News from June 2012
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Reclamation has updated the Inspection and Cleaning Manual for Equipment and Vehicles to Prevent the Spread of Invasive Species. This manual provides guidance for inspection and cleaning of vehicles and equipment to limit the spread of invasive species from one site to another.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: Dear Foreign Minister Lavrov: We are writing to express our strong objection to Palestinian attempts to approve an emergency inscription for the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem at thecurrent meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The passage of such a highly politicized resolutionwould...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Are you looking for some fun, outdoor activities that you can do as a family? Then make plans to join Park Rangers as we celebrate "Take Your Parent Outside Day" on Saturday, July 21, at the Harkers Island Picnic Area of Cape Lookout National Seashore.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: The Affordable Care Act, found constitutional today by the Supreme Court, is already providing tens of millions of Americans better care and better value for their health care dollars.).
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement applauding the Supreme Court decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: Haleakalā National Park has released the Draft Commercial Services Plan and Environmental Assessment for review and comments. The purpose of this plan is to provide directions for the management of commercial services in nonwilderness areas of the park over the next 10 to 15 years. The plan describes...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Obama Administration issued the 2012-2017 offshore lease plan that closes 85 percent of America’s offshore areas to energy production.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: Whiskey Bend Road, the 4.5-mile road that connects Olympic Hot Springs Road to the Whiskey Bend trailhead, was reopened to public entry at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 28. Hauling activities along the road were completed faster than anticipated, permitting the road to be reopened one day earlier than scheduled.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 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 the House of Representatives’ unprecedented vote today to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON -Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, today praised the Obama administration’s Interior Department for offering a balanced five year oil and gas drilling plan for America’s oceans. The plan would continue to offer new lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: The two-year highway bill reauthorizes and fully funds the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), the federal funding source for transportation infrastructure projects like roads, highways, bridges, and mass transit. The bill is also an investment in good-paying American jobs; the critical infrastructure investments supported by the bill create or support more than a million jobs, ensure safety and mobility, reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality all across the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) today released the following statements regarding a Department of Energy announcement that Abound Solar, Inc., would close...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the Medicaid provisions included in President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) “…runs counter to this Nation’s system of federalism." Medicaid, a shared federal-state program originally designed to cover the disadvantaged, was dramatically expanded under the law.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: USDA is accepting applications for grants to assist communities with extremely high energy costs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a resolution holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over his refusal to produce Operation Fast and Furious documents subpoenaed last October. The vote on H.Res. 711, making a finding of contempt, was approved by a vote of 255 to 67.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) released this statement following the vote in the House of Representatives to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today made the following comment on Interior’s five-year offshore oil and natural gas leasing program for 2012-2017:
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision on the 2010 health care law...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: Natural compounds may offer an alternative to certain antibiotics in the future for treating young animals that are susceptible to bacterial infections, thanks to work by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee and a current member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today the President’s partisan health spending law is still bad policy and must be fully repealed. Here’s why...
