News from June 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA) today issued the following statements in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announcement that more than 12 million Americans will receive $1.1...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: Tightening or relaxing the tension on a drumhead will change the way the drum sounds. The same goes for drumheads made from graphene, only instead of changing the sound, stretching graphene has a profound effect on the material's electrical properties. Researchers working at the National Institute of...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States (BLM-ES) office will hold a quarterly, competitive oil and gas lease sale on Sept. 13, 2012, at the BLM-ES office located at 7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia. The sale is open to the public. Parking is available. The Public Room at the BLM-ES office will open at 8:00 a.m.; bidding at the oral auction will begin at 10:00 a.m.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: Friendship Open for Public Tours, Closed for Private Events this Summer.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing on the annual Social Security Trustees Report, which was released in April.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON)-Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling to affirm workers rights to object when unions notify workers of special assessments or fee increases. In April, The Committee launched the website protectingourworkers.com to raise awareness about issues of worker rights and union political activity funded by workers without their consent.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Celebrate summer on Saturday, June 23 with the Solstice Celebration from 1 - 4 pm at the historic Bailly Homestead and Chellberg Farm of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Join park rangers and volunteers at the Chellberg Farm to learn how the summer solstice was celebrated...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service announces the release of a draft Trails Master Plan and Environmental Assessment. The public comment period is June 15 - July 15, 2012 and a public meeting will be held June 28, 2012 from 6pm-8pm in the Henry A. Wallace Visitor & Education Center at the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: McALLEN, TX - Eusevio Mendoza, 28, of Brownsville, Texas, has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Mendoza pleaded guilty to the charge July 1, 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Republicans are poised to meet with Grover Norquist on Capitol Hill today, a gathering that comes as they continue to refuse to ask millionaires and billionaires to contribute to deficit reduction, even as they vote repeatedly to end the Medicare guarantee and send health care costs soaring for seniors.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the following statements on the Supreme Court’s decision in FCC vs. FOX...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, the most senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined by Rep. Joe Crowley (D-New York) and 48 other Members of Congress, sent a letter to Prime Minister Victor Orban of Hungary today, calling for a condemnation of members of the Hungarian Jobbik party for their homophobic and anti-Semitic remarks and positions.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, today applauded Senate approval of the Farm Bill and called for swift House consideration to provide America’s farmers, ranchers and consumers with certainty before the current law expires September 30th.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Rep. John L. Mica (R-FL), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement regarding the surface transportation bill conference.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: Senate Farm Bill is Major Reform
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: A climbing ranger at Mount Rainier National Park has died during a rescue attempt on the Emmons Glacier this afternoon. Ranger Nick Hall, 34, fell from the 13,700 foot level to about 10,000 feeet on the mountain's northeast side as he was helping to prepare other climbers for extrication by helicopter.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 21, 2012 - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4480, the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, with a bipartisan vote of 248-163. This bipartisan package of bills will expand American energy production on federal lands and create new American jobs by streamlining government red-tape and regulations. It will also set long term production goals to establish a real all-of-the-above American energy plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the following statements on the Supreme Court’s decision in FCC vs. FOX...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing today on “Electronic Submission of Hazardous Waste Manifests - Modernizing for the 21st Century." Currently, those possessing hazardous waste must keep a multi-page, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act Will Save Taxpayers More Than $23 Billion, Strengthen Economy
