News from July 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement on next week’s Ways and Means hearing on Supreme Court’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 6, 2012 - Today, as part of a more than yearlong investigation into the Obama Administration decision to impose a drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico through a report that was edited in a manner that misrepresented that the moratorium was supported by a panel of engineering...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: Park Reminds Visitors to Avoid Picking-up, Relocating, or Interacting with Baby Animals.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: Due to excessive heat the living history encampment and artillery demonstrations scheduled for Sunday, July 8 have been CANCELLED!.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement today regarding the release of the June jobs report...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD: Over 35,000 people during a two-day series of events enjoyed a fun Independence Day Celebration at the Shrine of Democracy. Patriotism, military salutes and music drove the spirit of the day.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Agriculture today wrote to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson regarding the agency’s current plans for ensuring the continued availability of the crop fumigant methyl bromide in the United States, and expressed...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of July 9. The committee will hold six hearings that assess a wide range of issues, including an examination of alternative fuels, legislation to help veterans transition to EMT jobs, and oversight...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of July 9. The committee will hold six hearings that assess a wide range of issues, including an examination of alternative fuels, legislation to help veterans transition to EMT jobs, and oversight...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: Dinosaur, CO - "Since the opening of the new Quarry Visitor Center and Quarry Exhibit Hall last October, Dinosaur National Monument has experienced an increase in park visitation over 2011's numbers," announced Superintendent Mary Risser. "For the first six months of 2012, the monument recorded 111,784...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: Sagamore Hill National Historic Site is proud to announce inpartnership with the Oyster Bay Historical Society that the Koenig CenterGallery will be hosting the exhibit WitnessTrees as its summer exhibition. Witness Trees exhibits the artworks ofnineteen Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) students...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 6, 2012 - The House Committee on Natural Resources will convene on Wednesday, July 11th at 10am to consider and vote on H.R. 5987, a bipartisan bill to establish a Manhattan Project National Historical Park that will include Hanford’s B Reactor. The Committee will also consider additional bills at the meeting.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: On Saturday, July 14, 2012, Fort Vancouver's museum staff will share stories and artifacts from the Fort Vancouver Village at a Museum Collection Open House. The Open House will be presented in conjunction with Fort Vancouver's 2012 Public Archaeology Field School, which is currently excavating in the South Barracks portion of the Village.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In the ongoing effort to fight Medicare fraud, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are seeking the annual data collected on fraud investigations and an explanation of procedures employed by three top contractors hired by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Full...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: Two people were killed in the wake of a severe thunderstorm that hit the west end of Great Smokies National Park yesterday evening. Ralph Frazier of Buford, Georgia was riding his motorcycle near the Townsend Wye when he was struck on the head by a falling limb. Mr. Frazier died at the scene. Rachael Burkhart, a resident of Corryton, Tennessee also died on scene when she was struck by a falling tree in the Abrams Creek area of the park.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of July 9. The committee will hold six hearings that assess a wide range of issues, including an examination of alternative fuels, legislation to help veterans transition to EMT jobs, and oversight...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, released the statement below following the President's signing of the transportation reauthorization bill into law. Senator Boxer served as the chair of the House-Senate, bipartisan conference ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In the ongoing effort to fight Medicare fraud, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are seeking the annual data collected on fraud investigations and an explanation of procedures employed by three top contractors hired by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Full...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Agriculture today wrote to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson regarding the agency’s current plans for ensuring the continued availability of the crop fumigant methyl bromide in the United States, and expressed...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Agriculture today wrote to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson regarding the agency’s current plans for ensuring the continued availability of the crop fumigant methyl bromide in the United States, and expressed...
