WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Holly Hollman, general counsel, and Jennifer L. Hawks, associate general counsel, at the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, have issued a public comment on the Department of Homeland Security's proposed rule entitled "Equal Participation of Faith-Based Organizations in DHS's Programs and Activities: Implementation of Executive Order 13831". The comment was written on Feb. 18, 2020, and posted on Feb. 19, 2020: * * * BJC (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious  more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Holly Hollman, general counsel, and Jennifer L. Hawks, associate general counsel, at the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty have issued a public comment on the Department of Labor's proposed rule entitled "Equal Participation of Faith-Based Organizations in the Department of Labor's Programs and Activities: Implementation of Executive Order 13831". The comment was written on Feb. 18, 2020, and posted on Feb. 19, 2020: * * * BJC (Baptist Joint Committee for Rel more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 10:00 am, the Strategic Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), chaired by Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), will convene an open hearing to discuss challenges facing the United States Government (USG) - in particular, the Intelligence Commu more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 20 -- The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund issued the following news release: Less than three days before Latinos will play a key role in the outcome of the Nevada caucuses on February 22, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund released its profile of the Latino electorate in Nevada along with the state's key Congressional race to watch. According to NALEO Education more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Mark Takano, D-California, chairman of House Veterans' Affairs Committee, has issued a public comment on the Department of Veterans Affairs' proposed rule entitled "Joint Proposed Rule-Equal Participation of Faith-Based Organizations in Veterans Affairs Programs: Implementation of Executive Order 13831". The comment was written on Feb. 18, 2020, and posted on Feb. 20, 2020: * * * Please accept this letter in response to the open comment period for the proposed rule: more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley has a clear position on this Congress's priority list. "You can bet your boots, families care a lot more about what they're paying each month for their child's insulin than impeaching the president," the Iowa Republican said. The issue has become something of a focus for Grassley, who is working to bring more Republicans behind the bipartisan package of reforms intended to lower dru more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 21 [TNSfinancialresearch] -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Feb. 20: New scientific findings released today in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications, show that expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands and Papahanaumokuakea marine national monuments did not cause overall economic harm to the Hawai'i-based longline tuna fishing fleet. The results of this study, which was supported by the Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Project, represent more PR