News from March 2012
By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: In a letter to the co-sponsors of the Act - Senators Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Jay Rockefeller, D-West Va., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. -- the giant federal contractor also praised the “open dialogue" that has surrounded drafting of their bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 8, 2012 - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the Fiscal Year 2013 budget for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). During the hearing, Committee Members heard testimony...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: Monocacy National Battlefield, a unit of the National Park Service in Frederick County, is currently recruiting individuals to be a part of their Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew for the summer of 2012. The park is located between the city of Frederick and Urbana, along Route 355, and was established to commemorate the American Civil War battle that took place there on July 9th, 1864.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: Registration is now open for two week field research course.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: March. Saturday, 17th, Battlefield Hike- "He Like a Soldier Fell" Irish Brigade at Antietam- Meet the ranger at the New York State Monument, for a two hour, two mile hike. The program will begin at 1:30 pm and will explore the role of the Irish Brigade at Antietam. Sunday, 25th, Battlefield Hike- "Seven...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON -Today, seven U.S. Senate Finance Committee members urged U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to preserve the highest standards of protection for trade secrets in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Agreement. In a letter spearheaded by Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Committee...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Sun Belt Commodities Inc. satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: Washington -Today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, and Representative Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, called on Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to release the agency's annual...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 418,820 visitors in 2010 spent $20,717,000 in Redwood National Park and in communities near the park. That spending supported 268 jobs in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: Grand Teton National Park rangers have recovered the bodies of two local, expert backcountry skiers who were the focus of a search and rescue mission on Thursday morning, March 8. Chris Onufer and Steve Romeo, both of Jackson, Wyoming, were buried by a large avalanche sometime Wednesday, March 7. The...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: No matter how much they try to dress it up or change the subject, House Republicans cannot erase their vote last April to end the Medicare guarantee and put insurance companies in charge of seniors’ health care. The facts are simple...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: North Cascades National Park Ranger Kevork Arackellian and pilot Anthony Reece, co-owner of Darrington, WA-based Hi Line Helicopters, were honored by Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar for their July 2009 rescue of an injured climber. Reece received the Citizen's Award for Bravery and Ranger Arackellian received the Valor Award.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: We all know that Republicans have endeavored to repeal the Affordable Care Act in its entirety. Having failed at that, and with important and widely accepted provisions having already become operational, Republicans have attempted to go after the law in piecemeal fashion. These efforts have not succeeded. This new effort will fail as well, with the strong opposition including that of the President.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 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 to examine the Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget. Energy Secretary Steven Chu attempted to defend the president’s energy policies despite rising gasoline and electricity prices and a maligned loan guarantee program.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 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 to examine the Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget. Energy Secretary Steven Chu attempted to defend the president’s energy policies despite rising gasoline and electricity prices and a maligned loan guarantee program.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: As part of the Energy Department’s commitment to driving innovation in U.S. manufacturing and helping American businesses and consumers save money by saving energy, the Department today launched the next phase of the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize ) competition. The L Prize competition challenges the lighting industry to develop high performance, energy-saving replacements for conventional light bulbs.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) lauded last night’s Senate approval of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization (PAHPA). As Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Harkin has led this bipartisan effort to ensure that our nation is prepared to respond to a wide range of medical and public health emergencies, whether naturally occurring or the result of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attack.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) decried President Obama’s actions today to once again block construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and deny the U.S access to a stable and reliable energy source. After rejecting the pipeline’s permit earlier this year, President...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representative Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, and U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, called on Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to release the agency’s annual...
