WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Florida, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Feb. 6, 2023, entitled "Protecting Missing and Exploited Children": * * * Thank you, everyone, for gathering here today. I especially want to thank Ms. DeLaune for offering up her time to testify and, moreover, for her service to missing children across the nation. The Com  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho) and more than 100 other lawmakers in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States to support Idaho as it defends its Defense of Life Act. The Biden administration claims to have discovered a new power in the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a   more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 27 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: The Gander reported today that Mike Rogers "lobbied for a nationwide abortion ban and repeatedly introduced federal legislation that would've restricted access to reproductive health care--including four bills that would've made IVF treatment illegal nationwide." The legislation that Rogers co-sponsored "would've had the exact same effect as the recent ruling in Alabama--only on a muc  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 27 -- America's Public Television Stations issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: America's Public Television Stations (APTS) today presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Patrick Butler, president and chief executive officer of APTS. The Lifetime Achievement Award is given on rare occasions to leaders who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to public broadcasting over the course of their careers. Having served as president and CEO of APTS fo  more