SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 18 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following news release: Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the appointment of Congresswoman Donna Shalala to serve on the Congressional Oversight Commission, a key oversight body of the historic $2 trillion CARES Act. "Congresswoman Donna Shalala is a deeply respected and highly accomplished leader in the Congress and country, who has for decades led the fight to defend the health and economic security of  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 15: Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) led a letter to House of Representatives leadership urging inclusion of their bipartisan Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act of 2019, HR 3771, in next Coronavirus response bill. Both Representatives are veterinarians and co-chairs of the Veterinary Medicine Caucus. "This bipartisan legislation will dramatically streng more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 15 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Two days ago, President Donald Trump retweeted a call to "#FireFauci", referring to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the federal government's top infectious disease specialist and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). As currently written, the law allows the U.S. President to fire for any reason Directors of the national research institutes and national cen more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, April 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 17: Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference where he issued three new Executive Orders to begin the process of reopening the state of Texas while revising hospital capacity and certain social distancing guidelines. Within the orders, select activities and services that pose minimal to no threat of spreading COVID-19 are allowed to reopen using a "Retail-To-Go" model, certain restrictions on sur more PR