WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on May 19, 2025: * * * Chairman Guthrie Celebrates President Trump's Signing of the TAKE IT DOWN Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued the following statement after President Trump signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act into law. "I want to thank President Trump and First Lady M more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Comer, Ernst Demand Crackdown on Government Credit Cards Oversight effort comes after sweeping abuses were exposed at DoD. WASHINGTON - After a highly concerning report revealed Pentagon bureaucrats used government charge cards for more than 11,000 transactions at "known high-risk merchants," including casinos, night clubs, and bars, Ho more PR

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 19, 2025 NAVY BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is awarded a $138,549,731 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides engineering services, installation engineering, equipment integration, overhauls, design engineering for airborne capabilities, test and evaluation, user and maint more PR

WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48097) on May 15, 2025, entitled "Energy and Water Development: FY2025 Appropriations" by energy policy specialist Mark Holt and natural resources policy specialist Anna E. Normand. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations (E&W) bill funds civil works activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the Department of Defens more PR

WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48097) on May 15, 2025, entitled "Energy and Water Development - FY2025 Appropriations:" (Continued from Part 2 of 4) * * * Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Authorized in 1975 by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (P.L. 94-163, as amended; 42 U.S.C. Sec.6201 et seq.), the SPR fulfills two statutory policy objectives: (1) reduce the economic impact of oil supply disruptions, and (2) carr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on May 19, 2025: * * * Ranking Members Lofgren and Amo Implore Trump Administration to End Reckless Hiring Freeze at NWS The letter comes as communities work to recover after deadly storms ripped through the South and Midwest this weekend. (Washington, DC) - Today, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Me more PR

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Announces Farmers First: Small Family Farms Policy Agenda (Omaha, NE, May 19, 2025) - After nearly 100 days of traveling the nation and visiting directly with hundreds of farmers across America, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today released the first set of policy proposals under her newly launched Make Agriculture Great Again Initiative. These initial proposals more PR