News from February 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today applauded House action on bipartisan legislation to fully repeal the long-term care insurance program included in the partisan health law, known as the CLASS Act.
By EPA 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 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 DOE 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 DOE 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 Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Proving their continued dedication to wind energy, the Obama administration's Interior Department today announced that the path is now clear to begin leasing areas for offshore wind farms in the Mid-Atlantic region. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said this administrative action must be combined with congressional moves to continue important tax credits for renewable energy that will prevent layoffs of thousands of American workers.
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 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 Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Women's Rights National Historical Park invites the public to a special program and reception as it bids farewell to its suffrage printing press on Saturday, February 18 at 3 p.m. in the park's Visitor Center at 136 Fall Street in downtown Seneca Falls.
By Commerce 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...
