News from November 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement on the looming fiscal cliff.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today praised the Obama administration for suspending BP’s access to federal contracts, including new drilling leases on taxpayer-owned land. Rep. Markey had originally raised the issue of whether BP should be suspended or disbarred from future lease sales at an...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Subcommittee on Trade Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) made the following statements after the House passed legislation that grants Russia and Moldova permanent normal trade relations (PNTR). The legislation also imposes sanctions on persons identified as responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, and for other gross violations of human rights in Russia.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced 66 cutting-edge research projects selected by the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to receive a total of $130 million in funding through its “OPEN 2012" program. ARPA-E seeks out transformational, breakthrough...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - Eric Canori, 33, of Saratoga Springs, New York, was sentenced yesterday, Nov. 27, 2012 by Chief United States District Court Judge Gary L. Sharpe, in Albany to 30 months of imprisonment for his role in a marijuana distribution conspiracy, announced Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 28, 2012 - For those paying attention to the Obama Administration’s offshore lease sale held last December, today’s lease sale might seem like “déjà vu all over again." Today, the Obama Administration will take this saying to heart in a shamelessly transparent attempt to appear interested in developing America’s offshore oil and natural gas resources by offering nearly the exact same offshore acres that were offered last December.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: The 2013 Southeast Utah Group (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) Annual Pass will be available for purchase ($25) beginning Dec. 1, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statements upon the announcement by U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk that the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement has entered into force.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: Congressman Bill Shuster, who was selected earlier today to be the next Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the appointment of key senior staff to lead the Committee in the 113th Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: Midland, MI - Today, following the statement from Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement on the looming fiscal cliff.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the October jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. A net total of 171,000 jobs were created, and the unemployment rate for October increased to 7.9 percent.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the House Republican Conference ratified the GOP Steering Committee’s recommendation that he serve as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the 113th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Federal officials today announced the results of the Violent Crime Reduction (VCRP), a collaborative law enforcement effort between federal law enforcement agencies and the Philadelphia Police Department to combat violent crime in some of Philadelphia’s hardest hit neighborhoods announced...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Celebrate "Holiday Traditions in the Dunes" on Saturday, December 8, from Noon - 3:00 pm at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Enjoy live holiday music and dance, tour two historic homes decked out in their holiday finest, let the kids make some holiday crafts, and even get a free taste of some traditional holiday treats. You don't have to get chilled thanks to a free shuttle bus that runs between Chellberg Farm and the Bailly Homestead.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell sentenced James (49, Irvine, KY) to 14 years in...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 290,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2012/2013 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: Arches National Park is open all year, but the park's visitor center's hours of operation change with the arrival of winter.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Wednesday delivered a final analysis of homeland security in the past and the future at an event hosted by George Washington University and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Before a diverse crowd...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: Nov. 15, 2012 - Press Releases.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 28, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Republican Conference selected him to serve as Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee in the 113th Congress.
