SHAW AFB, South Carolina, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Air Forces Central, the air component of U.S. Central Command, issued the following news: U.S. Air Forces Central launched Operation Agile Spartan 2025.1, January 26, across the Arabian Peninsula to evaluate the U.S. Air Force's ability to react and respond to threats as a unified Coalition force from dispersed locations throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The multi-week Agile Combat Employment exercise incorporates elements more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Chair Ernst Delivers Opening Remarks at Kelly Loeffler Nomination Hearing WASHINGTON - Today, at the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing on the nomination of former Senator Kelly Loeffler to serve as the Small Business Administration (SBA) administrator, Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) highlighted how Loeffler's track record as a successful business leader provides the exact experien more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency has released its latest updates on Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) filed between January 13 and January 27, 2025. The updates include a revised comment period for several projects and the official withdrawal of previously submitted EIS documents at the request of the responsible agencies. Notably, the Tennessee Valley Authority's Clinch River Nuclear Site Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology Park Unit 1 project remains open more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has announced plans to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, a proposed expansion of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company's (Transco) existing system. The project aims to provide an additional 1,596,900 dekatherms per day of natural gas transportation capacity across the southeastern United States. Transco has applied for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Nece more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham Statement on Passing of Robbi Force WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today released the following statement on the passing of Robbi Force. Robbi was the mother of Taylor Force, a West Point graduate and United States Army veteran who was visiting Israel as a part of a Vanderbilt University program. He was brutally stabbed and murdered by a Palestinian terror more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham Statement on President Trump Signing Laken Riley Act into Law WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today released the following statement after the Laken Riley Act was signed into law by President Donald Trump. The bill was introduced by U.S. Senator Katie Boyd Britt (R-Alabama), and Graham is an original cosponsor. "This is a bittersweet day for America. I  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Introduce Resolution Condemning Pardons of Individuals Found Guilty of Assaulting Capitol Police Officers Resolution comes after Trump pardons 1,500 criminals convicted of violently assaulting police officers WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) introduced a new resolution condemning the pardons of individuals who were found guil more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * In Response to Graham, Kash Patel Confirms Politicization of FBI Will End WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today questioned Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), at his Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing. On the politicization of the FBI: * GRAHAM : "The reason you're here is becaus more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-South Carolina, issued the following statement on Jan. 30, 2025: * * * U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn (SC-06), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, released the following statement on the plane collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: "My prayers are with the victims, families and loved ones, first responders, and all those impacted by th more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Nancy Mace Statement on Washington DCA Plane Collision with Military Helicopter We are still awaiting more details on tonight's crash at Washington DCA. We are saying a prayer for the first responders and everyone involved as we wait for more information. Please join us in saying a prayer. We will continue to monitor the situation as details emerge. *** Original text here: https://mace.h more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Russell Fry, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2025: Today, Congressman Russell Fry announced U.S. Service Academy nominations for seven high school students who have been chosen to be considered for appointment to one of the following U.S. Service Academies -- the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Through a rigorous application and interview pro more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 30 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Jan. 29, 2025: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a coalition of 23 other states in filing a brief arguing that taxpayers should not have to pay for sex change operations for prison inmates. The brief was filed Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a case from Indiana. "The fact that a prison inmate thinks a sex change should be paid f more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 30 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Jan. 29, 2025: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that he has joined 22 other state attorneys general in filing a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case Iowa Pork Producers Association v. Bonta. This case challenges California's Proposition 12, a law that imposes strict animal welfare regulations on pork producers across the country, regardless of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2025: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced Acting Chairman Mark T. Uyeda has named Natalia Diez Riggin as Senior Advisor and Acting Director of the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs. "I'm thrilled that Natalia has joined us after her tenure working for Chairman Scott on the Senate Banking Committee," Acting Chairman Uyeda said. "Her expertise will hel more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Scott Introduces Kelly Loeffler at Confirmation Hearing WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, introduced former Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), President Trumps' nominee to lead the U.S. Small Business Administration, at her confirmation hearing. Watch Senator Scott's full remarks here. "As a small busine more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE ON FEDERAL TRANSGENDER BATHROOM POLICY "Following President Trump's executive order removing radical gender-bending experimentation from the federal government, the Office of Personnel Management is wasting no time. Women are winning with President Trump in the White House. We are shutting down the radical left's crusade to erase biological reality," said  more PR

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2025: * * * CHS leads the state with a record 40 firearms found last year * * * Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at South Carolina airports discovered a total of 99 firearms in travelers' carry-on luggage in 2024, the second consecutive annual record for the state. Each of the firearms were discovered by TSA  more PR