WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45239) on June 9, 2022, entitled "Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Siting: FERC Policy and Issues for Congress": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 3) Recent Executive Orders The development of energy pipelines has been a focus of the last four presidents. The Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden Administrations issued a series of executive orders directed at the federal permitting of infrastructure pro more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 15 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: * * * A bill sponsored by Rep. Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) that would designate March 29 of each year as "Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day" in Pennsylvania passed unanimously in the House of Representatives on Monday. House Bill 2586 will next be considered by the Senate. "These brave pilots not only fought air battles abroad, but also the battle of prej more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The White House issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following leaders to serve as key leaders in his administration: * Radha Iyengar Plumb, Nominee for Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, U.S. Department of Defense * Julie D. Fisher, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cyprus * Christopher T. Robinson, Nominee for Ambassador E more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNStalk) -- Public Citizen issued the following statement on June 16, 2022: * * * Record exports of U.S produced petroleum are directly leading to higher prices for American families, according to a report in today's Wall Street Journal. The report comes eight years after Public Citizen's Tyson Slocum warned Congress in testimony before the House Committee on Small Business, that allowing unfettered petroleum exports "will erode surplus domestic stockpiles, and allow domes more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following remarks on June 16, 2022: * * * Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11) delivered impassioned remarks in the Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism Wednesday hearing titled "Current Status of ISIS and al Qaeda." Rep. Pfluger spoke to his personal experience fighting ISIS in the U.S. Air Force, and expressed his concern that lax border security measures have allowed terrorists into the inte more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following statement by Social Security Works President Nancy J. Altman involving a hearing on June 9, 2022, entitled "Saving Social Security: Expanding Benefits and Demanding the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share or Cutting Benefits and Increasing Retirement Anxiety": * * * Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Graham, and Members of the Committee: Thank you, Chairman Sanders, not only for holding this crucially important hearing on Social Se more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following testimony by Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, involving a hybrid hearing on May 25, 2022, entitled "The JCPOA Negotiations and United States' Policy on Iran Moving Forward". The JCPOA is the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. * * * On behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, thank you for the opportunity to testify. I am honored to present my analysis and recommendat more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the opening statement at a hearing on June 9, 2022, entitled "Domestic Extremism in America: Examining White Supremacist Violence in the Wake of Recent Attacks": * * * Thank you, Chairman Peters, for holding this hearing on domestic extremism and white supremacist violence. All of us must condemn these hateful attacks. While this hearing is being held to ad more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 13 -- The Society for Human Resource Management issued the following news release: SHRM President and CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., addressed the SHRM22 (the Society for Human Resource Management) Annual Conference & Expo today virtually and in-person at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans in a keynote speech that called on HR to cause the effect--encouraging business and HR leaders to boldly bring about the changes they want to see in the world of wo more PR