WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * Ahead of Fed Nominee's Confirmation Vote, Warren Presses Miran on the Role of Trump Administration's Tariffs on Higher Consumer Prices Miran: "I mean sure, you know, eventually, you know, a meteor is going to strike, or whatever. But we've been waiting...and that evidence has just not emerged" *   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * Comer and Luna Ramp Up Probe into CCP-Linked Funding Fueling Civil Unrest in the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets Chairwoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) are intensifying their investigation into the fi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-New York, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news: * * * Committee Members Visit Ground Zero to Commemorate 9/11, Tour MetLife Stadium Ahead of 2026 FIFA World Cup On Thursday, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY) led a bipartisan delegation to visit Ground Zero on the 24th anniversary of the horrific terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which took 2,977 lives. It rema  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Deluzio Celebrates $4 Million Federal Grant to Support PA Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Inspections * CARNEGIE, PA - Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) celebrated that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMA) has awarded $4,067,990 in federal grant funds to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC). The grant will support statewide safety inspections o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Mackenzie Announces Start of New Televised Series * Washington D.C. -- Congressman Ryan Mackenzie, representing the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos in Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District, is announcing the return of his Legislative Update series. This series, which began during Congressman Mackenzie's time as a Pennsylvania state representative, gives audiences another opport  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 15 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news: * * * Cook, Reschenthaler Congratulate Regimental Fife and Drum Unit for Being Selected to Participate in National Memorial Day Parade * HARRISBURG - Rep. Bud Cook (R-Greene/Washington) and Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (R-14) together applaud the Regimental Fife and Drum Unit at Mon Valley Academy for the Arts (MVAA) for being selected to perform at the National Memorial Day Parade in Washing  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Convenes AI Roundtable at White House, Administrator Zeldin Highlights Permitting Reform to Make U.S. the AI Capital of the World * U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin led an Artificial Intelligence (AI) roundtable at the White House today with AI and data center leaders. Administrator Zeldin touted actions the Trump Administration has taken to advance AI i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Former Defense Contractor Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison for Attempted Espionage * John Murray Rowe Jr., 67, of Lead, South Dakota, was sentenced today to 126 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and a $25,000 fine for attempted espionage. The defendant was charged by indictment in December 2021 and pleaded guilty in April of last year to one count of attempted de  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Beyer Introduce Legislation to Facilitate Peer-To-Peer Mental Health Support * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Don Beyer (D-VA) announced the introduction of the Peer-to-Peer Mental Health Support Act to help facilitate effective student-led mental health crisis response. "As more Americans recognize the importance of addressing mental health, it's incredibly  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Craig introduce "The Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act" * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA), a member of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health, and Angie Craig (D-MN), introduced the "The Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act." This legislation aims to improve patient safety by reducing blood culture contamination and also aims to avoid administering unnecess  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: 24 Years Later, We Stand United in Remembrance of Those We Lost On 9/11 * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the 24 th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001: "Our nation was forever changed on September 11, 2001 by the horrific terrorist attacks that claimed thousands of innocent lives in New York, Pennsylvania,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers (PACHC) has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outlining its support and recommendations for Medicare payment policies that benefit community health centers (CHCs) and their patients. PACHC represents a vast network of CHCs across Pennsylvania, providing vital healthcare services to over 1 million patients annually. In  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Coons highlights impact of social media on political violence and extremism in joint CBS "Face the Nation" interview with Senator Lankford * WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) appeared in a joint interview with James Lankford (R-Okla.) on CBS News' Face the Nation on Sunday with Major Garrett, where he discussed how social media is contributing to in  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Smucker Introduces Legislation to Protect Children from Identity Theft * Washington --Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), a senior member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, introduced the Social Security Child Protection Act to better protect children from fraud when their Social Security cards are lost or stolen. The legislation would require the Social Security Administration (SSA) to issu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Thompson Announces More Than $1.5 Million in Federal Funding for Forest County Broadband * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson today announced Forest County will receive $1,573,883 in grant funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to expand broadband services in the county. The grant funding will cover the third phase of the county's broadband project.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * Warren and Waters Launch Probe into Treasury Secretary's Decision to Gut Corporate Transparency Act in Light of New Warnings As a recent headline in the Daily Caller highlighted, 'Trump Admin May Have Accidentally Empowered Cartels To Flood America With Fentanyl, Republican Legal Experts Warn.'" "  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * Waters and Warren Launch Probe into Treasury Secretary's Decision to Undermine Corporate Transparency Act Despite New Warnings "As a recent headline in the Daily Caller highlighted, 'Trump Admin May Have Accidentally Empowered Cartels To Flood America With Fentanyl, Republican Legal Experts Warn.'" "It appears that you   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- WellSpan Health, a regional healthcare leader serving central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) addressing the proposed rule for the Calendar Year 2026 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System. The organization expressed strong concerns over several proposed policies  more