WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following transcript on May 4: KATHLEEN H. HICKS: Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us at CSIS for this two-part event that we're going to have on "Establishing a Bipartisan COVID-19 Commission." It's my pleasure to kick off our event with a conversation between two members of Congress who are co-sponsoring some bipartisan legislation to establish such a commission, and then we'll follow up with an expert panel hosted by my colleague Steve Morrison.  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 7 by Michael J. Green, senior vice president for Asia and Japan chair, and Kurt M. Campbell, chairman of chief executive officer, and co-founder of The Asia Group: We awoke this morning to a beautiful spring day in Washington and the shocking news that veteran Japanese diplomat and businessman Yukio Okamoto had been taken by Covid-19 at the age of 74. Like many in this town, we are deeply saddened at the loss of a friend and mentor wh more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following news release: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing a 90-day solicitation seeking applications for a special Pool Safely Grant Program (PSGP) offered to state and local governments. CPSC will award up to $2 million in two-year grants to assist jurisdictions in reducing deaths and injuries from drowning and drain entrapment incidents in pools and spas. The Pool Safely grant program is a part of CPSC's national campaign to make drowning an more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following news release on May 8: Today, retired Lieutenant General Russel L. Honore, who was appointed by President George W. Bush to lead a unified taskforce in response to Hurricane Katrina, provided a video briefing to Democratic and Republican Members of the Committee on Oversight and Reform on lessons from Katrina that could improve the Trump Administration's response to the coronavirus crisis. Chairwoman Maloney issue more PR