WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R43625) on March 3, 2021, entitled "SBA Office of Advocacy: Overview, History, and Current Issues" by Robert Jay Dilger, American national government senior specialist: Summary The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) is an "independent" office within the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) that advances "the views and concerns of small businesses before Congress, the White House, federal agencies, the fed  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: This week, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) sent a letter to President Biden, requesting that he follow through on his recently issued "America's Supply Chains" Executive Order by empowering Minnesota's miners to safely extract the abundance of critical minerals located in Minnesota's Eighth Congressional District. Stauber's letter was signed by every Republican Member of the Minnesota delegation. Of this  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: U.S. Reps. Tom Tiffany (WI-07) and Scott Perry (PA-10) introduced legislation calling for the U.S. to resume formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan and end the outdated and counter-productive "One China Policy." The bill (H. Con. Res. 21) also directs the Biden administration to support Taiwan's membership in international organizations, and to initiate negotiations with Taipei on crafting a U.S.-Taiwan Fr  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 4 -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars issued the following news release: By the time the U.S. declared war on Germany in 1917, the Navy had already opened its doors to women, assigning them ground jobs that freed up men for sea service. The need ashore was even greater. As the first American forces began arriving in France that summer, they found the communications network in disarray. In three years of combat, telephone lines were shot, shelled and bombed faster than   more