DENVER, Colorado, April 15 (TNSRep) -- The American Water Works Association issued the following news release on April 14, 2021: The American Water Works Association (AWWA) today announced the availability of a new document entitled "Improving the Evaluation of Household-Level Affordability in SDWA Rulemaking: New Approaches," to help facilitate discussion of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) analysis of household-level affordability when making regulatory decisions. AWWA convened a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46761) on April 14, 2021, entitled "Russia: Foreign Policy and U.S. Relations": (Continued from Part 2 of 3) Defense Industry and Arms Sales Arms sales and the defense industry play an important role in Russian domestic and foreign policy. In 2012, President Putin stated, "Effective military and technical cooperation is a potent instrument of promoting our national interests, political as well as econ more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, April 13 (TNSAwa) -- Hope College issued the following news release: The Hope College Alumni Association is honoring four alumni with Distinguished Alumni Awards this year. The association plans to celebrate both the 2020 and 2021 honorees virtually at a date to be determined. The awards are normally presented at the annual Alumni Banquet during Alumni Weekend each April, but this year's and last year's in-person events were canceled because of the ongoing global COVID-19 pa more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The House Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Ex-Puerto Rico Attorney General Jose Fuentes Agostini, chairman of the Puerto Rico Statehood Council, as part of a remote hearing on the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act (H.R. 1522) and the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act (H.R. 2070) on April 14, 2021: * * * I am honored to appear before you today to discuss the "Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act" (H.R. 1522) and the "Puerto Rico Self-Determ more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The National Congress of American Indians issued the following news release: The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is pleased to announce that Dante Desiderio has been selected as the organization's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and will be joining NCAI on May 11, 2021. In his new position, Desiderio will oversee the day-to-day management and operations of the organization for an improved path to success for NCAI and the NCAI Fund. He will report directly  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Afghanistan: THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. I'm speaking to you today from the Roosevelt -- the Treaty Room in the White House. The same spot where, on October of 2001, President George W. Bush informed our nation that the United States military had begun strikes on terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. It was just weeks -- just weeks after the terrorist attack on our nation that killed 2,977 innocent souls; that turned  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-California, issued the following news release on April 13, 2021: Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today led a bicameral coalition of 30 House and Senate Members in urging the Biden administration to halt the reported deportation of Vietnamese refugees. In a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, the Members ask Secretary Mayorkas to confirm or deny reports that a new U.S.-Vietnam Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release: In remarks this past Thursday before a virtual discussion of The Ripon Society and the Franklin Center, Dan Meyer, who serves as the Chief of Staff to the Republican Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, expressed hope that Democrats will work with Republicans to strengthen America's infrastructure and address some of the other key challenges facing the nation, instead of going it alone as they did on the most r more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 14 (TNSEve) -- Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law issued the following news: The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University will celebrate its class of 2021 in May through virtual and smaller in-person gatherings with highlights including remarks from Van Jones, CNN host, and Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, an ASU master's degree alumna. In a virtual ceremony on May 3, Jones and Hobbs will join ASU Law Dean Douglas  more PR