WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: MANCHESTER - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan visited Southside Middle School in Manchester, where she met with students and received an update from officials from the Manchester, Concord, and Laconia School Districts on their federally funded programs that provide mental health resources and training in schools. They include a focus on evidence-based suicide prevention due to Senator Hassan's bipartisan ST more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: WISCONSIN Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced she helped deliver nearly $190,000 to support small businesses, local jobs, and economic development in Oconto and Sheboygan counties. The funding comes through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Business Development Grants Program which was funded by the Baldwin-backed 2024 annual government funding bill. "Moving our Made in Wisc more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on the Biden Administration to grant Ohio's request to make Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) available to Youngstown businesses impacted by the downtown Realty Tower explosion on May 28, 2024. In a letter to U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman and Associate Administrator Francisco Sanchez Jr., Brown detailed the im more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee's Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, led 28 of their colleagues in filing a bicameral amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The focus of the brief is a final rule from the Federal more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: SHREVEPORT Yesterday afternoon, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) spoke to the Natchitoches Area Chamber of Commerce, where he spoke about the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act's (IIJA) impact on their community, and what is being done to help their community. "When I was negotiating this bill, it was my hope that our state would benefit as much as possible. It is a pleasure to visit Natchitoches more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Angus King (I-Maine) announced today that the cities of Portland and Lewiston have been awarded grant funding to help protect children from lead poisoning. The Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction (LHR) grant program awards, totaling $11,117,960, will help improve the health of Maine communities by fixing older housing an more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congressman files legislation that allows death row inmates the ability to introduce new evidence Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) announced that he has re-introduced the Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act, which would ensure that death row inmates have the opportunity to present newly discovered evidence of innocence. Under current law, an inmate on death row can be stranded with no procedural opti more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Cleveland, OH On Tuesday, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) visited Step Forward's William Patrick Day Head Start Early Learning Center in Cleveland to recognize their recent federal grant award, meet with Step Forward leadership and educators, and read to the children. In July, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded Step Forward a federal grant of $15,121,321 to provide Head Start ( more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), applauded the announcement of more than $19 million headed to New Hampshire from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Lead Hazard Reduction Grant program to help protect families with smal more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Heinrich secured $750,000 to redesign and improve technology at the Center helping first responders keep New Mexicans safe ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, toured the Bernalillo County Emergency Operations Center to see how the $750,000 he secured in Congressionally Directed Spending will make needed improvements and technology up more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education released the following testimony by Melba Spooner, dean of Appalachian State University's Reich College of Education, from a Sept. 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Innovative Teacher Preparation: Properly Equipping America's Educators": * * * Chairman Bean, Ranking Member Bonamici, esteemed committee members... It's an honor and a pleasure to be with you all today, and I more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Hartford, CT Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced $650,000 in federal funding for the Hispanic Federation to launch a new, community-based financial education initiative in Greater Hartford with The Village for Families & Children, Capitol Squash, International Hartford, and Our Piece of the Pie. "Due to a variety of economic factors, Latinos have significantly lower household wealth and saving more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: The funding comes from the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will distribute $1,908,214 to three Kentucky organizations through the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP). Baptist Health Foundation (Baptist Health) in Corbin, Kentucky, will re more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) joined 30 of his colleagues in filing a bicameral amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The focus of the brief is a final rule from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that requires state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on the highway system and set declining ta more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: HARTFORD--U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Jim Himes (D-Conn.-04), and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05) on Wednesday announced over $16 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to protect children under the age of six years old from lead poisoning. The funds are awarded through more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: This week, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, led by Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), released an investigative report into how the National Science Foundation (NSF) has increasingly politicized the use of taxpayer dollars meant for scientific research. The report details how more than one quarter of all NSF spending no more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: CENTER TOWNSHIP, PA -- Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio announced that a $594,500 federal grant has been awarded to the Women's Center of Beaver County to support their efforts to provide safe, transitional housing for people experiencing domestic violence. The Women's Center supports victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence in Beaver County, providing crisis intervention,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Today, Congressman Jim Himes announced that the Partnership to End Human Trafficking (PEHT) was awarded a $1 million grant by the U.S. Department of Justice through their Office for Victims of Crime's Anti-Trafficking Housing Assistance program. Grants are awarded to community organizations dedicated to providing housing to survivors of human trafficking. Congressman Himes said, "PEHT has l more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Toledo, Ohio - Today, during National Fire Prevention Week, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee and of the House Fire Caucus announced $3,052,523 in critical federal funding she helped to secure. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) and Staffing for Adeq more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Representative Nancy Mace has introduced the bipartisan North American Grasslands Conservation Act to protect and restore North America's grasslands. The bill establishes a voluntary, incentive-based program for a North American Grasslands Conservation Plan and creates a grant program to fund conservation efforts like grassland management, restoration, and easements. It supports farmer more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding $43.9 million to the State of Alabama to support lead pipe replacement and ensure clean, safe drinking water for Alabama communities. She also announced the finalization of a new EPA rule to eliminate all lead pipes in Alabama's drinking water systems within the next 10 years. The new rule and fund more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washington, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Today, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) and Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, held an I-5 Bridge replacement roundtable to discuss local priorities, as well as the recently released Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). The roundtable, held at the IBR Program office, included a diversity more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Click here to download a recording of the press conference(link is external) "Throughout my first term, I have been working to stop the flow of fentanyl into our communities and provide law enforcement with the tools they need to keep us safe, while also expanding access to treatment and recovery services. That is why I decided to embark on a "Life After Measure 110" listening tour earlier this year," said  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Boston (October 8, 2024) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Representative Bill Keating (MA-09), New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell, and local administrators and elected officials at a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the successful completion of the North Terminal expansion project, a maritime fa more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) announced over $16 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to protect children under the age of six years old from lead poisoning. The funds are awarded through HUD's Lead-Based Paint Hazar more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Committee on Environment and Public Works Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) led 27 of their colleagues in filing a bicameral amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit opposing a final rule from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that requires state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organiza more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: $300,000 will be invested in the City of Glendale to perform a detailed energy analysis and replace two chillers at the city's water treatment facility from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act led by Senator Kyrsten Sinema and shaped by Senator Mark Kelly. The City of Glendale will receive $300,000 through the Industrial Training and Assessment Centers (ITAC) Implementation Grant Program--a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: A bipartisan resolution cosponsored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) to commemorate National Community Policing Week has unanimously passed in the U.S. Senate. The bipartisan resolution recognizes the service and sacrifice of the law enforcement community and underscores the importance of community policing. Additionally, the resolution encourages civilians, law enforcement agencies and public servants to w more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Pressley Championed, Helped Enact Landmark Reforms as a Boston City Councilor in 2014 Video (YouTube) BOSTON Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) celebrated the enactment of state legislation to authorize additional liquor licenses in Boston and delivered remarks at a ceremonial bill signing at the Massachusetts State House. As a Boston City Councilor, Pressley championed and helped enact the last  more PR