WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: On Friday, October 18, 2024, Congresswoman Susan Wild visited the Lehigh Valley Children's Centers Spring Garden Early Learning Center, where she read to preschoolers about civic engagement, toured the facility and highlighted her forward-looking child care priorities. Joined by Charles Dinofrio, M.Ed, President & CEO of Lehigh Valley Children's Centers, Rachele Fortier, State Director of Family Friendly  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $49.7 million for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades in West Virginia. This funding was made available through this year's Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fu more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Earl L. Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: SAVANNAH Following Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter's (R-GA) letter of support, the Federal Railroad Administration today awarded $26.5 million to the Georgia Ports Authority for construction of a new rail yard at the Port of Brunswick's Colonel Island Auto Terminal. As the fastest growing Ro/Ro port in the nation, this funding will allow the Port of Brunswick to handle the increased volume of U.S. automotive more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Grants funded by Casey-backed Inflation Reduction Act 112 projects across the Commonwealth are receiving more than $24.1 million from USDA Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) secured a total of $24,116,492 in federal funds to lower energy costs for farmers and small businesses and expand access to clean energy, while creating jobs in rural communities. The 112 awards will help small businesses and farms acro more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's entire congressional delegation, including Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Cliff Bentz, Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Val Hoyle, Andrea Salinas, and Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, are urging President Biden to grant the governor's request for Oregon to receive a major disaster declaration in response to record-setting wildfires that burned about three times the average acreage this year. " more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10238) on Oct. 23, 2024, by Asian affairs specialist Thomas Lum. Here are excerpts: * * * Cambodia Overview: U.S.-Cambodia Relations U.S.-Cambodia relations have become strained during the past decade, after former Prime Minister Hun Sen banned the main opposition party in 2017 and as Cambodia's relationship with the People's Republic of China (PRC or China) has grown closer.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12793) on Oct. 23, 2024, by economic development policy analyst Adam G. Levin and Julie M. Lawhorn: * * * Federal Assistance for State and Local Entrepreneurship Development Policies and Recent Legislation Entrepreneurship is often considered an engine of economic growth. Congress has authorized over 10 federal agencies to administer a number of programs to address common challe more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47676) on Oct. 9, 2024, entitled "Disaster Relief Fund State of Play: In Brief" by William L. Painter, homeland security and appropriations specialist. Here are excerpts: * * * Contents Introduction ... 1 What Is the DRF Used For? ... 2 DRF Structure ... 2 Major Disasters Category ... 2 DRF Base Category ... 3 DRF Appropriations ... 3 Annual and Supplemental ... 3 Continuing Resolutio more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswomen Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Valerie Foushee (NC-04) announced $12 million in federal funding awarded to the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority (RDU) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the FY 2025 Airport Terminal Program. This award will fund a portion of the Terminal 2 ticketing check-in, baggage claim areas, security checkpoint, and international arrival processing  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: This penalty would likely not have happened without a Duckworth-authored law requiring air carriers to disclose the number of wheelchairs it damages each month, protecting and improving consumer experience for passengers with disabilities Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviati more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded the Town of Bedford a $1,481,000 grant. The funding will support the potential development of a new intercity passenger rail stop in Bedford. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "Bedford is a growing community with a lot of potential, located between the cities of Roanoke and Lynchburg. "This DOT grant for nearl more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: Today, the House Judiciary Committee and its Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement released an interim report titled "Quiet Amnesty: How the Biden-Harris Administration Uses the Nation's Immigration Courts to Advance An Open-Borders Agenda." The report details how the Biden-Harris Administration has exploited immigrati more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, released the following opening statement from a Sept. 10, 2024, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics hearing entitled "Risks and Rewards: Encouraging Commercial Space Innovation While Maintaining Public Safety": * * * This Congress, a consistent theme of the Committee's work has been to ensure U.S, competitiveness in science and technology, including our nation's commercial spac more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) penned an op-ed in The Advocate highlighting a new report showing flood mitigation investments reduce storm damage and the billions of dollars he's secured for Louisiana from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to do so. "The best way to recover from a storm is never to flood at all. A recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report confirmed this, finding  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Rick Larsen (WA-02) introduced the Closing the Substance Use Care Gap Act to expand access to lifesaving, community-based harm reduction initiatives and services and enhance the federal response to the opioid and fentanyl epidemic. The Closing the Substance Use Care Gap Act would provide community-based organizations with more resources to administer life-saving  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Citing severe damages to Central and Eastern Oregon, state lawmakers' letter asks President Biden: "to swiftly provide the federal resources for our communities to recover and rebuild." Oregon's entire congressional delegation today urged President Biden to grant Governor Kotek's request that Oregon receive a major disaster declaration in response to record-setting wildfires that burned about three times th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Delaware Governor John Carney, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.)s announced $20,910,000 in federal funding for Delaware's Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (CWSRF and DWSRF). Specifically, the funding is for Delaware's Clean Water General Supplemental funds, Emerging Contaminant funds, and the Drinking Water more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: Oregon's entire congressional delegation today urged President Biden to grant Governor Kotek's request that Oregon receive a major disaster declaration in response to record-setting wildfires that burned about three times the average acreage this year. "The 2024 wildfire season has been one of the most devastating and costly fire seasons on record," U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley as well more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) were in Prince George's County to highlight $1,150,000 in direct federal investments they secured for youth services and environmental restoration projects in the community. The lawmakers fought for these investments in the federal funding bills passed and signed into law for Fiscal Year 2024. "We fought for these  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: CHERRY HILL, NJ - Today, Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) presented $500,000 in Community Project Funding (CPF) to the Borough of Haddonfield for a new police department headquarters. The funding was secured through the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding package. For decades, the Haddonfield Police Department has been housed in the windowless basement of a 100-year-old building. The n more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: Birmingham, AL Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is investing $3.6 billion in new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to upgrade our nation's water infrastructure, including $43.7 million for the State of Alabama. This funding will help communities across Alabama upgrade water infrastructure that is es more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: Birmingham, AL Today, in conjunction with the 83rd annual Magic City Classic, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) hosted a "Classic Conversation" featuring officials from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the City of Birmingham. The discussion focused on how federal funding, including a $10.8 million federal grant, is fostering job growth and workforce development in the City of Birmingham. Photo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Susan Wild hosted a roundtable at Northampton Community College (NCC) to discuss the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). At the roundtable moderated by Bob Morgan, USDA State Director of Rural Development, Cindy Axne, USDA Senior Advisor, Dr. John Barkanic, NCC Sr. Technical Consultant, Emerging Technology Applications Center, Kristie Miers, NCC Grants Specialist NCC, and Justin  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Young Kim, R-California, issued the following news release: As first reported in Washington Examiner, yesterday, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) led a letter to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency and the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs demanding answers about damaged defense arms being sent to Taiwan. On September 11, 2024, the Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published a troubling report on damaged equip more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: DURHAM, NC (October 24, 2024) -- Today, Congresswomen Valerie Foushee (NC-04) and Deborah Ross (NC-02) announced $12 million in federal funding awarded to the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority (RDU) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the FY 2025 Airport Terminal Program. This award will fund a portion of the Terminal 2 ticketing check-in, baggage claim areas, security checkpoint, a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: MIAMI, FL Today, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) joined the Miami City Commission to unveil a $3.5 million investment in new affordable housing in the City for senior citizens. The funding will go towards the construction of the Flagler Affordable Senior Housing Project, a Community Funding Project requested and approved in the Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, legislation the Congresswoma more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: BOSTON (Oct. 23, 2024) -Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3.6 billion in new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to upgrade water infrastructure and keep communities safe. Combined with $2.6 billion announced earlier this month, this $6.2 billion in investments for Fiscal Year 2025 will help communities across th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Following reports that the Biden-Harris administration's mass immigration program has allowed individuals tied to the illegitimate Cuban regime to enter and reside in the U.S., Senator Rick Scott joined Senator Marco Rubio in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas calling for a review of the procedures for making determinations on entry and p more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's entire congressional delegation today urged President Biden to grant Governor Kotek's request that Oregon receive a major disaster declaration in response to record-setting wildfires that burned about three times the average acreage this year. "The 2024 wildfire season has been one of the most devastating and costly fire seasons on record," U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley as well as U.S. Reps. Ea more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Mary B. McCord, executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, and a visiting law professor at Georgetown University, from a Sept. 24, 2024, hearing entitled "When the President Does It, That Means It's Not Illegal: The Supreme Court's Unprecedented Immunity Decision": * * * Distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify about the potential co more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law released the following written testimony by Helen Toner, director of strategy and foundational research grants for the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University, from a Sept. 17, 20244, entitled "Oversight of AI: Insiders' Perspectives": * * * Chair Blumenthal, Ranking Member Hawley, members of the subcommittee: thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I commend you for more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism released the following testimony by Kelsey Bolar, director of IW Features at Independent Women's Forum, from a Sept. 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Sexual Assault in U.S. Prisons Two Decades After the Prison Rape Elimination Act": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Booker, Ranking Member Cotton, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to appear today. My name is Kelsey Bolar, and I am the more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism released the following testimony by Kenneth James, director of settlement compliance at South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, from a Sept. 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Sexual Assault in U.S. Prisons Two Decades After the Prison Rape Elimination Act": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony at today's important hearing on the Prison Rape Elimination Act, or PREA. It is my b more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2024: On October 23, 2024, Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) officials joined with the Delaware Congressional Delegation to announce a $20 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation to the DRBA that will be used to construct a new diesel-hybrid ferry vessel that is expected to join the Cape May - Lewes Ferry fleet in the summer of 2027. The new ferry will replace the MV more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, both D-VA, announced $15,733,481 in federal funding for the City of Richmond to repair, replace, and modernize natural gas pipes. The funding is part of the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) grant program, which was made possi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, both D-VA, announced $15,733,481 in federal funding for the City of Richmond to repair, replace, and modernize natural gas pipes. The funding is part of the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) grant program, which was made possib more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) wrote to private equity firm KKR regarding its recent $2.1 billion real estate acquisition of 5,200 apartment units across the country KKR's "largest-ever purchase of apartment buildings." The lawmakers highlighted the dangers of private equity's involvement in the housing market and p more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced a new $40 million grant from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Airport Terminals Program (ATP) to aid in the construction of Washington Dulles International Airport's new 14-gate regional and commuter terminal. This is the fourth consecutive fiscal year that the new terminal project has received funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, aft more PR