WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement on the release of Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty. "I am overwhelmed with joy that Ryan and William are on their way home. I am so deeply grateful that this dark chapter in their lives has com more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER STATEMENT ON WESTERN NEW YORKER RYAN CORBETT COMING HOME AFTER 2 YEARS OF BEING UNJUSTLY DETAINED BY THE TALIBAN Washington D.C. - After months of working alongside the Corbett family to help free Ryan Corbett, a Western NY native who for over two years has been unjustly detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer released  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following information for a business meeting at 9:15 a.m. on Jan. 23, 2025, at 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building: The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a Business Meeting to consider the following items: * Lee M. Zeldin, of New York, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency * * * Original text here: https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=DFDD8C5C-45 more PR