WASHINGTON, June 26 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Recap - Week of June 22, 2026 * Here's a recap of key moments from House Republican committees during the week: Agriculture On Wednesday, June 24, the Committee on Agriculture held a full committee hearing with USDA Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, Richard Fordyce, to discuss implementation of the agricultural provisions included in H.R. 1. The provisions in H.R. 1 extend  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Carter Statement on Soot Pollution Ruling * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) issued the following statement: "This ruling is a win for Louisianians and for every American who just wants to breathe clean air. The court was clear: the EPA's arguments for walking away from this rule simply did not hold up. That matters. The 2024 standard was grounded in science and built through a public process, and it's more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied a bid protest filed by Servexo Protective Services Inc., Gardena, California, challenging the award of a security guard services task order to Valletta Industries, Covington, Louisiana, under a solicitation issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The procurement sought security guard services for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas, under a hybrid fixed-price and labor-hour task order with a one-year base period and four one-year option per more ST

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 26 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: * * * Nationally Acclaimed Photographers Headline Fall Exhibitions at UA Little Rock * The University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Windgate Center of Art + Design (WCAD) will launch its fall 2026 season with a series of photography-focused exhibitions, headlined by the internationally acclaimed artist Todd Hido. Showing from August through November, these exhibits will feature renowned photographers and explore the evolving direction o more PR

NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida, June 27 [Category: Food/Beverage] -- The Southern Shrimp Alliance posted the following news release: * * * South Carolina Takes a Stand Against Shrimp Fraud * South Carolina just became the latest state to address a widespread form of seafood fraud. With the General Assembly's passage of H4248, the Palmetto State has joined a growing list of states pushing back against restaurants passing off imported, farm-raised shrimp as authentic, wild-caught shrimp. This spring, the South Carolina House and Senate passed dif more PR