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Council of Economic Advisors, June 20, 2007: “The Nations drivers, the Administration, and Members of Congress are rightfully concerned about high gasoline prices and the burden high prices impose on families and businesses, particularly on those low-income households least able to adjust to high prices. All policymakers firmly oppose any anticompetitive practices perpetrated by firms. …
Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health hearing entitled, EPA’s Response to 9-11 and Lessons Learned for Future Emergency Preparedness. Wednesday, June 20, 2007. Related government documents: World Trade Center: Preliminary Observations on EPA’s Second Program to Address Indoor Contamination, GAO-07-806T, June 20, 2007 “The September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) …
NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007: To improve the National instant criminal background check system, and for other purposes. Passed the House of Representatives June 13, 2007.
From the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the text of a GAO Opinion on White House Signing Statements, June 18, 2007 (43 pages, PDF) Related government documents and news: Senate Committee on Appropriations Committee press release in response to the GAO opinion. AP: GAO Examines Signing Statement Cases – “The Bush administration sometimes fails to follow …
Administration Oversight, White House Use of Private E-mail Accounts: “The Oversight Committee has been investigating whether White House officials violated the Presidential Records Act by using e-mail accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee and the Bush Cheney 04 campaign for official White House communications. This interim staff report provides a summary of the evidence …
Press release: “For decades, American taxpayers have provided tens of billions of dollars in federal farm subsidies to some of the largest and wealthiest farm businesses in the nation. But thousands of people who benefited from the subsidy flow were shielded from public view behind layers of partnerships, joint ventures, limited liability corporations, cooperatives, and …
The Coalition for an Airline Passengers’ Bill of Rights released an Airline Stranding Reportcard 2007 (21 pages, PDF) on June 13, 2007. “This report card is a combination of press reports, government statistics and eye witness accounts provided by our coalition members.” See also Coalition for an Airline Passengers’ Bill of Rights and the Airline …
In connection with a markup scheduled by the Senate Finance Committee for June 19, 2007, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Description Of The “Energy Advancement And Investment Act Of 2007” (JCX-31-07) and the estimated revenue effects (JCX-32-07).
Press release: “It is too early to discern trends out of the U.S. troop surge as part of the Baghdad security plan, defense officials said here today. Speaking on background, the officials discussed the quarterly report to Congress, titled Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq. The report was released yesterday, but the cut-off for data …
Statement of Richard L. Skinner, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, June 12, 2007 (PDF, 10 pages) Statement for the Record, Matt Jadacki, Deputy Inspector General for Disaster Assistance Oversight, June 12, 2007 (PDF, 18 pages)
Press release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., today issued subpoenas to two former White House officials compelling them to provide testimony and related information as part of ongoing congressional investigations into the mass firings of well-performing federal prosecutors and the politicization of hiring and firing …
Press release: “CDC Off Center, a 115-page oversight report authored by the Minority Office of the Federal Financial Management Subcommittee, under the direction of ranking member Senator Tom Coburn, examines how CDC has tilted off center and makes recommendations about how it might get back on track. The American people expect CDC to spend its …
