WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Earl L. Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Carter Brings Home $65.7 Million for Georgia Ports in House-Passed Bill * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) today secured $65.7 million through the House-passed Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 to fund the United States Army Corps of Engineers' modification and maintenance of the Port of Brunswick and the Port of Savannah. The House o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2025: * * * Chairman Scott, Senate Banking Colleagues Consider Several Key Presidential Nominations in Full Committee Hearing Today, led by Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the Senate Banking Committee considered several nominations for key positions throughout the Trump administration and the Federal Reserve: * Mr. Ben Hobbs,  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Continuity in Freedom Shield * * Published Sept. 4, 2025 * By Staff Sgt. Stuart Bright * Air Force Reserve Command OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- A U.S. Air Force Reserve delegation, led by Lt. Gen. John Healy, Chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, visited Osan Air Base to observe Ulchi Freedom Shield 2025, the annual combined exercise that   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration is reviewing a request from the Norfolk Southern Corp. (NS), Atlanta, Georgia, to join a waiver of compliance from certain safety regulations. The request is for relief from specific rules for air brake system calibration and Class I brake tests on locomotives. The Federal Railroad Administration has assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2016-0086. NS seeks to be included in an existing waiver  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve System has published a series of applications under the Change in Bank Control Act. These filings involve individuals and partnerships that seek to either acquire or retain voting shares in various bank and holding companies. The filings include an application from a family partnership in Scotia, New York, to join a family control group and acquire voting shares in a financial institution and its holding company. Another filing comes from   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System is reviewing an application from SunMark Bancshares Inc., Perry, Georgia, for a merger that would give it control of another bank. SunMark Bancshares has applied to merge with Wheeler Bancshares Inc. and indirectly acquire Wheeler County State Bank, both of Alamo, Georgia. The application and related filings are open for public inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the offices of the Board of Governors. The Federal Reser  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-New York, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on Sept. 4, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Committee Advances Legislation to Bolster Cyber Resilience, Public Safety, and DHS's Counterterrorism Mission This week, the House Committee on Homeland Security advanced legislation with bipartisan support to preserve essential tools for our nation's cybersecurity posture, combat public safety threats, strengthen DHS's counterte  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy calls for better inspection of foreign seafood sold in the US: "The shrimp was radioactive" * # Watch Kennedy's comments here. WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) delivered the following remarks on the U.S. Senate floor: "Mr. President, this is a photograph of the alien from the movie 'Alien.' This is what you could end up looking like if you eat some of the raw frozen shrimp being   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Lead With Endurance, Character, Hegseth Tells New Army Officers * You have endured, and when you endure, character is developed, which leads to hope, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the graduating class of Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, today. Your character will continue to be forged. May you lead with endurance, may you build character, and in the end, may there be hope, because  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48612) on July 31, 2025, entitled "Legislative Branch - FY2026 Appropriations:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * House of Representatives Overall Funding The House requested $2.086 billion for FY2026, an increase of $207.8 million (+11.1%). The House-reported bill would provide $1.984 billion, an increase of $106.5 million (+5.7%)./21 Additional information on headings in the House of   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * McBath, Task Force, House Dems Call on Speaker Johnson to Address Gun Violence: "Your Actions and Inactions Will be Judged for Eternity" * Washington, DC - In the wake of the deadly school shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Congresswoman Lucy McBath (GA-06) joined Gun Violence Prevention Chairman Mike Thompson and 130 Democrats in calling on Speaker Johnson to lis  more