News from January 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining ways to improve the tax filing experience for American taxpayers...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, outlined his opposition to the President’s request to increase the debt limit by $1.2 trillion, pushing the national debt to nearly $16.4 trillion.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today welcomed the final report from the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. While disappointed that President Obama prohibited the commission...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, spoke on the floor of the Senate in support of President Obama’s recent appointments to the National Labor Relations Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: According to a recently-released National Park Service (NPS) study, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is not only the nation's most visited national park, it also tops the 397 national park units in visitor spending. The study estimates that in 2010 the Park's 9 million visitors spent over $818 million in the gateway communities surrounding the Park. The study also estimates that 11,367 local jobs were supported by Park visitor spending.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: National Park Service Career Showcase. Savannah, GA - Looking for new, interesting career opportunities! Come to the National Park Service "Showcase of Careers" on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The career fair will be held in the Coastal Georgia Center at 305 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in Savannah...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI), Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), Ranking Member on the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Ranking Member on the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Ranking Member on the Committee on...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, is sounding alarm bells in response to today’s news that battery maker Ener1 has filed for bankruptcy. Ener1 was previously awarded a $118.5 million stimulus grant...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The latest casualties of President Obama’s costly power sector rules were revealed today with the announcement that another six power plants are shutting down. The plants -located in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland -are closing down because of the high cost, uncertainty, and unachievable...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today welcomed the final report from the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. While disappointed that President Obama prohibited the commission...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commented on the release of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future’s final report on managing the nation’s spent nuclear fuel.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The latest casualties of President Obama’s costly power sector rules were revealed today with the announcement that another six power plants are shutting down. The plants -located in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland -are closing down because of the high cost, uncertainty, and unachievable...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Building on President Obama’s call in the State of the Union address earlier this week for a new era for American energy, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu joined with Houston Mayor Annise Parker today to announce that Houston, Texas is joining the Better Buildings Challenge. Houston...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The latest casualties of President Obama’s costly power sector rules were revealed today with the announcement that another six power plants are shutting down. The plants -located in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland -are closing down because of the high cost, uncertainty, and unachievable...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, is sounding alarm bells in response to today’s news that battery maker Ener1 has filed for bankruptcy. Ener1 was previously awarded a $118.5 million stimulus grant...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today welcomed the final report from the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. While disappointed that President Obama prohibited the commission...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, is sounding alarm bells in response to today’s news that battery maker Ener1 has filed for bankruptcy. Ener1 was previously awarded a $118.5 million stimulus grant...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 25, 2012
Release: First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today unveiled new standards for school meals that will result in healthier meals for kids across the nation. The new meal requirements will raise standards for the first time in more than fifteen years and improve the health and nutrition...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 25, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Energy and Mineral Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) sent a letter today to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to demand compliance with document requests regarding alterations to the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) that recommended imposing a six-month drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon incident.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2012
News Release: Dear Senator Baucus: As you begin meeting to craft a conference report to accompany H.R. 3630, we urge you to oppose any proposals that would require additional cuts to the pay or benefits of our dedicated federal workforce. Our federal public servants are the hard working men and women who provide...
