News from February 2016
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is seeking input on the draft Black Locust Removal Action Plan concerning the removal and control of black locust trees from within the park. This Action Plan outlines the steps that the Park Service will take remove and control the spread of this non-native invasive tree species, focusing on the area of the Old Kettle Falls town site as well as other less impacted areas throughout the park.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: RUPERT, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation has taken precautionary measures to secure a canal gate at Minidoka Dam’s Southside Canal after a routine inspection found one of the gate’s arms showing signs of buckling. The gate is one of two that feeds irrigation water into the Southside Canal from Lake Walcott, 12 miles northeast of Rupert, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: “Debates about the proper scope of executive power and its relationship to legislative authority are as old as the Nation itself.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) delivered the following opening statement for the hearing: “Crisis of Confidence: Preventing Terrorist Infiltration through U.S. Refugee and Visa Programs":
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Hagerstown, MD - During the month of February, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) will be celebrating African American History Month with public programming, elementary school outreach opportunities and participation in two special partner events in Baltimore.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today examined two commonsense bills to counter the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory overreach.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and other members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard details Wednesday of Canada’s plan to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February. At a hearing titled, “Canada’s Fast-Track Refugee Plan: Unanswered Questions...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today examined two commonsense bills to counter the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory overreach.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent two separate letters to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy and Keith Creagh, Director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
Release: Washington, DC, Feb. 3, 2016 - Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced a second phase of expansion of the Team Up for School Nutrition Success (Team Up) initiative, ensuring continued support for schools working to serve school children nutritious meals nationwide. Building on the momentum of...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent two separate letters to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy and Keith Creagh, Director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today released the following statement in response to new video footage showing an employee of a large abortion provider explaining accounting tricks used to conceal fetal tissue sales.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today examined two commonsense bills to counter the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory overreach.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: “In recent years, Republican budgets in the House have included blindly ideological priorities, leading to harmful fiscal consequences. They have focused on slashing effective anti-poverty programs, ending Medicare, and starving other necessary programs. This approach has undermined our Committee's effort to find and act on common ground within our jurisdiction.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein (both D-CA) today praised the inclusion of their amendment addressing the Aliso Canyon natural gas leak in the bipartisan energy bill, which is currently being considered on the Senate floor. The measure was approved by a voice vote last night.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today released the following statement in response to new video footage showing an employee of a large abortion provider explaining accounting tricks used to conceal fetal tissue sales.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Lakewood, Colo. - The BLM leases parcels for oil and gas development up to four times a year, if lands are available for leasing, based on recommendations and input from the public, industry, tribes and other constituent groups. Before determining which parcels will be included in a lease sale, the BLM carefully reviews each parcel nominated for that sale. State, local and tribal consultation and the public input process are important steps in the leasing process.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent two separate letters to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy and Keith Creagh, Director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Opening Statement of Ranking Member Barbara Boxer
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: -. MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Amadou Camara,Sun Prairie, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 30 months in prison for conspiring with others to import and distribute marijuana...
