WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 16, 2023: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) this week introduced the U.S-Russian Federation Seafood Reciprocity Act of 2023, legislation that would impose a comprehensive ban on the import of all Russian-origin seafood products into the United States. Companion legislation was introduced in the House by Representatives Garret Graves (R-La.) and Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 17 -- CNN issued the following news on June 16, 2023: In a CNN Exclusive interview, former U.S. President, Barack Obama will sit down with CNN Chief International Anchor, Christiane Amanpour, for an in-depth conversation on the state of democracy in the United States and around the world. The interview will air at 10pm ET on Thursday June 22 across a special program, Obama & Amanpour: Will Democracy Win?, anchored live by Christiane Amanpour from Athens, Greece, the crad more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB10121) on the President's authority to use the National Guard or the Armed Forces to secure the border on June 15, 2023, by legislative attorney Jennifer K. Elsea: * * * The President's Authority to Use the National Guard or the Armed Forces to Secure the Border On May 2, 2023, the Biden Administration announced that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin approved a request from Secreta more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47591) on June 9, 2023, entitled "Central Asia: Implications of Russia's War in Ukraine." (Continued from Part 2 of 3) * * * Implications for China's Presence in Central Asia Geographic proximity binds the People's Republic of China (PRC or China) and Central Asia together, particularly in terms of security and economic development. Since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, PRC leaders' numerous high- more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Today, Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke voted for H.J. Res. 44, the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that would nullify the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' (ATF) pistol brace rule the Biden Administration finalized in January 2023. "Biden and radical democrats in the House are taking every action possible to turn law-abiding Montana gun owners into felons - and I won't more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As Chris Christie attempts to spin his extreme MAGA past on CNN, here's your reminder that he's a longtime champion of Donald Trump's MAGA agenda -- working to undermine abortion access in New Jersey, gifting corporations with tax giveaways, calling to slash critical programs like Social Security and Medicare, and refusing to take ownership for his administration's corruption scandal. Let's not forget C more PR

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 13 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: As the Nevada Independent reported, the 2024 Republican field's extreme records on Yucca Mountain are on full display: Everyone from Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis to Nikki Haley and Tim Scott has supported efforts to make the Silver State a nuclear waste dump, putting them out of step with the majority of Nevadans and even Nevada Republicans. The Nevada Independent: Where Republican presidential candid more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on June 13, 2023, to vote against the Special Envoy for Abraham Accords Act: * * * I rise to address my vote against H.R. 3099, the Special Envoy for Abraham Accords Act. The Abraham Accords fails to address the plight of millions of Palestinians who are working to build a peaceful future and who have been abandoned by Congress and the broader international  more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Following his long advocacy and personal recommendation to the Department of Defense, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that Fort Polk in Louisiana has officially been renamed Fort Johnson, in honor of African-American World War I hero and Albany resident Sergeant Henry Johnson. This change comes after Congress authorized the Namin more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on June 16, 2023: This week, U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.) helped pass legislation to fight back against President Joe Biden and his administration's costly and burdensome executive overreach. The Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2023, which Smith coauthored, would require every new "major rule" proposed by federal agencies to be approved by both the House and Senate b more PR