WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C.--Today, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) introduced the Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act to reform the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) procedures for issuing energy efficiency standards for home appliances. This legislation prohibits DOE from prescribing any new or amended energy efficiency standards for a product that are not technologically feasible and economically justified. "U  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Cybersecurity Subcommittee, announced $9,000,000 to establish two new Master's programs in artificial intelligence (AI) development and practical machine learning. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected West Virginia University (WVU), Marshall University (MU), Florida International Unive  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Budget bill funds Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies and programs Yesterday, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly secured funding for key Arizona priorities in the first government funding bill for fiscal year 2024, which passed the Senate with broad bipartisan support. The funds will strengthen our national defense, support veterans   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Space and Science, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Oct. 18, 2023, entitled "Promoting Safety, Innovation, and Competitiveness in U.S. Commercial Human Space Activities": * * * Welcome everyone to our hearing of the U.S. Senate Space and Science Subcommittee. Thank you to each of our witnesses for their participation today, to subcommittee Ranking  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, issued the following statement on Nov. 2, 2023: * * * Rep. Greg Stanton released the following statement ahead of a vote on House Republican's partisan, conditional proposal for aid to Israel. "Israel needs our strong, unified and bipartisan support now more than ever to defend itself against Hamas' terror. But today, House Republicans are attempting to use critical aid for an ally at war as a cynical, partisan bargaining chip. It's a dange  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Today, Arizona Senator and Navy combat veteran Mark Kelly highlighted the ongoing consequences of Sen. Tuberville's reckless military promotion blockade and called on Republican and Democratic senators to consider a proposal that will allow the Senate to vote on nominations en bloc. Currently, the senator from Alabama is holding up the confirmation of 367 Admirals and Generals that have already been vetted an  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore, and U.S. Representatives Anna G. Eshoo, D-Calif., and Debbie Lesko, R-Arizona, today reintroduced their bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help prevent domestic abusers from using technology to stalk, harass or control survivors. "Domestic abuse survivors are already recovering from tough situations - they shouldn't also have to worry about their abusers hacki  more