WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45688) on Oct. 25, 2022, entitled "Timber Harvesting on Federal Lands" by natural resources policy analyst Anne A. Riddle. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Congress has granted some federal land management agencies the authority to sell timber from federal lands. Two agencies, the Forest Service (FS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), conduct timber sales as an authorized use. Together,  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2022: At today's press conference at Chicago Union Station, alongside Metra CEO Jim Derwinski, Metra COO Kevin McCann, and Hanover Park Mayor Rodney Craig, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi released a new memo detailing the frequency and duration of delays caused by freight interference on Metra's Milwaukee District-West (MD-W) line. The memo, which draws from Metra's publicly availab  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. - an OBGYN who delivered more than 5,000 babies - joined a letter this month with eight of his Republican colleagues to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) seeking answers on recent baby formula shortages and asking for an investigation into the impact sole-source contracts in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids applauded the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service's action to fix the "family glitch," a loophole that previously stopped families with unaffordable employer-sponsored coverage from accessing lower premiums. It's estimated that 40,000 Kansans fell into the glitch and will now be able to access lower premiums through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), starti  more