WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Chair Ernst Delivers Opening Remarks at Kelly Loeffler Nomination Hearing WASHINGTON - Today, at the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing on the nomination of former Senator Kelly Loeffler to serve as the Small Business Administration (SBA) administrator, Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) highlighted how Loeffler's track record as a successful business leader provides the exact experien  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Employment up in 33 states in 2024 January 29, 2025 Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 33 states and was essentially unchanged in 17 states and the District of Columbia from December 2023 to December 2024. * Chart* Chart Data Change in nonfarm employment by state, December 2023 to December 2024 # Change in nonfarm employment by state,  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: A man from Puerto Rico, formerly living in Manchester, pleaded guilty today in federal court for leading a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Lewistone Baez Miranda, age 50, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, cocaine. Baez Miranda is the third of six defe  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) discussed the various challenges health care providers and patients in rural America face with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald J. Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. Specifically, Senator Barrasso and Mr. Kennedy discussed the threat of hospital closures and the lack of maternity services in rural and frontier com  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2025: Less than 24 hours after President Trump announced a wide-reaching federal funding freeze, halting nearly all federal grants and loans to support New Hampshire communities, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan today detailed how the President's illegal and unconstitutional action is already harming Granite Staters during a press conference in the U.S. Capitol. Click here (https://youtu.be/8E8w  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) slammed President Trump's Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for being "willing to sacrifice your values, your knowledge, if President Trump tells you to do that," specifically highlighting Mr. Kennedy's flip-flopping on issues such as reproductive freedom. Click here to w  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) reintroduced the Global Health, Empowerment and Rights (HER) Act. The Senators' bipartisan legislation would permanently repeal the harmful Global Gag Rule, also known as the Mexico Ci  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ranking Member of the State Department and USAID Management Subcommittee, and Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, issued the following statement on  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: Today, at the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing on the nomination of former Senator Kelly Loeffler to serve as the Small Business Administration (SBA) administrator, Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) highlighted how Loeffler's track record as a successful business leader provides the exact experience needed t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Named Ranking Member of Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced she will serve as Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food a  more