WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The Constitutional Accountability Center issued the following news release: In two major decisions this week on LGBT rights and immigration, the conservative-leaning Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump somewhat surprising defeats. "Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn't like me?" Trump tweeted shortly after the court ruled Thursday that his administration hadn't acted properly in ending the 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals progr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner Rohit Chopra regarding the FTC's use of its authorities to protect consumer privacy and security: Abuse and misuse of personal data is an urgent concern for our economy, society, and national security. In the current public health crisis, the rapid increase in contact tracing, remote learning, telemedicine, and video conferencing are making the need for effective data protection even more pressing more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The House Education and Labor Committee issued the following testimony by Michael Leachman, vice president for state fiscal policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, for a remote hearing entitled "Budget Cuts and Lost Learning: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Public Education" on June 15: My name is Michael Leachman, Vice President for State Fiscal Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research and policy institute in Washingt more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The House Financial Services subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy issued the following testimony by Jamil Jaffer, founder and executive director of National Security Institute and assistant professor for National Security Law and Policy Program at the George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School, for a virtual hearing entitled "Cybercriminals and Fraudsters: How Bad Actors Are Exploiting the Financial System During the CO more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Ways and Means subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures issued the following testimony by Indivar Dutta-Gupta, co-executive director at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, for a remote hearing entitled "Tax Relief to Support Workers and Families during the COVID-19 Recession" on June 18: My name is Indivar Dutta-Gupta, and I am the Co-Executive Director at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality. We are a nonpartisan policy research center at more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following transcript on Fox News: On Oct. 30, 2001, wearing a navy-blue New York Fire Department quarter zip, President George W. Bush stepped out onto the mound at Yankee Stadium to throw the first pitch of game three of the World Series. There was not much to cheer for in the days following 9/11, but the cheers from the crowd were deafening, as the president stood there with American flags flying all around. It was a mome more PR

BERKELEY, California, June 20 -- The University of California Law campus issued the following news on June 19: Thousands of immigrant students and staff at the University of California, Berkeley, and across the UC system won continued protection from deportation when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump had improperly ended a program that allowed them to study and work in the United States. The decision said the Trump administration had been "arbitrary and capricious" in en more PR