WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, spoke on the Senate floor today to express his opposition to expanding surveillance powers to federal agencies as the Senate considered S. 1631. The legislation would increase federal authority to intercept communica more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Government Publishing Office issued the following news release: The U.S. Government Publishing Office's (GPO) print procurement program awarded $469.2 million in contracts with private-sector printing companies across the country to meet the printing and publishing needs of Federal agencies in fiscal year 2024. This work represented more than 73,000 orders. Nearly 75 percent of all printing ordered by Federal agencies from GPO is performed by private sector firms more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today praised the bipartisan D.C. Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act after the legislation was included in the continuing appropriations for Fiscal Year 2025: "Including the bipartisan D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalizati more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * Today, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) study on the impacts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports: "For four years, the Biden Administration weaponized the power of the executive branch to wage a whole-of-government w more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) issued the following joint statement after the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an interim report exposing the Biden Administrat more PR

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Dec. 19 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2024-00354) on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. For: 1) An Adjustment Of The Electric Rates; 2) Approval Of New Tariffs; 3) Approval Of Accounting Practices To Establish Regulatory Assets And Liabilities; And 4) All Other Required Approvals And Relief ORDER On December 2, 2024, Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. (Duke Kentucky) filed i more PR

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Dec. 19 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2024-00364) on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Eric Allen Thomas, Complainant V. Shelby Energy Cooperative, Inc., Defendant ORDER On November 12, 2024, Eric Allen Thomas tendered a formal complaint with the Commission involving Shelby Energy Cooperative, Inc. (Shelby Energy) concerning the disconnection of service and assessment of reconnection fees on his account for service at more PR

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Dec. 19 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2024-00085) on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation For A General Adjustment Of Rates And Other General Relief ORDER A hearing in the above-styled matter was held on December 16, 2024. At the conclusion of the witness testimony, a procedural schedule was established that provided for post-hearing requests for information a more PR

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Dec. 19 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2024-00290) on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency For A Certificate Of Construction For An Approximately 75 Megawatt Merchant Electric Generating KYMEA Energy Center I And Transmission Line In Madisonville, Kentucky Pursuant To KRS 278.700 And 807 KAR 5:110 SITING BOARD STAFF'S SECOND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO KENTUCKY MUNI more PR

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Dec. 19 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2024-00211) on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Licking Valley Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation For A General Adjustment Of Rates And Other General Relief ORDER The Commission, on its own motion, HEREBY ORDERS that: 1. A hearing in this matter shall be held on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and continue until called fro more PR

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: A Lexington, Ky., woman, Abigail Hall, 51, pleaded guilty on Monday, before U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, to tampering with a consumer product. According to her plea agreement, between January 2023 and August 2023, Hall worked as a contract registered nurse at several facilities in Kentucky, including a health care facility in La more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today on his meeting with John Ratcliffe: "I was glad to meet today with President-elect Trump's nominee to serve as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe. In the face of a growing array of coordinated threats, America will rely as much a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today on his meeting with Scott Bessent: "I was glad to meet today with President-elect Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent. Over four years, the Biden Administration's runaway spending handed working families and job creators the worst inflation in four decades. Right more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) secured several important priorities for Kentucky in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed the Senate today. The legislation now goes to the President for his signature. "The National Defense Authorization Act, like all major legislation, is a compromise product. While this legislation falls short of the topli more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: 'Let's be clear what commuting these sentences would mean. It would mean that the laws passed by Congress and applied by our judges and juries have no value. It would mean that progressive politics is more important to the President than the lives taken by these murderers. It would mean that society's most forceful condemnation of white supremacy and antisemitism must give way to more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: "Arizona's senior Senator stood up in the face of a grave threat to this institution's defining characteristic and said 'no'. And in doing so, she sent a message that will resonate long after her departure from the chamber." Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ): "I'd lik more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: 'Thanks in large part to the leadership of Ranking Member Capito and her team, the sensible legislation before us will strengthen our nation's water infrastructure from the Everglades to the Port of Los Angeles to the inland waterways that course through Kentucky. It's good news for communities across the country.' Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the fo more PR