WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Lyle Cain, managing partner and surgeon at the Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, from a June 25, 2025, hearing entitled "Lessons from the Field: How Sports Medicine Can Improve Health Outcomes for Seniors": * * * Thank you Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand and members of the committee for inviting me to testify in the hearing today. My name is Lyle Cain. I am the Managing Par  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Shomari C. Figures, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Figures Joins Republican Chairmen to Introduce Bipartisan NIL Bill to Establish National Framework * WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Shomari C. Figures (AL-02), led a bipartisan effort with the Republican chairmen of the Committees on Energy and Commerce; Education and the Workforce; and the Judiciary to introduce the Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements (SCORE) Act (l  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, July 11 -- The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology issued the following news on July 10, 2025: * * * HudsonAlpha BRIDGES Engine Selected to Advance to Semifinals in second NSF Regional Innovation Engines competition On Tuesday, the National Science Foundation's Regional Innovation Engines program announced that the BRIDGES Engine proposal has advanced as a semifinalist in the program. The BRIDGES Engine is led by the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, with co-le  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Questions President Trump's NOAA Administrator Nominee on Putting Facts and Science First * Dr. Neil Jacobs was involved in the 2019 "Sharpiegate," when President Trump altered a hurricane map to falsely show Hurricane Dorian hitting Alabama, contradicting official forecasts Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, an  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Sewell, Duckworth, and Kim Renew Push to Improve Access to Prenatal Care for Military Families * Washington D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Terri Sewell (AL-07), along with U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Andy Kim (D-NJ), reintroduced legislation to improve access to prenatal care for military families. The Improving Access to Prenatal Care for Military Families Act would create a Departm  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Dale W. Strong, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Appoints Strong to Serve on Commission Dedicated to Holding China Accountable * WASHINGTON--Today, Speaker Mike Johnson appointed Representative Dale Strong to serve as a Commissioner on the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC). "I am proud to be appointed to the CECC as a Commissioner this Congress. The Chinese Communist Party is relentless in its efforts to undermine Amer  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Introduces Bill to Strengthen Benefits for American Workers * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in cosponsoring the Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers Act, which establishes a safe harbor under federal law for companies that would like to voluntarily provide employee benefits. This would apply to any benefit or protection   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Katie Britt Delivers Remarks Following Unanimous Senate Passage of Lulu's Law * 'Lulu's story is not only incredible, but has given us an opportunity to ensure that it doesn't happen to anyone ever again' WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today spoke on the Senate floor to celebrate Senate passage of Lulu's Law, a bipartisan piece of legislation named after shark atta  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Katie Britt Honors Those Affected by Deadly Texas Floods * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) spoke on the Senate floor to acknowledge the deadly flooding in Texas, honoring Alabama natives, eight-year-old Sarah Marsh and the Santana family. Senator Britt also expressed her gratitude for the first responders and community members who have so bravely contributed to searc  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSFR) -- The University of Alabama, Birmingham Campus, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, establishing a cultural affiliation with five Indian tribes and native Hawaiian organizations. This includes the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town. This action is in accordance with the N  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 10 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Vanishing shores: Coastal geologist issues urgent call to save the Gulf Coast * John B. Anderson, the W. Maurice Ewing Professor Emeritus of Oceanography at Rice. For John B. Anderson, the Gulf Coast is personal. The W. Maurice Ewing Professor Emeritus of Oceanography at Rice University spent his early years on Alabama's Fort Morgan Peninsula, where his father was a party boat fisherman. That lifelong conne  more