WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Comer Taps Luna to Lead Task Force on Declassification and Transparency WASHINGTON--House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced the establishment of a task force titled the "Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets." The task force's mission is to examine the declassifi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Gottheimer Announces New Strategy to Support Veterans Following Dangerous Layoffs at VA Above: Gottheimer announces new legislation to get the backs of veterans. HACKENSACK, NJ -- Today, Friday, February 14, 2025, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) joined local Jersey veterans at the Hackensack VFW to announce new legislation aimed at improving services for veterans. This announcement com more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Meeks Urges Secretary Rubio to Halt USAID Dismantlement, Demands Congressional Consultation in Line with U.S. Law Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a response to Secretary of State Marco Rubio's February 3, 2025, letter regarding the Trump Administration's actions  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: * * * New Lawsuit Challenges Big Tech Firm Meta for Discrimination in Advertising Higher Education Opportunities Lawsuit Alleges Meta Disproportionately Steers Ads for For-Profit Colleges and Universities to Black Facebook and Instagram Users in Violation of the D.C. Human Rights Act WASHINGTON, DC - Today a nonprofit advocacy organization, represented by a team of civil rights and tec more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2025: * * * Rep. Sara Jacobs Introduces Legislation to Protect USAID Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) introduced legislation today to protect the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the chief arm of the U.S. government to promote America's soft power, which helps countries recover from natural disasters, prevents the spread of diseases, eradicates poverty, and promotes good gov more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by Kenneth Hartman Jr., president of the National Corn Growers Association, from a Feb. 5, 2025, hearing entitled "Perspectives From the Field: Farmer and Rancher Views on the Agricultural Economy, Part 1": * * * Chairman Boozman, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and Members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, thank you for the invitation to testify today. My  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The White House issued the following transcript during the swearing-in ceremony of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Good. Thank you very much. And thank you all for being here on this very exciting -- this is a very exciting day for -- we just had a big tariff meeting -- reciprocal tariffs. Should have been done 40 years ago. It wasn't, but it is now. It was big moment, actually, and this is a tremendous  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The White House issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Wins Come All Day Under President Donald J. Trump It was another week filled with endless wins for the American people under President Donald J. Trump. Here are only a few of the many victories from the past week: * President Trump brought home an American citizen wrongfully detained in Russia and another American detained in Belarus -- the tenth and eleventh hostages freed since he took office more PR