WASHINGTON, March 1 -- The House Small Business Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-855) on the Regulatory Review Improvement Act of 2024 (H.R. 9085), which aims to amend Title 5 of the U.S. Code, to make certain modifications to how agencies conduct periodic reviews of agency rules. The report was advanced by Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, on Dec. 10, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * I. Purpose and Bill Summary On July 22, 2024, Rep. Meuser, along with Rep. Hunt introduced H.R. 9085. The pur  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI--Hagerty Joins The Story With Martha MacCallum on Fox News to Discuss Trump's Peace Negotiations WASHINGTON --United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, today joined The Story With Martha MacCallum on Fox News to discuss President Donald Trump's peace negotiations to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the outstanding achievements and historic tenure of Maryland's outgoing United States Attorney, Erek Lawrence Barron. He is an experienced lawyer, an accomplished legislator, and a champion of civil rights, and his time as U.S. Attorney has left the people of Maryland safer and more secure   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2025: * * * Rep. Subramanyam Introduces the LEASH DOGE Act and Other Measures to Require Transparency and Accountability of DOGE Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) introduced two pieces of legislation to bring transparency and accountability to the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) recent illegal and unconstitutional actions that have led to the firing   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Public News founder Michael Shellenberger from a Feb. 13, 2025, hearing entitled "Eliminating Waste by the Foreign Aid Bureaucracy": * * * Chairman Paul, Ranking Member Peters, and members of the Committee thank you for inviting my testimony. Since its creation by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, has had as   more