WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman Joins Ernst, Colleagues to Recognize Small Businesses WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) led 81 of their colleagues in declaring this week as "National Small Business Week" to recognize the innovators and job creators who underpin our economy across The Natural State and the nation. "Small businesses power our economy and represent core American values like   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on May 6, 2025: * * * Chairman Boozman Opening Statement at Hearing to Consider the Fix Our Forests Act 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 S. 1462, Fix Our Forests Act, legislation to improve forest manageme  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 6, 2025 ARMY AECOM Technical Services Inc., Arlington, Virginia (W912DY-25-D-0065); Baker-Stanley-Cardno JV, Moon Township, Pennsylvania (W912DY-25-D-0066); Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp., Overland Park, Kansas (W912DY-25-D-0067); HDR Engineering Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan (W912DY-25-D-0068); Jacobs Government Services Co., Arlington, Virginia (W912DY-25-D-0069); Tetra Tech/Mason & H  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Highlights Importance Of NIH Funding To Red States & Urges Republican Senators To Stand Up For Medical Research As Trump Freezes Funding May 05, 2025 Durbin: President Trump has cancelled hundreds of NIH-supported grants and clinical trials, placed gag orders on experts, eliminated programs that attract young people to the field, and fired nearly two thousand NIH scientists and health pr  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Leads 41 Senate Republicans in Celebrating Small Businesses Driving America into the Golden Age WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) led 41 of her Senate Republican colleagues in declaring this week "National Small Business Week" to recognize the entrepreneurs and innovators driving growth and creating jobs across America. The Senate Com  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on May 6, 2025: * * * Ernst Leads 41 Senate Republicans in Celebrating Small Businesses Driving America into the Golden Age WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) led 41 of her Senate Republican colleagues in declaring this week "National Small Business Week" to recognize the entrepreneur  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on May 6, 2025: * * * Hill Responds To Waters' Objection, Urges Action On Digital Asset Regulation House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after Ranking Member Waters objected to today's joint subcommittee hearing with the House Committee on Agriculture on the future of digital assets: "Last Congress  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following news release on May 6, 2025: * * * House Intel Committee Releases Report on the FBI's Conclusions on the 2017 Congressional Baseball Shooting WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, led by Chairman Rick Crawford (AR-01), released a majority staff report assessing the FBI's analytic integrity and investigative standa  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 7 -- The History Colorado issued the following news release on May 6, 2025: * * * Pride and Perseverance: New Exhibition in Pueblo Highlights the History of the Dog Patch Neighborhood Exhibition made possible by extensive community memory project that included hundreds of hours of engagement PUEBLO -- May 6 2025 -- History Colorado's El Pueblo History Museum is excited to announce the opening of its newest exhibition Dog Patch: A Pueblo Community's Legacy. This communit  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Hill Fights to Turn Vacant Federal Building into Community Space in Perry County WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) has introduced legislation to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a vacant U.S. Forest Service building and its surrounding land in Perryville, Arkansas, to Perry County. Rep. Hill said, " For years, this building has sat empty when the people of P  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following floor remarks on May 5, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. President refers to the presiding officer of the Senate at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. President, on a separate topic, as I reflect on my time in public service, I have been thinking about the issues that have meant the most during my career. There are a few that stand out, including my steadfast belief that the promise of medical research fu  more