WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by William Ruger, president of the American Institute for Economic Research, 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 me here today to testify about foreign aid. I am honored by the invitation. * * * Background In FY202  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Beatty Reintroduces Legislation to Address Affordable Housing Crisis, Fund New Units Across Ohio WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) and Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08), reintroduced the bicameral HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act to address America's affordable housing crisis. The legislation would significantly increase the   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Bennet Reintroduce Credit for Caring Act WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), reintroduced the Credit for Caring Act. This bill would provide up to a $5,000 federal tax credit for e  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Joyce Votes to Keep the Government Open, Protect America's National Security WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. "As Chairman of the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee, I have worked diligently and in good f  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Dave Taylor, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Taylor Introduces Bill to Prioritize Funding for State Veterans Homes WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) today introduced the Veterans First Act of 2025, which will redirect wasteful USAID taxpayer dollars toward much-needed repairs in State Veterans Homes. Rep. Wesley Hunt (TX-38), Rep. Nick LaLota (NY-01), Rep. Tony Wied (WI-08), Rep. Bob Onder (MO-03), and Rep. Pat Harriga  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Dave Taylor, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Taylor Votes to Keep Federal Government Open & Advance President Trump's Agenda Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution to keep the federal government open: "I am proud to join President Trump and Republicans to deliver on the mandate given to them by the American people by voting to keep the gove  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Brown Blasts Trump USDA for Massive Funding Cuts to Food Banks and Schools Washington, DC - Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member on the House Committee on Agriculture sharply criticized the Trump Administration for ending two USDA programs that provide funding for food banks and schools to buy local food. "The Trump Administration is proving to be bad for farmers, b  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Brown Votes Against Republican Spending Bill That Cuts Domestic Programs and Empowers Musk Chaos Washington, DC - Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) voted against the House Republican spending bill. Unlike standard Continuing Resolutions, the 99-page (link is external) partisan Republican bill cuts nondefense programs and services by $13 billion overall, undermines veterans' health care  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 11, 2025 AIR FORCE Saudi Naval Support Co., Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (FA4911-25-D-0005); AQ Global for General Trading and Contracting Co., Safat, Kuwait (FA4911-25-D-0006); Prime Veritas General Trading and Contracting Co., Doha, Qatar (FA4911-25-D-0007); Prime One Group General Trading and Contracting Co., Farwaniya, Kuwait (FA4911-25-D-0008); Astrea Technical Services LLC, D  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Taco Bell Franchisees for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Federal Agency Alleges Fast Food Companies Created Hostile Work Environment for Female Workers, Including Teens, and Fired Manager When She Reported Misconduct DETROIT - Six related entities operating Taco Bell restaurants in Michigan violated federal law when they allowed a senior area manager to sexually harass f  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following news release: * * * Former deportation officer sentenced to 12 years in prison for federal crimes related to depriving victims' civil rights CINCINNATI - A former ICE deportation officer was sentenced in U.S. District Court here to 144 months in prison for crimes related to using his position to solicit and coerce sex from vulnerable women under his supervision. Andrew Golobic,  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release: * * * Former Pharmacy Tech is Sentenced for Using His Role to Order Drugs for Unlawful Distribution CLEVELAND - Curtis Green, 35, of Cleveland, has been sentenced to 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent after pleading guilty to possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute. According to court documents, between Dec. 30, 2022   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Gary Johnson, vice president of Granite Construction Inc., on behalf of the Transportation Construction Coalition, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Implementation and Case Studies": * * * Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse and members of the committee, thank you for convening today's hearing to examine the Infrastructure Investment   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Latta Reintroduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Tyler's Law to Prevent Fentanyl Overdoses This week, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) reintroduced Tyler's Law, legislation aimed at preventing fentanyl overdoses in the United States. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to complete a study on how frequently hospitals test for fentanyl in patients experiencing an overdose and to us  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * OPM Inspector General Assessing Risks to Federal IT Systems after Brown and Oversight Democrats Raise Cybersecurity and Privacy Concerns about DOGE Washington, DC - The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Deputy Inspector General Vint has informed (link is external) the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that the OPM Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will be incorporating into existi  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Linda T. Sanchez, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sanchez, Carey, Capito, Bennet reintroduce bipartisan Credit for Caring Act WASHINGTON - House Ways and Means Committee members Congresswoman Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) and Congressman Mike Carey (R-Ohio), along with Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), today reintroduced the Credit for Caring Act, a bipartisan bill that would create a new tax credit of up to $5  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening statement from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Implementation and Case Studies": * * * Thank you, Chairman Capito, for this hearing, and thank you, to our three witnesses for testifying. "Infrastructure Week" had grown into a long-running and unfortunate joke until four years ago, when Dem  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Scott, Cassidy, Rep. Aderholt, GOP Colleagues File Amicus Brief Defending Parents' Religious Freedoms, Protecting Children from Forced Indoctrination in Schools WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HEL  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Summary of Special Engage Session on "Remote Sensing and the Future of Earth Observations" Introduction On October 16, 2024, a special session of the NASA Goddard Engage series took place in the Goett Auditorium (Building 3) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The Engage series is intended to explain work at GSFC in an immersive and nontechnical setting. GSFC's Office of Communications, Earth Sciences Division,   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 11 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release: * * * Yost Joins Coalition in Defending Parental Rights in Education (COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 25 other state attorneys general are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to ensure that parents have the final say in their children's education and religious upbringing. In an amicus brief, Yost and his counterparts challenge a ruling by a U.S. Court of Appeals allowing a Marylan  more