WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44865) on June 21, 2021, entitled "Juneteenth: Fact Sheet" by reference and instruction librarian Erin M. Smith: * * * Introduction Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. It is also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, and Black Independence Day. On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX, and announced th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R43625) on June 24, 2021, entitled "SBA Office of Advocacy: Overview, History, and Current Issues" by Robert Jay Dilger, American national government senior specialist: * * * Summary The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) is an "independent" office within the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) that advances "the views and concerns of small businesses before Congress, the White House, federal agencies,  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Peter DeFazio today released the following statement on his vote in favor of H.R. 256, which repeals the outdated Authorization of Military Force (AUMF) Against Iraq Resolution of 2002: "I am proud to once again vote in favor of repealing the long-outdated 2002 AUMF, which has been abused for years by presidents of both parties to justify unauthorized and endless wars and conflicts around the world more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-California, issued the following news release on June 22, 2021: Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), today, joined by 20 House colleagues, introduced legislation to protect imperiled seabirds from international fishing threats while increasing ongoing seabird conservation efforts in the United States and abroad. The Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act would implement the Agreement on the Conservation of Al more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), lead Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, introduced a bill to expand the E-Verify system for employers who contract with the federal government to efficiently determine a worker's legal status to work in the US. "Not knowing whether someone working under a federal contrac more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 22 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 21, 2021: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today stood outside University Hospital in Newark with frontline heath care workers and families of those who died from COVID-19 to demand Congress pass bipartisan, bicameral legislation he co-authored to create an independent, 9/11-style commission to investigate the nation's pandemic response and develop a series of recommendations to improv more PR

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on June 21, 2021: Mr. President, today I am reintroducing the Corporate Management Accountability Act, which asks each publicly traded company to disclose its policies on whether senior executives or shareholders bear the costs of paying the company's fines and penalties. In 2014, William Dudley, then the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, more ST

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on June 22, 2021: * * * MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay. So, I know some of you are going to have to leave for the pool call, which is absolutely fine. We will also keep you honest on when the President is getting ready to speak. So there are a couple of mechanics. Chris is going to be our special helper on this front today. Thank you. Okay, a couple of items at the top. As yo more PR