LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 28 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on July 27, 2023: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing his office will hold its inaugural Human Trafficking Summit in October and that registration is open: "Human trafficking is a reprehensible crime that preys on our most vulnerable Arkansans. It disregards human dignity, exploits the innocent and shatters lives. My summit will shed light on the glob more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 27 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on July 26, 2023: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission announced a $450,000 settlement in the 2020 lawsuit against Blessings In No Time, a Texas-based pyramid scheme, and its owners LaShonda and Marlon Moore: "LaShonda and Marlon Moore operated an illegal pyramid scheme targeting financially distressed consumers across the count more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 26 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on July 25, 2023: * * * After a judgment by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas to dismiss with prejudice the plaintiffs' complaint in The Christian Ministerial Alliance, et al. v. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, et al., Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement: "I'm pleased that after holding a full-blown trial on the merits, the federal district court th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Swagel to a second four-year term as Director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). As required by the Congressional Budget Act, the appointment was made jointly by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and President Pro Tempore of the Senate Patty Murray (D-WA), upon the joint recommendation of House Budget Chairman Jodey Arringt more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner reintroduced the Pipeline Fairness, Transparency, and Responsible Development Act, legislation to strengthen the public's ability to evaluate the impacts of and provide input on natural gas pipelines being considered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). "From our conversations with Virginians, it's clear that they have not been  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 25 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * In her latest book, "We've Got You Covered," Amy Finkelstein prescribes a complete overhaul of our health insurance system. * * * It's not exactly what he's best known for, but Alexander Hamilton helped develop the first national, compulsory health insurance policy in the world: a 1798 taxpayer-financed plan Congress approved to cover sick and disabled seamen. "Th more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 26 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * In her latest book, "We've Got You Covered," Amy Finkelstein prescribes a complete overhaul of our health insurance system. * * * It's not exactly what he's best known for, but Alexander Hamilton helped develop the first national, compulsory health insurance policy in the world: a 1798 taxpayer-financed plan Congress approved to cover sick and disabled seamen. "Th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: House and Senate leadership re-appointed Dr. Phillip Swagel to a second four-year term as Director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). As required by the Congressional Budget Act, the appointment was made jointly by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and President Pro Tempore of the Senate Patty Murray (D-WA), upon the joint recomm more PR

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, July 25 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released a video message celebrating Vietnam Veteran Specialist John Osborne who was honored in Williamstown with a ride on a UH-1 Huey helicopter. At the ceremony on Monday morning, Specialist Osborne received proclamations, presentations, and awards before his helicopter ride, including a letter from former U. S. President George W. Bush and the video message from D more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: 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 Representative for Globa more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Kennedy Forum issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: The Kennedy Forum applauds the Biden Administration and U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury for today's release of proposed rulemaking for the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Federal Parity Act). Increasing access to mental health and substance use disorder coverage by eliminating discrimination in the coverage of these conditions has been a cornerstone of T more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine reintroduced the Pipeline Fairness, Transparency, and Responsible Development Act, legislation to strengthen the public's ability to evaluate the impacts of and provide input on natural gas pipelines being considered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). "From our conversations with Virginians, it's clear that they have not been g more PR