WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse introduced the Edward J. Dwight, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023 to honor the life and legacy of Ed Dwight Jr. days before he made history at 90-years-old as the oldest person on Earth to travel to space upon Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft. Dwight first made history in 1961 when President Joh more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: On Sunday, America's First African American Astronaut Candidate Became the Oldest Person to Travel to Space Recently, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse introduced the Edward J. Dwight, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023 to honor the life and legacy of Ed Dwight Jr. days before he made history at 90-years-old as the oldest person on Earth to trav more PR

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Lionel Haskie, director of operations for the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry, from a public witness hearing dated May 8, 2024, on increased funding for tribal irrigation projects: * * * Chairman Simpson, Ranking Member Pingree, and Members of the Subcommittee, my name is Lionel Haskie and I serve as Director of Operations - Public Law 638 and Gove more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: Last week, in recognition of National Police Week, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, and Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer joined law enforcement partners to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice to our nation. According to the FBI's most recent statistics (https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/fbi-honors-fallen-colleagues-l more PR

YEREVAN, Armenia, May 23 -- The Peace Corps issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn administered the oath of service to 21 new Peace Corps Volunteers who will live and work in Armenia over the next two years teaching English and supporting youth projects. Today's swearing-in ceremony concludes three months of pre-service training in country and underscores a new chapter in the 32-year relationship between the agency and the government of Armenia. U.S. more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- President Biden and Kenyan President William S. Ruto issued the following joint statement on May 23, 2024: * * * This year, as the United States and Kenya commemorate our 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations, we celebrate the remarkable growth of our relationship. The U.S.-Kenya partnership is expanding from a regional to global one. Today, we, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. of the United States and President William S. Ruto of Kenya, reinforce our mutual commitment  more PR