WASHINGTON, June 19 (TNSfactL) -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following fact sheet on June 18, 2024, with Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas: * * * Fix Our Forests Act This comprehensive, bipartisan legislation restores forest health, increases resiliency to catastrophic wildfires, and protects communities by expediting environmental analyses, reducing frivolous lawsuits, and increasing the pace and scale of forest restoration projects. Sponsored by House Committee on Natural Re  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Reagan Stanford, abuse and neglect managing attorney at Disability Rights Arkansas, from a June 12, 2024, hearing entitled "Youth Residential Treatment Facilities: Examining Failures and Evaluating Solutions": * * * Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and members of the Senate Finance Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. My name is Reagan Stanford, I am the Abuse and Neglect Man  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: Congressman Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), along with Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter today to Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz to request that he investigate U.S. Attorney Jacqueline Romero. Romero, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, allegedly retaliated against one of her deputies because of the attorney's work investigatin  more