WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of a news conference by Secretary Marco Rubio at the Philippine International Convention Center highlighting U.S. willingness to broker a peace deal in Ukraine while fielding questions on escalating strikes against Iran and reaffirming defense ties with regional allies in the Indo-Pacific: * * * Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press SECRETARY RUBIO: All right, what's up? QUESTION: Have you made any progress on Ukraine today? Is Russia serious abo more PR

MANILA, Philippines, July 22 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of a news conference by Secretary Marco Rubio at the Philippine International Convention Center: * * * SECRETARY RUBIO: Okay. I want to get you guys some stuff. So you ready? Go ahead, go. QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, you had quite a long meeting here with -- SECRETARY RUBIO: Yeah. QUESTION: -- your Chinese counterpart. QUESTION: That's okay. It went quite long. Is that -- SECRETARY RUBIO: Yeah. QUESTION: Does that give the impression that the meetin more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, posted the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Ways and Means Committee Bringing Transparency to America's Nonprofit Hospital Sector America's nonprofit hospitals will be more transparent with patients and taxpayers about the actual charity care they provide under legislation recently approved by the Ways and Means Committee. H.R. 9504, the Tax Exempt Hospital Transparency Act, requires hospitals that enjoy generous benefits d more PR