WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the following news: The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) last week sent letters to U.S. House of Representatives leadership and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, which convey the ACHP's support for provisions of the Save Oak Flat Act. Oak Flat is a place of profound religious and cultural importance to multiple Indian tribes that would be substantially damaged by the proposed Southeas more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Intelligence Agency issued the following news: Robert Gates, former secretary of defense and CIA director, joined the DIA workforce for a virtual MasterMinds session July 13. Following introductory remarks from Deputy Director Suzanne White, Gates led a discussion on the complicated nature of public service, leadership and matters of national security. "There are a lot of challenges to public service ... what people don't see is t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: DNC Chair Jaime Harrison and Executive Director Sam Cornale announced the creation of the Coalitions and Community Engagement Department, the creation of the Counsel and Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion position and new hires to both the Coalitions and Mobilization Departments. Brencia Berry will lead the newly created department as Director of Coalitions and Community Engagement. Ebony Baylo more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 22 (TNSOps) -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: Sustain Equity Group and Brady reacted to the sentencing of Kenneth Williams for 2013 the murder of Hadiya Pendleton, calling for the ruling to serve as a wake up call for leaders, activists, and organizations to protect and prioritize Black women in the work to prevent violence and gun violence. Black women are uniquely and disproportionately affected by gun vio more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 20 -- The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society issued the following news release: On July 16, a federal judge in Texas ruled against the Deferred Action to Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. This disappointing decision means yet more uncertainty and fear for young people hoping to build stable lives in the country they already call home. DACA, which was first implemented by the Obama administration in 2012, grants protection from deportation to "Dreamers," undocumented  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSPol) -- LULAC, the League of United Latin American Citizens, issued the following news release: The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is expressing its strong disagreement and resolve to challenge the federal court findings issued by Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the United States District Court in Houston on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act (DACA). Judge Hanen stated in his 77-page ruling Friday, that former President Barack Obama exceeded his a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following commentary on July 19, 2021, to USA Today: * * * President Joe Biden has called domestic terrorism one of the most serious security threats facing America. In June, his National Security Council even issued a strategy to combat it. So why is he standing by one of his own nominees who collaborated with ecoterrorists and lied to the Senate to cover up he more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following remarks on July 22, 2021, at a business meeting to consider the nominations of five Interior and Energy nominees. The nominees are Robert T. Anderson to be solicitor of the Department of the Interior (revote); Shalanda H. Baker to be director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact at the Department of Energy; Samuel T. Walsh to be general counsel at  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: The exterior of the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden's iconic cylindrical building will be the site of internationally renowned Swiss artist Nicolas Party's newest artwork, debuting Sept. 18. "Draw the Curtain" (2021) will wrap 360 degrees around the temporary scaffolding that encases the museum building and will span a circumference of 829 feet, becoming the artist's largest work to date. A more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, July 20 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following remarks on July 17, 2021, at the christening ceremony for the USNS John Lewis: * * * Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Members of a Congressional delegation participated in the Christening Ceremony of the USNS John Lewis in honor of the late Congressman John Lewis of Georgia. Below are the Speaker's remarks: Speaker Pelosi. Good morning, everyone. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Officially, as House S more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following statement on July 21, 2021: * * * Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement to mark the 11th anniversary of President Barack Obama's signing of the landmark Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on July 21, 2010: "For more than a decade, the Democratic-passed Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act has stood as a pillar of Democrats' leadership to protect fa more PR