WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Buchanan Applauds Historic U.S.-UK Trade Deal Follows Buchanan's Meeting with British Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Vice Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and member of the Trade Subcommittee, released the following statement following President Trump and United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer's announcement of a historic bilat  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Dunn Moves to Expand Health Coverage for Birth Defects WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Neal Dunn (Florida-02) introduced the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act (ELSA), a bill that would require all group and individual health insurance plans to cover medically necessary services for anomalous birth defects that impact the appearance or function of the eyes, ears, teeth, mouth, or jaw. This legisl  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Jimmy Patronis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on May 8, 2025: * * * Congressman Patronis Invites President Trump to Gulf of America Ribbon-cutting Ceremony WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jimmy Patronis issued a letter to President Donald J. Trump inviting the President and the entire Trump family to participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in honor of the newly renamed Gulf of America. The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 276 - The Gulf  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 8, 2025 NAVY Aptim Federal Services LLC, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (N62473-25-D-2211); ECC Expeditionary Constructors LLC,* Burlingame, California (N62473-25-D-2212); Energy Solutions Federal Support LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah (N62473-25-D-2213); Insight Tidewater LLC,* Brea, California (N62473-25-D-2214); ITP America LLC, Brea, California (N62473-25-D-2215); and Perma-Fix ERRG Services,* Oak   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Diaz-Balart Announces Winner of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26) has announced Neeley Camejo, a sophomore at Hialeah Gardens Senior High School and a resident of Hialeah, Florida, as the winner of this year's 2025 Congressional Art Competition for the 26th Congressional District. Neeley's art, titled " Reverence in the Currents: An Eso  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Diaz-Balart Congratulates Secretary Marco Rubio on CHLI Lifetime Leadership Award WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) (link is external), issued the following statement following CHLI's "Lifetime Leadership Award" to Secretary Marco Rubio, the highest-ranking Latino government official: "Secretary Marco  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Doggett, Schakowsky, Warren and Wyden Push Congressional Leadership to Reject Medicaid Cuts, Crack Down on Medicare Advantage Upcoding Contact: Alexis.Torres@mail.house.gov Washington, D.C. - As Congress considers reconciliation legislation, Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), along with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44201) on May 7, 2025, entitled "DOT's Federal Pipeline Safety Program: Background and Issues for Congress" by energy policy specialist Paul W. Parfomak. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The U.S. energy pipeline network includes 3.3 million miles of onshore pipeline transporting natural gas, crude oil, and other hazardous liquids. Over the past decade, major safety incidents in California, Texas, Pennsy  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a notice clarifying that vehicle operators conducting launch or reentry activities from a commercial site situated on land owned by a federal site may demonstrate an equivalent level of safety (ELOS) to existing FAA ground safety regulations, provided certain conditions are met. This clarification primarily affects operators at commercial spaceports such as the Mid-Atlantic Regio  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48525) on May 6, 2025, entitled "Federal Preemption and State Authority to Deter the Presence of Unlawfully Present Aliens:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Kansas v. Garcia (2020) In 2017, the Kansas Supreme Court in three separate cases reversed the convictions of three unlawfully present aliens for state identity theft and false information. The state court held that a provision in IRCA expressly  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has announced the reopening of public comments regarding a petition from the Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad (FGA). The petition, which seeks approval to discontinue or modify a railroad signal system on its Tallahassee Subdivision, covers a segment stretching from milepost 693.3 to 802.0. This notice follows a previous public announcement that contained an incorrect docket number. The cor  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System has published a notice regarding a recent application under the Change in Bank Control Act. The application, filed by Amie Anderson Glenn Goodwin, Howard Bishop Anderson, Doralynn Elizabeth Garrison Anderson, and Robert Randolf Anderson, concerns their request to acquire voting shares in Builtwell Bancorp, Inc., headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The applicants, acting as the Anderson Family Group, aim to retain control over Builtwe  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on May 8, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Homeland Republicans Examine New Evidence of Potential CCP Surveillance Infrastructure in Cuba WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, held a hearing to examine suspected efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to build surveillance infrastructur  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * IN CASE YOU MISSED IT... Sen. Rick Scott in Fox: The Fight Between Good vs. Evil on the Global Stage WASHINGTON, D.C. - In case you missed it, Senator Rick Scott wrote an op-ed for Fox News as Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is set to welcome Communist Chinese dictator Xi and leaders of evil regimes in Russia for a 'Victory Day' celebration tomorrow. In the op-ed, the Senator calls on the international c  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES BREAKS DOWN THE EXTREME MAGA REPUBLICAN AGENDA IN THE HOUSE Washington, DC - Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke on the House Floor in opposition to the sycophantic bill put forward by Rubber Stamp Republicans to rename the Gulf of Mexico. JEFFRIES: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also thank the distinguished gentleman, my good friend from the great state of California, for h  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON HOUSE FLOOR: "AMERICA IS NOT DOWN WITH MTG" Washington, DC - Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke on the House Floor in opposition to the sycophantic bill put forward by Rubber Stamp Republicans to rename the Gulf of Mexico. JEFFRIES: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also thank the distinguished gentleman, my good friend from the great state of Cali  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Lofgren, Salinas, Padilla, Bennet Reintroduce Legislation to Provide Disaster Relief for Farmworkers Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) and Rep. Andrea Salinas (OR-06), the daughter of a former farmworker and a leader in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, along with U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO), reintroduced the Disaster Relief for Farm Wor  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Medal of Honor Recipients Offer Insights at Special Ops Convention Of the 3,536 Medals of Honor presented since its establishment in 1861, only 61 recipients are alive today, and only a handful of them come from the U.S. special operations forces community. Yesterday, three of those SOF recipients attended a panel discussion at Special Operations Forces Week 2025 in Tampa, Florida. Retired Army Sgt. Maj.   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- NASA issued the following article: * * * NASA Progresses Toward Crewed Moon Mission with Spacecraft, Rocket Milestones By Rachel H. Kraft Engineers, technicians, mission planners, and the four astronauts set to fly around the Moon next year on Artemis II, NASA's first crewed Artemis mission, are rapidly progressing toward launch. At the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, teams are working around the clock to move into integration and final testing of all SLS (Spa  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Bennet, Salinas, Lofgren Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Provide Disaster Relief for Farm Workers WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) introduced the Disaster Relief for Farm Workers Act to provide compensation for farm workers who lose out on wages due to extreme weather, public health emergencies, and other disasters beyond their  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. W. Greg Steube, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Steube Introduces ELECT Act to End Taxpayer-Funded Presidential Campaigns WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) today announced the introduction of the House companion to the Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2025, legislation originally introduced in the Senate by Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). The bill would permanently terminate the  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Webster Votes to Recognize the Gulf of America Washington, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 276, legislation cosponsored by Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, that renames the area formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. "From supporting vast fisheries and a vibrant tourism industry to serving as a key maritime port and important military a  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Ross, Lieu, Jacobs, Scholten, Frost Reintroduce Reproductive Data Privacy Protection Bill Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02), Ted Lieu (CA-36), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Hillary Scholten (MI-03), and Maxwell Frost (FL-10) reintroduced the Reproductive Data Privacy and Protection Act. This legislation would prevent law enforcement from improperly surveilling women receiving reproductive health care,  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott Applauds Nomination of John P. "Jack" Heekin for United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement applauding President Donald Trump's nomination of John P. "Jack" Heekin to serve as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. Heekin currently serves in Senator Scott's Senate Office as  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott Joins Sen. Ted Cruz and Colleagues on RESTORE Act to Right the Wrongs of Biden's COVID Vaccine Mandates WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Senator Rick Scott joined Senators Ted Cruz, Katie Britt, and Mike Lee to introduce the RESTORE Act. This legislation will require the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a Special Review Board to audit the service-wide handling of religious accommodation  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Senior Official Outlines Future Priorities for Special Ops Colby Jenkins, performing the duties of the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, outlined his priorities for the future of the special warfare community while delivering remarks today during Special Operations Forces Week 2025 in Tampa, Florida. Jenkins cautioned the audience that America's adversaries ar  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Rick Scott, Jeff Merkley Introduce Legislation Targeting Global Use of Forced Labor WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Senators Rick Scott and Jeff Merkley introduced the bipartisan No Funds for Forced Labor Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive director at international financial institutions to oppose projects that use forced labor practices, specifically in Communis  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * SMALL BUSINESSES SHARE HOW HARMFUL REPUBLICAN POLICIES AND TARIFFS RAISE COSTS, STIFLE HIRING, HURT BOTTOM LINES Washington, DC - Today, the House Democratic Steering & Policy Co-Chairs, Congresswomen Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Nanette Barragan (CA-44), led a hearing on the impacts of the Trump Administration policies and tariffs. The committee heard from smal  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Darren Soto, D-Florida, issued the following news release on May 8, 2025: * * * Soto, Salazar, Wasserman Schultz Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Designate Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status The Venezuela TPS Act of 2025 would protect over half a million Venezuelan nationals who currently hold protected status WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Florida Reps. Darren Soto (D-FL-09), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25) introduced the  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Rep. Castor Sounds Alarm After Analysis Exposes Millions of Americans Would Lose Health Care Coverage to Fund Republican Billionaire Tax Giveaway WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) highlighted a recent analysis of the Republican proposals to cut health services for Americans who rely on Medicaid. The analysis, conducted by the nonpartisan, independent Congressional Budget Office (C  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Wyden, Doggett, Schakowsky Push Congressional Leadership to Reject Medicaid Cuts, Crack Down on Medicare Advantage Upcoding Congressional Republicans' current plan sets them up to slash hundreds of billions from Medicaid and CHIP Lawmakers cite bipartisan support for cracking down on waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare Advantage Letter from House (PDF) | Letter from Senate (PDF)   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Wasserman Schultz, Soto, Salazar Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Designate Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status Washington, DC - Today, Florida Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), Darren Soto (D-FL-09), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) introduced the bipartisan Venezuela TPS Act of 2025, legislation designating Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status. This comes after U.S. Secr  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Florida, chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, issued the following news release on May 8, 2025: * * * Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Salazar Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing on State Department Bureau of Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Elvira Salazar delivered opening remarks at a s  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Delivers 298th 'Time to Wake Up' Speech on 10th Our Ocean Conference Whitehouse was the only U.S. official in attendance after Trump administration abandoned global conference on ocean conservation Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, delivered his 298 th speech tonight urging his colleagues  more