WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on the student learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic (No. IF12264) on Dec. 5, 2022 by education policy specialist Rebecca R. Skinner: * * * In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, elementary and secondary schools across the nation closed their doors and pivoted to alternative methods of providing instruction and other services, such as school meals. According to Education Week, by the end   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) announced today that she will take the gavel as chairman of the Senate Western Caucus for the 118th Congress. She succeeds Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) as he steps into the role of chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. "Wyoming issues are western issues and it is critical to elevate their importance with policymakers and agencies here in Washington,"  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: Standing at Wyoming County Community Hospital (WCCH) as Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV) cases surge in children across Western New York, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today launched a major new push to increase federal support for Upstate hospitals strained by the dramatic increase in RSV cases. Flanked by pediatricians on the frontlines, Schumer explained  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news and letter: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm demanding answers on DOE's $200 million grant to Microvast, a lithium battery company that operates primarily out of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following commentary on the Fox News, on Dec. 5, 2022: * * * President Joe Biden gave an early Christmas present to one of the worst human rights abusers in the world: Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and his regime. Easing sanctions on Venezuela is bad energy policy for America. It's bad foreign policy. It's bad environmental policy. Biden's giveaway is te  more