will be eligible for individual disaster assistance following Superstorm Sandy, U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall, top Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today pressed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to ensure that West Virginians affected by the Storm receive the full range of Federal assistance.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 4, 2012
News Release: Instead of making it easier for American small businesses to invest, grow, and hire, the President’s $2 trillion tax hike will cripple these job creators. Here’s how...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2012
News Release: The Executive Board of the Midwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking (HIDTA) has recognized the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for its role in reducing drug trafficking in the region. The Board has awarded the annual Outstanding Cooperative Effort Award to John Cornille and Larry Fox of the DEA St. Louis Regional...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 4, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Pelligrino’s Fruit & Produce Inc., (Pellegrino’s) of Lighthouse Point, Fla., for failure to pay for produce.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today was selected by the Democratic Caucus to remain as the Ranking Member of the Committee in the 113th Congress. He made the following statement.
By State Newswire | Dec 4, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to Egyptian President Mohamed Mori’s draft constitution...
By State Newswire | Dec 4, 2012
News Release: Today's the vote that will decide the Disabilities Treaty. We're just a few short hours away.
By State Newswire | Dec 4, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement today after Senate Republicans voted down the “Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities," an international agreement for protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities, by a vote of 61 to 38. The Treaty required 66 votes to pass or two-thirds of the Senators who were present.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2012
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - On December 9 and 10, 200 individuals will become US Citizens at Biscayne National Park…a place that now belongs to them as it does to all Americans. The ceremonies, open to the public, take place at Noon on Sunday, December 9 and at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 10 at the park's Dante Fascell Visitor Center, located 9 miles east of Homestead at 9700 SW 328 Street.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law H.R. 6131, a bill to reauthorize the U.S. Safe Web Act of 2006. This legislation, spearheaded by Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) and Ranking Member G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), will extend this important...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law H.R. 6131, a bill to reauthorize the U.S. Safe Web Act of 2006. This legislation, spearheaded by Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) and Ranking Member G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), will extend this important...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law H.R. 6131, a bill to reauthorize the U.S. Safe Web Act of 2006. This legislation, spearheaded by Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) and Ranking Member G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), will extend this important...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2012
News Release: Grand Teton National Park, the National Elk Refuge and Trout Unlimited propose to remove an aging diversion dam on the Gros Ventre River at Kelly, Wyoming. The Newbold dam impedes native fish passage, and in its current condition, will likely fail during spring runoff. Grand Teton is beginning to analyze...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2012
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors throughout December. These programs are free, but park entrance fees may apply. Mark the calendar for these upcoming events.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 3, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 "I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of U.S. Coast Guard Chief Boatswains Mate Terrell Horne during a counter-drug operation yesterday morning near Santa Cruz Island, California. BMC Horne and his fellow crew members of the USCG Cutter ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced nearly $17 million in grants to tribal colleges and universities to support research, education and extension activities to support schools in American Indian communities ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Ohio-based Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., the nation’s largest glass container manufacturer, has agreed to install pollution control equipment to reduce harmful emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and particulate matter (PM) by nearly 2,500 tons per year and pay ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with ComForcare In-Home Care & Senior Services, a home care provider for sick and elderly patients in Tigard, Ore. The agreement resolved claims that the provider violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – DPL Enterprises Inc. (dba Air Care Indoor Quality Specialists), Richard Papaleo, the company’s president and owner, and Michael Stanovich, a company manager pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas to making and selling a misbranded pesticide.
