WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Escobar Votes for Appropriations Bills to Invest in El Paso, Place Guardrails on Trump administration * Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) voted in favor of the first government funding package of 2026 which includes three of the twelve mandatory spending bills; Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water; Interior; and Energy and Water. In negotiations with Republicans, more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Introduces Bill to Support and Expand Quantum Research * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today introduced the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act to support quantum research programs in Montana and across the nation. The bill reauthorizes Daines' 2018 National Quantum Initiative Act through 2034, which expands research and development programs for quantum and photonics. " more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Sends Letter Urging Efforts to Support American Sheep Industry * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today led a letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer, voicing support for American sheep producers who have been disadvantaged by surging imports into the domestic market. The letter also highlighted a recent petition put forth by American producers to USTR and the U.S. Int more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines, Sheehy, Zinke, Downing Urge U.S. Air Force to Address Delayed Aircraft Delivery to Montana Air National Guard * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy, as well as Congressmen Ryan Zinke (MT-01) and Troy Downing (MT-02) today sent a letter to U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink expressing concern about continued delivery delays in C-130J aircraft to the Montana Air National Gu more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11681) on Jan. 8, 2026, by defense policy analyst Anya L. Fink: Here are excerpts: * * * Defense Primer: LGM-35A Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile The LGM-35A Sentinel is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system that is expected to replace the Minuteman III (MMIII) ICBM in the U.S. nuclear force structure. MMIII has served as the ground-based leg of the U.S more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Troy Downing, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Downing, Daines, Sheehy, Zinke Urge U.S. Air Force to Address Delayed Aircraft Delivery to Montana Air National Guard * Congressman Troy Downing (MT-02), U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy, as well as Congressman Ryan Zinke (MT-01) sent a letter to U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink expressing concern about continued delivery delays in C-130J aircraft to the Montana Air National Guard. "We  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has published its receipt of environmental impact statements filed between December 26, 2025, and January 5, 2026. This notice, released in accordance with the Clean Air Act, highlights several key infrastructure and energy projects currently open for public review. Nuclear Power Plant Renewals The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has submitted draft supplemental reports for two major nuclear facilities seeking second license more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham Joins Republican Senators in Demanding Accountability from Tim Walz Amid Minnesota Fraud Scandal * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) joined his Republican Senate colleagues in demanding accountability from outgoing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz amid widespread reports of fraud and abuse of federal funding in Minnesota. Graham and his colleagues slammed Govern more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: * * * High Elevation Snowpack on Track for January 1, Despite Lack of Valley Snow * Montana's snowpack accumulation season began with a stark elevational contrast. At lower elevations, winter started slowly, with warm temperatures and most precipitation falling as rain. At higher elevations, abundant precipitation accumulated as snow despite above average temperatures.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * In The News: Daines leads $5.2B quantum computing funding redux * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines spoke with the Bozeman Daily Chronicle about his National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act, which supports quantum research programs in Montana and across the nation. Read highlights from the story below. Daines leads $5.2B quantum computing funding redux Bozeman Daily Chronicle Dan A more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cantwell, Young, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act * Federal investment vital to ramp up U.S. quantum developmentkey to U.S. national security and global economic competitiveness Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ra more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Operator of Sober Homes Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Fraud Schemes Involving Sober Home Client, Sober Homes Mortgages, Mass Save Program and COVID-19 Business Loans * BOSTON - The operator of numerous sober homes in Massachusetts, who also operated insulation companies receiving funds through the Mass Save Program, was sentenced yesterday in fede more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Republicans Blast Tim Walz for Rampant Child Care Fraud, Demand Accountability for American Taxpayers The entire Senate Republican Conference, led by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Majo more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 9 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Week in Review: Families, Not Bureaucrats * From Fox News to the Maine Wire, news outlets across the country are taking notice of the Goldwater Institute's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Amber Lavigne, a Maine mom who discovered that public school officials were aiding her child in a gender transition without her knowledge or consent. Amber only learned what was happe more PR