WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * Agriculture Democrats Offer Amendments to Serve Families and Farmers, Republicans Vote to Slash Food Assistance for Children and Seniors Last night, House Agriculture Committee Republicans advanced their unpopular budget bill, which cuts $300 billion from basic needs food assistance programs that help feed hungry Americans. The Repub  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has proposed a series of additions and deletions to the Procurement List under its AbilityOne Program, impacting nonprofit organizations across multiple states. The proposal includes the addition of one mail services contract and the deletion of numerous products and services, previously provided by nonprofit agencies employing people who are blind or have significant disabilities. A new mail  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 15, 2025 NAVY Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, is awarded a $580,589,011 fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract for the production and delivery of low rate initial production Lot V of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band ship sets, to include spares and data in support of ensuring that manufacturing technologies and processes are mature and will support full rate production deci  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 16 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following news on May 15, 2025: * * * Conversations with the Fed: Workers' Experiences with Unemployment Insurance Unemployment insurance (UI) helps laid-off workers stay afloat when they are looking for a job. How do economists think about UI and its effects on the labor market? What factors help shape workers' access to UI? And why are researchers at the Fed interested in all this? Ayushi Narayan and Ryan N  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following white paper (No. WP 25-13) on May 14, 2025 by Francesco Chiocchio, Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner and Karen Kopecky entitled "Opioids and Post-COVID Labor-Force Participation." Here are excerpts: * * * Abstract At the onset of COVID-19, U.S. labor-force participation dropped by about 3 percentage points and remained below pre-pandemic levels three years later. Recovery varied across states, with s  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Finstad Applauds House Ag Committee Passage of Legislation that Meets the Needs of America's Farmers, Restores SNAP Integrity WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, released the following statement after the committee advanced historic reconciliation legislation that makes critical investments in our farm economy and restores much-nee  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48536) on May 14, 2025, entitled "Medicaid: Selected Resources for National, State and Local Enrollment Data" by research librarians Sarah K. Braun and Angela Napili: * * * Contents Purpose and Scope ... 1 Federal Data Sources ... 2 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National and State Data ... 2 Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC): National and State Da  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * NSWC Crane to receive two nationwide Federal Laboratory Consortium awards for superior technology transfer Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) was recognized with two awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) at the 2025 FLC Awards Ceremony on May 15, 2025 during the FLC National Meeting. Dr. Angela Lewis, SES, the Technical Director at NSWC Crane, was awarded Lab Director of t  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Angie Craig: Less Food for Families, More Handouts for Those at the Top Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement after the committee advanced the largest cut to food assistance in American history in their partisan reconciliation bill. "While Democrats show  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Omar Opening Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing on OSHA's Mission to Keep Workers Safe WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Ilhan Omar (MN-05) delivered the following opening statement at Workforce Protections Subcommittee hearing entitled, "Reclaiming OSHA's Mission: Ensuring Safety Without Overreach." "Thank you, Chairman, and thank you to our witnesses for your testimony today. "Over the pas  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, issued the following floor remarks on May 14, 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, Members of Congress should not be allowed to trade stock. This should be a no-brainer. Members of Congress should not be allowed to profit off of their service. When Members are in a position of directly benefiting from the manipulation of the stock mar  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Smith Joins Colleagues in Bipartisan Push to Boost Housing Supply WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, joined her colleagues on a bipartisan, bicameral bill to provide resources to help communities rehaul their zoning and land use regulations. The Housing Supply Frameworks Act wo  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Three Bipartisan Klobuchar Bills to Support Law Enforcement and First Responders Advance out of Judiciary Committee WASHINGTON - During National Police Week, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced that three of her bipartisan bills to bolster safety and resources for first responders and law enforcement officers passed out of the Judiciary Committee  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla Convenes Spotlight Hearing on Dangers of Trump, Partisan Attacks on Voting and Elections Election officials and voter advocates detail the harmful impacts of Republicans' SAVE Act and Trump's anti-voter executive order on the right to vote for millions of American citizens Watch the full spotlight hearing, including witness opening statements and questioning, here. WASHINGTON, D.  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla Leads Push Against Trump and Republican Attacks on Voting and Elections During Spotlight Hearing WATCH : Padilla convenes first Rules Committee Democrats spotlight hearing to expose dangers of SAVE Act and Trump's executive order WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and California's forme  more