WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The Center for Education Reform issued the following news release: State of the Union address by President Donald J. Trump will very likely include more than a passing reference to education reform, and specifically, the Administration's effort to enact education freedom scholarships to help low-income students choose the schools they'd prefer to attend outside of their attendance zone. Tonight will not be the first time, nor the last, that a president makes a national pi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued the following testimony on Feb. 5 by Monique Limon, chair of Banking and Finance Committee at the California State Assembly, at a hearing entitled "Rent-A-Bank Schemes and New Debt Traps: Assessing Efforts to Evade State Consumer Protections and Interest Rate Caps": Thank you for holding this hearing and inviting me to testify on how rent-a-bank schemes undermine the roles of states in protecting consumers. My name is Monique  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 116-335) on the Trump-Ukraine impeachment inquiry report together with minority views. The report was advanced by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, on Dec. 11. UPDATED Continued from Part 1 The President's Intimidation of Witnesses President Trump publicly attacked and intimidated witnesses who came forward to comply with duly authorized subpoenas and testify about his misconduct, raising grave conc more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) is proud to announce the U.S. House of Representatives' passage of H.R. 3976, legislation renaming the post office located at 12711 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit after the late national recording artist Aretha Franklin. Signed by every member of the Michigan Congressional Delegation, the official name of the post office would become the "Aretha Franklin Post Offic more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following column: When it comes to matters of war, you might have heard of something called an authorization for the use of military force (AUMF). In recent days following Iranian aggression and the President Trump's use of defensive force, there has been a lot of attention paid to prior authorizations and the U.S. military's ongoing presence in the Middle East. This was a primary focus of the legislative activity in the House last wee more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- In the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, sent a question to the Chief Justice for review by the Senate: The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senator Blumenthal to the House managers: On April 24, 2019--one day after the media reported that former Vice President Biden would formally enter the 2020 U.S. Presidential race--the State Department executed President Trump's order to recall Ambassador Marie Yovanovitc more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force District of Washington issued the following news: Celebrating a 100th birthday is monumental in itself, but for retired Col. Charles E. McGee, shortly after this celebration he would reach yet another milestone in his successful career. On Feb. 4, he found himself in the Oval Office at the White House being promoted to brigadier general by President Donald Trump. "At first I would say 'wow,' but looking back, it would have been nice to have had that du more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Homestead Air Reserve Base (482nd Fighter Wing) issued the following news: Celebrating a 100th birthday is monumental in itself, but for retired Col. Charles E. McGee, shortly after this celebration he would reach yet another milestone in his successful career. On Feb. 4, he found himself in the Oval Office at the White House being promoted to brigadier general by President Donald Trump. "At first I would say 'wow,' but looking back, it would have been more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Celebrating a 100th birthday is monumental in itself, but for retired Col. Charles E. McGee, shortly after this celebration he would reach yet another milestone in his successful career. On Feb. 4, he found himself in the Oval Office at the White House being promoted to brigadier general by President Donald Trump. "At first I would say 'wow,' but looking back, it would have been nice to have had that during active duty, but i more PR