News from June 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: The free rider policy within Obamacare was based on Romneycare, so it’s little surprise that Gov. Romney heralded such a policy repeatedly over the years, as shown below. What’s more surprising is just how violently he’s trying to shake the Etch-a-Sketch to change his position. He can’t erase history, though.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee and a member of the conference committee tasked with working through the differences between the House and Senate versions of the highway bill, today voted against a legislative package that includes a two-year highway bill reauthorization, extends flood insurance and prevents government-subsidized student loan rates from doubling.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing with EPA Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation Gina McCarthy to discuss EPA’s greenhouse gas regulations. The hearing comes on the heels of Tuesday’s ruling...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn. said: “I am pleased the Committee has acted on this legislation today, which will help improve government performance - a necessary goal at all times but even more essential during periods of economic weakness. This Committee’s longstanding efforts to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal government are reinforced by these bills.".
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 29, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Conference Report on H.R. 4348 - the Surface Transportation Extension.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: The Affordable Care Act provides individuals, middle-class families, and small businesses with hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to help make health care more affordable. In addition, the law reduces the deficit by more than a trillion dollars in the coming decades. A table showing the full list of tax cuts in the Affordable Care Act is attached.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today led the Finance Committee’s decision to favorably report three nominees: Mark Mazur to be Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy; Matthew Rutherford to be Assistant Treasury Secretary for Financial Markets; and Meredith...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: With the upcoming warm weather forecast, a busy Fourth of July holiday in Rocky Mountain National Park is expected. Park staff continue to answer hundreds of questions from all over the country about fires in Colorado, clarifying that there are no closures in the park because of fires. Due to prevailing winds, there has been very little smoke or haze over Rocky Mountain National Park. The nearest communities of Estes Park and Grand Lake are open for business.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the Senate’s confirmation of Kristine Svinicki and Allison Macfarlane to serve on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recognized the opening of Rockwood Lithium’s expanded manufacturing facility in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Rockwood is leveraging a $28.4 million investment from the Recovery Act to expand its North Carolina lithium production facility as well...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 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 today after the Senate voted 74 to 19 to pass the bipartisan House-Senate transportation conference report, Moving ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A leader and two soldiers in the Barrio (BA), a transnational border gang allied with the Juarez Cartel, were sentenced in El Paso, Texas, to life, 30 and 20 years in prison, respectively, announced DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart, and other federal officials.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: Half Day Drop- In Volunteer Help Needed Throughout Yosemite Valley.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD - Rangers at Wind Cave National Park have seen an 11% increase in cave tour visitation over last year. Over thirty-two thousand people have toured the cave so far this year.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he requested on critical infrastructure protection, entitled "Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: Dinosaur, CO- On June 28, 2012, monument staff were notified by wildlife health officials with the National Park Service that a rabbit from the Gates of Lodore Campground at Dinosaur National Monument tested positive for tularemia in laboratory tests. Monument staff noticed several dead rabbits in the...
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today called on the Tanzanian President to cancel the reflagging of Iranian vessels following reports that the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) vessels are being reflagged under his nation’s flag.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: Portland, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it is releasing an Environmental Assessment (EA) related to two hardrock prospecting permit applications for geological exploration within the Gifford Pinchot National Forest northeast of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska:The National Park Service announces the availability of the Final Denali Park Road Vehicle Management Plan, which is available for review through July 29, 2012. The final plan represents the culmination of a four year planning process that determined a preferred alternative for managing vehicle use on the 92-mile Denali Park Road for the next 15 to 20 years.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2012
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - For the second time this year, Wind Cave National Park has implemented fire restrictions due to extreme fire conditions in the park. To ensure public safety and to provide the highest degree of protection to park resources, the National Park Service is implementing the following restrictions.
