WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing on the Department of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2024 budget request. Chairman Rogers' remarks as prepared for delivery: Today we complete our FY24 budget and posture hearings with the Department of the Navy. I want to tha  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, April 29 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) announced $1.2 million for the Community Action Association of Alabama to help alleviate the need for diapers among Alabama's babies and toddlers. This grant is designed to expand existing diaper distribution programs as part of the Diaper Distribution Demonstration and Research Pilot at the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) at the Depart  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), the ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Children and Families, today joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers to introduce the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act. Senator Tuberville announced his support for the legislation at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol with Paris Hilton an  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) highlighted the critical importance of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' work at the Port of Mobile during a recent hearing of the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. As Alabama's only seaport, the Port of Mobile has a statewide economic impact of $85 billion and generates nearly 313,000 direct and indirect jobs. The port han  more