WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Ag Vice Ranking Member Brown in Fox News Op-Ed: Trump's Policies Are Hurting Farmers and Families Washington, DC - Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture authored an op-ed for FoxNews.com (link is external) on how President Trump's tariffs and DOGE cuts at USDA are hurting farmers and the rural economy, with further pain coming if Republicans enact   more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Boozman, Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Reduce Premature Births The PREEMIE Act Renews Programs Aimed at Understanding the Causes of Preterm Birth and Improving Infant Health Outcomes Washington D.C. - U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-Ark.) reintroduced legislation to improve pregnancy outcomes and infant health by continuing research and education  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Warner Introduce Bill to Lower Costs and Improve Access to Care for Rural Medicare Patients WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced the Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act to ensure Medicare patients in rural and underserved communities have access to remote physiologic monitoring services, which lower costs and impr  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, issued the following news release on April 30, 2025: * * * Chairman Latta Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Energy Hearing on Assuring Reliable and Abundant American Energy WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing titled Assuring Abundant, Reliable American Energy to  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSFR) -- The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has issued a notice proposing to delete a wide range of products and services from the federal Procurement List, affecting multiple nonprofit agencies that employ individuals who are blind or have severe disabilities. The proposed deletions span critical supplies across various federal contracting activities, potentially impacting both nonprofit operations and federal procurement channels. Amo  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Brown Statement on Trump Administration Placing Celebrezze Federal Building in Cleveland on Accelerated Disposition List Cleveland, OH - Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) releases the following statement on the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) placing the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building on the GSA's list of assets for accelerated disposition (link is external). This is th  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Durbin Join More Than 100 Congressional Democrats in Demanding Social Security Head Keep Field Offices Open Across the Nation April 30, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in a coalition of ove  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA celebrates 100 days with 100 environmental actions Major accomplishments achieved in Mountains and Plains Region DENVER -- Yesterday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a recap of 100 environmental actions Exit EPA's website taken by the agency during President Trump's First 100 Days in office. The recap highlights numerous accomplishments in EPA Re  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Region 7 Celebrates 100 Days with 100 Environmental Actions in Heartland and Across Nation LENEXA, KAN. (APRIL 30, 2025) - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a recap of 100 environmental actions taken by the Agency during President Trump's First 100 Days in office, including the record Phase 1 hazardous materials cleanup after the catastroph  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated April 9, 2025, from CNX Resources Corp., Canonsburg, Pennsylvania: * * * To: Internal Revenue Service Re: Notice 2025-10 and Notice 2025-11 P.O. Box 7604, Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 Re: Comments requested under Notice 2025-10 Pertaining to the Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit and Notice 2025-11 the initial emissions rate table descri  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has announced the institution of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into the import of silicon metal from Angola, Australia, Laos, Norway, and Thailand. The investigations, identified under Investigation Nos. 701-TA-760-763 and 731-TA-1743-1746, were initiated following a petition filed on April 24, 2025, by Ferroglobe USA, Inc. of Beverly, Ohio, and Mississippi Silicon LLC of Burnsville, Mississippi. Th  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSFR) -- Mercyhurst University, Erie, Pennsylvania has completed an inventory of human remains, determining that they are of Native American ancestry. The remains, representing one individual, were removed from an unknown location in Florida, possibly from a mound, and later acquired by Raymond C. Vietzen, an avocational archaeologist and founder of the Indian Ridge Museum in Elyria, Ohio. The remains were eventually transferred to Mercyhurst University in 2003, following  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSFR) -- Mercyhurst University, Erie, Pennsylvania has completed an inventory of human remains, determining that no lineal descendant or cultural affiliation can be reasonably traced to the remains. The remains, representing one individual of Native American ancestry, were removed from an unknown location in North Carolina, possibly in 1967 or 1969, and were later acquired by Raymond C. Vietzen, an avocational archaeologist and founder of the Indian Ridge Museum in Elyria,   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * National Park Service Adds 31 New Listings in 13 states to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program WASHINGTON - The birthplace of abolitionist John Brown in Connecticut, the rescue of 14 freedom seekers in California and a monument commemorating 326 people of African descent who sought freedom through the St. Louis, Missouri circuit courts all appear in   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: * * * NRC Issues Final Environmental Impact Statement for Perry Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its final supplemental environmental impact statement for renewing the operating license of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, 35 miles northeast of Cleveland, Ohio. The operating license for Perry Unit 1, a boiling-water reactor, expires Nov. 7, 2026. Th  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following floor remarks on April 30, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening on behalf of the people I am privileged to represent in northwest Ohio: workers, family, farmers, and urban and rural communities where neighbors try to look out for one another. However, too many families are struggling to put food on   more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Emilia Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following floor remarks on April 30, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, we started this year on a high note. On January 5, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law, expanding Social Security for thousands of Americans whose benefits, that they earned through years of hard work, were cut because of bad po  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 1, 2025: * * * Rep. Warren Davidson Introduces the Foreign Military Sales Act of 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) today introduced the Foreign Military Sales Act of 2025. This bill raises the monetary thresholds that require the President to notify Congress of defense sales and holds federal employees accountable if they attempt to circumvent the reporting requirements. "The Forei  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 12 committee hearings on April 30, 2025: * * * BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine biomedical research, focusing on keeping America's edge in innovation, after receiving testimony from Sudip S. Parikh, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and E. Cartier Esham, Alliance for a Stronger FDA, both of Washington, D.C.; Hermann Haller, MDI Biological Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine; Ba  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 30, 2025: * * * Senate passes Husted resolution to relieve consumers from burdensome Biden requirements on household appliances WASHINGTON - The Senate today passed Sen. Jon Husted's (R-Ohio) resolution reversing a Biden-era regulation that requires an array of consumer products and commercial equipment to meet unreasonable energy conservation standards. "Bureaucratic, out-of-touch regulations make it ha  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on April 30, 2025: * * * Senate Passes Scott, Reed Resolution Designating April 2025 as Financial Literacy Month Washington, D.C. - Tonight, the Senate passed Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Senator Jack Reed's (D-R.I.) resolution designating April 2025 as Financial Literacy Month. Recognized by the U.S. Senate since 2004, Financial Lite  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, issued the following news release on April 30, 2025: * * * USPS Oversight: Delivering Accountability and Securing America's Mail Washington, D.C. - Today, Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Chairman Dave Joyce (R-OH) held an oversight hearing on the United States Postal Service (USPS) to collect testimony from Inspector General Tammy  more