The value of mineral production in the U.S. increased 9 percent in 2010 from that of 2009, suggesting that the nonfuel minerals industries, particularly metals, were beginning to recover from the economic recession that began in December 2007 and lasted well into 2009. The value of raw, nonfuel minerals mined in the U.S. was $64 […]
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Thursday, January 27, U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Scott Gould, and U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness Director Barbara Poppe joined volunteers around the nation as they participated in a national count of homeless persons and families as part of HUD’s national […]
Announcement at Pheasant Fest Marks 25th Anniversary of CRP, Opens New Conservation Opportunities to Landowners OMAHA, Jan. 28, 2011 — Speaking today at National Pheasant Fest 2011, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the next general signup for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) will begin on March 14, 2011, and continue through April 15, 2011. […]
Kansas Kansas entered the Union as a free state on January 29, 1861. About two hundred years earlier the French Jesuit priests, Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, were among the region’s earliest European explorers. A map drawn by Marquette in 1673 indicated that the Kanza, Ouchage (Osage), and Paneassa (Pawnee) tribes dominated the area that […]
Washington, DC…The National Archives will host free screenings of the 83rd Academy Award® nominees in four categories – Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short Film – in its William G. McGowan Theater from Wednesday, February 23, through Sunday, February 27, 2011. This year marks the seventh consecutive year these […]
Fifty years ago, a young President facing mounting pressure at home propelled a fledgling space agency on a bold, new course that would push the frontiers of exploration to new heights. Today, on this Day of Remembrance when NASA reflects on the mighty sacrifices made to push those frontiers, America’s space agency is working to […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that three Avera Health Services projects have been awarded a total of $1,107,173 to improve communication technologies. This funding comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program. The DLT Grant Program works to provide access to education, training and […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is an original cosponsor of a bill by Senator David Vitter of Louisiana which permanently eliminates the automatic pay raise for members of Congress that exists in current law. “There is definitely a lack of accountability to the American people when members of Congress receive an automatic pay raise without […]
WASHINGTON — Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden have scored a major victory in their bipartisan effort, which started more than a decade ago, to end the secrecy of Senate holds, a practice that allows individual senators to object to Senate action on legislation or nominations and, thereby, prevent a measure from moving forward. The […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today reintroduced major legislation to create a healthier future for America by giving our citizens access to better preventive care and consumer information to encourage healthier lifestyles. The Healthier Lifestyles and Prevention America Act, also known as the HeLP America Act, provides all sectors of our society – […]
