NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 20 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on July 19, 2023: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing his office is joining the Organized Retail Crime Alliance (ORCA), a multi-state effort with U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), law enforcement, prosecutors and private sector partners from Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama (LAMA) to combat organized retail crime conducted more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 21 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on July 20, 2023: * * * After sending an enforcement advisory to the Arkansas Public Service Commission and the Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement: "Today I made it clear that in Arkansas, the safety of our citizens comes first. I've sent an enforcement advisory to the Public Service Commission and the Contractors Licensing Board more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11009) on legal challenges to the terrorist screening database on July 20, 2023, by legislative attorney Dave S. Sidhu and section research manager Michael A. Foster: * * * Legal Challenges to the Terrorist Screening Database "On September 11, 2001, agents of the al Qaeda terrorist organization hijacked commercial airplanes and attacked the World Trade Center in New York City and t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: The top Democrat on the House Energy, Climate and Grid Security subcommittee, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), introduced legislation today to give the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the authority to regulate an oil drilling practice known as hydraulic fracking. The legislation - known as the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2023, or FRAC Act - would close  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release and letter on on July 20, 2023: U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) today led a group of 75 Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House reiterating their strong support for fighting HIV/AIDS through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). In a letter sent to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., introduced a joint resolution on June 14, 2023. The text and summary of the resolution was released on July 19. H.J. Res. 71. A joint resolution relating to a national emergency declared by the President on May 22, 2003; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The joint resolution is cosponsored by Reps. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., and Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. * * * Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on May 22,  more ST

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight issued the following testimony by Angela Rachidi, senior fellow on poverty and opportunity at the American Enterprise Institute, involving a hearing on July 13, 2023, entitled "Assessing 25 Years of the Child Tax Credit (1997-2022)": * * * Chairman Bennet, Ranking Member Thune, and subcommittee members, thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Angela Rachidi and I am a Senior Fellow on poverty and  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight issued the following written testimony by Indivar Dutta-Gupta, president and executive editor at the Center for Law and Social Policy, involving a hearing on July 13, 2023, entitled "Assessing 25 Years of the Child Tax Credit (1997-2022)": * * * Introduction Thank you, Chairman Bennet, Ranking Member Thune, and members of the subcommittee. My name is Indivar Dutta-Gupta, and I am the President and Executive D more PR