News from May 2012
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Changes in operating conditions coupled with changes in commercially manufactured catalysts can produce both power generation increases and significant cost savings at Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plants, according to new research from a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-sponsored project.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: Memorial Day Commemoration. May 26 - 28, 2012. Monocacy National Battlefield will host a memorial flag display in honor of those soldiers who fell during the Battle of Monocacy.On Memorial Day, May 28, buglers will echo taps across the battlefield. Volunteers are needed to place the 1100 Union and Confederate...
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On May 13th, the National Park Service, in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will translocate wild juvenile humpback chub to Havasu Creek below Beaver Falls in Grand Canyon National Park. This translocation of humpback chub to Havasu Creek will be the second of three planned experimental releases.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statement in support of a new alternative proposal by the Postmaster General to reduce window service times at rural post offices before moving to close or consolidate them.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: Chairman Herger, thank you for holding this hearing on Medicare’s durable medical equipment (DME) competitive bidding program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: Today at markup, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Committee Democrats opposed H.R. 4970, a Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA") Reauthorization bill that omits protections for vulnerable communities and removes existing protections for immigrant women. The bill ...
By EPA Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of its ongoing effort to save taxpayer dollars, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), today held a hearing on “Budget and Spending Concerns at HHS." This is the fourth in a series of hearings on the administration’s efforts to...
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today expressed concern over the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule that would allow physicians providing services to Medicaid beneficiaries to be reimbursed at Medicare levels for 2013 and 2014.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: With the days turning longer and warmer, people are inclined to spend more time outside, making it the perfect opportunity to keep a lookout for another invasive plant species in the Upper Delaware River valley.
By Homeland Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., said: “I am disappointed the Postal Service is moving forward to reduce post office hours while Congress is still considering reform legislation to put the USPS back on sound financial ground. But I am encouraged that...
By EPA Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), continued its American Energy Initiative series today with a hearing to discuss two pieces of bipartisan legislation to improve America’s power generation.
By DOL Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today sent a letter to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon demanding additional information on newly implemented policies that require NLRB regional offices to schedule pre-election union representation hearings just seven days after receiving notice of an election petition.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 9, 2012 - Apparently, an offshore oil find that would more than double America’s current proven oil reserves still wouldn’t be enough for the Obama Administration to stop playing politics with America’s energy security. Channeling his best auctioneer chant, Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01)...
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of its ongoing effort to save taxpayer dollars, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), today held a hearing on “Budget and Spending Concerns at HHS." This is the fourth in a series of hearings on the administration’s efforts to...
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), continued its American Energy Initiative series today with a hearing to discuss two pieces of bipartisan legislation to improve America’s power generation.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: HONOLULU, HI - To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the USS Arizona Memorial and to recognize Memorial Day 2012, WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument will be hosting a number of special events. These will begin on Friday, May 25 and conclude on the evening of Monday, May 28. Please visit the National Park Service website at nps.gov/valr for more information.
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of its ongoing effort to save taxpayer dollars, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), today held a hearing on “Budget and Spending Concerns at HHS." This is the fourth in a series of hearings on the administration’s efforts to...
By Homeland Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, one of the lead sponsors of bipartisan, comprehensive postal reform legislation, issued the following statement regarding the Postmaster General’s comments today about rural post offices.
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), continued its American Energy Initiative series today with a hearing to discuss two pieces of bipartisan legislation to improve America’s power generation.
By State Newswire | May 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in support of the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012.
