WASHINGTON, July 26 (TNSrep) -- The Joint Economic Committee issued the following 129-page minority response on June 24, 2022, to the "2022 Economic Report of the President": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 8) CHAPTER 1: THE IMPORTANCE OF DEFINED GOALS FOR SOUND ECONOMIC POLICY The economic policy of the United States should be grounded in common goals rooted in the American ethos. The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) and the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) are institutions designed to do j  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 4631) to "amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the Deerfield River for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system." The bill was introduced on July 27 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt. It was referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 4612) to "protect a person's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception." The bill was introduced on July 26 and has 22 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on July 20, 2022: Mr. President, I rise to highlight the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's vote to favorably report the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act to the full Senate for its consideration. This legislation, the first reauthorization since 1999, is critically important to strengthening American leadership in the world. Last year, the Peace Corp  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 4616) to "amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits." The bill was introduced on July 26 and has 13 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Tim  more