Major industry associations including the Electronic Retailing Association, the American Association of Advertising Agencies, the Association of National Advertisers, and the Word of Mouth Marketing Association, among others, all filed comments with the commission taking issue with the proposed guidelines.
A who's who of energy companies have filed comments about the issue with FERC, including BP Plc, Consolidated Edison Inc., Dominion Energy Inc., Exelon Corp. and NRG Energy Inc.
Democrats have criticized Gilbert's floor statement, and Englin said that the statement is in line with previous Republican comments on the issue.
Organizers hope to circulate a draft report of the meeting for outside comments, with the ultimate goal of issuing a final report by March 2012 with the field's priorities.
"As a result, Mr. Wolf's comments on the floor dealt with the issue generally, and not with the specific SBE cut that Mr. Smith talked about.
Early last month, the Justice Department requested public comment on the issue, along with other aspects of the fund's operations.
An article on Saturday about small-business owners' uncertainties about offering employees health insurance under the Affordable Care Act misspelled, in some copies, the given name of an executive with the Kaiser Family Foundation who commented on the issue.
In 2005, in the wake of the violent demonstrations by immigrants in housing estates in France's largest cities, Jane Kramer wrote a Comment addressing the issue: Every country with an influx of migrant workers had to scramble toward some sort of social formula to absorb them (or, as often as not, pretend that they weren't there).
Asked about Goodlatte's comments, a senior Republican aide familiar with the issue who was not authorized to speak on the record said "there was legislative text being discussed" that went beyond principles.
While she declined to comment on how Spain should deal with the issue, she added: "But I believe this incident concerns the sound development of bilateral relations, so we hope that the Spanish government can properly deal with this matter and tell right from wrong". Reed Brody, of Human Rights Watch, said China's comments added to a growing awareness of double standards in international justice.
