News from June 2012
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member, issued the following statement on the bipartisan, bicameral agreement that has been reached on the transportation conference report. The agreement provides funding at current levels through the end of fiscal year 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor released the St. Mary River and Milk River Basins Study Summary Report outlining the findings of a two-year comprehensive study of the river basins. The report recommends using and enhancing the new river system model developed through this study to further analyze alternatives to address supply and demand issues in the basins, including Tribal and international issues.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing examining EPA’s recent proposal to lower the annual standard for fine particulate matter. Members of the subcommittee have expressed concern that the proposed changes may result in significant adverse economic consequences and job losses, and that EPA did not consider retaining the current standard.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement on President Obama’s 2012-2017 offshore leasing plan that will block 85 percent of America’s offshore areas from production.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement on President Obama’s 2012-2017 offshore leasing plan that will block 85 percent of America’s offshore areas from production.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns expressed concern today with the news of another DOE loan guarantee recipient announcing bankruptcy. Abound Solar’s bankruptcy announcement comes...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement on President Obama’s 2012-2017 offshore leasing plan that will block 85 percent of America’s offshore areas from production.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns expressed concern today with the news of another DOE loan guarantee recipient announcing bankruptcy. Abound Solar’s bankruptcy announcement comes...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled on the health care law...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing examining EPA’s recent proposal to lower the annual standard for fine particulate matter. Members of the subcommittee have expressed concern that the proposed changes may result in significant adverse economic consequences and job losses, and that EPA did not consider retaining the current standard.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement today regarding the House-Senate agreement on transportation legislation. Upton is one of the House negotiators to the jobs and infrastructure package.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: In their relentlesslynegative pursuit to repeal health care reform, Republicans have now fallen back to their predictable anti-tax rhetoric to attack the Supreme Court decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act. What the law does is prevent a handful of individuals from “free-riding" off the health care...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing examining EPA’s recent proposal to lower the annual standard for fine particulate matter. Members of the subcommittee have expressed concern that the proposed changes may result in significant adverse economic consequences and job losses, and that EPA did not consider retaining the current standard.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled on the health care law...
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. William R. Keating introduced a resolution to reaffirm the United States’ position both as a leader in whale conservation and as an outspoken opponent of commercial whaling.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON)-Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision on President Obama’s health care law...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment today charging a Baltimore man with conspiring to, and illegally reproducing and distributing more than 1,000 copyrighted commercial software programs, with a total value of more than $4 million, following an investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement today regarding the House-Senate agreement on transportation legislation. Upton is one of the House negotiators to the jobs and infrastructure package.
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, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
