WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced the Protecting America's Children by Strengthening Families Act to reauthorize and improve child welfare programs that promote family unity and the safety and well-being of children. "We have a responsibility to ensure that every kid in America grows up in a loving and supportive home," said Bennet. "That's why we are proposing le more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Ted Lieu (D-CA) today introduced the Security Clearance Review Act to reform the process by which security clearances are approved for political appointees in the Executive Office of the President (EOP), amid reports that President-elect Donald Trump and his advisors intend to bypass traditional background checks to grant security clearances to political appointees. The bill would co more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced grant funding from the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) for the West Virginia Office of Miners Health Safety and Training. This grant will support prog more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Legislation to Send Louisiana Hundreds of Millions for Coastal Restoration The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted to advance U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy's, M.D. (R-LA) Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies & Ecosystems (RISEE) Act, which would increase funding from offshore energy revenue sharing that Louisiana uses for coastal restoration. The bill would also amend the Gulf of Mexic more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) announced a new $60,400,000 grant from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support the City of Ventura's large scale water recycling program VenturaWaterPure. The grant is the largest in a $125 million round of investments rolled out this week by the Biden-Harris Administration to support large-scale water recycling projects. "The Bipartisan Infrastructure La more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that the U.S. Federal Highway Administration has awarded the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) $31,933,577(link is external) to support continued growth in clean manufacturing. The grant created by the Inflation Reduction Act, which Davids helped pass into law will boost the competitiveness of clean U.S. industries and create good manufacturing jobs wh more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01), member of the House Armed Services Committee, voted in support of H.R. 8371, the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, a package of bipartisan, bicameral provisions to modernize the delivery of healthcare, benefits, and services at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), expand access to job training and employment opportuni more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Today, Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) announced the deployment of additional Congressional Election Observers to Iowa to observe the official recount of Iowa's First Congressional District race. "We must make sure that every legal ballot is counted accurately," Chairman Steil said. "This Congress, we recruited more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on nine bills, including legislation offering solutions to increase grazing flexibility in the West, reduce the federal estate, promote domestic energy production, support local law enforcement, create a new national park in Georgia and more. Subcommitte more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: The House of Representatives passed the Grant Transparency Act, a bill that Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) cosponsored. It now moves to the Senate for consideration. The Grant Transparency Act would require government agencies to give Americans who apply for competitive grant applications more information about the selection process. "The Grant Transparency Act would shed light on how the government chooses  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is receiving $31,933,577 to use cleaner construction materials on federally-funded projects statewide. The funding comes from the historic Inflation Reduction Act's Low Carbon Transportation Materials Discretionary Grant Program, which supports continued growth in American manufacturing to boo more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) submitted testimony today to the House Natural Resources Committee's Federal Lands Subcommittee during its first legislative hearing on his bill (H.R. 9528) to rename two significant facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of the late Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. In his testimony, Pallone urged the subcommittee to advance the bill, more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: On Monday, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) Subcommittee of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, voted to pass the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act. This legislation passed with strong, bipartisan support and implements a number of provisions championed by Rep. Pappas. "There  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Policy Co-Chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus, joined the Democratic Women's Caucus in issuing the following statement condemning the recent increase in hateful, sexist rhetoric online following the election results. "As members of the Democratic Women's Caucus, we are deeply alarmed by the recent increase in online abuse directed at girls and women. Since E more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Scott Franklin, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Congressman Scott Franklin (FL-18) today announced his Service Member Employment Protection Act passed the House as part of H.R. 8371, "The Dole Act." The Dole Act includes 12 major initiatives designed to reform and enhance the delivery of Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) services, including expanding healthcare options, offering more education opportunities and streamlining benefits an more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: FORT LEE, NJ -- Today, November 19, 2024, U.S. Congressman Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced new steps to fight the Congestion Tax. First, according to New York, they have made significant, material changes to their original Congestion Tax plan. With these changes, Gottheimer is calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration to fully reevaluate New Yo more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Hartford, CT - Governor Ned Lamont and the members of Connecticut's Congressional delegation today announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is awarding Connecticut approximately $291 million from President Joe Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that will be used for railroad improvements at five projects across the state. The grants, which are being awarded to the Connecticut Department  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) joined a press conference hosted by Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) in collaboration with TPS for Ecuador National Coalition, Hispanic Federation, Voces Latinas, Jackson Heights Immigrant Center, and MomsRising. The members and advocacy groups gathered to ask the Biden administration to desig more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Russell Fry, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Congressman Russell Fry's (SC-07) Grant Transparency Act of 2023 passed the U.S. House of Representatives. This is Congressman Fry's third bill to pass the House during his first term in Congress. The Grant Transparency Act aims to make the process of applying and qualifying for federal grant funding more comprehensible. To do this, the bill will require government agencies to provide grant applicants more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Adam Smith, D-Washington, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Today Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) introduced the The Prefabricated Housing and Zoning Enhancement Act of 2024 (PHAZE Act), which would tackle housing shortages across the United States by reforming zoning and encouraging new building efforts. "Housing is the most important issue to my district in Washington and I'm thrilled to introduce legislation that will tackle this issue in a  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Scott Peters (CA-50), Juan Vargas (CA-52), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), and Mike Levin (CA-49), applauded President Biden's inclusion of $310 million to help upgrade the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant in his disaster relief proposal to Congress. In September, Rep. Peters and Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) led a similar request to congressional leader more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), John Thune (R-SD), Gary Peters (D-MI), John Kennedy (R-LA), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released the following statements after their Grant Transparency Act, which would require government agencies to provide competitive grant applicants with more information about their selection criteria and evaluation process, passed the House: "Grant applicants often don't ha more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) to improve the quality, usability, and completeness of grant recipient audit data has passed the Senate. State, local, Tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments receiving more than $1 million in federal grants must submit annual independent audits of their financial controls, but the resulting public data is often incomplete, limiting federa more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) to improve the quality, usability, and completeness of grant recipient audit data has passed the Senate. State, local, Tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments receiving more than $1 million in federal grants must submit annual independent a more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news on Nov. 19, 2024: U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) yesterday introduced the Protecting America's Children by Strengthening Families Act, which would reauthorize and improve a key child services program that promotes family unity and the safety and wellbeing of children in foster care: "Creating a safe, healthy, and supportive environment at home is the first step to helping Texas children thri more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is receiving $31,933,577 to use cleaner construction materials on federally-funded projects statewide. The funding comes from the historic Inflation Reduction Act's Low Carbon Transportation Materials Discretionary Grant Program, which supports continued growth in American manufa more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith (both D-MN) and Representative Pete Stauber (R-MN08) announced a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide high-speed, reliable internet to 38 businesses and 147 farms in Pine County. Over 1,000 people in socially vulnerable communities will have direct access to the internet with modern fiber optics running right to their front door. more PR