WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release: On Thursday, Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) delivered remarks on the House floor to urge Republicans to deliver on their promises starting with confirming President-Elect Trump's cabinet nominees. Key quotes from the interview are below and the interview clip is available here(link is external): "I agree with Pete Hegseth that wokeism is destroying the United States military. I agree with Pete that we don't nee  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. LSB10694) on Dec. 5, 2024, by legislative attorney Joanna R. Lampe: * * * Funding Limits on Federal Prosecutions of State-Legal Medical Marijuana Federal law generally prohibits the production, distribution, and possession of marijuana for both medical and recreational purposes. In May 2024, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposed to change the status of marijuana under t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued a final rule in the Federal Register on Dec. 6, 2024, entitled "Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-216 and V-380, and Revocation of VOR Federal Airways V-549 and V-551 in the Vicinity of Mankato, KS". Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY: This action amends Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airway V-216 and revokes VOR Federal Airways V-549 and V-551. VOR Federal Airway V-380  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair and Founder of the Senate DOGE Caucus, unveiled a detailed report showing how federal bureaucrats have abused telework and locality pay to fleece taxpayers out of billions of dollars. Based off her investigations, Ernst's report lays out a roadmap for fixing the broken federal workforce that she will work to implement with the Trump administration and the Department of Go  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) voted for the Crucial Communism Teaching Act, which would direct the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation to create a curriculum to educate high school students about the dangers and history of communism. "According to recent statistics, nearly one third of America's youth hold a favorable opinion of communism and nearly twenty percent believe that communism is bet  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 6 -- The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: LANCASTER, PA -- The PA Chamber's Annual Women in Business Conference has been growing by leaps and bounds since its inception a few years ago, inviting women (and men) from every step in their professional journey to come together for a day of engagement, networking, and professional development with the brightest and best business leaders across the Commonwe  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 7 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) in a flock of commercial layer chickens in Sioux County, Iowa. This is Iowa's fourth detection of H5N1 HPAI within poultry in 2024, and our state's first de  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 7 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2024: Gov. Kim Reynolds today signed an extension of the proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, and manure. The proclamation is effective immediately and continues through January 7, 2025. The proclamation allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage, stover, fertilizer (dry, liquid, and gas), and manure (dry and liquid) to be over  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A man who conspired with others to distribute large quantities of cocaine that resulted in the death of a young Dubuque woman pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Maurice Randolph, age 44, from Dubuque, Iowa, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams of more of cocaine within 1000 feet of several parks and schools in Dubuque, I  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Q: How does the nominations process work following a presidential election? A: Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution grants the president the power to nominate individuals to certain positions outlined in the Constitution or created by federal law. During the time between a presidential election in November and inauguration in January, a president-elect makes consequential decisions to assemble a te  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: December 6, 2024 U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and six of their Senate Republican colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen raising concerns with the delayed implementation and enforcement of sanctions on Iran's oil sector. The Senators urged the Treasury Department to  more