WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2025: Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman Early L. "Buddy" Carter (GA-01), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, announced a hearing titled Combatting Existing and Emerging Illicit Drug Threats. "With hundreds of thousands of people dying of opioid-related causes ove  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell Proud to Confirm Burgum as Interior Secretary Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today regarding the confirmation of Doug Burgum as U.S. Secretary of the Interior: "Doug Burgum will be a great asset at the Department of the Interior. From serving as Governor of North Dakota, he understands the real-world conse  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Representative Thomas Massie announces that he has reintroduced H.R. 899, a bill to abolish the federal Department of Education. H.R. 899 is one sentence long, stating, "The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2026." "Unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. should not be in charge of our children's intellectual and moral development," said Rep. Massie. "States and local communities ar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) are probing the outgoing Biden Administration's overuse of collective bargaining agreements to entrench telework and cement policies that hinder the Trump Administration's   more