WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Ansari Introduces First Legislation Contact: Kaitlin Hooker kaitlin.hooker@mail.house.gov Ansari Introduces First Legislation Ansari Resolution Celebrates the Legacy and Contributions of Immigrants and Opposes Discriminatory Immigration Policies Today, Rep. Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) introduced a House resolution titled "Celebrating the Legacy and Contributions of Immigrants  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Action Alert: Support the Congressional Gold Medal for Muhammad Ali, A True Icon The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling on all Americans urge their member of Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives to support the reintroduction of Congressman Andre Carson's Muhamma more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Casten, 25 House Dems Urge DOE to Maintain Loan Program Office Obligations Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Congressman Sean Casten led 25 Members of Congress in a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright reminding DOE that it is not only illegal for the DOE's Loan Program Office (LPO) to cancel loans it has issued, but would also hurt American economic competitiveness and innovation. "T more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following fact sheet (No. R44418) on Feb. 11, 2025, by reference and instruction librarian Megan Hunt: * * * Birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln: Fact Sheet Introduction Washington's Birthday, often informally referred to as Presidents' Day, is a federal holiday celebrating the birth of President George Washington on the third Monday in February. In some regions of the United States, the birth of Pre more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 [Category: [ThinkTank] -- The Bipartisan Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * Former DOE General Counsel David R. Hill to Lead Bipartisan Policy Center's Energy Program Washington, DC - Today, the Bipartisan Policy Center announced that David R. Hill will be joining the organization in early March as Executive Vice President of Energy, leading BPC's Energy Program. Hill brings more than 25 years of energy experience to BPC, including serving as General Co more PR

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, Feb. 14 -- The American Nuclear Society issued the following news: * * * Garrish up for repeat term as DOE's nuclear energy secretary Theodore "Ted" Garrish--who has spent more than four decades working in nuclear--is President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as the Department of Energy's assistant secretary for nuclear energy, or, NE-1. The nomination was referred to the U.S. Senate's Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 3. Garrish previously held  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Natural Resources Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-827) on the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program Act (H.R. 5874), which aims to amend the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act to reauthorize the U.S.-Mexico transboundary aquifer assessment program. The report was advanced by Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, on Dec. 10, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose of the Legislation The purpose of H.R. 5874 is to amend the United States- Mexi more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "THEIR OBJECTIVE IS TO PASS MASSIVE TAX CUTS FOR BILLIONAIRES, DONORS AND THEIR WEALTHY CORPORATIONS" Brooklyn, NY - Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, where he emphasized that House Democrats will continue to fight to lower costs for the American people while the Trump administration's harmfu more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "THEIR OBJECTIVE IS TO PASS MASSIVE TAX CUTS FOR BILLIONAIRES, DONORS AND THEIR WEALTHY CORPORATIONS" Brooklyn, NY - Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, where he emphasized that House Democrats will continue to fight to lower costs for the American people while the Trump administration's harmful policies prioritize the  more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Feb. 13 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * LITIGATION UPDATE: Griffin and 16 Other AGs Fight to Stop Biden Era Attempt to Categorize Gender Dysphoria as a Disability Griffin and AGs agree to stay case while Trump administration reviews Biden rule change LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following update explaining a lawsuit he joined in September 2024 challenging an unlawful Biden administration  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * MSSTs and MSRTs -- forged in the crucible of 9/11 The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) With the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the War on Terror set in mot more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Peters Leads HSGAC Democrats to Sound Alarm on President Trump and Elon Musk's Unconstitutional Power Grab and Harmful Cuts that will Hurt Americans WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led several of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Ranking Members Scott, Omar Demand Answers from Trump Administration on Destruction of Valuable Workplace Safety Documents, Putting Workers' Lives at Risk WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, and Ranking Member Ilhan Omar (MN-05), House Subcommittee o more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following written testimony by Dartmouth College Professor Jennifer Lind from a Jan. 30, 3035, hearing entitled "The Malign Influence of the People's Republic of China at Home and Abroad: Recommendations for Policy Makers": * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished members of the committee: thank you for the invitation to testify before you today. My name is Jennifer Lind: I'm a professor at Dartmo more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Power Grab: Dismantling Oversight, Enriching Billionaires, and Leaving Working Families Behind To: Interested Parties From: Tony Carrk, Executive Director, Accountable.US Date: February 13, 2025 Since taking office last month, Donald Trump's administration has used chaos theory as a weapon to gut checks and balances inh more PR