CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 21 -- The Professional Convention Management Association issued the following news release: Former fighter pilot Gene Kranz knows a thing or two about effective leadership under pressure. He was on duty in 1970 as Apollo 13's lead flight director when there was an explosion in the spacecraft's service module that threatened the safety of three-man crew orbiting Earth. Failure simply wasn't an option for Kranz, who was chief flight director for the successful Apollo 11 mo more PR

ARTESIA, New Mexico, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers issued the following news release: The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) celebrated the 30th Anniversary of its Office of Artesia Operations in Artesia, New Mexico, today. FLETC Director Thomas J. Walters and other guest speakers provided remarks to the distinguished guests and members of the community during this event. Director Walters stated, "FLETC Artesia's exi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following news: Edwin J. Feulner, founder and longtime president of The Heritage Foundation, was selected by the Board of Trustees as the 2019 recipient of the Clare Boothe Luce Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, announced at the first Heritage Honors Gala Oct. 22 before 1,500 attendees, is the internationally-respected think tank's highest honor. The Clare Boothe Luce Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 1991 and presented more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Rep. Debra Haaland, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: This afternoon, Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) called attention to the local economic impact of President Trump's decision to slash refugee admissions and signed a letter urging President Trump to rescind his unprecedented decision to reduce the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2020 to 18,000. The letter demands the Administration increase the number to 110,000, which b more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * - Members assail cruelty of lowest resettlement rates in modern times * * * U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) led 57 of his colleagues in the House of Representatives writing to Donald Trump blasting Trump's decision to set American refugee admissions for Fiscal Year 2020 at just 18,000, a further drop from the already-historically low figure set by the administration last year. The mem more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (WI-05), the former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and author of the 2006 reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, delivered the following statement at today's committee markup of H.R. 4: Click here to view the video: https://iqconnect.lmhostediq.com/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=WI05JS&crop=0000.0000.0000.0000&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fyoutu.b more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, D-New Mexico, issued the following speech, which was published in the Congressional Record on Oct. 18, on the 30th anniversary of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia: Today, October 18, 2019 marks the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), Office of Artesia Operation's 30-year anniversary. On September 22, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, Hou more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation subcommittee on Science, Oceans, Fisheries and Weather issued the following testimony by Diane Souvaine, chair of the National Science Board, at a hearing entitled "Research and Innovation: Ensuring America's Economic and Strategic Leadership": "Science has long been at the heart of the American experiment. "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest," noted Benjamin Franklin, and the revolutionaries who founde more PR