News from February 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON -- 52,628. WISCONSIN -- 28,671. WEST VIRGINIA -- 8,321. WYOMING -- 3,235. Total - 2.8 million.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: Know Your Park: The Civil War on Roanoke Island - A Presentation will be given Civil War Historian Drew Pullen.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a competition to award a total of approximately $10 million for pilot projects to accelerate progress toward improved systems for interoperable, trusted online credentials that go beyond simple user IDs and passwords.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee’s Farm Bill hearing schedule for February and March, noting that the Committee will continue examining Farm Bill principles and evaluating policy solutions to develop a 2012 Farm Bill. Below are the details of the next series of hearings (dates and topics are subject to change).
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: A specific gene in corn seems to confer resistance to three important leaf diseases, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their university colleagues.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing today to discuss the final recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. Members welcomed several of the commission’s recommendations, which propose a series of reforms to help solve our nation’s growing nuclear waste challenge.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: We must act, and act wisely, with the clear understanding of the significance of the issues we face. Because the three large subject matters we must address as a Conference Committee involve the daily lives of millions and millions of Americans...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing today to discuss the final recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. Members welcomed several of the commission’s recommendations, which propose a series of reforms to help solve our nation’s growing nuclear waste challenge.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Committee leaders today expressed concern that President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to impose a back door energy tax though its proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, despite the rejection of cap-and-trade legislation by both Congress...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: “I thank the Chairmen for holding this hearing today. Many of you know that I began my congressional career on what was then known as the Public Works and Transportation Committee. One of the main reasons for my move to the Ways and Means Committee centered on this Committee’s work to finance our nation’s transportation system - roads, transit, airways, and ports.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Committee leaders today expressed concern that President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to impose a back door energy tax though its proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, despite the rejection of cap-and-trade legislation by both Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) released the following statement applauding the Obama Administration’s plan to help make it easier for underwater homeowners to refinance their mortgages to take advantage of historically low interest rates. The Obama Administration ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, today announced that Mike Bloomquist has been named General Counsel for the committee. Bloomquist succeeds Jim Barnette, who has served as General Counsel under four GOP chairmen during his time on the...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has opened general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) from March 12-April 6, 2012.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing entitled, “Expanding Opportunities for Job Creation." The hearing examined ongoing challenges affecting the strength of the American workforce, the need for smarter federal regulatory policies, and the demand for pro-growth solutions such as job training reform.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing today to discuss the final recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. Members welcomed several of the commission’s recommendations, which propose a series of reforms to help solve our nation’s growing nuclear waste challenge.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today urged the Senate to follow the House’s action and repeal the CLASS Act after the House approved the Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act, H.R. 1173, with a bipartisan vote of 267 to 159.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: Early Draft Would Have Banned Many Youth From Working on Family Farms
By EPA Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Committee leaders today expressed concern that President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to impose a back door energy tax though its proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, despite the rejection of cap-and-trade legislation by both Congress...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: FACT CHECK. House Republicans push for deep cuts in reemployment and training programs while arguing that more education and training is needed. Even as they argue for new state requirements that unemployment insurance recipients obtain their GED and to allow states to divert UI funds for other purposes,...
