News from July 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC -A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report issued yesterday found that financial institutions are failing to protect servicemembers from improper foreclosures and are not reducing their mortgage interest rates in compliance with the law.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today echoed the recent concerns expressed by governors across the nation about the uncertain future of Medicaid funding and pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to outline all legislative and policy specifications on the president’s Medicaid “blended rate" proposal.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the Committee’s unanimous approval of his bill establishing permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with Russia and removing Russia from the 1974 Jackson-Vanik amendment. Chairman Baucus’s bill will enable U.S. businesses...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today held a hearing entitled, “Keeping College Within Reach: Exploring State Efforts to Curb Costs." The hearing brought together state and higher education leaders to discuss state-led initiatives to address rising college costs.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: The body of Dan Olszewski, 48, of Midlothian, VA has been recovered in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.He had entered the park on Sunday for a day hike and was reported missing on Monday morning.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -It is estimated that approximately 800-900 cubic yards of material remains on the Going-to-the-Sun Road near Big Bend as a result of rock and mud slides on Tuesday afternoon. Approximately 12 slides occurred above The Loop to an area near the Triple Arches. The road is closed from Avalanche Creek to Logan Pass, and it is anticipated to be open by Thursday evening, weather and road conditions permitting.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) is preparing legislation to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require presidential candidates to make public 10 years of tax returns and disclose overseas accounts. The legislation, to be introduced in the coming weeks,...
By State Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the bus bombing in Bulgaria targeting Israeli citizens...
By State Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, included the following remarks to the Congressional Record marking the return of the International AIDS Conference to the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: Total Spending in the Labor-HHS-Education Bill: Over the Past Ten Years, Just Roughly Keeping Up with Inflation.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, today launched efforts to ensure Kansas farmers and ranchers have access to all available assistance due to severe drought across the nation and much of the state.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 18, 2012 - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee approved by a bipartisan 24-17 vote, H.R. 6082, the Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan. The bill would replace the Obama Administration’s final offshore...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today discussed permanent solutions to replace the outdated Medicare physician payment model, the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). For the past decade, Congress has repeatedly implemented a temporary...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa today urged the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to clarify his remarks to employees about reporting concerns within the agency. Grassley and Issa expressed concern that the remarks are likely to chill...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today discussed permanent solutions to replace the outdated Medicare physician payment model, the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). For the past decade, Congress has repeatedly implemented a temporary...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today discussed permanent solutions to replace the outdated Medicare physician payment model, the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). For the past decade, Congress has repeatedly implemented a temporary...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today echoed the recent concerns expressed by governors across the nation about the uncertain future of Medicaid funding and pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to outline all legislative and policy specifications on the president’s Medicaid “blended rate" proposal.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today echoed the recent concerns expressed by governors across the nation about the uncertain future of Medicaid funding and pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to outline all legislative and policy specifications on the president’s Medicaid “blended rate" proposal.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today echoed the recent concerns expressed by governors across the nation about the uncertain future of Medicaid funding and pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to outline all legislative and policy specifications on the president’s Medicaid “blended rate" proposal.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a legislative hearing focused on the “U.S. Agricultural Sector Relief Act" and the “Asthma Inhalers Relief Act;" two pieces of legislation relating to implementation of the Montreal Protocol. These commonsense proposals will address critical shortages created by application of EPA regulations that affect American families and businesses.
