WASHINGTON, March 1 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-359) on the Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act (H.R. 5585), which aims to impose criminal and immigration penalties for intentionally fleeing a pursuing federal officer while operating a motor vehicle. The report was advanced by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Jan. 25, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 5585, the Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act, introduced by Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, March 2 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure issued the following testimony by Col. Andrew Baker, commander of the Los Angeles District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at a field hearing on Feb. 15, 2024 entitled "Perspectives on Army Corps of Engineers Projects in Small, Rural and Underserved Communities": * * * Chairman Kelly, Ranking Member Cramer, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I am honored to   more

TUCSON, Arizona, March 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: On Wednesday, a federal grand jury indicted Larry Edward Brown, Jr., 42, of Peoria, on one count of Involuntary Manslaughter of an Officer of the United States. The indictment alleges that on August 17, 2023, Special Agents of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) used the firearm range at the Federal Correctional Institution - Phoenix for standard p  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: This week, during a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly highlighted the urgency of implementing aquifer recharge projects in Arizona--a key component of drought resiliency improvement efforts for cities like Tucson. Kelly, who championed legislation to require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to work with non-federal stakeholders to carry out aquifer rechar  more

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, March 2 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on Feb. 29, 2024, by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas while en route to Brownsville, Texas: * * * MS. DALTON: Good afternoon. We're on our way to Brownsville, Texas, where President Biden will meet with Border Patrol agents, law enforcement officials, frontline personnel, and elected leaders, including Representative Gonzalez, who i  more