News from July 2012
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: (DETROIT)-Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Committee Member Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) introduced the "American Investment and Job Creation Act of 2012" (H.R. 6210). The AIJC Act would amend existing immigration laws to spur new foreign investment, business development ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park Wilderness Specialist Kyle Johnson was recently awarded the National Park Service Director's Wes Henry National Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship Individual Award for 2011. The award, named after celebrated National Park Service wilderness manager Wes Henry, is the first to be presented to a Glacier National Park employee in over 20 years.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: Beginning on Monday, July 30, 2012, Arlington Lawn at the north end of Bathhouse Row at Hot Springs National Park will be closed to the public to accomplish needed improvements.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Randy King has announced that an environmental assessment (EA) has been prepared for the Camp Muir Rehabilitation Plan. The analysis provided in the EA considers potential impacts and benefits of proposed alternatives intended to rehabilitate the Camp Muir Historic...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, released a new report examining the retirement crisis in America and laying out a bold proposal to rebuild the private pension system. The report comes after a series of HELP Committee hearings on retirement security that Harkin has convened over the last two years.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after a federal court decision to block the Obama administration’s contraception mandate...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, circulated a memo with preliminary findings from his investigation of executive pay at for-profit educational institutions-which receive a majority of their funds from U.S. taxpayers in the form of financial aid to students.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) made the following statement after U.S. District Court Judge John Kane issued an injunction on the Department of Health and Human Services’ mandate on Hercules Industries to provide drugs or services that violate their religious or moral conviction...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Friday said new disclosures about the frequency of cyber attacks, particularly on critical infrastructure, underscore the urgent need for cybersecurity legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) helped to lead the opposition in the House to H.R. 4078, the “Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act." Ranking Member Conyers issued this statement following the passage of the bill by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of July 30. The committee will consider several pieces of legislation to eliminate government waste and protect taxpayers, families, and job-creators. The committee will also hold hearings to compare energy development on federal and non-federal lands, and to examine consumer product safety issues.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) made the following statement after U.S. District Court Judge John Kane issued an injunction on the Department of Health and Human Services’ mandate on Hercules Industries to provide drugs or services that violate their religious or moral conviction...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of July 30. The committee will consider several pieces of legislation to eliminate government waste and protect taxpayers, families, and job-creators. The committee will also hold hearings to compare energy development on federal and non-federal lands, and to examine consumer product safety issues.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With NFL players reporting for training camp this week, bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell and National Football League Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith seeking information about...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) made the following statement after U.S. District Court Judge John Kane issued an injunction on the Department of Health and Human Services’ mandate on Hercules Industries to provide drugs or services that violate their religious or moral conviction...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of July 30. The committee will consider several pieces of legislation to eliminate government waste and protect taxpayers, families, and job-creators. The committee will also hold hearings to compare energy development on federal and non-federal lands, and to examine consumer product safety issues.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With NFL players reporting for training camp this week, bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell and National Football League Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith seeking information about...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. --- Travel back in time and meet eight of Grand Canyon National Park's most influential people during "Echoes from the Canyon", the park's first living history event on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With NFL players reporting for training camp this week, bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell and National Football League Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith seeking information about...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
Release: By Lesley Nichols, Foreign Agricultural Service, Canada Desk Officer.
