WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * "This is What I'm Fighting For": Warnock Highlights Georgians' Shocking Premium Spikes * On October 1, Georgians who purchase their health care on Georgia Access - the state-based online health care marketplace - were able to log on and see the new cost of their health care premiums for 2026 To the surprise of many, most of the health care plans offered for 2026 have more than doubled their p  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Confirmation Vote, Kaine Statement on Dangerous Set of Nominations, Including William White to be Ambassador to Belgium * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), released the following statement ahead of an expected Senate vote on a block of 107 nominees that includes William White, President Donald Trump's nominee to   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seeking input on a proposed continuation of the National HIV Surveillance System (NHSS). This system collects comprehensive, population-based data on people living with HIV in the U.S. and its territories. The request aligns with the agency's continuous effort to lessen public workload and maximize the utility of government information, as mandated by the Paperwork Reduct  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking comments on a continuing information collection project. This project is the Evaluation Reporting Template for National and State Tobacco Control Program, which supports the evaluation of the program and allows the CDC to monitor and assess its performance. This request is being made as part of the agency's continuous effort to lessen public workload and maximi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking comments on a proposed continuation of the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS). This project is part of a continuous effort to lessen public workload and maximize the usefulness of government information, as mandated by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. SUDORS is a project established to detect developing trends in fatal unintentiona  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The Open Group LLC (TOG), San Francisco, California, has filed an updated written notification with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes to its membership. This filing, submitted on Aug. 22, 2025, follows the requirements of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, which grants a limitation on the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specific circumstances. The  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "HEALTHCARE PREMIUMS, CO-PAYS AND DEDUCTIBLES ARE ABOUT TO SKYROCKET" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference where he emphasized that Democrats are ready to negotiate an end to the government shutdown that lowers healthcare costs at any time, but Republicans are nowhere to be found. LEADER JEFFRIES : It's day three of   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "HEALTHCARE PREMIUMS, CO-PAYS AND DEDUCTIBLES ARE ABOUT TO SKYROCKET" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference where he emphasized that Democrats are ready to negotiate an end to the government shutdown that lowers healthcare costs at any time, but Republicans are nowhere to be found. LEADER JEFFRIES : It's day three of the Trump Republican gover  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Warnock Statement on Teamsters Local 728 Strike * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released a statement on the Teamsters Local 728 strike: "In the words of my spiritual mentor, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,: 'All labor has dignity,'" said Senator Warnock. "'One day our society will come to respect the sanitation worker if it is to survive. For the  more