WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release: Two U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) personnel will be among 43 chosen scholars gathered in Dallas for the 2019 George W. Bush Institute's Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program aimed at individuals serving Veterans and those motivated to grow their skillsets, knowledge and influence across the nation. Participants will gather for an opening session from June 18-21 at the George W. Bush Presi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Attorney General issued the following news release: * * * - Attorney General William P. Barr Appoints Katharine Sullivan to be Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs and Announces that Laura L. Rogers Will Serve as the Acting Director of the Office on Violence Against Women * * * Attorney General William P. Barr today announced that he has appointed Katharine Sullivan to serve as the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt kicked off the 6th Annual Great Outdoors Day of Service at Theodore Roosevelt Island (National Park), speaking to hundreds of volunteers from D.C., Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. "Thousands of people volunteer every year to improve our public lands and National Parks," said Secretary Bernhardt. "Today's Great Outdoor more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released a series of interactive online maps designed to promote climbing and other recreational opportunities on BLM-managed public lands. Developed in cooperation with Access Fund and Mountain Project, the maps allow individuals to easily plan exciting climbing experiences at sites around the western more PR

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The House Homeland Security subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation and Operations issued the following testimony by Maj. Gen. Michael T. McGuire, director of the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, at a hearing entitled "Examining the Department of Defense's Deployment to the U.S.-Mexico Border": "My name is Major General Michael T. McGuire, and I am The Adjutant General of Arizona and Director of the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military A more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Oversight and Reform Committee issued the following testimony by Susan R. Bailey, president-elect of the American Medical Association, at a hearing entitled "Medical Experts: Inadequate Federal Approach to Opioid Treatment and the Need to Expand Care": "The American Medical Association (AMA) appreciates the opportunity to provide testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform as part of the hearing entitled, "Medical Experts: In more PR

DALLAS, Texas, June 19 -- The William J. Clinton Foundation issued the following news release: On June 27, President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton will be joined by Presidential Leadership Scholars Lisa Hallett (https://www.presidentialleadershipscholars.org/scholar/lhallett/), CEO of wear blue: run to remember, and Jay Bhatt (https://www.presidentialleadershipscholars.org/scholar/jbhatt/), SVP and CMO of the American Hospital Association, at the George W. Bush Presidential Center f more PR

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade and Consumer Protection issued the following statement by full committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, at a hearing on oversight of the Consumer Product Safety Commission: "Thank you for holding this oversight hearing, and for the commission being here. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is a small federal agency with a huge mission. It is to be the cop on the beat when more PR

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on June 18, on legislation (S. 1885) to ensure that irresponsible corporate executives, rather than shareholders, pay fines and penalties: I am reintroducing the Corporate Management Accountability Act, which asks each publicly traded company to disclose its policies on whether senior executives or shareholders bear the costs of paying the company's fines and pe more ST