News from February 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 28, 2012 - Organizations from across the country are calling for passage of H.R. 1837, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act, legislation to prevent future California man-made droughts. This comprehensive solution will bring water supply certainty to the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, protect 30,000 jobs, generate millions in federal revenue, and decrease reliance on foreign food sources.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: "I am pleased that President Obama continues to recognize the energy challenges facing this nation with this budget request and I appreciate the budget's strong statement that America 'will not cede leadership in clean energy.'".
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a Recommended Decision which proposes adoption of an amendment to the Pool Plant definition of the Mideast milk marketing order.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) today expressed disappointment that the Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce pushed through two partisan bills to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act despite...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: Thousand Oaks, CA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 568,371 visitors in 2010 spent $22,915,000 in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and in communities near the park. That spending supported 301 jobs in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that Whiskeytown National Recreation Area's more than 788,000 visitors in 2010 spent $32.7 million in the park and in communities near the park. That spending supported 476 jobs in the local area.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: Madame Secretary, thank you for joining us today. Health care reform is working. The prophets of doom and gloom are being proven wrong.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Third Coast Produce Company, LTD.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: SANDY SPRINGS, GA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that more than 3 million visitors in 2010 spent $89,784,000 at Chattahoochee River NRA and in communities near the park. That spending supported more than 1,160 jobs in the area.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) today made the following statements after President Obama signed an executive order creating the Interagency Trade Enforcement Unit...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested additional information regarding the interference dispute between LightSquared and GPS and the actions taken by federal agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission, in approving LightSquared’s terrestrial...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested additional information regarding the interference dispute between LightSquared and GPS and the actions taken by federal agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission, in approving LightSquared’s terrestrial...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today continued its hearing series examining current cyber threats and vulnerabilities to our nation’s infrastructure. The hearing entitled, “Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity: Assessments of Smart Grid Security" ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson today to discuss the agency’s FY 2013 budget request.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: WEST BRANCH, IOWA- A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 142,512 visitors in 2010 spent more than $7 million in Herbert Hoover National Historic Site and in communities near the park. That spending supported 119 jobs in the local area. "The people and the business owners in communities...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested additional information regarding the interference dispute between LightSquared and GPS and the actions taken by federal agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission, in approving LightSquared’s terrestrial...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson today to discuss the agency’s FY 2013 budget request.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) today said roundtable discussions on customer collateral protections held by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) pre-judge the MF Global investigation and have limited participation by farmers and ranchers, many of whom are still missing their own funds in the wake of the collapse of MF Global.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: National Parks of New York Harbor bring visitors, money and jobs to NYC.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: Philadelphia - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 5,443,740 visitors in 2010 spent $208,742,000 in Independence National Historical Park, Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Valley Forge National Historical Park and in communities near the parks. That spending supported 3,078 jobs in the local area.
