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Dangerous Stealth Measure is a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A national campaign to defeat the biotech rider snuck into the Agriculture Appropriations Bill now before Congress has been launched by Just Label It, the national coalition spearheading federal labeling of genetically engineered (GE) food. "The same chemical companies who just spent $46 million to defeat GE foods labeling in California are now focused on bullying Congress...

WASHINGTON, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the reaction of U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the State Department and Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on the conviction Wednesday in Ethiopia of journalist Eskinder Nega: "The Ethiopian Government's use of vague anti-terrorism laws to silence the press has been widely and rightly condemned. The conviction of Eskinder Nega and other journalists, who are accused...

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Alabama Republican Senator Richard Shelby spearheaded an effort to put in jeopardy the wages and jobs of all construction workers in the United States. On a 19 to 11 vote, the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations voted on an amendment offered by Senator Shelby (R-Alabama) to remove language from the Labor HHS appropriations bill that will now facilitate the ability of employers to import foreign workers into...

The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation announced that yesterday the organization’s nurse practitioner and medical liaison testified in Congress to request inclusion of mesothelioma in the 2013 grant cycle. Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 07, 2012 On June 6, 2012, Mary Hesdorffer, MS, APRN, nurse practitioner and medical liaison for the Meso Foundation, testified before the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations - Subcommittee on Defense at their Fiscal Year 2013...

WASHINGTON, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leading NGO alliance InterAction is heartened by the international affairs spending bill approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee today and urges the House to follow the Senate's lead when the two bills are reconciled. The Senate committee approved the bill with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 29-1. "This bill shows the wisdom and courage to invest in international development and humanitarian assistance programs....

Federal funds will support critical restoration construction projects, jobs in Louisiana WASHINGTON, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, five national and local conservation groups praised the Senate Appropriations Committee for approving funding for critical restoration projects in Louisiana, including an effort to use sediment dredged from navigation waterways to recreate critical wetlands. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would receive $16.8 million for the...

DETROIT, Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday approved the Fiscal Year 2012 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill that is more supportive of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) than President Obama's original proposal. President Obama in February proposed reducing the program's funding by 50 percent, which, should Congress enact it into law, would negatively impact Michigan's most...

LISBON, Maine and ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Daphne Izer, founder of Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.) after her son Jeff and three of his friends were killed in a truck crash, and the Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) find today's actions by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies in passing a bill that gives Maine and Vermont a permanent exemption to federal truck weight limits irresponsible and...

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Chairman and CEO Bob Stevens joined defense industry and association leaders in urging Congress to pass a fiscal year 2011 defense appropriations bill in lieu of funding national security programs through a full-year continuing resolution (CR) at fiscal year 2010 levels. "We strongly support Defense Secretary Gates' recommendation to pass a full FY2011 defense appropriations bill to avoid unnecessary risk to...

Statement by AIA President & CEO Marion C. Blakey on the death of former Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). Marion C. Blakey is the former Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (2002-2007) and Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (2001-2002). She worked closely with Senator Stevens throughout her tenure on improving aviation safety in Alaska. ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today we mourn the loss of Senator Ted Stevens. The Senator passed...