WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Crockett Demands Trump Reverse Catastrophic Funding Freeze on Federal Grants and Loans Decision could cut funding for police, emergency responders, schools, healthcare services, Head Start, food banks, cancer research, veteran housing, and more WASHINGTON, DC \- Today, Congresswoman Crockett slammed President Trump's illegal and unconstitutional action to freeze new and ongoing funding for federa more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Employment up in 33 states in 2024 January 29, 2025 Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 33 states and was essentially unchanged in 17 states and the District of Columbia from December 2023 to December 2024. * Chart* Chart Data Change in nonfarm employment by state, December 2023 to December 2024 # Change in nonfarm employment by state, more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 29, 2025: * * * Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued the following statement after Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). "For far too long, EPA policies have picked winners and losers, limited ec more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced the committee will hold a hearing titled, "Rightsizing Government," on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. At the hearing, the Oversight Committee will examine the dramatic growth in the size and complexity of the federal government, which has le more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: A Lexington man, Jamele Mundy, 35, was sentenced on Monday, to 156 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, conspiracy to commit money laundering offenses, and concealment money laundering. According to his guilty plea agreements and other Court records, Mu more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell to Serve as Chair of Senate Agriculture Subcommittee Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today that he will Chair the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research in the 119th Congress. The subcommittee is one of five under the authority of the Senate Agriculture Committee and will al more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: Today, Congressman Andy Barr (KY-06) announced the reintroduction of the Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act, aiming to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for the influx of deadly fentanyl into American communities. This critical piece of legislation passed the House in the 118th Congress. The legislation seeks to amend the Fentanyl Sanctions Act by enabling the U.S. government to impose sanc more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSMAN ROGERS WASHINGTON, DC (January 28, 2025) -- U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily pausing some federal funding for grants and loans that do not promote the Trump Administration's America First agenda. "Americans endured costly extreme policies over the last four years under the Biden Administ more PR