News from June 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the bipartisan agreement reached on a federal Highway Bill. The two-year bill will make critical infrastructure investments across the country and support or create more than a million jobs. The legislative package also includes a provision to prevent the increase of student loan rates. Baucus worked to find funding for the package in his role as Finance Committee Chairman.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: Dear Mr. Speaker: Holding someone in contempt of Congress is one of the most serious and grave actions Congress can take, particularly when it involves the chief law enforcement officer of our nation. The House has never in its history voted to hold a sitting Attorney General in contempt. There is...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: In yet another Olympian feat of measurement, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently calibrated a tape that will be used to measure out the distance of this summer's Olympic marathon-a distance of 42.195 km (traditionally, 26 miles 385 yards)-to 1 part in 1,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 27, 2012 - The House Natural Resources Committee, chaired by Congressman Doc Hastings, today held an oversight hearing on mandatory costs and requirements that federal agencies within the Departments of the Interior, Commerce and Agriculture are imposing on non-federal hydropower...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON)-On a bipartisan voice vote the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee advanced H.R. 459, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, introduced by Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas. The bill is supported by a bipartisan coalition of more than 220 Democratic and Republican members of the House.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: Chairmen Tiberi and Davis, thank you for holding today's hearing. President Ronald Reagan once said, "the Earned Income Tax Credit is the best anti-poverty, the best pro-family, the best job creation measure to come out of Congress." The EITC is truly a bipartisan idea. It was signed into law by President Gerald Ford - and then expanded by every President since Ford, both Democrat and Republican.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio, June 27, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today toured a successful rural housing development in South Central Ohio and highlighted USDA's long-standing partnership with income-eligible rural residents who want to become homeowners.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing examining how advances in consumer electronics, broadcasting, cable, satellite, the Internet and other platforms are changing how consumers access video content, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - With the Supreme Court’s decision this week to continue to defend secret campaign contributions from corporations, three House Democrats today introduced legislation that would demand oil companies disclose their political contributions to gain access to new taxpayer-owned lands.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: Joint Select Revenue Measures/Human Resources Subcommittee.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: Through August, while the "Underground of Enchantment" exhibit is displayed, visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park Visitor Center may view images of Lechuguilla Cave in 3D. Photographs seen as flat images on the wall seem to become tangible when examined through viewers provided. Images vary from...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: Gold is not necessarily precious-at least not as a coating on atomic force microscope (AFM) probes.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing examining how advances in consumer electronics, broadcasting, cable, satellite, the Internet and other platforms are changing how consumers access video content, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing examining how advances in consumer electronics, broadcasting, cable, satellite, the Internet and other platforms are changing how consumers access video content, ...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a legislative hearing on two bills designed to remove regulatory burdens and reduce uncertainty for American job creators.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: July 4th Celebration at Colorado National Monument.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a legislative hearing on two bills designed to remove regulatory burdens and reduce uncertainty for American job creators.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a legislative hearing on two bills designed to remove regulatory burdens and reduce uncertainty for American job creators.
By State Newswire | Jun 27, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - This morning, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) issued the following statement on the nomination of Derek Mitchell to be the Ambassador to the Union of Burma.
