News from March 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON- When President Obama signed the Open Government Initiative on Jan. 21, 2009, he said “the Freedom of Information Act is perhaps the most powerful instrument we have for making our government honest and transparent, and of holding it accountable. And I expect members of my administration not simply to live up to the letter but also the spirit of this law."
By State Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today issued the following statement on the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement’s Entry-Into-Force:
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: Today, Congress’s nonpartisan scorekeeper, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new analysis that found the price tag of the new health law may cost substantially more than initially estimated, if what employers are saying holds true in the coming years.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: Whiskey Bend Road. Repairs to the Whiskey Bend Road are nearing completion and the road will re-open to vehicles this Friday, March 16.This 4.5-mile gravel road connects the Elwha Valley's Olympic Hot Springs Road to the Whiskey Bend trailhead. Repairs were made by Cherokee Construction of Vancouver...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) pushed in a Committee hearing today for Congress to repeal the 1974 Jackson-Vanik Amendment and establish permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with Russia to boost U.S. exports and create jobs here at home. If Congress establishes PNTR, Baucus noted, American exports to Russia are expected to double within five years of Russia joining the World Trade Organization (WTO).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu sent a memorandum to the administrators of the nation’s four regional Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs) that lays the foundation to use federally-owned electrical systems to lead in modernizing America’s power system.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The three House Democrats who were first to call for President Obama to develop an “aggressive strategy" to deploy America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve are today continuing their push to use the tactic, starting a push to garner signatures on a letter to be sent to the president in the coming days reiterating the need to push for rapid deployment of the reserves.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: DOWNSVILLE, MD - A tugboat that was being used as part of the Big Slackwater reconstruction and stabilization project near Hagerstown, Maryland sank overnight.The boat was recovered from the Potomac River around 1:00 p.m. today.The tugboat, which was tied to the work dock, sank for unknown reasons.It...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today launched a reimagined Oversight.House.Gov, built to increase taxpayer access to the Oversight information that supports their participation in the committee’s work securing a government that spends less and serves better. Oversight.House.Gov...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As the Obama administration is seeking to extend a stimulus energy program, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns are seeking answers and an accurate accounting of the program’s record on job creation.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In a letter sent today to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement after the Energy Information Administration, the non-partisan data collection branch of the Department of Energy, released updated data on federal energy production. The data shows...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As the Obama administration is seeking to extend a stimulus energy program, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns are seeking answers and an accurate accounting of the program’s record on job creation.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today said that strengthening crop insurance and reforming farm programs are top priorities for her as the Committee works to develop strong risk management tools for farmers. Chairwoman Stabenow’s comments came during the final Farm Bill hearing focused on commodity programs and risk management.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, ranking member U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) today said he would continue work to preserve, protect and strengthen crop insurance for producers to improve stability of the nation’s safe and abundant food supply and to enhance rural communities.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: Catherine the Great once said, “There is nothing. so difficult as to escape from that which is essentially agreeable.".
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Senator Pat Roberts, the Committee’s Ranking Member, and all members of the Committee today urged Louis Freeh, the trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of MF Global Holding Ltd, not to award bonuses ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 4:30 p.m., Colorado National Monument will reopen the west section of Rim Rock Drive between the west (Fruita) entrance station and the Visitor Center to all traffic. Earlier today, that portion of the road had been closed due to public safety concerns and the necessity to bring down a large rock slab that had the potential to come down on its own.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: Statement of Chairman Barbara Boxer "Lessons from Fukushima One Year Later... NRC's Implementation of Recommendations for Enhancing Nuclear Reactor Safety in the 21st Century" March 15, 2012 A year ago this week in Japan, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of the Japan, triggering a tsunami ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As the Obama administration is seeking to extend a stimulus energy program, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns are seeking answers and an accurate accounting of the program’s record on job creation.
