WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following written testimony by Jamie O'Connor, deputy executive director of the Alaska Marine Conservation Council, from a June 6, 2025, hearing entitled "Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness": * * * Chair Hageman, Ranking Member Hoyle, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the invitation to speak with you today. My name is Jamie O'Connor, and I am, first and foremost, a  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 6, 2025: * * * How the European Union and Germany Can Leverage Their Monetary Power By Federico Steinberg and Miguel Otero-Iglesias The Trump administration's protectionist "tariff wars" and its "One Big Beautiful Bill" budget proposal, which, if approved, would significantly increase the U.S. deficit and public debt, have once again sparked debate about the potential erosion of t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 (TNSrpt) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * House Republican Reconciliation Bill Takes Away Health Coverage, Food Assistance, Tax Credits From Millions of Immigrants and Their Families By Margot Dankner, Shelby Gonzales, Elizabeth Lower-Basch and Kiran Rachamallu The House Republican reconciliation bill would impose massive cuts in food assistance, health care coverage, and other supports for people with low incomes/[1] and s more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Michael Lawler, R-New York, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, issued the following opening remarks on June 5, 2025, at a hearing titled "After Assad: The Future of Syria": * * * Syria is at a turning point. The fall of Bashar al-Assad this past December following four decades of authoritarian rule has created conditions for unprecedented change for Syria and for the Middle East. This change comes with significant risk more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Friends Committee on National Legislation issued the following news release on June 6, 2025: * * * Over 75 Organizations Send Letter to Congress Opposing the Rescission of Foreign Assistance Washington, DC - In a letter sent to Congress yesterday, leading anti-hunger, anti-poverty, environmental, faith-based, gender equality, global health, humanitarian aid, human rights, peacebuilding and refugee agencies urged Members to "oppose the rescission of any foreign assist more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following transcript: * * * Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary General Mark Rutte Joint Statement at the NATO Defense Ministerial Meeting in Brussels, Belgium * SECRETARY GENERAL MARK RUTTE: All the capability targets we need going forward to keep [inaudible] people safe and protected. From this we will be [inaudible] and we already know we need to spend much, much more if we want to fulfill all these targets. And b more PR