WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release: * * * Advances administration's efforts to expand apprenticeships, strengthen workforce * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its award of $99.3 million in grants to 71 organizations in 31 states to provide training and employment services in its continuing effort to expand access to Registered Apprenticeships, prepare young workers for quality jobs and e more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Dec. 10, 2024, at the Brookings Institution on his Middle-Out, Bottom-Up Economic Playbook: * * * THE PRESIDENT: I'm -- I'm here to steal her back. (Laughter.) You're the best, Cec. DR. ROUSE: Thank you. THE PRESIDENT: You really are. Thank you. Well, this is only a 400-page speech. (Laughter.) You know, we -- I wanted to talk about how we're -- the economy, and it is a -- it is a daunting task to talk about the trans more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of Disaster Funding Needs": * * * Thank you, Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, and Members of the Committee for the opportunity to come before you today to provide an update on the impact of disasters on American farms, ranches, private and public forest lands, and rural communities, and the work the U. more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of Disaster Funding Needs": * * * Chair Murray, Vice Chairman Collins, and members of the committee--thank you for this opportunity to speak with you today alongside my colleagues in the Biden-Harris Administration. A month ago, I was in North Carolina and Tennessee visiting communities impacted by Hurricane Hel more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of Disaster Funding Needs": * * * Thank you, Chair Murray and Vice Chair Collins, for the opportunity to brief the Committee on the dire conditions facing Georgia farmers in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and the urgency of passing this disaster supplemental before year's end. Let me be clear: Georgia agriculture was dev more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation released the following testimony by Marc Scribner, senior transportation policy analyst at Reason Foundation, from a Dec. 12, 2024, hearing entitled "U.S. Air Traffic Control Systems, Personnel and Safety": * * * Chair Duckworth, Ranking Member Moran, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. My name is Marc Scribner more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement by spokesperson Matthew Miller pursuing visa restrictions for individuals involved in undermining democracy in Georgia: * * * The Department of State is announcing additional action today under the visa restriction policy that prohibits visa issuance to those who are responsible for, or complicit in, undermining democracy in Georgia. Today's action will affect approximately twenty individuals, including individuals more PR