CLINTON, Mississippi, June 24 (TNSres) -- Mississippi College issued the following news on June 23, 2022: Who would have expected the Mississippi College student who sang and danced as Lucy in "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" to have a successful career in marketing, research, and strategic planning? Billie Ruth Blalock (BR to all) first heard of Mississippi College while in junior high school, visiting her family in Moorhead. She met a trio of young Christian men who attended MC. George Fiel  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, issued the following news release on June 21, 2022: Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23), Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08), House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (LA-01), House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (NY-21), and Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) introduced the Political BIAS Emails Act to end Big Tech's use of biased algorithms that filter political emails. This bi  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, June 23 (TNSres) -- Marquette University issued the following news release: A new Marquette Law School Poll survey of Wisconsin finds close races shaping up in both Republican and Democratic gubernatorial and U.S. Senate primaries in August, as well as in the November U.S. Senate race. The poll also finds that incumbent Gov. Tony Evers has an early advantage in the general election for governor. In the first Marquette Law School Poll conducted since he entered the race in  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 (TNStalk) -- The Progressive Policy Institute issued the following statement by President Will Marshall: * * * "Two terrible rulings by the most ideologically strident Supreme Court in memory drive home to Americans how the Republican Party's embrace of political extremism threatens their liberties and safety. "Today, the Court's far-right majority struck down Roe v. Wade, depriving Americans of a right to abortion established as the law of the land nearly a half-century a  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Julia Brownley, D-California, issued the following statement on June 24, 2022: * * * Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) released the following statement after today's Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. "Today, the Supreme Court of the United States took unprecedented, deeply disappointing, and ideologically driven action to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision protecting the right to safe and legal abortion. "Today's d  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. "Today, in its radical decision, the Court reversed 50 years of established precedent that recognized and protected a woman's right to make her own decisions about her health care. Today's ruling is part of an ongoing, fundament  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, issued the following news release: On Friday, June 24, 2022, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) released the following statement: "It is exceedingly regrettable and unfortunate that the GOP--the Grand Old Party, the party of Lincoln--has degenerated and devolved into the COT--the Cult of Trump. It is no longer the party of the people, by the people, and for the people, but rather, the party of Trump, by Trump, and for Trump," Congressman Al Green said.   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, issued the following statement on June 23, 2022: * * * "The Texas Republican party has lost its way. In the recent 2022 Texas State Republican Convention, Republicans adopted a series of priorities that are antithetical to the ideals on which our nation was founded. These measures include repealing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, holding a referendum on the secession of Texas from the United States, and abolishing a woman's right to make decisions   more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Arizona, issued the following news release on June 21, 2022: U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) introduced the Political Bias in Algorithm Sorting Emails Act (Political BIAS Emails Act) to hold Big Tech accountable for using biased algorithms that filter political emails and to increase transparency on the censoring practices used by Big Tech companies. Lesko was joined by House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23), Whip Steve Scalise (LA-01)  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) released the following statement following the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, as delivered at a press conference hosted by Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez: "This Supreme Court decision is the first ever to take a constitutional right away from Americans. This is a bleak day for our country," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 24, 2022: Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. issued the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the landmark, 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade that gave all American woman control over their reproductive health care decisions. The Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that the right to an abortion and women's reproductive health care decisions should be decided  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Adam Smith, D-Washington, issued the following statement: * * * Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which breaks from more than 50 years of precedent and strips millions of Americans of their reproductive rights. "Today's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade means that millions of Americans will be stripped of their right to make deeply personal and  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: Representative Gus Bilirakis and Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) have introduced the Political Bias in Algorithm Sorting Emails Act (Political BIAS Emails Act) to hold Big Tech accountable for using biased algorithms that filter political emails and to increase transparency on the censoring practices used by Big Tech companies. Bilirakis and Lesko were joined by House Republican Leader Kevin McCart  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following remarks on June 24, 2022, during her weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center: Speaker Pelosi. There's no point in saying 'good morning' because it certainly is not one. This morning, the radical Supreme Court is eviscerating Americans' rights and endangering their health and safety. But the Congress will continue to act to overcome this extremism and protect the American people. Today, the Republ  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe vs. Wade: * * * "The Republican-controlled Supreme Court has achieved the GOP's dark and extreme goal of ripping away women's right to make their own reproductive health decisions. Because of Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, the Republican Party and their supermajority on the Supreme Court, American women today have less freedom than their mothers. "With   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Marie Newman, D-Illinois, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Representative Marie Newman (IL-03) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. "The Supreme Court's radical decision to overthrow decades of the legally protected right to an abortion in the United States is barbaric, cruel and a harrowing blow to gender equality. When you take away a woman's right to decide when and under what circumstanc  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 22 (TNSper) -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Gov. Spencer J. Cox has appointed Colin Jack to fill the House District 62 vacancy. "We're grateful to Colin for his commitment to serving the public," Gov. Cox said. "We're confident that as a state representative he will serve our state with diligence and integrity, and we look forward to working with him in this new role." Jack is a life-long Republican and has been active in the Republican P  more