News from July 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) and Ways and Means Member Dave Reichert (R-WA) sent a letter to AARP’s Chief Executive Officer Barry Rand this afternoon seeking additional information from the organization related to AARP’s role in the formulation and advancement of...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its efforts under the American Energy Initiative, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 5892, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act. The legislation passed the House with unanimous support. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced the legislation to help facilitate the development of new hydropower projects across the country and create thousands of new American jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in collaboration with The Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners (AFTE) and the Scientific Working Group for Firearms and Toolmarks (SWGGUN) is hosting a two-day conference exploring measurement science and standards in the forensic discipline...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its efforts under the American Energy Initiative, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 5892, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act. The legislation passed the House with unanimous support. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced the legislation to help facilitate the development of new hydropower projects across the country and create thousands of new American jobs.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement after President Barack Obama signed the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act into law. The FDA Safety and Innovation Act, which is a key component of the committee’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement after President Barack Obama signed the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act into law. The FDA Safety and Innovation Act, which is a key component of the committee’s...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement after President Barack Obama signed the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act into law. The FDA Safety and Innovation Act, which is a key component of the committee’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC -Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to an announcement by the Department of Justice that an indictment charging five individuals involved in the death of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was unsealed today in Tucson...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Republicans today demanded the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provide a full accounting for the cost of implementing and administering the Democrats’ health care law. Two recent reports from independent government agencies raised questions about the IRS’s ability to account for the taxpayer dollars used to implement the Democrats’ health care law.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its efforts under the American Energy Initiative, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 5892, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act. The legislation passed the House with unanimous support. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced the legislation to help facilitate the development of new hydropower projects across the country and create thousands of new American jobs.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: Hyperimmune egg yolk antibodies can be used to help control intestinal diseases in poultry, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: Stanton, ND: Join us as we host noted anthropologist and fur trade scholar W. Raymond Wood, anthropologist Randy H. Williams, and archeologist William J. Hunt, Jr. for an afternoon book signing of their co-authored work Fort Clark and Its Indian Neighbors: A Trading Post on the Upper Missouri. The book signing will take place on July 21, 2012, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm CDT.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding President Obama’s speech calling on Congress to immediately pass a one-year extension of the Bush tax cuts for middle class families...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: Davis Announces Release of GAO Report on SSI Benefits for Children.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: Bipartisan Legislation to Address Africa Preferences, CAFTA-DR Technical Textile Changes, and Burma Sanctions.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statements in response to the Administration’s notification to Congress that the Administration intends to initiate negotiations with Mexico as part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) are working together to advance an innovative carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant simultaneously through the federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review and a complementary California Energy Quality Act process.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - On Thursday, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr. M.D. (R-LA) demanded that the Department of Treasury (Treasury) release an Urban Institute study on the Treasury’s debit card pilot program. The program was intended to encourage...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the Democrats’ health care law...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statements in response to the announcement of the invitation for Mexico to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations...
