LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 1 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing a $20,000 civil penalty against Siloam Springs-based Ground Zero Construction, Inc. and its owner Rod Garman as part of a consent judgment issued in Benton County Circuit Court: "My office is charged with enforcing the Arkansas Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act, which requires excavator  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 8 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Dec. 7, 2023: * * * After filing a lawsuit against Knoxville, Arkansas-based Coast to Coast, Inc. in Pulaski County Circuit Court, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement: "Today I filed a lawsuit against Coast to Coast, Inc., a company that specializes in selling prefabricated metal structures, and its owners for violating the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. "  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Dec. 5 -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: Recently, Cooper University Health Care was honored to host a retirement ceremony for Colonel Kirby R. Gross, MD, FACS, following 21 years of distinguished service as a U.S. Army trauma surgeon. Dr. Gross came to Cooper in 2020 when he was assigned to Cooper's Division of Trauma Surgery and the Section of Military, Diplomatic, and Field Surgical Affairs as part of the Army Military-Civilian Trauma Tea  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led 14 colleagues in submitting a bicameral comment regarding the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)'s Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)'s proposed rule, "Unaccompanied Children Foundational Rule."  In their comment, the lawmakers express their support for the Biden Admini  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led 14 colleagues in submitting a bicameral comment regarding the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)'s Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)'s proposed rule, "Unaccompanied Children Foundational Rule."  In their comment, the lawmakers express their support for the Biden  more

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 1 -- The George W. Bush Presidential Center issued the following statement by President George W. Bush on the ex Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor: * * * Laura and I are saddened by the passing of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. It was fitting that Sandra became the first female appointed to our highest court, because she was a pioneer who lived by the code of the west. She was determined and honest, modest and considerate, dependable and self-re  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 29 -- The George W. Bush Presidential Center issued the following statement by President George W. Bush on Secretary Henry Kissinger: * * * "America has lost one of the most dependable and distinctive voices on foreign affairs with the passing of Henry Kissinger. "I have long admired the man who fled the Nazis as a young boy from a Jewish family, then fought them in the United States Army. When he later became Secretary of State, his appointment as a former refugee said as  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former Senate Finance Committee chairman and lead author of Medicare Part D, today commemorated 20 years since the benefit's enactment and outlined opportunities to lower prescription drug prices in a Newsweek op-ed. Watch Grassley speak about the milestone on the Senate floor HERE, and read his op-ed below. "Competition Is What's Needed to Break D  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation issued the following testimony by Jamil N. Jaffer, a founder and executive director of the National Security Institute, assistant professor of law and director of the National Security Law and Policy Program at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, involving a hearing on Nov. 29, 2023, entitled "Safeguarding the Federal Software Supply   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, issued the following news release: Los Angeles, California - Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12), Co-Chair of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, was recognized at the DIVAS Simply Singing! Raising Health Awareness benefit concert powered by Gilead Sciences. The annual benefit concert, which is executive produced and hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and The DIVA Foundation, helps raise awareness and funds for programs that  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: Lawmakers submit comment regarding HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement's proposed rule, "Unaccompanied Children Foundational Rule" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, joined U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and 13 other lawmakers in submitting a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: U.S. Action, in Coordination with Government of Mexico, Targets Notoriously Violent Drug Trafficking Organization Involved in Fentanyl Trafficking MEXICO CITY -- Today, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen announced during her travel to Mexico that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned 15 Mexican individuals-- several of whom are U.S. fugitive  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following testimony by Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment at the Heritage Foundation, involving a hearing on Nov. 14, 2023, entitled "Standing Up Against Corporate Greed: How Unions are Improving the Lives of Working Families": * * * Missed Opportunity: How the UAW Has Failed America's Working Families My name is Diana Furchtgott-Roth. I am the director o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led 14 colleagues in submitting a bicameral comment regarding the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)'s Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)'s proposed rule, "Unaccompanied Children Foundational Rule." In their comment, the la  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: ***Click here for photos.*** SIMI VALLEY - U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), participated in the 10th annual Reagan National Defense Forum in California which brings together political leaders and stakeholders in the defense community to discuss ways the U.S. can strengthen its national defense and global leadership. The forum is centered on Presiden  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Dec. 7 -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news on Dec. 6, 2023: On December 1, Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court, died. Members of the Princeton SPIA community offered their analysis of O'Connor's legacy, her decision to vacate her seat when she did, and her barrier-breaking nomination. "It is hard to overstate what her arrival on the Supreme Court meant for the rule of   more