WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce Bicameral Resolution to Keep All Options on the Table to Counter a Nuclear-Armed Iran WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) and Katie Britt (R-Alabama) along with U.S. Representatives Jared Moskowitz (D-Florida-23) and Mike Lawler (R-New York-17) this week introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 30, 2025 AIR FORCE BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Rockville, Maryland, has been awarded an increased ceiling modification (P00790) of $1,192,897,112 to a previously awarded contract (FA8214-13-C-0001) for sustaining engineering services. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $3,134,640,338 from $1,941,743,226. Work will be performed at   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the comment periods for three separate notices published in the Federal Register in December 2024. The notice regarding the draft risk evaluation for 1,3-butadiene (FRL-12241-02-OCSPP), originally set to close on February 3, 2025, now has a new deadline of March 5, 2025. Additionally, comments on the updated mitigation proposal for atrazine (FRL-9941-02-OCSPP), initially due by February 3, 2025, will now be ac  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Following Constituent Concerns, Deluzio Calls for Social Security Administration to Clarify In-Person Appointment Policy CARNEGIE, PA - This week, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) sent a letter to Acting Social Security Administrator Michelle King calling for clarity on the Administration's policy on in-person appointments. His office received multiple complaints from constituents seeking in-p  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Following Constituent Concerns, Deluzio Calls for Social Security Administration to Clarify In-Person Appointment Policy CARNEGIE, PA - This week, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) sent a letter to Acting Social Security Administrator Michelle King calling for clarity on the Administration's policy on in-person appointments. His office received multiple complaints from constituents seeking in-person  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * Hero William Hart's stolen Gold Lifesaving Medal The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) The United States Coast Guard honored William C. Hart, a Philadelphia nativ  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Houlahan, Sherrill, Goodlander Call on Secretary Hegseth to Support Service Women WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, the Department of Defense rescinded a policy that allows service members to be reimbursed for travel and transportation to receive the reproductive care they need. Representative Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), alongside her fellow democratic women veterans in the House of Representative  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Today, Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported an annual personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index of 2.6 percent for December 2024: "While we've made real progress in the last year, we still h  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Philadelphia arrests 7 in worksite enforcement operation PHILADELPHIA -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a worksite enforcement operation Jan. 28 at Complete Autowash in Philadelphia based on allegations employees were being subjected to labor exploitation. ICE encountered, interviewed and arrested seven illegal aliens for immigr  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Zinke reintroduce Northern Border Security Caucus in 119th Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), Chairmen of the Northern Border Security Caucus, announced the reintroduction of the caucus for the 119th Congress. The Chairmen also sent this letter to Trump administration border czar Tom Homan addressing the concerns along the Nort  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General David W. Sunday issued the following news on Jan. 31, 2025: Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that David Balosa will serve two to four years in prison for using his standing as a member of a Jehovah's Witnesses congregation in Philadelphia to befriend, then sexually assault, a young child in 1998. A Philadelphia County Jury previously found Balosa guilty of two felony counts of aggravated indecent assault and related misdem  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General David W. Sunday issued the following news on Jan. 31, 2025: Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that a Franklin County jury has convicted a former area youth baseball coach of dozens of sexual assault and invasion of privacy charges for crimes against two adults and three children. Justin Biser, 45, of Waynesboro, was found guilty Thursday of 65 offenses, including sexual assault, indecent assault, child pornography, and inva  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Education issued the following news on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Pennsylvania Teacher Named Finalist for 2025 National Teacher of the Year Harrisburg, PA -- Interim Acting Secretary of Education Angela Fitterer today announced that Pennsylvania's 2025 Teacher of the Year, Ashlie Crosson, has been named as one of four finalists for National Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). "We take pride in  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: This week, Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) cosponsored H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. This bipartisan legislation would provide nationwide reciprocity for concealed carry license holders and for residents of Constitutional Carry states. "Law-abiding gun owners should not be penalized for simply crossing state lines," said Congressman Meuser. "Our Constitutiona  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) was joined today by Representatives Brendan Boyle (PA-02), Dwight Evans (PA-03), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), and Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) on a letter to Directors Flaherty-Oxler and Harkins of the Philadelphia and Coatesville Veterans Administration medical centers, respectively, to ascertain the impact of the Trump Administration's Hiring Freeze on  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement on Jan. 29, 2025, at an executive business meeting on the nomination of Pam Bondi to be attorney general: * * * Good morning and welcome to our first markup of the 119th Congress. I'd again welcome Senator Durbin as our new Ranking Member, as well as our new members, Senators Schmitt, Britt and Schiff. I'd also like to particularly welcome our newest Senat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * In New Letter to Treasury Secretary Bessent, Wyden Warns That Political Meddling in Treasury Payments Risks Severe Economic Damage, Calls Out Dangerous Conflicts of Interest Stemming from Elon Musk's Close Business Ties to the Chinese Government * * * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., demanded answers from Treasury   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued the following news on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Shapiro Administration Hosts Maternal Healthcare Roundtable with Pennsylvanians Affected by Substance Use Disorder to Inform Strategic Plan to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes Since day one, Governor Shapiro has been focused on addressing maternal health disparities in access to high-quality healthcare -- he worked across the aisle to secure a $2.6 million increase in th  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development issued the following news on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Strengthening Our Communities: Shapiro Administration Invests More than $1 Million; Celebrates Ribbon Cutting at Greater Hazleton YMCA Early Education Center Getting stuff done: support for the project is possible thanks to Governor Josh Shapiro's 2024-25 bipartisan budget, which doubled the Neighborhood Assistance Program's funding to $72 mil  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Union membership rates highest in Hawaii and New York, lowest in North Carolina in 2024 January 31, 2025 The union membership rate in the United States (the percentage of wage and salary workers who were members of unions) was 9.9 percent in 2024, little changed from the prior year. The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions, at 14.  more