WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Nancy LeaMond, executive vice president and chief advocacy and engagement officer for AARP, from a Sept. 3, 2025, hearing entitled "Protecting Older Americans: Leveling the Playing Field for Older Workers": * * * Chair Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and Members of the Committee: My name is Nancy LeaMond, and I serve as the Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer for AARP. I am honored to testify on behalf of more th more PR

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Sept. 13 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization advancing every person's right to live and speak the truth, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * ADF urges full 7th Circuit to review student's pro-life flyer case The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Mathew Hoffmann regarding a petition ADF attorneys filed Thursday asking the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit to review E.D. v. Noblesville School District, a case in which an Indiana  more PR

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Sept. 13 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization advancing every person's right to live and speak the truth, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * 1st Circuit allows Louisiana to direct Medicaid funding away from abortion providers The following quote may be attributed to Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit's decision Thursday in Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy to halt the district court injunction in favor of Planned Parenthoo more PR

OAKLAND, California, Sept. 12 -- Amazon Watch, an organization that says it protects the rainforest and advances the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2025: * * * Amazon Watch Welcomes Historic Conviction of Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro for Coup Plot Brasilia, Brazil - Today, Brazil's Supreme Court voted 4-1 to convict former president Jair Bolsonaro and key members of his administration for plotting a coup to overturn democratic rule. This marks the first time in the cou more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal, Murphy, DeLauro Lead Lawmakers in Introducing Bipartisan Bill Honoring Constance Baker Motley with Congressional Gold Medal * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Ahead of Judge Constance Baker Motley's birthday on September 14, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) led a group of lawmakers in introducing legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Ju more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: * * * Brendan Trachsel Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits Kayenta, AZ - U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. 2026 Arizona state house candidate, Brendan Trachsel (district 6), has committed support for term li more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Computer Technology] -- The Computer and Communications Industry Association issued the following news release: * * * CCIA Asks Washington Supreme Court to Reverse Lower Court's Decision in Washington v. Meta * Washington - The Computer & Communications Industry Association, along with its co-amici TechNet, Chamber of Progress, and NetChoice, has filed an amicus brief in Washington v. Meta, explaining that Washington's platform disclosure law is more restrictive than any other in the country and violates the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * Chairman Mast Issues Statement on Conviction of Former President Bolsonaro House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement today on former President Bolsonaro's conviction.. "I'm concerned, but not surprised that Brazil's Supreme Court, in a case led by Justice de Moraes, a sanctioned human rights abuser, has sentenced former President Bolsonaro to more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: * * * Coleman Boyd Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits Bolton, MS - U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. 2025 Mississippi state senate candidate, Coleman Boyd (district 26), has committed support for term limit more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Hispanic Caucus Senators Condemn Outrageous Supreme Court Decision to Allow Racial Profiling, Call it an Attack on Hardworking American Families * Washington, D.C. - The Senate Congressional Hispanic Caucus members, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), condemned the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to allow the Department of Homeland Security to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro, Clyburn, Meeks, Clarke, Torres Lead 100+ Lawmakers to Honor Constance Baker Motley * Today, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), James Clyburn (SC-06), Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), and Ritchie Torres (NY-15) introduced the Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2025, legislation to honor the life of civil rights pioneer Judge Constance Baker Motley by posthumously awarding her with a Con more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Greenpeace USA, an organization that says it uses protest and confrontation to expose environmental problems and promote solutions, issued the following news release: * * * North Dakota court will not block Greenpeace International from using European anti-SLAPP laws against Energy Transfer MANDAN, N.D. - In response to North Dakota District Court Judge James Gion rejecting Energy Transfer's request for an anti-suit injunction in Greenpeace International's landmark anti-intimidation lawsuit, Greenpeace USA Interim Exe more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 13 -- The Hawaii Department of the Attorney General issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2025: * * * HAWAI'I SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS GOVERNOR'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING EMERGENCY PROCLAMATIONS The Hawai'i Supreme Court today issued a decision upholding Governor Josh Green, M.D.'s use of emergency powers to mitigate the state's affordable housing crisis. In Nakoa III v. Governor of the State of Hawai'i, Governor Green prevailed against a legal challenge seeking to invalidate his Affordable Housing Emergency Proclamat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Statement on Defiance of Bipartisan Cooperation, Departure of Decades of Precedent on ENR Committee, Opposition to FERC Nominees * WASHINGTON -- In his opening statement during a business meeting on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to consider pending nominations and legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, criticized Chairman Mike Lee's (D-Utah) lack of willingness t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Interventional Pain Management Associates and Baxter Regional Medical Center to Pay $350,000 in EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit Resolves federal suit charging Arkansas clinic and hospital fired employee because she opposed discrimination *  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Interventional Pain Management Associates (IPMA), a Mountain Home, Arkansas pain management clinic, and Baxter Regional Medical Center, a nonprofit hospital, will pay $350,000 and f more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: * * * Kristin Luckey Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits San Benito, TX - U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. 2026 Texas state house candidate, Kristin Luckey (district 37), has committed support for term limi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: * * * Lee Bright Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits yman, SC - U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. 2025 South Carolina state senate special election candidate, Lee Bright (district 12), has committed support  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Meeks, Castro, Kamlager-Dove Issue Statement on Brazil's Conviction of Bolsanaro & Call on Trump to End Illegal Tariffs * Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Joaquin Castro, Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, and Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Co-Chair of the Brazil Caucus, issued the following statement on the Brazil Supreme Court's conviction of former Pre more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Q&A: Stop Government Shutdowns Once and For All * Q: Why did you reintroduce your Prevent Government Shutdowns Act ? A: The Constitution assigns to Congress the power of the purse. That keeps the federal purse strings in the hands of lawmakers elected by the people to represent their views and values. The federal budget operates on a 12-month fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. That means on Sept. 30, the federal government reaches the end of it more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSFR) -- The Railroad Retirement Board is amending its regulations to remove provisions that provided unequal treatment for male and female spouses. The regulations, which define when a spouse, divorced spouse, surviving divorced spouse, or remarried widow or widower of a railroad employee may receive an annuity, contained a disparity that could violate the right to equal protection under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The provisions treated male spouses less favorably by terminat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement by Principal Deputy Spokesperson Thomas Pigott on the designation of two Montenegro public officials as ineligible for entry into the country due to their involvement in significant corruption that enabled drug trafficking: * * * The Department of State is publicly designating former Budva mayor and Member of Parliament Milo Bozovic and former President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro Vesna Medenica as generally ineligible for entry into the United States due  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * This Week in Climate Action - September 12, 2025 * Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we're covering attacks on public lands and by the Trump administration and innovation in the states. Be sure to follow LCV on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky, and TikTok. QUOTES OF THE WEEK: "This administra more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11038) on Sept. 12, 2025, by section research manager Michael A. Foster and firearms policy analyst Jordan B. Cohen: * * * U.S. Gun Policy: Framework and Major Issues Recent Congresses have enacted legislation modifying certain aspects of the existing federal regulatory regime on firearms and have considered a range of other proposals. The 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) made several changes to federal firearms l more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by David Horton, fair business practices and investor advocacy endowed chair at the University of California Davis, from a Sept. 3, 2025, hearing entitled "Protecting Older Americans: Leveling the Playing Field for Older Workers": * * * Thank you Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and Distinguished Members of the Committee for the opportunity to speak today. My name is David Horton. I hold the Fair Business Practices & Investor Advocacy End more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12945) on Sept. 11, 2025, by legislative attorney Cassandra J. Barnum: * * * The Void-for-Vagueness Doctrine in Criminal Law Vagueness as Constitutional Violation Defendants in federal criminal cases often challenge their prosecutions by arguing that the laws they allegedly violated are unconstitutionally vague. The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires that no person "be deprived of life, liberty, or property, w more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner & Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Refund Small Businesses for Trump Tariffs * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and nine of his Senate colleagues introduced the Small Business RELIEF Act, legislation to exempt small businesses from global baseline and reciprocal tariffs and to provide refunds to the small businesses that were forced to pay them. On August 29, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ru more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * WATCHDOG: Trump Judicial Nominee Jennifer Mascott Sat on Board of Crisis Pregnancy Center, Adding To Her Anti-Choice Record * WASHINGTON, DC - A new Accountable.US report released today has revealed that Jennifer Mascott, senior counsel in the White House Counsel's Office, and President Trump's nominee to the Third Circuit Court of A more PR