TEMPE, Arizona, April 8 -- State Farm Companies, an auto, home and individual life insurance provider, issued the following news release: When Cari Hagopian stayed in the hospital while her 18-month-old daughter had open heart surgery, she felt lonely. Years later, when her team at State Farm(R) was looking for a way to give back and boost morale, she paid it forward to parents going through a similar situation. The team in Tempe, Ariz., collected items to donate to the Phoenix Children's Hosp more PR

DALLAS, Texas, April 9 -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: A research scientist from Cincinnati studying how the heart can repair itself and a research scientist from Houston looking into specific genetic causes of stroke each received $1 million awards from the American Heart Association, the world's leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health and research. The Association's 2019 Merit Awards, to be distributed over five years, go to Jeffe more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on Environment issued the following statement by Chairman Harley Rouda, D-California, at a hearing entitled "Climate Change, Part I: The History of a Consensus and the Causes of Inaction": "Good afternoon. This hearing is the first in a series of hearings on climate change that the Oversight Subcommittee on Environment plans to hold during the 116th Congress. It is my goal that we can work in a bipartisan manner to examine the h more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on Environment issued the following testimony by ex-Colorado Sen. Timothy E. Wirth at a hearing entitled "Climate Change, Part I: The History of a Consensus and the Causes of Inaction": "Thank you for inviting me to discuss the history of the climate issue in the United States and around the world. In my testimony, I will provide a brief review of some of the key milestones in the U.S. government's response efforts, insights int more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on Environment issued the following testimony by Michael Oppenheimer, professor of geosciences and international affairs at Princeton University, at a hearing entitled "Climate Change, Part I: The History of a Consensus and the Causes of Inaction": "My name is Michael Oppenheimer. I am the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs at Princeton University and a member of the faculties of the Department  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The office of Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following floor statement the 30th anniversary of the Whistleblower Protection Act: "Mr. President, thirty years ago today, the Whistleblower Protection Act was signed into law. To call it a triumph doesn't do justice to the sheer number of years and people it took on both sides of the aisle to overcome numerous obstacles and enact federal protections for federal government employees who step forward and do what we all s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on April 10, on the 30th anniversary of the Whistleblower Protection Act: 30 years ago today, the Whistleblower Protection Act was signed into law. To call it a triumph doesn't do justice to the sheer number of years and people it took on both sides of the aisle to overcome numerous obstacles and enact Federal protections for Federal Government employees who step for more ST