WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Barr Announces Massive Federal Grant to Expand Alltech in Nicholasville * Nicholasville, Kentucky-- Today, U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY-06) celebrated the announcement of a $2.4M federal grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Alltech. Headquartered in Nicholasville for over five decades, Alltech currently employs hundreds of Kentuckians and is a leading company in the development of anim more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Big South Fork Plugging Abandoned Oil Wells to Restore Nature * News Release Date: July 24, 2025 Contact: Daniel Banks, 423-569-9778 Contact: Tom Blount, 423-569-9778 Oneida, Tennessee: Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area encompasses 125,000 acres of rugged terrain within the Cumberland Plateau in southeastern Kentucky and north-central Tennessee. It is more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Comer Subpoenas Ghislaine Maxwell for Deposition at Federal Prison House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued a subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition to occur at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee on August 11, 2025. The Department of Justice is cooperating an more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on July 23, 2025: * * * Chairman Guthrie Delivers Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup of Two Bills Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, delivered the following opening statement at today's Full Committee Markup. Chairman Guthrie's opening statement as prepared for delivery: "Thank you all for being h more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Guthrie Issues Statement on New Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Found Within Our Federal Health Programs Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) announced steps to remove 2.8 million duplicative enrollees in two o more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on July 23, 2025: * * * Chairman Guthrie on President Trump's AI Action Plan: "The Future of American Competitiveness Depends on Investments in AI" Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued the following statement regarding the release of America's AI Action Plan, which focuses on safeguarding  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on July 22, 2025: * * * Chairman Latta Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Energy Hearing on Pipeline Safety Policy Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing titled Strengthening American Energy: A Review of Pipeline Safety Policy. Subcommittee Chairman Lat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Chairmen Guthrie, Walberg, and Jordan Applaud President Trump's Executive Order on NIL Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-05), Chairman of the Committee on Education and Workforce, and Congressman Jim Jordan (OH-04), Chairman of the Committee on the more PR

RICHMOND, Kentucky, July 25 -- Eastern Kentucky University issued the following news: * * * From Small Towns to a World of Giving Both are first-generation students from Kentucky small towns whose combined population barely tops a thousand. They met and fell in love on the EKU campus - he proposed marriage in the Ravine - and their horizons soon expanded to encompass far-flung locales they could once only imagine. But wherever life and work took them, he in the military and she as an educato more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on July 23, 2025: * * * Full Committee Markup Recap: E&C Advances the SCORE Act and OMUFA Reauthorization to the Full House of Representatives Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, led by Chairman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), reported two pieces of legislation to the full House of Representatives. Chairman Guthrie issued the following statement afte more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- GE Appliances, Louisville, Kentucky, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Energy outlining concerns regarding the proposed revocation of coverage for miscellaneous refrigeration products. The company argued that such a move would not only undermine federal energy policy goals but also negatively impact American consumers. In its remarks, GE Appliances emphasized that revoking coverage would likely eliminate the preemption for this product class. more ST

ERLANGER, Kentucky, July 24 [Category: National Defense] -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news: * * * Green Beret turns to ketamine to heal invisible wounds * Matthew Bessler stands with a Belgian Malinois military working dog before a mission in Iraq. Bessler would complete numerous deployments, eventually leading to him seeking ketamine for treatment of PTSD. The first time Matthew Bessler handled ketamine was for his military working dog, a Belgian Malinois. Army veter more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on July 23, 2025: * * * Hearing Wrap Up: Congress Must Act to Advance Nuclear Energy The Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing yesterday titled "The New Atomic Age: Advancing America's Energy Future." During the hearing, members heard from witnesses about the advent of small and micro modular nuc more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on July 22, 2025: * * * Hearing Wrap Up: Congress Must Close Loopholes and Reform Bid Protest Process Today, the Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing titled "Bid Protest Reform: Understanding the Problem." During the hearing, members discussed the current bid protest process and examined proposals to reform it to prevent furthe more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell Praises President Trump's Selection of Paducah as Future Home of AI Infrastructure * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today praised the Trump Administration's selection of the Department of Energy's Paducah Site, home of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP), as one of four locations for cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) data  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Oversight Committee Leaders Applaud President Trump's Bold Plan to Cement America's Dominance in Artificial Intelligence Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), and Subco more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Representatives Massie and Pingree Introduce Bipartisan PRIME Act to Empower Local Livestock Farmers, Meet Consumer Demand Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) announce the re-introduction of the PRIME (Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption) Act to make it easier for small farms and ranches to serve consumers. The PRIME Act (H.R.  more PR