The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is in a precarious position, according to a subcommittee of its science board. Charged with assessing whether or not the existing science and technology at the FDA can truly keep the public safe, the subcommittee answThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is in a...
Elected in 1992, Rep. Wynn currently serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee, where he is a member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, and the Subcommittee on Environment and Haz Elected in 1992, Rep. Wynn currently...
BOSTON -- Polly Plimpton to Head Subcommittee on Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Section 16 of the Committee on Federal Securities Regulation
Finding that some companies view OSHA fines as "the cost of doing business and nothing more," a committee of Massachusetts lawmakers has concluded that the state must prosecute employers "who willfully or recklessly jeopardize the li Finding that some companies view OSHA fines as...
WASHINGTON, June 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A U.S. Department of Labor official testifying today before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims, highlighted the department's strong enforcement record despitWASHINGTON, June 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A U.S. Department of Labor official testifying today before the...
I am pleased to appear before the Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations and the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit to discuss the Federal Reserve's role in the government's efforts to detect and deter money laundering and other financial crimes with a particular emphasis on matters related to...
Statement by Laurence H. Meyer, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises of the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, June 7, 2000 (Governor Meyer presented identical testimony before the Subcommittee on Financial...
SENATOR PHIL GRAMM (R-TEXAS), CHAIR-man of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, has announced the senators who will head the five subcommittees within the Banking Committee during the 107th Congress. The chairmen and the jur SENATOR PHIL GRAMM (R-TEXAS), CHAIR-man...
A hearing on rising gasoline prices turned gripping Tuesday as the chairman of a House of Representatives' subcommittee called on the Federal Trade Commission FTC to examine concentration of the ethanol industry and evaluate whether the industry coll A hearing on rising gasoline prices turned gripping Tuesday as...
WASHINGTON, July 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, at a Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims of the House Judiciary Committee hearing to examine administrative and national security problems in "Reid-Kennedy," Michael Maxwell, forWASHINGTON, July 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, at a Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims of...
Statement by Lawrence B. Lindsey, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development and the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, May 14, 1992
Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) is the new chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation-Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee. The subcommittee has responsibility for automobiles, trucks, railroads, Amtrak, maritime and ports, driver safety, transportation of hazardous materials, pipelines, and transportation research. Lott said that one of his...
The Senate Appropriations' Agriculture Subcommittee marked up its $16.73 billion fiscal year 2005 appropriations bill, which is more than half a billion below last year's funding levels. The Senate Appropriations' Agriculture Subcommittee marked up its $16.73 billion fiscal year 2005 appropriations bill, which is...
The "Veterans Self-Employment Act," introduced by U.S. Rep. Richard Baker (R-La.), was heard by the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity of the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee. The "Veterans Self-Employment Act," introduced by U.S. Rep. Richard Baker (R-La.), was heard by the Subcommittee on Economic...
WASHINGTON - Offshore insurers and reinsurers should be federally certified and required to meet minimum capital and surplus requirements in order to do business in the United States, according to a Senate investigatory panel. The panel said that WASHINGTON - Offshore insurers...
The defection of vermont Sen. James Jeffords from the Republican Party-which will give Democrats control of the U.S. Senate-could give added clout to New York's two Democratic senators. Charles Schumer, now in his third year in the Senate, would be The defection of vermont...
U.S. House of Representatives Employer-Employee Relations Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-Texas) led a bipartisan group of legislators in introducing the Small Business Health Fairness Act (H.R. 525), legislation aimed at significantly expanding U.S. House of Representatives Employer-Employee Relations Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-Texas) led a...
International Organization for Standardization ISO Technical Committee TC 94 and Subcommittee SC 4 met July 4-8 in Huddersfield, U.K., to discuss protective equipment for persons working at heights. Australia, Germany, Great Britain and the U.S. senInternational Organization for Standardization ISO Technical Committee TC 94 and Subcommittee SC 4 met July...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With the Senate tackling the FY'05 spending bills, American Rivers calls on the Senate appropriations subcommittee that oversees U.S. EPA's budget (VA-HUD and Independent Agencies) to take a step forward by funding WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With the Senate tackling the FY'05...
WASHINGTON, June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A bipartisan bid by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) to head off President Bush's raid of the Crime Victims Fund won the support Tuesday of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science (CJWASHINGTON, June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A bipartisan bid...
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