WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) introduced a joint resolution of disapproval to strike down the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' (ATF) rule on the definition of "Engaged in the Business" as a Dealer in Firearms, which ignores the law and congressional intent and flagrantly violates the Constitution to try to require anyone  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials released the following written testimony by Tristan Brown, deputy administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, from a hearing dated May 7, 2024, entitled "Ensuring Safety and Reliability: Examining the Reauthorization Needs of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration": * * * Good mornin  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The Library of Congress issued the following news: The 56 affiliated Centers for the Book of the Library of Congress have chosen books, called Great Reads, that will be recognized at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival, the Library announced today. Every year since 2002, these Library affiliates have chosen a book to celebrate at the Book Festival in the Library's Roadmap to Reading -- a vast space at the festival where every center has a table to promote   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) voted to advance H.R. 8369, the Israel Security Assistance Support Act. Last week, President Biden announced that his administration would withhold a shipment of weapons to Israel if Israel invaded Rafah. The Israel Security Assistance Support Act prevents the Biden Administration and any future administration from withholding, halting, reversing, or canceling weap  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced bipartisan legislation that would streamline access to prescription drugs that require a health plan's approval. Known as prior authorization, physicians and other clinicians must go through mind-numbing administrative hurdles to get their patients the prescription med  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Senate Western Caucus Vice Chair Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) in introducing three Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions to overturn the Biden administration's reversal of key reforms to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by the Trump administration that increased stakeholder  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) today introduced three Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions to overturn the Biden administration's reversal of key reforms to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by the Trump administration that increased stakeholder engagement, defined critical habitat and ensured species recovery   more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following written joint testimony by Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm and Jill M. Hruby, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, from a hearing dated April 17, 2024, entitled "The Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration Atomic Energy Defense Activities in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years Defense Program": * * * Chairma  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, from a hearing dated April 10, 2024, entitled "The Posture of United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years Defense Program": * * * Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Wicker, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for   more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led a letter to Inspector General Robert Storch of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) commending him for beginning an investigation on funding China's research labs as required by the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and requesting that he broaden the scope of his investigation to include other DoD funding of risky virology research. Through his efforts to determ  more