WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44201) on May 7, 2025, entitled "DOT's Federal Pipeline Safety Program - Background and Issues for Congress:" (Continued from Part 2 of 3) * * * Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Rulemaking Carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines are essential components of carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems, which are proposed to reduce atmospheric emissions of anthropogenic CO2, a greenhouse gas./119 Pipelines are needed to transp more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on May 8, 2025: * * * Education Leaders Urge McMahon to Reject Waiver Requests for K-12 Education Funds That Allow States to Avoid Accountability WASHINGTON- Today, congressional Democrats urged Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to reject any efforts by states to undermine the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which specificall more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48525) on May 6, 2025, entitled "Federal Preemption and State Authority to Deter the Presence of Unlawfully Present Aliens" by legislative attorney Alejandra Aramayo: * * * SUMMARY The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article VI, clause 2) states that the Constitution, treaties, and federal law "shall be the supreme Law of the land." In interpreting this clause, the Supreme Court has formulated more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48525) on May 6, 2025, entitled "Federal Preemption and State Authority to Deter the Presence of Unlawfully Present Aliens:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Kansas v. Garcia (2020) In 2017, the Kansas Supreme Court in three separate cases reversed the convictions of three unlawfully present aliens for state identity theft and false information. The state court held that a provision in IRCA expressly more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Lankford, Britt Introduce MOMS Act to Help Build Culture of Life, Support Women, Strengthen Families WASHINGTON, DC -- Ahead of Mother's Day this Sunday, US Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Katie Britt (R-AL), and colleagues introduced the More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed (MOMS) Act. This legislation provides critical support to women during challenging phases of motherhood - prenatal, postpart more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The National Severe Storms Laboratory issued the following news: * * * VORTEX USA Tornado Project Paper Chosen as Highlight by AMS A new paper on the PERiLS (Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms) project was selected by the American Meteorological Society and the editors of Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) to be featured as a BAMS highlight. The paper discusses the design, execution and preliminary data of this groundbreaking collabo more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * RELEASE: Mullin, Kelly, Crapo, Cramer Introduce Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025 Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced the Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require proper contributions to the Universal Service Fund  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following floor remarks on May 7, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, Medicaid was created to provide health insurance for the poor, blind, disabled, pregnant, and elderly. Mr. Speaker, as you can see from this Paragon chart, Medicaid is no longer for the poor and now serves more people living above the poverty line than be more PR