TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Jan. 30 -- The Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTM Research Reserve) announces that two of its volunteers, Ruben Allen and Jeff Finnan, are recipients of the Daily Point of Light Award for their outstanding community service. "We are thrilled that two of our volunteers are being acknowledged for their commitmen 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

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Jan. 31 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Theresa Mayer, executive vice president for research and partnerships at Purdue University, will be appointed to the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The White House announced Tuesday (Jan 28) that President Donald Trump intends to nominate and appoint Mayer and Hussein Tawbi of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to PCAST. "It is a tremendous honor to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following remarks at hearing on legislative proposals for paid family and medical leave: Next Tuesday will mark the 27th anniversary of the enactment of the Family and Medical Leave Act. This historic legislation gave most American workers the right to take unpaid leave to care for a child, a parent, or a spouse, or to deal with their own serious medical condition. When the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, issued the following remarks on Jan. 28 at a hearing to discuss legislative proposals to provide paid family and medical leave for workers. Next Tuesday will mark the 27th anniversary of the enactment of the Family and Medical Leave Act. This historic legislation gave most American workers the right to take unpaid leave to care for a child, a parent, or a spouse, or to deal with their own serious medical condition. When the FMLA was more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) applauded President Trump for signing the President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush Coin Act into law. In honor of the country's 41st President and First Lady's lives and service to the nation, the President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush Dollar Coin Act, which Portman co-led alongside Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), authorizes the immediate issuance of coins that bear their imag more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: This week, Senator Portman praised President Trump for signing into law the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). He released two videos highlighting the economic benefits of the agreement. Portman has been a leading advocate for USMCA, which will create at least 176,000 new jobs, expand opportunities for agricultural trade, encourage new opportunities for auto jobs in America, and add a new section on digital tr more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and U.S. Congressman Roger Williams (TX-25) released the following statements after President Trump signed the George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush Coin Act (S.457), their bill to authorize the immediate issuance of coins honoring President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush, into law: "The lives of President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush were characterized more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- The White House issued the following news release: On Monday, January 27, 2020, the President signed into law: H.R. 263, which renames the Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Nassau County, New York, as the "Congressman Lester Wolff Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge"; H.R. 434, the "Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act," which directs the Department of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Emancipation National Historic  more PR