News from July 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and a bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives today passed legislation requiring an independent audit of the Federal Reserve (Fed). The bill was approved by a vote of 327 to 98. The bill had previously advanced from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, of which Issa is Chairman, by bipartisan voice vote on June 27.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, blasted Senate Democrats’ proposal to increase taxes on the American people and called on Congress to support the Hatch-McConnell proposal (S. 3413) that would stop taxes from going up on virtually every American taxpayer on Jan. 1, 2013 and instructs the Senate Finance Committee to undertake comprehensive tax reform next year.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 25, 2012 - Today, in a bipartisan vote of 253-170, the House approved H.R. 6082, to replace President Obama’s no-new-jobs, no-new-drilling plan with a responsible, robust plan that offers 29 offshore lease sales, including Virginia Lease Sale 220 that was scheduled to take place in 2011 and has since been delayed and canceled by President Obama until at least 2017-six years after it was supposed to happen.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 25, 2012 - Today, the House of Representatives, by a bipartisan vote of 164-261 rejected, a bill to implement President Obama’s offshore drilling plan that places 85 percent of America’s offshore energy resources under lock-and-key. In a separate bipartisan vote of 253-170, the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - “Strong first step," “provides manufacturers confidence," “ensures businesses make sound economic decisions," “provides needed certainty," and “puts Congress on a path towards fundamental reform," is how American job creators are talking about S. 3413, the Hatch-McConnell Tax Hike Prevention Act, legislation to prevent the largest tax hike in American history from taking place and pave the way for comprehensive tax reform in 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today released the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining the role of education incentives in the U.S. tax code...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: Three staff members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are among the 17 recipients of the 2012 Leadership and Service Awards presented by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The internationally known standards development organization makes the awards annually...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: We invite you to celebrate World Ranger Day on Monday, July 30, at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center in Rocky Mountain National Park. Park staff will present highlights of the last year's international activities including the recent renewal of our sister park agreement, established in 2007...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released a list of letters and statements showing the growing support for the “No More Solyndras Act," a signature piece of committee legislation co-authored by full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee approved legislation related to toxic chemicals reform, wildlife, General Service Administration (GSA) resolutions, and other measures.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) released the following statement regarding the Senate vote today on competing tax-cut proposals. The legislation sponsored by Senate Democrats extends tax cuts, and other tax benefits targeted at middle class families. The proposal offered by Senate Republicans prevents tax cuts from expiring for high income earners and would add $155 billion more to the nation’s deficit than the Democrats’ plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As the Energy and Power Subcommittee prepares to vote on the “No More Solyndras Act," the House Energy and Commerce Committee this morning released an extensive report on the legality of the Department of Energy’s decision to move Solyndra’s wealthy investors ahead of taxpayers in the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: On July 19, 2012, Richard Cavanagh, Director of the Office of Special Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), testified before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology as part of a panel addressing the topic "Keeping America Secure: The Science Supporting the Development of Threat Detection Technologies."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As the Energy and Power Subcommittee prepares to vote on the “No More Solyndras Act," the House Energy and Commerce Committee this morning released an extensive report on the legality of the Department of Energy’s decision to move Solyndra’s wealthy investors ahead of taxpayers in the...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: Washington - As part of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above strategy to enhance U.S. energy security, reduce America's reliance on imported oil and leverage our domestic energy supply, while also supporting rural economies, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy today announced a $41 million investment in 13 projects that will drive more efficient biofuels production and feedstock improvements.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved a draft of the “No More Solyndras Act." The measure passed the subcommittee by a vote of 14 to 6 and now moves to the full committee for consideration, which could be as...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved a draft of the “No More Solyndras Act." The measure passed the subcommittee by a vote of 14 to 6 and now moves to the full committee for consideration, which could be as...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) team's part in documenting all of the metabolites in human blood is among the new nutrition and health findings noted in the latest issue of the ARS Food and Nutrition Research Briefs and its Spanish-language edition (Informe de investigaciones de alimentos y nutrición).
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As the Energy and Power Subcommittee prepares to vote on the “No More Solyndras Act," the House Energy and Commerce Committee this morning released an extensive report on the legality of the Department of Energy’s decision to move Solyndra’s wealthy investors ahead of taxpayers in the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 25, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement today regarding the bipartisan offshore drilling bill introduced by U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), John Hoeven (R-ND), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Jim Webb (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA).
