News from February 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing efforts to promote job creation and economic growth, the Energy and Commerce Committee announced plans for its next installment of the Jobs and Innovation Forum Series with a focus on American manufacturing. A panel of experts and job creators will discuss the obstacles and...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: Over a decade of research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has resulted in the development of a new matrix for invasive plant management. The model was created by scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Burns, Ore., and helps land managers recognize how rangeland degradation processes vary across landscapes. ARS is USDA's chief scientific research agency.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 3, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the following statement on today’s January job numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: Without a jobs agenda, House Republicans this week unveiled - according to Speaker Boehner himself - a no jobs Highway Bill that faces stiff opposition from all sides. What is being said about the no jobs bill that House Republicans are bringing before the Ways and Means Committee this morning...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Republicans continued to beat the drum this week with messages of jobs and energy security, reminding President Obama that the battle for the Keystone XL pipeline is far from over. The New York Times reports, “On the airwaves, on the campaign trail and in both chambers of Congress, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee this evening received 313 pages of internal White House documents and emails produced in response to subpoenas issued by the committee exactly three months ago on Nov. 3, 2011. Without claiming executive privilege, the White House disclosed...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) met recently with reporters and outlined a 2012 agenda focused on job creation, economic growth, and consumer protection. The agenda includes...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing efforts to promote job creation and economic growth, the Energy and Commerce Committee announced plans for its next installment of the Jobs and Innovation Forum Series with a focus on American manufacturing. A panel of experts and job creators will discuss the obstacles and...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: On Tuesday, February 7 at 10:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled “The NLRB Recess Appointments: Implications for America's Workers and Employers." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the path forward for legislation to approve the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline. The Energy and Commerce Committee will mark up H.R. 3548, the North American Energy Access Act, next week, setting the stage for the legislation to be folded into the Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act when that legislation comes to the House floor for a vote this month.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) met recently with reporters and outlined a 2012 agenda focused on job creation, economic growth, and consumer protection. The agenda includes...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the path forward for legislation to approve the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline. The Energy and Commerce Committee will mark up H.R. 3548, the North American Energy Access Act, next week, setting the stage for the legislation to be folded into the Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act when that legislation comes to the House floor for a vote this month.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the path forward for legislation to approve the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline. The Energy and Commerce Committee will mark up H.R. 3548, the North American Energy Access Act, next week, setting the stage for the legislation to be folded into the Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act when that legislation comes to the House floor for a vote this month.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing efforts to promote job creation and economic growth, the Energy and Commerce Committee announced plans for its next installment of the Jobs and Innovation Forum Series with a focus on American manufacturing. A panel of experts and job creators will discuss the obstacles and...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee this evening received 313 pages of internal White House documents and emails produced in response to subpoenas issued by the committee exactly three months ago on Nov. 3, 2011. Without claiming executive privilege, the White House disclosed...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today pressed the Environmental Protection Agency over its implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard. EPA has discovered that tradeable fuel credits, known as Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), are being fraudulently sold, and the agency’s response may be adding to the problems.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today pressed the Environmental Protection Agency over its implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard. EPA has discovered that tradeable fuel credits, known as Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), are being fraudulently sold, and the agency’s response may be adding to the problems.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: Washington -The National Organic Program (NOP) published draft guidance today with request for comments. The draft guidance clarifies the certification requirements for handlers of unpackaged organic bulk commodities and specifies that handlers of bulk organic products-including grain, soybeans, hay, milk and livestock-must be certified or be covered under another operation’s organic certification.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today pressed the Environmental Protection Agency over its implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard. EPA has discovered that tradeable fuel credits, known as Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), are being fraudulently sold, and the agency’s response may be adding to the problems.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) met recently with reporters and outlined a 2012 agenda focused on job creation, economic growth, and consumer protection. The agenda includes...
