News published on Federal Newswire in January 2013

News from January 2013


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Paulsen Releases GAO Report on Supplemental Security Income Overpayments

News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Acting Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, released a report prepared at his request by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report, titled “Supplemental Security Income: SSA Has Taken Steps to...


Camp, Paulsen and Doggett Statements on Senate Passage of the Protect our Kids Act of 2012

News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Subcommittee on Human Resources Acting Chairman Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Human Resources Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statements after the Senate passed the “Protect our Kids Act of 2012," H.R. 6655,...


Ways and Means Committee Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Tariff Relief Legislation

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) announced the introduction of the “U.S. Job Creation and Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2013" (H.R. 6727). The bipartisan legislation provides temporary tax relief to help U.S. manufacturers better compete, expand, and create jobs.in the United States.


Announcing 113th Congress Oversight Chairmen

News Release: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced the subcommittee Chairmen for the 113th Congress.


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., MD (R-LA) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The letter calls on Sebelius to provide information related to recent whistleblower allegations that political...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today announced the Republican committee members for the 113th Congress.


Camp, Paulsen and Doggett Statements on Passage of the Protect our Kids Act of 2012

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources Acting Chairman Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statements after the House passed the “Protect...


News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today released the following statement after voting to permanently extend Republican tax cuts originally enacted in 2001.


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) sent a letter to heads of the Business Roundtable and the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) responding to the President Obama’s call for a corporate...


News Release: Washington, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., MD (R-LA) today announced a joint letter sent to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner...


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Subcommittee Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statements after the House passed H.R. 1509, the “Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2012." Their legislation, which passed late...


News Release: Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), incoming Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the new Republican Members who are expected to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the 113th Congress. The list has been recommended by the Republican Steering Committee and is expected to be officially adopted today by the House...


News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are developing strategies to help livestock producers control stable flies, the most damaging arthropod pests of cattle in the United States.


Camp Cancer-Free

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, following chemotherapy treatments for non-Hodgkins large B-cell lymphoma, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that his doctors have declared him cancer-free.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA), and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced the introduction of the “U.S. Job Creation and Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2013" (H.R. 6727). The bipartisan legislation provides temporary tax relief to help U.S. manufacturers better compete, expand, and create jobs.in the United States.