News from June 2012
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: Fort Sumter National Monument invites you to celebrate Carolina Day with a free day of special programs at Fort Moultrie on Thursday, June 28. This year's event features Revolutionary War musket demonstrations, fife and drum music, and a period medical program. The programs will be ongoing throughout the day, between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The fort and visitor center will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and the normal entrance fee will be waived for the day.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 19, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of, The Conservation and Economic Growth Act a package of 14 public lands bills that will cut federal red tape, boost economic development, protect the environment, and create American jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - In a Senate Finance Committee hearing held today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) discussed plans for deficit reduction and the year-end fiscal crisis with Dr. Alice Rivlin and former Senator Pete Domenici (R-N.M.). Baucus called on Congress to come together on a bipartisan agreement that...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have observed for the first time the Hall effect in a gas of ultracold atoms. The Hall effect is an important interaction of magnetic fields and electric current more commonly associated with metals and semiconductors. Variations on the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Friday, President Obama took steps to create a path to citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants. Today, House Republicans will advance their anti-immigrant and anti-environmental policies with a bill that will expand the scope of the Department of Homeland Security’s authority in a 100-mile zone on the two U.S. land borders, curtailing American rights, liberties, and bedrock environmental protections.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today called for tax reform to increase access to education and make it easier for students and families to claim the assistance for which they qualify. Baucus’s call follows his release of a GAO report that found 1.5 million eligible...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Kicking off their “Great American Giveaway" week, House Republicans today passed a dangerous public lands bill that includes dangerous anti-immigrant provisions while attacking America’s environment, forests, and wildlife. The bill, H.R. 2578, passed the House by a 232-188 vote. Nineteen Republicans voted against the bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: McALLEN, TX - Two former deputy sheriffs from Duval County, Texas, have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining ways to effectively address the nation’s looming fiscal crisis...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: On Wednesday, June 20 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled “Assessing the Challenges Facing Multiemployer Pension Plans." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - In their effort to hold middle class tax cuts hostage to tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, Congressional Republicans are once again hiding behind discredited claims about what expiring the high-income Bush tax cuts would do to small businesses.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Due to Extreme Fire Danger throughout Grand Canyon National Park, park officials will be increasing fire restrictions and extending them to all areas within the park except the Colorado River corridor.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Commerce announced selections for three Centers for Building Operations Excellence that will receive a total of $1.3 million to create and deploy programs aimed at training and expanding current and incoming building operators. The Centers are...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: Agriculture. Full Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks. Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Sam Farr. Transportation, HUD. Full Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks. Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. John Olver.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 19, 2012 - Today, as part of the Conservation and Economic Growth Act, the House will consider a measure by National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) to enhance border security on federal lands along the U.S. border. Title XIV is a common sense measure to ensure that Border Patrol has access to federal lands along the border and is not prohibited from doing its job due to bureaucratic red tape.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, released an analysis by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) that found that the amount of flow-through business income that would be subject to President Obama’s proposed tax hike has increased from 50 percent in 2011 to 53 percent in 2013, with the number of entities subject to the tax increase going up from under 750,000 in 2011 to approximately 940,000 in 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Susan Boudreau announced today that the 13 knot vessel speed limit in the middle of Glacier Bay that was implemented on May 25 to protect numerous whales in the area will be removed. Recently, these whales have begun to concentrate in a nearby area...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 19, 2012 - Today, the House of Representatives passed, the Conservation and Economic Growth Act, with a bipartisan vote of 232-188. This bipartisan package removes federal red tape to responsible, local economic development and job growth. It encourages tourism and recreation...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawaiʻi - Volunteers are invited to work with the Ocean View Community Association and Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park staff to remove invasive fountain grass from roadsides in Hawaiian Ocean View Estates (HOVE) on Sat., June 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - - The Drug Enforcement Administration DEA today commended House and Senate negotiators for agreeing on legislation to control 26 synthetic drugs under the Controlled Substances Act. These drugs include those commonly found in products marketed as “K2" and “Spice."
