WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on May 8, 2025: * * * Big Win for US Tech: Rescission of the Biden Administration's AI Export Rule WASHINGTON - Last week, Congressman Rich McCormick (GA-07) and Congressman Scott Franklin (FL-18) took a significant step in advocating for American technological leadership by sending a letter to Commerce Secretary Lutnick urging him to reconsider the Biden administration's export rule on AI chips. Their lett  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Brian Jack, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Brian Jack Welcomes U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to Spalding County to Celebrate Job-Saving Legislation Today, Congressman Brian Jack welcomed United States Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, a member of President Trump's Cabinet, to Spalding County to celebrate the repeal of a Biden Administration regulation that endangered a local manufacturing plant. In February, Congressman Jack  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's Gulf of America Act PASSES House of Representatives Today, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's Gulf of America Act passed the House of Representatives. Following the passage of Congresswoman Greene's bill, she issued the following statement: "I'm proud to have passed my Gulf of America Act through the House. This bill codifies President Trump's exe  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Nikema Williams Leads Call for Transparency in Humanitarian Aid to Gaza WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05 ) and Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13), along with 8 other Congressional colleagues, led a letter to the Ambassador of Israel, Dr. Yechiel Leiter, calling for a briefing on Israel's reported plans for humanitarian aid delivery to Gaza. Successful negot  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 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn, GOP Colleagues Introduce Bill to Subject Illegal Immigrants Who Kill Americans to Death Penalty WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Jim Risch (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Tim Scott (R-SC), Jim Banks (R-IN), Jim Justice (R-WV), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) today introduced the Justice for American Victims of Illegal Aliens Act, which wo  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule approving revisions to the Alabama State Implementation Plan (SIP) to bring the state's air quality regulations into alignment with federal definitions and administrative standards. Submitted by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management on December 20, 2023, the SIP revision updates the state's definition of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by exempting "trans-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene (HFO  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" by legislative attorney Alejandra Aramayo: * * * SUMMARY The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article VI, clause 2) states that the Constitution, treaties, and federal law "shall be the supreme Law of the land." In interpreting this clause, the Supreme Court has formulated  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 9 -- The Georgia Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release on May 8, 2025: * * * Historical Marker Unveiled Commemorating More Than a Century of Advocacy by the Georgia Chamber MACON - Today, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Historical Society, unveiled the Georgia Chamber's historical marker, located outside the Macon City Auditorium. The first Georgia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors meeting took place on September 16, 1913, at Macon's  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 7 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * One Year Since Becoming Law, Sen. Ossoff's Bipartisan REPORT Act Helping Protect Kids Online NCMEC: "The REPORT Act, signed a year ago today, is already having a major impact on efforts to combat child sexual exploitation" Washington, D.C. -- According to a new study, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff's bipartisan law to protect children online has helped uncover thousands of alleged crimes against children. O  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. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, issued the following floor remarks on May 7, 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, small businesses create jobs as the backbone of the American workforce and account for nearly half of the American private-sector jobs. Small businesses come in many forms. America recognizes this as National Small Business Week and the contributions   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Ossoff Backing Bipartisan Bill to Prohibit Political Discrimination in Provision of Federal Disaster Assistance Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to ban political discrimination in the provision of Federal disaster assistance. Today, Sen. Ossoff launched a push to pass the bipartisan Stopping Political Discrimination in Disaster Assistance Act to prohibit in Federal law any po  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Reverend Warnock, Ossoff Press for Meeting with HHS Secretary Kennedy to Remedy Wrongful CDC Firings Senator Reverend Warnock has repeatedly stood up in defense of CDC workers, including joining them at a rally, delivering a floor speech opposing Secretary Kennedy's nomination, demanding answers from Admin nominees at Congressional hearings, and more Senators Reverend Warnock, Ossoff :  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville, Cornyn Introduce Bill to Crack Down on Illegal Immigrants Who Murder Innocent Americans WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator John Cornyn and several of their colleagues to introduce the Justice for American Victims of Illegal Aliens Act, which would codify President Trump's Executive Order subjecting illegal immigrants who kill American citizens t  more