ALBANY, New York, July 24 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * "DEC Does What?!" Podcast Episode 27 Now Available: A Bit About Bats * The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today released the latest episode of "DEC Does What?!", the bi-weekly podcast that features conversations with DEC experts about the agency's wide-ranging efforts to protect New Yorkers and the environment. Episode 27-- A Bit Abo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-New York, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on July 24, 2025: * * * "The World's First Digital Weapon": Homeland Republicans Examine the Evolution of Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure Since Stuxnet This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) held a Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection hearing to examine the evolution of threats to critic more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Attorneys General from 14 states have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Food and Nutrition Service expressing strong opposition to the proposed creation of a National Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Information Database. The proposal, as outlined in a System of Record Notice in the Federal Register, has been met with significant concern regarding its potential impact on the privacy of citizens and its align more ST

ALBANY, New York, July 24 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for Long Island and New York City Metro Regions * New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Amanda Lefton and State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Dr. James McDonald issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for ozone for Friday, July 25, 2025, for the Long Island and New York City regions.  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Alsobrooks, Warnock Renew Effort to Address Bias in Housing Appraisals, Help Families Build Generational Wealth through Homeownership This legislation will empower Marylanders with more data and tools to fight bias that would lower their homes' values * U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) joined Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and four Senate colleagues in introdu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The American Academy of Pediatric Health and Dentistry (AAPHD), Albany, New York, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging the agency to maintain access to ingestible prescription fluoride products for children. This request comes amid growing concerns about tooth decay among pediatric populations, particularly in communities where fluoride levels in drinking water are insufficient. In its letter, AAPHD highlighted the sa more ST

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- In a public comment letter submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), a coalition of state attorneys general and local governments has voiced strong opposition to the agency's proposed rescission of water conservation standards for automatic commercial ice makers (ACIMs). The attorneys general, representing states including California, New York, Maryland, and several others, argue that the proposed changes undermine essential water conservation efforts mandated by t more ST

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Bank Policy Institute has issued a public comment letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) expressing concerns regarding the charter application submitted by First National Digital Currency Bank N.A. (FNDCB) based in New York. This application, which is tied to Circle Internet Holdings Inc., has prompted the organization to request an extension on the public comment period due to insufficient time for meaningful review and a lack of accessible info more ST

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Bill to Fund Key Interior and Environmental Programs in Maine Clears Appropriations Committee * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured significant funding and provisions for Maine in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The bill, which was officially approved by the Senate more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Bill to Fund Key Interior and Environmental Programs in Maine Clears Appropriations Committee U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured significant funding and provisions for Maine in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The bil more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman, Warnock, Collins, Schumer Lead Push to Boost Supply of Doctors, Ensure Access to Medical Care * WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), along with Senators Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), introduced the bipartisan Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act to increase the number of Medicare-supported doctor training slots availab 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. Andrew Garbarino, R-New York, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on July 22, 2025: * * * Chairman Garbarino Delivers Opening Statement in Hearing to Evaluate Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) delivered the following opening statement in a Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection hearing to examine the evolution of threats  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Tenney Introduces FORKS Made in America Permanency Act * Washington, DC - Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today introduced the FORKS Made in America Permanency Act to permanently bolster American manufacturing that produces stainless steel flatware and equips our military with high-quality products. This bill would permanently add stainless steel flatware to the Berry Amendme more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn, Graham Call for Special Counsel to Investigate Obama Administration's Role in Russia Collusion Hoax * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), both senior members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Obama administration's involvement in the Russia collusion hoax: "For the goo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Cramer Chairs EPW Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee Hearing, Discusses Regulatory Reforms, Safe Routes to School * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, held a hearing on the development of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill. The hearing focused spec more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Criminal Illegal Alien Charged for Attempting to Stab ICE Officers and Detainees at 26 Federal Plaza Facility in New York City * Violent illegal alien was released in the United States under President Biden WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released the following statement after the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced federal charges  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Defense Secretary Reminds Young Leaders They Will One Day Lead Nation * Nearly 100 high school teens from the American Legion's Boys Nation program today visited the Pentagon as part of a weeklong tour of Washington. As part of their visit to the Defense Department headquarters they met with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who discussed with them his leadership role at DOD and the importance of their own more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin On Trump's Extreme Judicial Nominees: The Only Qualification That President Trump Looks For In His Nominees Is Loyalty To Him And His MAGA Agenda * July 24, 2025 Durbin took to the Senate floor to denounce President Trump's extreme and unqualified judicial nominees WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Sen more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Durbin On Trump's Extreme Judicial Nominees: The Only Qualification That President Trump Looks For In His Nominees Is Loyalty To Him And His MAGA Agenda In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, criticized the Trump Administration's unqualif more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The FBI issued the following statement on July 24, 2025: * * * FBI New York Statement on the Sentencing of Disheem Laquan Riley Earlier today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York, Disheem Laquan Riley was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment followed by three years supervised release for making threats and conveying false information about explosives. On January 30 and 31, 2024, Riley made hoax bomb threat phone calls to 17 FBI offices across the country, more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau issued the following public notice (Docket No. DA 25-651) on July 23, 2025: * * * The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (jointly the Bureaus) seek comment on an application and waiver request filed on January 10, 2025, by the New York City Transit Authority on behalf of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (otherwise known as the MTA). MTA seeks to more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * Five NUWC Division Newport employees receive 2024 NAVSEA Excellence Awards * NEWPORT, R.I. - Five Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport personnel recently were among the winners of the 2024 Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Excellence Awards. Winners are selected based on their significant contributions to the NAVSEA enterprise. The awards, which recognize outstanding efforts made in va more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * FORWARDING: Van Hollen, 28 Senators Call on Administration to Conduct Independent, U.S.-Led Investigation into Death of American Citizen in West Bank Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led 28 of his Senate Democratic colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney Gene more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham and Cornyn Call for Special Counsel to Investigate Obama Administration's Role in the Russia Collusion Hoax * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), both senior members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Obama Administration's involvement i more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-New York, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on July 24, 2025: * * * Homeland Republicans Applaud Rep. Garbarino's Appointment as Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security This week, House Republicans selected Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) to serve as chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Chairman Garbarino serves as the seventh member to hold this position since the Committee w more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Let's Honor the 1980 'Miracle on Ice' US Olympic Team with Congressional Gold Medals * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Forty-five years ago, at the Lake Placid Olympic Games, a team of young American hockey players took the ice and achieved the impossible, winning against the seemingly unbeatable Soviet Union National Team. The Soviets were four-time defending Olympic gold medalists, stacked with sea more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-California, issued the following news release: * * * Issa, Stefanik Introduce the Modern Firearm Safety Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) and Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21) reintroduced legislation (link is external) to eliminate unconstitutional handgun rosters that prevent law-abiding citizens in California and New York from freely purchasing modern handgun models. "For decades, the clear Constitutional r more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Sues New York City Over Sanctuary Policies * WASHINGTON - Today, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against New York City, Mayor Eric Adams, and several other city officials to challenge New York's sanctuary city laws. As detailed in the complaint, New York's sanctuary policies have allowed dangerous criminals to roam the streets and commit heinous crimes within the communi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Vindman & Colleagues Introduce Bill to Restore Illegally Withheld Support for Students with Disabilities in Spotsylvania County * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, (D-VA) and U.S. Representative Eugene Vindman (D-VA-07), alongside Senate and House colleagues, introduced the bicameral Charting My Path to Fut more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Morelle, Langworthy, Houlahan lead bipartisan effort to squash the invasive Spotted Lanternfly * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly (R, PA-16), Joe Morelle (D, NY-25), Chrissy Houlahan (D, PA-06), and Nick Langworthy (R, NY-23) introduced bipartisan legislation to stop the spread of the Spotted Lanternfly, an invasive species that poses a significant threat to t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * Leendert van der Pool honored with the 2025 George Gray Award * Editor's Note: This article was originally published in the 2025 Summer release of Easel, the Coast Guard Art Program Newsletter. Each year jurors select a recipient for the George Gray Award for Artistic Excellence from the collection of artwork submitted to the U.S. Coast Guard Art Program. Leendert van der Pool is th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Malliotakis Applauds DOJ Lawsuit to Hold NYC Accountable for Dangerous Sanctuary Policies * (NEW YORK, NY) \- Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis issued the following statement regarding the Department of Justice's lawsuit against New York City over its sanctuary city policies. "I thank Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice for taking action to hold New York City accountable more PR

NEW YORK, July 24 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Mayor Adams, DCWP Celebrate Efforts to Protect Hotel Workers and Guests, Bolster Tourism Industry * July 24, 2025 Video available at: https://youtu.be/NGuyTuja-0M Legislation Signed by Mayor Adams Last Year Helps Keep Hotel Guests and Workers Safe With New Licensing Requirements and Safety Standards NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protect more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 23, 2025: * * * Meeks Opening Remarks As Prepared at FY26 State Department Posture Hearing Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at a full committee posture hearing for the State Department's Bureau of Political Affairs for fiscal year 20 more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 22, 2025: * * * Meeks Statement on the Trump Administration Withdrawing the U.S. from UNESCO Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement on the Trump administration withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Orga more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Grace Meng, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * MENG AND KRISHNAN UNVEIL ACCESSIBILITY RAMP AT JACKSON HEIGHTS POST OFFICE * QUEENS, N.Y. - U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) and New York City Council Member Shekar Krishnan (D-Queens) unveiled the completion of an accessibility ramp at the main entrance of the Jackson Heights Post Office in Queens. Building the ramp has long been a priority to Jackson Heights residents, and Meng, Krishnan, Rep. Ale more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, issued the following news release on July 23, 2025: * * * Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Chairman Lawler Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing on State Department Bureau of Counterterrorism Today, House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Chairman Michael Lawler delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing on the State D more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, ranking member of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on July 23, 2025: * * * Morelle Statement on Increased Security Funding Today, Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, issued the following statement after securing increased security funding for Members of the House of Representatives: "I'm grateful to Leader Hakeem Jeffries for making safety a top prior more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 25 -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * DiNapoli Audit Finds Fixes Needed in NYC High School Matching Process Some Students Facing Economic Hardship Not Properly Prioritized * New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) needs to do more to ensure students are matched to high schools in line with existing regulations, according to an audit released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The New York State Department of Health has released a brief examining how sexual orientation and gender identity influence important health outcomes among adults statewide. The 8-page report, titled 'New York State Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System,' brings attention to persistent gaps in health-related behaviors and access. The report was issued on July 8, 2025. The agency reviews data from thousands of adult New Yorkers who participated in the Behavi more ST

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Nadler Statement on Columbia University Settlement * Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) issued the following statement on Columbia University's $200 million settlement with the Trump Administration: "I am deeply disappointed by reports of Columbia University's outrageous and embarrassing $200 million capitulation to the Trump Administration's repugnant extortion campaign. Let's be clea more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) has filed a public comment letter with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) expressing its opposition to the proposed establishment of the "National Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Information Database." This public comment letter, submitted on July 23, raises significant concerns regarding the creation of the USDA/FNS-15 system, which the agency claims would enhance the integrity more ST

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on July 22, 2025: * * * Pallone Remarks at Oversight Hearing on Nation's Organ Donation System Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on "Ensuring Patient Safety: Oversight of the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transpla more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and Genera Resolve Violations of the Clean Air Act with EPA * NEW YORK (July 24, 2025) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and Genera PR, LLC, which are respectively the owner and operator of the Palo Seco steam electric power generating facility located in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico have agree more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Ready for Delivery: Congressman Kennedy Announces His Wheatfield ZIP Code Legislation Progresses * WHEATFIELD, N.Y. - Congressman Tim Kennedy, joined by Wheatfield Supervisor Don MacSwan, announced that his legislation directing the United States Postal Service to designate a new ZIP code for the Town of Wheatfield has passed the House of Representatives, bringing it one step closer to being  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Laura Friedman, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * RELEASE: Congresswoman Friedman Confronts FEMA Acting Administrator Over Stunning Breakdown in Flood Response * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, July 23, 2025, in a sharp exchange at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing, U.S. Congresswoman Laura Friedman (CA-30) confronted Acting FEMA Administrator Robert Richardson over the agency's catastrophic failure to answer tens of thous more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Ansari Introduces HIV Medication Act to Expand Access to Prevention Treatments * WASHINGTON - Today, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) introduced the HIV Medication Act to Expand Access to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to ensure that all at-risk populations receive HIV prevention treatments through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and reverse the Trump  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Nadler Delivers Remarks at Rally in Support of Brooklyn Container Port * Today, Representative Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a community rally in Red Hook in support of the Brooklyn container port: "Thank you for inviting me here today. As many of you know, I have advocated for the Port of New York and New Jersey for more tha more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Representatives Nadler, Dexter, and Omar Introduce Bill to Ban Prescription Drug Ads * WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), and Ilhan Omar (MN-05) introduced H.R.4605, the End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act, legislation that would ban prescription drug advertising in all forms. "Pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars on ads tha more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER: TARIFFS UP, TOURISM DOWN - AND UPSTATE NY IS PAYING THE PRICE; NEW DATA SHOWS CANADIAN BORDER CROSSINGS CONTINUE TO PLUMMET AS TRUMP THREATENS TO FURTHER INCREASE TARIFFS NEXT WEEK, CROSSINGS... * Trump Is Threatening AGAIN To Raise Tariffs On Canada Up To 35% Next Week, And New Data Shows It Is Upstate New Yorkers' Wallets & Small Businesses Paying The Price more PR

UPTON, New York, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Scientists and Engineers Craft Radio Telescope Bound for the Moon * UPTON, N.Y. -- The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has completed the "major item of equipment" phase for the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment-Night (LuSEE-Night), a moon-based radio telescope set to make history. Comprising the overall design of the tele more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Interior-Environment, Transportation-HUD Bills Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee met for a full committee markup to consider its draft fiscal year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies appropriation more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Senate conducted nine committee hearings on July 22, 2025: * * * NOMINATIONS Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Vice Admiral Frank M. Bradley, USN, to be admiral and Commander, United States Special Operation Command, and Lieutenant General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, USAF, to be general and Commander, United States Africa Command, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. * * * TR more ST

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Stefanik, Issa Reintroduce Modern Firearm Safety Act * SARATOGA N.Y., - Today, House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik joined Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) in reintroducing the Modern Firearm Safety Act to prohibit states like New York and California from enacting unconstitutional "handgun rosters" that prevent law-abiding citizens from accessing modern, safer handgun models and r more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Paul D. Tonko, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Tonko, Fitzpatrick, Bacon, and Markey Introduce Community Mental Wellness & Resilience Act * WASHINGTON, DC -- Representatives Paul D. Tonko (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) today reintroduced H.R. 4744, the Community Mental Wellness & Resilience Act, a bipartisan bill that tackles the nation's mental health crisis by addressing the extensive com more PR

NEW YORK, July 24 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Transcript: Mayor Adams Appears on Hot 97's "Ebro in the Morning" * July 24, 2025 Ebro Darden: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all sizes and ages, they don't say sizes anymore. Laura Stylez: No. You can't say that. Darden: Because that's like body shaming now. You can't say sizes and ages. You can't say sizes. Stylez: You can say ages though. Mayor Eric Adams: A lot of stuff is po more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: On Senate Floor, Hirono Urges Colleagues to Reject Nomination of Emil Bove, Trump Loyalist and Dangerous Judicial Nominee * Sen. Hirono: "Far from an independent, fair-minded jurist, Mr. Bove is willing to use whatever means he deems necessary to meet the ends sought by Donald Trump." ~ Video of Senator Hirono's floor speech can be found here ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Maz more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Vindman, Kaine Help Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Restore Federal Program to Help Students with Disabilities Succeed in Adulthood Congressman Eugene Vindman (D-Va.-07) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), alongside House and Senate colleagues, have introduced the bicameral Charting My Path to Future Success Act, legislation to restore the abruptly discontinued federal program designed to help more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Warnock Leads Bipartisan Push to Address Physician Workforce Shortage * Senator Reverend Warnock introduced the bipartisan Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025 with Senator Boozman to increase the number of physicians in communities across the country The legislation would increase the number of Medicare funded residency positions by expanding the number of available slots 143 more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Sen. Schiff Urges Senate Republicans to Reject Emil Bove's Nomination, Warns of Threats to Rule of Law * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) spoke on the Senate floor to urge Senate Republicans to reject the dangerous nomination of Emil Bove to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, emphasizing Bove's flawed actions and commitment to doing the bidding of the pre more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on July 24, 2025: * * * President Donald J. Trump Secures Major Settlement with Columbia University SECURING HISTORIC SETTLEMENT WITH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump secured a historic settlement with Columbia University to address violations of federal civil rights laws and to restore fairness, merit, and safety in higher education. * The agreement ensures Columbia will not engage in unlawful racial more PR