WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are demanding answers on the Administration's decision to cancel funding for ten National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country, including in more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released the following public communication dated April 2, 2025, from Accountable Tech and 34 collaborators: * * * To: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street NW Washington, D.C. 20552 RE: Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices (Regulation V), Docket No. CFPB-2024-0044 or RIN 3170-AB27 * * * Dear CFPB Officials: We write to express our strong support for the Consumer Financial Protection Bure more ST

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex, has announced the repatriation of 98 cultural items, including stone anchors, metal buttons, glass trade beads, and projectile points. These items, which were collected from a burial site on a family farm in Clark County, Washington, have been determined to be unassociated funerary objects with cultural ties to Native American tribes. The items were origi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending April 12, 2025: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 12, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 215,000, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 223,000 to 224,000. The 4-week moving average was 220,750, a decrease of 2,500 from more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Lofgren, Matsui, Merkley Reintroduce Legislation to Give Individuals an Opportunity to Invest in Building America's Clean-Energy Future Modeled after WWII victory bonds, Clean Energy Victory Bonds would spur investment in clean-energy projects, create jobs, & help U.S. fight the climate crisis WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) and Doris Matsui (CA-07) and U.S. Senator Jeff more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: * * * Lofgren, Matsui, Merkley Reintroduce Legislation to Give Individuals an Opportunity to Invest in Building America's Clean-Energy Future # Modeled after WWII victory bonds, Clean Energy Victory Bonds would spur investment in clean-energy projects, create jobs, & help U.S. fight the climate crisis WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) and Doris Ma more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on April 16, 2025: * * * Merkley Calls on GAO to Conduct Audit of DOGE's Destruction of U.S. Foreign Aid Merkley Pushing GAO to Detail National Security, Foreign Policy Implications of Trump Administration's Department of Government Efficiency's Actions Gutting Foreign Assistance WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Ancient Footprints Unearthed at John Day Fossil Beds Reveal Prehistoric Animal Behaviors New 3D analysis uncovers rare trace fossils showing how birds, lizards, and mammals lived in Oregon millions of years ago KIMBERLY, Ore. -- A groundbreaking paleontological discovery at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument has uncovered fossilized footprints dating back as far as 5 more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (PMAE) at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of human remains in compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The remains were collected from various locations across Alaska and Oregon, including the Office of Indian Affairs, Field Service, Nome Census Area, and the Chemawa (Salem) Indian School in Oregon. A total of 23 human remains ha more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, through its Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex, has announced the repatriation of human remains and associated funerary objects to the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. The remains and artifacts, including 166 trade beads, were originally excavated in 1984 by Historical Research Associates, Inc. from the Wapato Portage (45-CL-4) site o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Rounds Reintroduces Legislation to Address Anti-Competitive Practices in Meat Processing Industry WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) recently reintroduced bipartisan legislation to address anticompetitive practices in the meat and poultry industries that threaten the nation's food supply and national security. Roun more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 55) entitled "CSX Transportation Inc. - Discontinuance of Service Exemption - in Bergen County, New Jersey, and Rockland County, New York": * * * CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service to discontinue service over an approximately 7.51-mile rai more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Air Force has announced its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Homeland Defense Over-the-Horizon Radar (HLD-OTHR) project across the northwest United States. The proposed radar system is intended to provide persistent, long-range early detection of airborne threats approaching the North American continent--capabilities that would extend beyond the line-of-sight limitations of traditional radar. The notice outlin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Blasts Trump Killing Free Direct Tax Filing Washington, D.C. -- Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., blasted Donald Trump's Treasury Department for reportedly bowing to lobbyists and killing the Direct File tax service, which allowed taxpayers in 25 states to file their taxes with the IRS for free, without using a third-party t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on April 16, 2025: * * * Wyden Statement on Trump Drug Pricing Executive Order Washington, D.C. -- Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Trump Administration issued an executive order related to prescription drug pricing. "Just like his first term, Trump is all bark and no bite when it comes to  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden: Trump Is Illegally Weaponizing the Tax Code And Every American Is At Risk Washington, D.C. -- Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., blasted Donald Trump's reported order to revoke Harvard's nonprofit status based on the content of its courses. "If Trump gets away with weaponizing the tax system to target a political enemy, eve more PR