WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for the Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act (H.R. 1726): * * * H.R. 1726 would require the Department of the Interior to work with various federal agencies, the State of Hawaii, and private landowners to address Rapid Ohia Death (ROD), a fungal disease of Hawaii's 'ohi'a lehua trees. Specifically, the bill would require the Forest Service to provide financial assistance to prevent the spread of ROD, re  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) led a letter signed by U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take action on rulemaking regarding digital discrimination. Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the FCC is required to issue rules within two years that facilitate   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chair of the Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Personnel, joined her fellow Armed Services Committee members, Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Angus King (D-Maine), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) to send a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConne  more