WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: 49,000 people aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's in Nevada That number is projected to increase to 65,000 by 2025, the third highest growth rate in the nation. Washington, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced legislation to reauthorize funding for their Building Our Largest De more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), Co-Chair of the Cybersecurity Solarium Commission and a member of the Senate Armed Services (SASC) and Intelligence Committees (SSCI), and Marco Rubio (R-FL), today introduced legislation to protect U.S. healthcare systems from hackers and other bad actors. The Strengthening Cybersecurity in Health Care Act would require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) perf more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following written testimony by fishing guide and lodge owner Kyle Schaefer involving a hearing on Jan. 24, 2024, entitled "Warming Seas, Cooling Economy: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Ocean Industries": * * * Thank you to Chairman Whitehouse, Ranking Member Grassley, and members of the Committee, for inviting me to join you. It's truly an honor to provide this testimony as a businessperson, an angler, a captain, a father and a fi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Click HERE to watch Senator Collins' Q&A with CEO of Merck & Co. Robert Davis and HERE to download. Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, at a Senate Health Committee hearing with CEOs of major drug manufacturers, U.S. Senator Susan Collins questioned CEO of Merck & Co., Robert Davis, on efforts pharmaceutical companies are taking to continue innovating new medications while increasing the affordability of drugs f more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Angus King (I-Maine), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) in introducing the bicameral Future Advancement of Academic Nursing (FAAN) Act. This legislation would support a grant program to increase the number of faculty an more PR