WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11304) on May 2, 2025, by legislative attorney Jason O. Heflin: * * * Preemption in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) directs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate the sale and use of pesticides in the United States. FIFRA generally does not preempt state or local regulation of p  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- President Trump sent 17 nominations to the Senate on April 29, 2025: David Beck, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration. Mark Brnovich, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia. Frances Brooke, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Thomas Gaiser, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Attorney General. John Giordano, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia. Jon  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following floor remarks on May 1, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE RELATING TO "ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS; ENDANGERED SPECIES STATUS FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY-DELTA DISTINCT POPULATION SEGMENT OF THE LONG  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND: TRUMP & RFK JUST FIRED ANOTHER 16 HEALTH PROGRAM DOCS & SCIENTISTS, STUNTING WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM; SENATORS DEMAND NY GOP MEMBERS OF CONGRESS USE THEIR BUDGET VOTE AS... Schumer & Gillibrand Say NY GOP House Members Have Political Leverage To Restore 9/11 Health Program If They Deny Trump Their Budget Vote; Senators Have Built WTCHP & Fu  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. State Department has made a determination regarding an object being imported for the upcoming "Noah Davis" exhibition. The object, which is being brought into the United States for temporary display under an agreement with its foreign owner or custodian, will be showcased at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California, as well as the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The exhibition may also extend   more