WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced $2,922,731 in Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) funding for infrastructure improvements at DiMillo's Marina in Portland and Peaks Island Marina. Funding for BIG is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and was reauthorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Collins, King, and Pingree helped   more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10349) on April 12, 2024, by Bryce H. P. Mendez, defense health care policy analyst. Here are excerpts: * * * Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Funding for FY2024 Members of Congress are frequently lobbied to add funding to annual defense appropriation legislation for certain medical research programs on a wide variety of diseases and topics. In addressing annual appro  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11451) on April 11, 2024, by legislative attorney Edward C. Liu: * * * Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA): An Overview Introduction Congress enacted the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in 1978. FISA provides a statutory framework for government agencies to obtain authorization to gather foreign intelligence by means of (1) electronic surveillance, (2) physical s  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12633) on April 11, 2024, by income security specialists Julie M. Whittaker and Katelin P. Isaacs: * * * Unemployment Compensation, Labor Disputes, and Strikes Introduction Labor disputes among workers and employers may involve temporary work stoppages. Strikes occur when workers initiate the work stoppage. Lockouts happen when employers refuse to allow employees to work. For 2023, t  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed two federal grants totaling $2,470,000 million for Dona Ana County from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to address our changing climate. DOE awarded $470,000 to the City of Las Cruces for its Plugged in for Good (PIFG) Energy Alliance  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Q: What's your recent work on behalf of Iowa airports and sustainable aviation fuel? A: Throughout my service in the U.S. Senate, I make it my business to ensure the people's business is managed effectively throughout the federal bureaucracy. From tracking taxpayer dollars to holding federal agencies accountable for the services they provide the American people, my legislative and oversight work includ  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) today announced that the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Native Hawaiian Relations has made an additional $1 million in annual funding for Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs) available through the Heritage Opportunities in Hawai'i (HO'IHI) grant program. The funding is made possible by the Native American Tour  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following testimony by Carter Snead, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, involving a hearing on March 20, 2024, entitled "The Continued Assault on Reproductive Freedoms in a Post-Dobbs America": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Durbin and Senator Graham, and thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. When the Supreme Court decided in Dobbs that the Constitution does not preclude the people from governing   more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: (Laconia, NH) - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, continued on her "Invest in NH Tour" to highlight the more than $100 million Shaheen secured for 101 Granite State projects and priorities in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 government funding legislation that was signed into law in March. For today's tour, Shaheen visited the Lakes Regi  more