ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 30 -- The Georgia Secretary of State issued the following news release: The Georgia Secretary of State's Office is making routine and legally required updates to Georgia's voter file that will reduce the size of the voter roll by 4 percent. These updates are required by federal and state law in order to ensure that the state has the most up-to-date voter information. "Election security is my top priority," said Secretary Raffensperger. "Accurate and up-to-date voter roll more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * - Celebrating One Year of Law Enforcement Museum Opening * * * Today, Monday, October 28, 2019, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer voted to pass the bipartisan National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act, authorizing the Treasury Department to mint coins to commemorate the opening of the National Law Enforcement Museum. The museum is dedicated to highlighting and honoring past, presen more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 31 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: Ohio's Rob Portman echoed other senators yesterday when he declared that he is a "juror" in the impeachment proceeding, but that hasn't stopped him from spending weeks parroting the very talking points being put out by the defendant -- Donald Trump's White House. Whether it was the initial Trump excuse that he held up the aid to Ukraine because Europe hadn't paid their fair share (a false claim), or that the transc more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Natural Products Association issued the following news release: The Natural Products Association (NPA) marked the 25th anniversary of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) by highlighting its impact on consumer safety, product innovation and access to nutritional supplements, as well as ways to strengthen DSHEA and actions the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could take to keep consumers safe, including the regulation of CBD. DSHEA was passed unan more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following floor remarks on a resolution (H.Res. 296) on Armenia genocide: * * * - Smith, a co-sponsor of H.Res. 296, manages debate on House floor * * * "When the term genocide was created in 1944 to describe the systematic destruction of an entire people, its author Raphael Lemkin explained the term by saying, ''it was the sort of thing Hitler did to the Jews and the Turks did to the Armenians." "On ordering the invasion of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Oct. 30, on impeachment against President Trump: I know you aren't going to believe this--what happened in addition to President Trump being sworn in--but on January 20, 2017, President Trump was sworn into office and became our Nation's 45th President. Most Presidents enjoy what political scientists refer to as a "honeymoon" period. During that honeymoon perio more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Oct. 30, on government funding: I want to thank my good friend Senator Romney for taking this initiative and, basically, all of us working together. Let me say this. We were Governors together--the Governor from Massachusetts and the Governor from West Virginia. The bottom line is, we had the same balanced budget amendment we had to work with. We had more ST

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 1 -- The Asia Foundation issued the following news: The Asia Foundation, a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia, announces the election of two new members to its Board of Trustees at its September 2019 meeting: Markos Kounalakis and Jacqueline Lundquist. Dr. Markos Kounalakis is an author, publisher, journalist, and scholar. During the 1980s and 1990s, Kounalakis worked as a foreign co more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 29 [TNSfinancialresearch-American Economic Review] -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A renowned 1992 sketch on "Saturday Night Live" follows newly elected President Bill Clinton as he and Secret Service agents jog into McDonald's. When a customer asks if he's in favor of sending U.S. troops to Somalia, Clinton (played by Phil Hartman) provides his own humanitarian aid metaphor by grabbing McNuggets from other customers and claiming "it's being interce more PR