WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Meng Commend Efforts to Expand SNAP Benefits to Include Hot Food Purchases Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and U.S. Representative Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) commended U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins for recent state-led efforts to expand Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to include certain hot food purchases.   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman Welcomes Confirmation of Warren Stephens as US Ambassador to United Kingdom WASHINGTON --U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Little Rock businessman Warren Stephens to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom: "Warren Stephens is a respected businessman, philanthropist and leader who will capably serve our nation as our Ambass  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on April 29, 2025: * * * Chairman Boozman Opening Statement at Hearing to Consider USDA Nominations of Luke Lindberg and Devon Westhill WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing to consider the nominations of Luke Lindberg   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Releases Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Insecticides Using Commonsense Practices, Provides Flexibilities to States and Growers WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final Insecticide Strategy that identifies practical protections for federally endangered and threatened species from the use of insecticides, while providing flexibilit  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 30 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Reports First Quarter 2025 Operating Results DALLAS, TEXAS, April 29, 2025 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (Bank) today reported net income of $150.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. In comparison, for the quarters ended December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024, the Bank reported net in  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: * * * Mentorship Shapes First Field Mission for DPAA Forensic Anthropologist QUANG TRI, Vietnam - After spending years in laboratories and archaeological digs across the globe -- from a post-classic Mayan town in Belize to colonial cemeteries in Mississippi, this year marked a new kind of fieldwork for a seasoned scientist: her first full recovery mission with the Defe  more