Investing In Rural America Essential to Job Creation and Business Growth WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2011 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting applications for loans and grants to create jobs and spur economic development. Funding is provided through the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) program. “In his State of […]
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Following her landmark address on January 21, 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a second major foreign policy speech on Internet freedom on February 15, 2011 at George Washington University. Last year, Secretary Clinton called on the global community to protect freedom of expression, association, and assembly in the online world. Taken together, these […]
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Thank you all very much and good afternoon. It is a pleasure, once again, to be back on the campus of the George Washington University, a place that I have spent quite a bit of time in all different settings over the last now nearly 20 years. I’d like especially to thank President Knapp and […]
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SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, first let me say that I just came out of a very productive meeting and lunch with the Speaker. I greatly appreciated his gracious hospitality and the opportunity we had to cover so many issues on the minds of members of Congress, the Administration, the American public, and indeed the world. As […]
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ASCAP: Creative Americans Organize On February 13, 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) was founded in New York City. The purpose of this organization was–and remains–to protect the copyright and performance rights of the works of its members: composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers. ASCAP’s first director was composer and musician […]
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Thomas Moran, Painter February 12 marks the birth of painter Thomas Moran (1837-1926).* His depictions of Western landscapes inspired Americans to conserve and cherish spectacular wilderness areas as part of their national heritage. In the summer of 1871, Moran joined the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories. Headed by Ferdinand V. Hayden, this scientific exploration […]
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Washington, Feb 11 – Iowa Congressman Tom Latham, the chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after the introduction of a continuing resolution in the House of Representatives to fund the federal government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2011: “This continuing resolution demonstrates a drastic change in […]
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WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley is asking for an explanation of the “big divide” between the stated policy of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Wall Street watchdog’s actual practice in communicating and cooperating with the Justice Department on securities fraud cases. Grassley said that recent comments by the SEC Director of Enforcement at […]
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Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell introduced the Rare Earths and Critical Materials Revitalization Act to address the nation’s shortage of metals and materials that are essential components to many high-tech industries, including defense, manufacturing, energy, transportation, optics and electronics, and to reduce the country’s dependence on China for these rare earths. “This legislation […]
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Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell introduced the Surface Transportation Savings Act of 2011 to rescind $161.2 million in funds not spent by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and to use the savings to reduce the nation’s budget deficit. “I introduced the Surface Transportation Savings Act to […]
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