WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), and U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of SFRC, spoke on the Senate floor today in support of the Georgian people's aspirations to align with the West and to urge the Biden Administration to take strong action against individuals in Georgia responsible for the current violence and politica more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Earl L. Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter joined the Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency Caucus (DOGE), a new caucus highlighting the work of and coordinating with the Department of Government Efficiency to implement legislation reducing waste, fraud, and abuse. "The American people voted for change and that is exactly what President-elect Trump is delivering with the Department of Government Efficiency," said more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following tip sheet on November 29, 2024: Here are excerpts: * * * 2024 Product Calendar The U.S. Census Bureau has posted anticipated release dates for each regular and recurring statistical product scheduled for release in 2024. These products are listed in the Census Bureau's online product calendar, which is updated as needed throughout the year. 2030 Census Advisory Committee Meeting The U.S. Census Bureau will host the more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 14 -- Georgia Watch issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: Consumers in Georgia burdened by predatory overdraft fee practices will receive critical relief after today's announcement that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has finalized its overdraft rule. The new regulation caps most overdraft fees at $5, saving consumers billions annually and offering transparency in banking practices. The CFPB's rule addresses exorbitant fees that often trap lo more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: In a new letter, Senator Reverend Warnock urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra to complete rulemaking to remove medical debt from credit reports In Georgia, 27% of rural citizens have medical collections on their credit report, ten percentage points higher than the national average, due in part to the state's refusal to expand Medicaid Earlier this year, Senato more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * One Georgia applicant selected to receive funding for 11 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, along with infrastructure and workforce development projects, to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice * * * ATLANTA, Ga. - On December 11, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the City of Atlanta has been selected to rec more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: ATLANTA The Disaster Recovery Centers in Butts and Tift counties are set to close permanently this weekend. The recovery center in Lowndes County will close for one day while they move. Butts County Butts Park & Recreation Building (Ernest Biles Youth Center) 576 Ernest Biles Drive Jackson, GA 30233 The recovery center in Butts County will close permanentl more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a notice with comment period involving an information collection on Nov. 25, 2024, entitled "Emergency Cruise Ship Outbreak Investigations". AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice with comment period. SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuin more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a notice with comment period involving an information collection on Nov. 18, 2024, entitled "National Concussion Surveillance System". AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice with comment period. SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effo more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a notice with comment period involving an information collection on Nov. 18, 2024, entitled "National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System". AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice with comment period. SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its contin more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a notice with comment period involving an information collection on Dec. 6, 2024, entitled "Assessment of Outcomes Associated with the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant". AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice with comment period. SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a notice with comment period involving an information collection on Dec. 3, 2024, entitled "2024 Marburg Traveler Symptom Monitoring and Feedback". AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice with comment period. SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its co more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a notice with comment period involving an information collection on Dec. 3, 2024, entitled "Performance Monitoring of CDC's Core State Injury Prevention Program". AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice with comment period. SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule in the Federal Register on Dec. 4, 2024, entitled "National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Endowment Programs". Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or Department), through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is amending the regulation governing the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Res more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Senator Rick Scott's Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act was signed into law on December 12, 2024. This legislation will provide disaster-loss tax relief for communities in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Puerto Rico and more across the nation that have been affected by disasters, including Hurricanes Helene, Debby, and Milton this year, and Hurricanes Ian, Nicole, Fiona and Idalia in recent years that are still more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The Joint Economic Committee released the following testimony by Samantha Jacoby, deputy director of federal tax policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, from a Nov. 19, 2024, hearing entitled "Building on the Success of TCJA: The 2025 Tax Policy Debate". TCJA is the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. * * * Chair Heinrich, Vice Chair Schweikert, members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you this morning at this important hearing. I am Sam more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Duluth, GA This week, Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) announced Seventh District students who were nominated by her office to attend a United States military service academy. In total, 18 students from the Seventh District received nominations to the following academies: 12 students received a nomination to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point, 10 students received a nomination to attend the United more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Jon Ossoff's bipartisan bill to crack down on fentanyl trafficking at the Southern Border has passed the U.S. Senate. Sen. Ossoff's bipartisan DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act passed the U.S. Senate to strengthen the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s capacity to detect fentanyl and xylazine at ports of entry and better prevent it from crossing the border. The bipartisan bill, which Sen. Os more PR

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL computing staff members Hector Suarez (middle) and William Castillo (right) talk HPC at the Tapia Conference career fair in San Diego, California. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept of Energy The National Center for Computational Sciences, located at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, made a strong showing at computing conferences this fall. Staff f more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (TNSres) -- Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Georgia, issued the following statement on Dec. 13, 2024: * * * Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) released the following statement announcing the winners of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge for Georgia's 11th Congressional District. The competition is designed for students who aspire to learn computer coding and may have an interest in the STEM fields. North Cobb Christian School students, Kameron Fournillier, Jason Osborn, Nathan Stinso more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11), a U.S. Air Force veteran who served in communications and intelligence, voted for the final negotiated language for H.R. 5009, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY25. This legislation authorizes funding levels for U.S. defense programs and sets key Department of Defense policies. The defense authorization bill pa more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering Federal resources to prevent violent crime and ensure Georgia families are safe. Today, Sen. Ossoff announced he is delivering Federal resources through the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to strengthen public safety, prevent violent crime and ensure Georgia families are safe. "I am pleased to help deliver these public safety upgrades and resour more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor in support of the Georgian people's aspirations to align with the West and to urge the Biden Administration to take strong act more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an endangered species throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act. Eastern hellbenders are found in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are proposing to designate critical habitat for four species of endangered freshwater mussels. Habitat for the rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox and spectaclecase mussels can be found in 17 states in the central and eastern United States. We are proposing to designate a total of 3,974 river miles of occupied habitat, where many of the uni more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Bills build on Welch's WEATHER Act Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced the Natural Disaster Education and Outreach Act and the State Climate Assessment Act, bills that would improve state-level climate research and public education campaigns to boost local resilience, recovery, and response to climate-driven extreme weather events. Senator Welch's legislation will help communities better understand  more PR