WASHINGTON, May 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RS22753) on March 18, 2025, entitled "Child Support Services Annual User Fee: In Brief" by social policy specialist Jessica Tollestrup. Here are excerpts: * * * Contents Background ... 1 Annual CSS User Fee ... 3 Overview of Requirements ... 3 Policy Debate ... 4 Implementation Prior to Fee Increase ... 5 Tables Table 1. Method by Which CSS Annual User Fee Is Imposed ... 6 Contact  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 14, 2025 NAVY General Dynamics, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $216,493,753 cost-plus-award-fee modification against a previously awarded contract (N00024-24-C-4212), DDG-51 Planning Yard Services. Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed by July 31, 2026. Fiscal 2025 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $398,542 (<1%) will be obli  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Files Subpoena Enforcement Action Against Mauser Packaging Solutions Federal Agency Seeks Court Order Compelling Packaging Material Manufacturer to Provide Information Relating to Its Hiring and Staffing Practices CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed an action in federal court to enforce a subpoena that it issued durin  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * Emmer: Our 'One, Big Beautiful Bill' will restore the American Dream, and no Democrat lie can change that WASHINGTON -- Today, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) joined House Republican leadership to debunk the Democrats' lies about reconciliation and reiterate the importance of advancing President Trump's America First agenda. Click here (https://www.youtube.com  more

RABAT, Morocco, May 15 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on May 14, 2025, by Governor Christopher J. Waller at the Award Ceremony for the Winners of the Bank Al-Maghrib Prize for Economic and Financial Research: * * * The Role of Economic Research in Central Banking Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today./1 I have spent most of my career conducting research and overseeing research by others, first as a professor and later as a research director in the Federal Re  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a proposed rule to open or expand hunting and sport fishing opportunities on 16 National Wildlife Refuge System stations and one National Fish Hatchery System station for the 2025-2026 season. Among the key expansions, the Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge will offer inaugural hunting opportunities, marking its first season open for this use since becoming the newest addition  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Rep. Omar Honors Sue Abderholden on the House Floor WASHINGTON- Yesterday, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) spoke on the House Floor in honor of Sue Abderholden for her over two decades of service as the Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Minnesota. During her tenure, she helped pass over two dozen landmark laws that reshaped education, health care, housing, and criminal justic  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * In Response to Questioning from Klobuchar, FAA Provides Details of Near Miss Episode Involving Flight Headed to Minneapolis WASHINGTON-- During a Commerce Committee hearing today focused on aviation safety, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar asked the FAA Air Traffic Organization's Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Franklin McIntosh, for an explanation of the near-miss incident involving a March 28th Minneap  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), Minnesota, which owns and operates the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and six general aviation airports in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, has requested the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens and streamline approval processes. In a letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the MAC outlined nine specific areas where it believes reforms could accelerate infrastructure  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Fischbach Votes for Tax Relief for Farmers, Families, and Small Businesses Washington, D.C. - The Ways and Means Committee has passed their One, Big, Beautiful Bill to make 2017 tax cuts permanent and provide additional relief for farmers, families, and small businesses. "The House Ways and Means Committee Republicans have delivered on our promise to provide tax relief for farmers, fami  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Finstad, Morrison Reintroduce Legislation Strengthening State and Local Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Efforts WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01) and Congresswoman Kelly Morrison (MN-03) reintroduced the Pathways to Policing Act, bipartisan legislation that would address law enforcement staffing shortages by authorizing funding for the Department of Justice (  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott Joins Bipartisan Colleagues on Stop China Act to Protect America's Transit System from Communist China WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Senator Rick Scott joined Senators John Cornyn, Marsha Blackburn, Tammy Baldwin, Shelley Moore Capito, Gary Peters, Pete Ricketts, and Tina Smith to introduce the bipartisan Safeguarding Transit Operations to Prohibit (STOP) China Act. This legislation aims to  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * Tlaib Introduces Resolution Recognizing 77 Years of Ongoing Palestinian Nakba WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) re-introduced H.Res 409 - Recognizing the Nakba and Palestinian Refugees' Rights. May 15, 2025, marks the 77th anniversary of the Nakba. The Nakba, which means "catastrophe" in Arabic, refers to the mass expulsion and ethnic cleansing of Palesti  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Baldwin Presses RFK, Jr. on MPS Lead Crisis, Head Start Closures at Senate Hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Hearing, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) pressed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on mass layoffs at the agency that are impacting Wisconsin families, including firing lead experts th  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * Whip Emmer Honors Law Enforcement with 'Pizza for Police' Event During National Police Week WASHINGTON - Today, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) hosted "Pizza for Police" to show Congress' appreciation for law enforcement during National Police Week. Hundreds of law enforcement officers from the U.S. Capitol Police and agencies across the country attended the ev  more