JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * 'One Base, Many Missions': Inside the team bringing the Great Texas Freedom Fest to life JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - In the months and weeks ahead of the Great Texas Freedom Fest, a core team of planners met behind closed doors to hash out everything from fireworks timing to generator logistics. For Maj. Dari Moore, direct more PR

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, April 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: * * * 19th Air Force commander observers combat systems officer training at 479th Flying Training Group * By Capt Laura Kane * 479th Flying Training Group NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Florida -- Maj. Gen. Gregory Kreuder, 19 th Air Force commander, visited the 479 th Flying Training Group (FTG) from March 24-26 as part of a regional tour aimed at strengthening collaboration and e more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * 340th FTG conducts annual natural disaster response exercise JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas - The 340 th Flying Training Group inspection team conducted its annual natural disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, to complement JBSA's NDREs on March 27, 2025, consisting of exercise weather messages and scena more PR

MIAMI, Florida, April 3 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * ACLU of Florida, ACLU, and Americans for Immigrant Justice Represent the Farmworker Association of Florida, the Florida Immigrant Coalition, and Impacted Individuals in Lawsuit to Block Florida's Anti-Immigrant Law SB 4C The lawsuit exposes SB 4C as a sweeping and unlawful expansion of state power under the guise of immigration enforcement MIAMI, FL (April 2, 202 more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * Air Force Medical Command holds historic patch ceremony FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - The Air Force Medical Command held its official patching ceremony on April 1, 2025, symbolizing the significance of the establishment of the Department's first-ever medical command in the 75 years of the Air Force Medical Service.  Traditionally, the patching ce more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * Bell Leads Colleagues in Condemning Trump Administration Firings at U.S. Institute of Peace Washington, D.C.-- Today, Representative Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) led 27 of his colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemning the Trump Administration's recent firings of employees at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), and expressing alarm at broader efforts to disma more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Blumenthal, Graham, 47 Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce Bill to Impose Hard-Hitting Russia Sanctions Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) joined U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and 47 of their bipartisan Senate colleagues to introduce a bill that would impose primary and secondary sanctions on Russia - and actors supporting Russia more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Scott, Cruz Introduce BOLIVAR Act to Hold Illegitimate Maduro Regime Accountable WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced the Banning Operations and Leases with the Illegitimate Venezuelan Authoritarian Regime (BOLIVAR) Act. This legislation holds Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro accountable by prohib more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Graham Lead 50 Senators in Introducing Hard-Hitting Russia Sanctions [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) led 50 of their colleagues - evenly divided by party affiliation - to introduce primary and secondary sanctions against Russia and actors supporting Russia's aggression in Ukraine. These sanctio more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Williams, Chair Ernst Extend Pursuit of COVID Fraudsters After Biden Dropped the Ball WASHINGTON, D.C. - After a shocking report revealed that the Biden Small Business Administration (SBA) failed to pursue nearly two million individuals suspected of stealing pandemic aid, House Committee on Small Business Chairman Roger Williams (R-Texas) and  more PR

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, April 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: * * * Commander's Key Support Program enhances readiness through connection * By Christa D'Andrea  * Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- The Air Force Commander's Key Support Program is a vital initiative that fosters a sense of community among Airmen and their families through a network of volunteers who help alleviate the more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Crenshaw Joins Harshbarger and Wasserman Schultz to Introduce the Bipartisan Seniors' Access to Critical Medications Act. WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman Crenshaw (TX-02) joined Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (TN-01), Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Congresswoman Carol Miller (WV-01), and Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09) in introducing the bipartisan Seniors' Access to Critical Medica more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * Defense secretary directs services to match combat arms standards to mission requirements WASHINGTON - The secretary of defense on March 30 directed military departments to build plans that define and identify the combat arms and noncombat arms occupations within their respective military services.  Additionally, the departments are directed more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Doggett, Davis, Kelly, Feenstra Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Financial Assistance for College Contact: Alexis.Torres@mail.house.gov (link is external) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, Danny K. Davis (D-IL), ranking member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support, Mike Kelly (R-PA),  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Education Benefits Make Stronger Service Members, Better Military Within the armed forces, a variety of educational benefits are available that allow service members to both improve themselves and make themselves more valuable to their service branch. One example is the Military Tuition Assistance Program. The program is available to enlisted personnel, officers and warrant officers in the Army, Navy, Air more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst, Williams Extend Pursuit of COVID Fraudsters After Biden Dropped the Ball WASHINGTON - After a shocking report revealed that the Biden Small Business Administration (SBA) failed to pursue nearly two million individuals suspected of stealing pandemic aid, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and House Committee on Small Business Chair Roger Williams ( more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has initiated its review of a proposed Noise Compatibility Program (NCP) for Laredo International Airport, a move aimed at addressing aviation-related noise impacts in Webb County. The City of Laredo submitted the program for FAA evaluation, marking a significant step in ongoing efforts to mitigate noise concerns and enhance community compatibility with airport operations. The FAA's review more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a final rule amending Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs), Takeoff Minimums, and Obstacle Departure Procedures (ODPs) at various airports across the United States. The changes, which were published in the Federal Register on April 3, 2025, are designed to enhance safety and operational efficiency within the National Airspace System. These updates are part of a routin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Media Bureau has granted construction permits for two mutually exclusive Low Power FM (LPFM) radio stations in Fort Worth, Texas, to CPC of the WMM Forth Worth, TX - One, Inc. (CPC) and LGBTQ Saves (LS), under an involuntary time-sharing agreement. This decision, detailed in a letter released April 1, 2025, also denies LS's petition to deny CPC's application. The applications, filed during the 2023 LPFM filing window, were desig more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * Five Deployable Combat Wings selected in evolution of force presentation ARLINGTON, Virginia - The U.S. Air Force has identified the first five Regular Air Force candidate locations to build a Deployable Combat Wing Unit Type Code and is scheduling site surveys to begin in the coming weeks. Site surveys will determine the ability of these loca more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, April 2 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Abbott Announces Over $6 Million In Grant Funding For Rural Hospitals Governor Greg Abbott announced today that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is awarding $6.25 million in grant funding to eligible hospitals that serve rural communities. "Rural healthcare is critical for the continued health and well-being of Texans across our great state," said Governor Abbott. "Thi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven, Graham, Blumenthal Introduce Bill to Impose Tough Sanctions Against Russia WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) joined Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) and 49 bipartisan senators in introducing legislation to impose primary and secondary sanctions against Russia and actors supporting Russia's aggression in Ukraine. These sancti more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * House Committee on Small Business Holds Hearing on Empowering Growth Through Small Business Investment WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX) led a full House Committee on Small Business hearing titled "Fueling America's Future: How Investment Empowers Small Business Growth." The purpose of this hearing was to discuss more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Chairman Williams and Chair Ernst Hold COVID Fraudsters Accountable WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, and Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, unveiled the SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Luttrell Champions Service Dogs for Veterans with New Bill WASHINGTON -- Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Chairman of Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) Subcommittee on House Veterans' Affairs Committee (HVAC), introduced the Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. This legislation would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * New Staff Report Details ActBlue's Unserious Approach to Fraud Prevention WASHINGTON - Today, the Committee on House Administration, the House Judiciary Committee, and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a joint interim staff report titled, "Fraud on ActBlue: How the Democrats' Top Fundraising Platform Opens more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * Nominee for Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman: Military's top job is creating peace through strength WASHINGTON - The U.S. military must fight America's wars when needed. Still, the military's top priority is to prevent those wars by signaling to adversaries its readiness to fight and win in any scenario, said President Donald J. Trump's nominee  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on April 1, 2025: * * * Madam Speaker, I rise today to share a huge win for Texas agriculture. Recently, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins joined me in south Texas to announce the deployment of $280 million in economic relief that I secured for our Texas farmers. Farmers and ranchers in the Rio Grande Valley have been struggling for way too long. Mexico's refusa more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Texas, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on April 1, 2025: * * * Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak out against another outrageous move by Donald Trump: his attack on the National Institutes of Health. The NIH is not just another governmental agency, it is the foundation of America's medical research. It funds lifesaving breakthroughs that doctors and scientists rely on to treat and cure diseases. It  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Tim Moore, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on April 1, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support two critical pieces of legislation on the floor this week: first, the SAVE Act and, second, the No Rogue Rulings Act. Both are essential to the very fabric of this American Republic. Over the last 4 years, President Biden created a crisis at our southern border, presiding over an invasion of illega more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Pfluger Introduces Bills to Impose Maximum Pressure on Iran WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, announced the introduction of two pieces of legislation as part of the RSC's "Enforcing Maximum Pressure" initiative to hold the Iranian regime accountable. During the RSC press conference announcing this legislation, Rep. Pfluger said, more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on April 1, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the so-called SAVE Act. This bill, coupled with the President's executive order on elections, is a crazy, disgusting, thinly veiled attempt at disenfranchising legal citizens from voting. It claims to make it illegal for noncitizens to vote, which we already know is not a problem, but this bill wou more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Representatives Goldman, Crockett Introduce Abortion Care Awareness Act to Combat Anti-Abortion Misinformation Legislation Ensures Women Have Access to Accurate Information About Abortion Services and Where to Obtain Them Goldman's Bill Will Specifically Combat Misinformation about Medication Abortion, the Most Common Abortion Used in Telehealth Abortions Read the Bill Here Washington, DC -  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Mann, Pfluger Urge Reversal of Lesser Prairie-Chicken, Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Endangered Species Listings WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01) and August Pfluger (TX-11) reintroduced the Limiting Incredulous Zealots Against Restricting Drilling (LIZARD) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The LIZARD Act will remove the dunes sagebrush lizard from the threatened more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Pfluger, Mann Lead Push to Undo the Biden Administration's Nonsensical Endangered Species Listings WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As first reported in Fox News, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) and Congressman Tracey Mann (KS-01) sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum urging him to reverse the listing of the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard and the Lesser Prairie Chicken from the threatened and en more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * Science Committee Members Blast Trump Administration for its Attack on American Manufacturing (Washington, DC) - Yesterday, funds for ten of the 51 centers that make up the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) were withheld by the Trump administration. T more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * Sen. Cruz: Boeing Must Prove to the Public It's Working to Restore Safety, Quality in Production Processes Also Calls on Army to Turn Over Memo Related to January DCA Collision WASHINGTON, D.C. - In his opening statement at today's full committee hearing titled "Safety First: Restoring Boeing's Status as a Great Americ more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock? Chairman Cruz Announces Full Committee Hearing on April 10th WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing titled "If I Could Turn Back Time: Should more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Commerce Announces Hearing for NASA, FCC Nominees Committee will also consider Arielle Roth's nomination to lead NTIA WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a nominations hearing for Jared Isaacman, nominee to be Administrator of more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Cruz, Banks Introduce Legislation to Expand Education Options for Military Families WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced the Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act. This legislation allows military families to opt-in to Military Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) to help fund their children's education and expand their access to personalized, more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Markey, Cruz Secure 60 Cosponsors for Bipartisan Legislation to Protect AM Radio Washington (April 1, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today celebrated their AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act securing a filibuster-proof more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, issued the following news release: * * * Subcommittee Ranking Member Crockett's Opening Statement at Hearing on Trump's Lawless Assault on the FBI Washington, D.C. (April 2, 2025)--Today, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, delivered opening remarks at a hearing examining the Trump Administration's agenda of lawlessness and retribut more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Liberates Money From American Wallets Contact: Alexis.Torres@mail.house.gov (link sends email) Washington, D.C.-- Today, U.S Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), member of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, released the following statement: "Trump's declaration that he 'couldn't care less' if his damaging tariffs cause prices to go up is a mighty big reversal from his promise t more PR