WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RS22478) on Sept. 8, 2021, entitled "Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress" by naval affairs specialist Ronald O'Rourke: * * * Summary Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President and in accordance with rules prescribed by Congress. Rules for giving certain types of names to certain types of Navy ships ha  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RS22478) on Sept. 8, 2021, entitled "Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 3) Expeditionary Fast Transports (EPFs) Expeditionary fast transports (EPFs), which until May 2011 were being procured by the Army as well as by the Navy, were at first named for American traits and values. In December 2009, the naming rule for EPFs was changed to small U.S. cities.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) introduced the Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area (FFNHA) for another 15 years. Established in 2006, the FFNHA is one of 55 National Heritage Areas throughout the United States and focuses on generating economic activity and increasing tourism   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: Ahead of the Senate returning to session next week, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released a multi-step path forward on getting to the bottom of the origins of COVID-19 and holding China accountable for its actions surrounding the earliest days of the outbreak. The plan comes on the heels of the release of an unclassified summary of President Joe Biden's 90-day investigation into the v  more