WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: Birmingham, AL -- Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) announced that her office is now accepting submissions for the 2024 Congressional Art Competition. The competition is open to high school students from both public and private schools throughout Alabama's 7th Congressional District, as well as home-schooled high school students. The winner will receive free round-trip airfare for two to Washington D.C.  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Following a hearing in February when U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) urged Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to extend the poultry line speed waiver past the expiration date of March 31, 2024, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the waivers are being extended until November 15, 2024. This is big news for Alabama, as eight poultry plants in the state participate in the mo  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined his colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai, expressing concern with a regulation that could negatively impact U.S. paper and pulp producers. The regulation, called the European Union's Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR), would impose costly reporting requirements for American companies in the forest products industry  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Following warnings from U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), the U.S. Department of Commerce has reversed a preliminary decision that would have greatly reduced antidumping duties on imported catfish from companies controlled by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.  The Commerce Department action followed concerns raised by the Senators that the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry  more