WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Earl L. Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Carter, Bera Introduce Bill to Strengthen Palliative and Hospice Care Workforce * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Reps. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) and Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) today introduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), bipartisan legislation to invest in training, education, and research for the palliative care and hospice workforce, allowing more practitioners to ent  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The City Council of Beaufort, South Carolina, has formally expressed its opposition to new offshore oil and gas leasing in the Atlantic Ocean through a public comment letter submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior. This correspondence follows the announcement made by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management regarding a new leasing initiative under the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The council unanimously adopted a resolution oppo  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: * * * Export-Import Bank of the United States Board of Directors Approves Nearly $297 Million Transaction to Angola * Washington, DC - The Export-Import Bank of the United States' (EXIM) Board of Directors today approved a transaction to export Boeing aircraft and spare propulsion equipment to Angola. The final commitment of nearly $297 million for TAAG Angola A  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release: * * * Export-Import Bank of the United States Board of Directors Approves Nearly $297 Million Transaction to Angola * Washington, DC - The Export-Import Bank of the United States' (EXIM) Board of Directors today approved a transaction to export Boeing aircraft and spare propulsion equipment to Angola. The final commitment of nearly $297 million for TAAG Angola Airlines will support the export of Bo  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57746) involving NAN YA Plastics Corp. America, Lake City, South Carolina: * * * Rep Org: SC Dept of Health & Env Control Licensee: NAN YA Plastics Corp. America Region: 1 City: Lake City State: SC License #: 471 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Adam Gause HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard Notification Date: 06/06/2025 Notification Time: 11:50 [ET] Event Date: 06/05/2025 Event Time: 00:00 [  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff, Booker, Markey Lead 28 Senate Colleagues in Effort to Protect California's Proposition 12 * Senators: "The Food Security and Farm Protection Act would harm America's small farmers and infringe on the fundamental rights of states to establish laws and regulations within their own borders." This letter follows an announcement last week from the Trump Administration seeking to und  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * Republicans Move Forward with Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Bill that Raises the Cost of Living Republicans Reject Democratic Efforts to Address the Housing Crisis, Prevent Evictions, and Protect Investments in Our Transportation Systems * During today's House Appropriations Committee markup of the fiscal   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 17 -- The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs issued the following news on July 16, 2025: * * * 2024 Average APR for SC Mortgages Reaches 6.8% COLUMBIA, S.C. - The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA) is releasing its 2024 Mortgage Log Report. The report compares mortgage application data received from licensed brokers and lenders for calendar year 2024. Mortgage brokers and lenders processed 181,343 mortgage applications taken in ca  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * Scott Applauds House Passage of GENIUS Act Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) issued the following statement after the House passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act - legislation he co-sponsored and championed as it advanced through the Senate.   more