FORT LEE, Virginia, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Commissary Agency issued the following news release: The history of the Tuskegee Airmen speaks of the bravery, dedicated service and demonstrated skills of African-American fighter pilots during World War II. In observance of Black History Month, commissary and exchange patrons will be eligible to enter a social media contest that honors the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen commander, Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., who would lat more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 1 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following news: A new, scathing editorial calls Senator Tillis "pathetic" for "pandering" to the president during the impeachment trial, noting that his own political survival is Tillis' "only calculation, his only concern and his only ambition." "Senators shouldn't be merely partisan players," the editorial continued. Yet Tillis "is pledging absolute fealty to the president in the hope that Trump's appeal can ca more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The Economic Policy Institute issued the following report: * * * - Jobs lost in every U.S. state and congressional district * * * Summary and key findings The United States has a massive trade deficit with China. The growth of the U.S. annual trade deficit with China, which has increased by more than $150 billion since the beginning of the Great Recession, is a significant reason why manufacturing employment has not fully recovered along with the rest of the economy.  more PR

NEW YORK, Feb. 1 -- The William J. Clinton Foundation issued the following news release: * * * - In the aftermath of recent earthquakes in Puerto Rico and Hurricane Dorian, the CGI Action Network continues its work by turning ideas into action and building back better across the Caribbean. * * * From February 18-19, 2020, President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will convene members of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Action Network in San Juan, Puerto R more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on Government Operations issued the following testimony on Jan. 28 by David K. Colapinto, co-founder and general counsel of the National Whistleblower Center, at a hearing entitled "Protecting Those Who Blow the Whistle on Government Wrongdoing": Thank you for inviting me to testify today on the importance of federal whistleblowers and to provide suggestions for reforms to improve current laws. My name is David Colapinto and I  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The Natural Products Association issued the following news release: For the past 25 years, dietary supplements have been safely and properly regulated by the U.S. government under laws supported by Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), President Bill Clinton and other consumer protection scions, despite what columnist Yvonne Abraham claims in a recent column: "Dietary supplements, largely unregulated, deserve the state's skepticism." Americans trust the quality and safety of supple more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Progressive Policy Institute issued the following news release: Just days before the crucial Iowa caucuses on Monday, February 3rd, the Progressive Policy Institute's Center for Funding America's Future has released a comprehensive new analysis of the top four candidates' campaign proposals and how they would finance their agendas. "If a Democrat beats Donald Trump in November, he or she will inherit a federal budget that under-invests in America's future while running t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Earlier this week, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the William T. Coleman Jr. Department of Transportation Headquarters Act. This legislation would name the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) headquarters after William T. Coleman, Jr., the fourth United States Secretary of Transportation and first African American to serve in the position. "As we prep more PR