WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on May 18, 2025: * * * Boyle Statement on Budget Committee Passage of Republican Plan to Rip Away Health Care to Pay for Billionaire Tax Cuts WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after Budget Committee Republicans voted along party lines to advance their far-ri  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Dean Celebrates the Signing of Bipartisan Law to Protect Americans from Online Exploitation WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Trump signed the bipartisan Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes On Websites and Network (TAKE IT DOWN) Act -- led by Congresswomen Madeleine Dean (D-PA-04) and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27 ) -- into law. Senators T  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 19, 2025 NAVY BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is awarded a $138,549,731 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides engineering services, installation engineering, equipment integration, overhauls, design engineering for airborne capabilities, test and evaluation, user and maint  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48097) on May 15, 2025, entitled "Energy and Water Development: FY2025 Appropriations" by energy policy specialist Mark Holt and natural resources policy specialist Anna E. Normand. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations (E&W) bill funds civil works activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the Department of Defens  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48097) on May 15, 2025, entitled "Energy and Water Development - FY2025 Appropriations:" (Continued from Part 2 of 4) * * * Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Authorized in 1975 by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (P.L. 94-163, as amended; 42 U.S.C. Sec.6201 et seq.), the SPR fulfills two statutory policy objectives: (1) reduce the economic impact of oil supply disruptions, and (2) carr  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Leaders Thank EPA for Over $21 Million in Brownfields Grants to Communities in Mid-Atlantic Region Grants will help 30 recipients assess or cleanup contaminated sites across three states PHILADELPHIA-- Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that 30 recipients in EPA Region 3 have been selected to receive over $21 million in Brownfields Grants to help communit  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 20 -- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued the following news release: * * * PUC Damage Prevention Committee Announces Actions Against Underground Facility Owners, Excavators and Project Owners Plans for Hybrid In-Person and Virtual Meeting on Tuesday, June 10 HARRISBURG - A total of 239 disciplinary actions, including 115 education requirements, and $160,425 in administrative penalties, have been taken against 160 underground facility owners, excav  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Senators McCormick and Kelly Lead Legislation Targeting Mexican Drug Cartels Washington, D.C., May 15, 2025 - Senators Dave McCormick (R-PA) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) today introduced S. 1780, the Mexico Security Assistance Accountability Act, which would require the State Department to develop a strategy to dismantle the Mexican drug cartels that ensures U.S. security assistance is delivering the   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 20 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development issued the following news on May 19, 2025: * * * Strengthening Communities: Shapiro Administration Highlights $753,000 Investment in the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania to Feed Individuals and Families In Need The Erie County-based program received one of 403 statewide awards recently through the Neighborhood Assistance Program, which Governor Shapiro is again proposing to   more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 19, 2025: * * * Warren, Reed Press Treasury and DOJ on North Korea's $1.5 Billion Crypto Heist "In the wake of the Bybit hack, it is essential that the United States redouble its efforts to prevent North Korean crypto theft." Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Ba  more