WASHINGTON, July 9 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11672) on July 8, 2025, by naval affairs specialist Ronald O'Rourke. Here are excerpts: * * * Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Program: Background and Issues for Congress Introduction The Coast Guard's Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) program envisages procuring 30 replacements for the Coast Guard's 35 aging river buoy tenders (WLRs), inland construction tenders (WLI  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, issued the following news: * * * Congressman Guthrie Announces Recovery of $9.6 Million for Constituents Through Federal Casework in First Six Months of 2025 * Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) announced that he helped 535 constituents of Kentucky's Second District recover $9,604,166 through federal casework in the first six months of 2025. "One of the most important responsibilities I have as the Representative of Kentucky's   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Farm Security is National Security: The Trump Administration Takes Bold Action to Elevate American Agriculture in National Security * (Washington, D.C., July 8, 2025) -- Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins alongside U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the next pillar of   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- GE Appliances submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce, urging the agency to exclude specific Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings from the Section 232 tariff action. The company argues that imposing tariffs on these component parts would severely impact U.S. manufacturing and both businesses and consumers dependent on these products. In the correspondence addressed to Eric Longnecker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Security, GE App  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- GE Appliances, Louisville, Kentucky, a manufacturer in the home appliance sector, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce, advocating against the inclusion of specific Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTSUS) subheadings in the Section 232 action on steel derivatives. The organization emphasizes that imposing tariffs on these component parts would significantly harm U.S. manufacturing and consumers. In the letter penned by Earl F. Jones, Deputy Gener  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on July 8, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: No One is 'Gutting' the Safety Net In case you missed it, the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board wrote the following op-ed this week in defense of the commonsense provisions included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Key Takeaways: * Medicaid spending has risen by roughly 60 percent since 2019,   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission, Frankfort, has scheduled a public hearing concerning application for an adjustment of natural gas rates and approval of tariffs of Duke Energy Kentucky Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. The hearing is set for October 28, 2025, in the Richard Raff Hearing Room at the Commission's offices, located at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky. The Commission's order (Case No. 2025-00125) mandates that all witnesses sponsoring schedules, testimony,  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission, Frankfort, has ordered a public hearing regarding Louisville Gas and Electric Co.'s, Kentucky, application for an adjustment of its electric and gas rates (Case No. 2025-00114). This hearing will be held jointly with a related case (Case No. 2025-00113) involving Kentucky Utilities Co., Lexington. The hearing is scheduled for Monday, November 3, 2025, at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Proceedings will take place in the Richard Raff He  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell on Continuing U.S. Lethal Assistance to Ukraine * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding the delivery of weapons to Ukraine: "Today, the strategic incoherence of underfunding our military and restricting lethal assistance to partners like Ukraine is measured in the avoidable erosion of American c  more