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- Obama Wins Financial Reform Victory
- By Kevin Drawbaugh and Charles AbbottWASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - The Obama administration scored its first financial regulation reform victory in months on Thursday when a U.S. congressional committee approved new rules for over-the-counter derivatives.In a 43-26 decision, the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee voted in favour of slapping new...
- News items 2009-10-15
- Obama Wins First Financial Reform Victory in Months
- By Kevin Drawbaugh and Charles AbbottWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration scored its first financial regulation reform victory in months on Thursday when a U.S. congressional committee approved new rules for over-the-counter derivatives.In a 43-26 decision, the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee voted in favor of slapping new rules...
- News items 2009-10-16
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- USDA: Testimony of Dan Glickman before the House Agriculture Committee US House of Representatives.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-18 June 1999-USDA: Testimony as prepared for delivery of Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman before the House Agriculture Committee United States House of Representatives C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:160699 Introduction: "Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee,...
- Research articles 1999-06-18
- The House Agriculture Committee unanimously passed legislation last week that would authorize federal loan guarantees for any qualified entity that wants to deliver local TV to rural households that can't receive the signals over the air.(Brief Article)
- The House Agriculture Committee unanimously passed legislation last week that would authorize federal loan guarantees for any qualified entity that wants to deliver local TV to rural households that can't receive the signals over the air. The vote The House Agriculture Committee unanimously...
- Research articles 2000-02-21
- EPA's FQPA Implementation Criticized.(House Agriculture Committee criticizes Environmental Protection Agency for failing to seek scientific data from the pesticide industry before implementing new federal food safety law)
- Agency is accused of having an unscientific and irrational agenda. MEMBERS OF THE House Agriculture Committee sharply criticized Environmental Protection Agency at a June 25 hearing for failing to seek reliable scientific data from the pesticide i Agency is accused of having an...
- Research articles 1998-07-06
- House Agriculture Committee Reacts to Ban on Downer Cows.
- By Alex Fryer, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 22--WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman got an earful of praise at a congressional hearing yesterday for her candor and decisiveness during the mad-cow crisis. But members of...
- Research articles 2004-01-22
- You should know ...(House Agriculture Committee )
- ... The House Agriculture Committee approved a drastically revised fruit and vegetable marketing bill that authorizes up to $44.5 million annually in grants to help promote fruits and vegetables. California, as the largest producer of such specialty crops, would receive the majority share of the funds....
- Research articles 2004-10-04
- Minnesota's Peterson takes over House Ag Committee
- With control of Congress passing to the Democrats, changes are taking place on key food industry related committees. Virginia Republican Bob Goodlatte will step down as chairman of the House Agriculture Committee. He'll be replaced by Minnesota Democrat Collin Peterson. Peterson has served eight terms in the House and is...
- Research articles 2006-12-01
- House Agriculture Chairman Eager to Regulate Derivatives
- Adam K White submits: Cargill and the National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association NRN said Sept. 18 that proposed regulation of financial derivatives could make it harder for them to do business, but House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said he thinks the issues for “end users”...
- External links 2009-09-27
- Government May Ease Methyl Bromide Phaseout.(subcommittee of House Agricultural Committee to reexamine 2001 phaseout date)
- A HOUSE AGRICULTURE Committee panel is preparing to reexamine the controversial 2001 US phaseout date for methyl bromide, the widely used soil fumigant that is classified as an ozone depleting substance. At a June 10 hearing, the forestry resource conservation and research subcommittee will...
- Research articles 1998-05-25
- House Ag Committee Addressing US-Canadian Pesticide Pricing Disparity.(Brief Article)
- A MEMBER OF. the House Agriculture Committee is considering introducing legislation that would address the disparity in prices between identical pesticides sold in the US and Canada. Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.), told a recent meeting of the Chemical Producers and Distributors...
- Research articles 2001-02-26
- House Panel Hammers at OTC Derivatives Rules
- By Kevin Drawbaugh and Christopher DoeringWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee started nailing down details of a bill to regulate over-the-counter derivatives on Wednesday, seeking to advance a key part of the Obama administration's broad plan to tighten bank and capital markets oversight.After the worst credit crisis in generations,...
- News items 2009-10-14
- Coalition Urges House Appropriations Committee to Protect COOL
- WASHINGTON, June 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A coalition of more than 130 agriculture and consumer groups, representing an excess of 50 million Americans, urged the House Appropriations Committee today to shut down any attack on mandatory country-of-origin meat labeling. In a letter to the House Appropriations Committee, Americans for Country-of-Origin...
- Research articles 2003-06-23
- From Food Safety Issues: USDA Officials Brief House Panel On Biosecurity And Food Safety.(Larry Combest and James R. Moseley)(Brief Article)
- House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest and members of the committee met on November 15, to review the biosecurity programs and authorities of USDA. According to committee sources, the terrorist attacks of September 11 are at the heart of House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest...
- Research articles 2001-11-26
- As Congress Moves to Cut Food Stamps, New Data Shows Hunger Increasing: Dept. of Agriculture Report Shows Growing Hunger, Food Insecurity in United States
- WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On the very day that the government released information that the number of people struggling to put food on the table has increased for the fifth year in a row, the House Agriculture Committee passed legislation thaWASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On the...
- Research articles 2005-10-28
- Eight Financial Associations Issue Statement On Agreement of CFTC and House Agriculture Committee
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--July 27, 1998--The statement below was issued today by the following eight financial trade associations: American Bankers Association The Bankers Roundtable The Bond Market Association Emerging Markets Traders Association The Foreign Exchange Committee Futures Industry Association International Swaps and Derivatives Association Securities Industry Association "We understand that...
- Research articles 1998-07-27
- Industry bullish on new House Ag leader
- The 108th Congress got started with a surprising change at the head of the House Agriculture Committee. Shortly after winning re-election in November, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest (R-TX) surprised Washington by announcing he would resign his Congressional seat in May. In a statement at the time, Combest cited...
- Research articles 2003-02-01
- Statement to the Congress - Alan Greenspan, before the House Agriculture Committee
- Statement by Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, before the Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives, May 21, 1998
- Research articles 1998-07-01
- House likely to defeat dairy bill - United States Congress House will probably veto milk price enhancement bill - Washington Watch - column
- House Likely to Defeat Dairy Bill The House Agriculture Committee approved a milk price enhancement bill that faces almost certain defeat in the full House and the Senate and, should the bill by chance reach the White House, faces a certain veto. However, the committee failed to accept an alternative...
- Research articles 1991-08-01
- Sources say Mike Sommers is expected to replace Chuck Conner as White House agriculture adviser to the president
- Sources say Mike Sommers is expected to replace Chuck Conner as White House agriculture adviser to the president. They say Sommers, who currently is chief of staff for Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), is expected to start his new position around mid-July. Sommers first joined Boehner's staff in 1999 as a...
- Research articles 2005-06-20
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