News from July 2012
By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: Earlier this week, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a field hearing in Abingdon, Virginia, to examine the real world consequences of new EPA regulations on the nation’s coal communities. These regulations, which effectively ban construction of new coal-fired power plants, are contributing to job losses across the country.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved drafts of the “U.S. Agricultural Sector Relief Act," and the “Asthma Inhalers Relief Act." The legislative proposals, relating to implementation of the Montreal Protocol, now move to the full committee for consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: Yesterday, the Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on “H.J. Res. 110, an Amendment to the Constitution Concerning Parental Rights and Education." In numerous cases, the Supreme Court has long recognized the relationship between parent and child as a fundamental right. H.J. Res. 110 would ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals. This quarterly online newsletter compiles ARS news and expert resources on the health and well-being of agricultural livestock, poultry and fish.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: Earlier this week, leading Senate Democrats said they would prefer to push America’s economy off the fiscal cliff rather than prevent a small business tax hike at the end of the year - hitting close to a million businesses with flow-through business income. Over half of that business income would be...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: Earlier this week, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a field hearing in Abingdon, Virginia, to examine the real world consequences of new EPA regulations on the nation’s coal communities. These regulations, which effectively ban construction of new coal-fired power plants, are contributing to job losses across the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Democrats today introduced legislation to provide tax credits to businesses that brings jobs and business operations back to America from another country. H.R. 6152: The Bring Jobs Home Act, introduced by Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), provides a 20 percent tax credit...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: Opening Statement of Ranking Member Sander Levin Hearing on Tax Reform and the U.S. Manufacturing Sector.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Late last night, HHS Secretary Sebelius responded to a request by Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Dave Camp (R-MI), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, for further information about HHS’ statutory justification for claiming they had authority to waive welfare work requirements. The following are statements from Chairman Camp and Ranking Member Hatch about Secretary Sebelius’ letter...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: Two piping plover nests were vandalized in two locations within the protected nesting area at Breezy Point, part of Gateway National Recreation Area, on the night of July 3.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved drafts of the “U.S. Agricultural Sector Relief Act," and the “Asthma Inhalers Relief Act." The legislative proposals, relating to implementation of the Montreal Protocol, now move to the full committee for consideration.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman today released a new report documenting the strangling effect of red tape on job creation. In this report, job creators across the country describe problems with these regulations that prevent them from adding new jobs into our economy.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has released a Final Non-Federal Oil and Gas Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (Plan) for Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and Obed Wild and Scenic River. The final plan provides responses to substantive comments made on the draft plan, which was available for public and agency review from June 15-Aug. 16, 2011, and incorporates those comments and suggested revisions where appropriate.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 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, criticized Senate Democrats’ legislation (S. 3364) for its lack of seriousness and said a better use of time would be for Congress to stop the massive tax hikes that will hit every taxpaying American at the end of the year if Congress doesn’t act.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: Earlier this week, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a field hearing in Abingdon, Virginia, to examine the real world consequences of new EPA regulations on the nation’s coal communities. These regulations, which effectively ban construction of new coal-fired power plants, are contributing to job losses across the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved drafts of the “U.S. Agricultural Sector Relief Act," and the “Asthma Inhalers Relief Act." The legislative proposals, relating to implementation of the Montreal Protocol, now move to the full committee for consideration.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed deep disappointment following the Chinese and Russian veto at the United Nations that sought to impose sanctions on the Syrian government. The statement follows...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: WHAT: Gateway National Recreation Area hosts the oldest and largest all-women lifeguard tournament in North America. The tournament's ten contests highlight the fitness, skill, strength and endurance of contestants in what is still a non-traditional line of work for women, showcasing the fact that smart, healthy women save lives.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: Thousands of Scientists, Naturalists, Community Leaders, Schoolchildren, Volunteers Will Participate In 24-Hour Event to Discover and Record Species Living in Rocky Mountain National Park.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: Producers in 1,297 Counties in 29 States Eligible for Disaster Assistance WASHINGTON, July 18, 2012—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today designated 39 additional counties in eight states as primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by drought and excessive heat. During the 2012 ...
