WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso: Schumer Shutdown is a Dangerous Game * "Democrats are holding the American people hostage to extract far-left concessions. They're telling our service members their paychecks are negotiable. They're telling small businesses their dreams are collateral damage in a partisan fight. They're telling mothers and young children that WIC benefits are leverage for far-left demands of healthcare for  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Every Day the Government Stays Closed is Another Day of Democrats Ignoring America's Priorities * "The Democrats shut down the government. They think they're hurting President Trump. Instead, the Schumer Shutdown is hurting the American people." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate Floor about the costly impacts the Schumer Shutdow  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Goodlander, Warren, Blumenthal, and Welch Investigate Genesis HealthCare Private Equity Bankruptcy and Its Impact on Nursing Home, Assisted Living Residents Across the Country * Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.), alongside Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), sent a letter to Louis Robichaux IV and Russell Pe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: New Data Shows 267,000 Veterans to Lose Health Care If ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, lead author of bicameral legislation that would permanently extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits, highlighted new data from the Urban Institute showing that 267,000 veterans who use ACA enhanced premium tax credits wil  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Visibility Union (MANEVU), Boston, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing strong objections to the agency's proposed Air Plan Approval for the Arkansas Regional Haze State Implementation Plan. The comments highlight critical issues surrounding the EPA's proposal to fully approve the state's plan and its use of a fifth factor, the Uniform Rate of Progress (URP), in assessing re  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rotor Technologies Inc., a Nashua, New Hampshire-based developer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), submitted a public comment letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expressing strong support for the proposed regulations outlined in the recent Part 108 notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). The organization highlighted that these new guidelines would be instrumental in creating economic opportunities and advancing aviation safety standards within the U.S. airsp  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson on Day Eight of Democrat Government Shutdown: The House Passed the Clean CR to Pay Troops, TSA Agents, and Air Traffic Controllers. Democrats Voted for Them to Go Unpaid. * WASHINGTON -- On Day Eight of the Democrat Government Shutdown, Speaker Johnson held a press conference alongside House GOP Leadership and Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole to highlight t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson on Day Eight of Democrat Government Shutdown: The House Passed the Clean CR to Pay Troops, TSA Agents, and Air Traffic Controllers. Democrats Voted for Them to Go Unpaid. * WASHINGTON -- On Day Eight of the Democrat Government Shutdown, Speaker Johnson held a press conference alongside House GOP Leadership and Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole to highlight the negative cons  more