WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2025: * * * Chairman Mast on Meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement after meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa: "Last evening, the new Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and I broke bread. We had a long and serious conversation about how to build  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Nikema Williams Leads Fight to Protect Voting by Mail * WASHINGTON D.C. - Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) led a letter, including 32 other representatives, to President Donald Trump to demand he cease his attacks on access to the ballot and mail-in voting. After the November 4, 2025 elections, which led to resounding victories for Democratic candidates in New Jersey and Virg  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (TNSFR) -- Education Loan Finance Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee, Credicorp Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda, and Broadway Bancshares Inc., Gilbert, Minnesota, have filed requests with the Federal Reserve System to engage in or retain specific nonbanking activities across the U.S. Education Loan Finance long with its subsidiary Southeast Bancorp Inc., is seeking to start data processing activities through a proposed wholly-owned subsidiary, OpenETX, based in Farragut, Tennessee. This requ  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 11 -- Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas issued the following news on Nov. 10, 2025: * * * Over 450 Schools Receive the Purple Star Schools of Distinction Designation and 16 Colleges Receive the Collegiate Purple Star Campus Designation In recognition of Veterans Day, Commissioner Kamoutsas announced that 451 schools received the prestigious Purple Star School of Distinction Designation with 78 new schools and all 124 schools in the inaugural cohort  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 11 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces New Target Industry in Agricultural Technology at UF/IFAS AI Center Groundbreaking BALM, Fla.-- Today, FloridaCommerce announced that Agricultural Technology (AgTech) is now one of the state's target industries at the groundbreaking of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Center for Applied Artificial Int  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Chairman Guthrie Op-Ed - Democrats are trying and failing to blame Republicans for rising energy prices In case you missed it, the Washington Examiner recently featured an op-ed by Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which highlighted how provisions within the Working Families Tax Cuts ar  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The James Madison Institute, a nonpartisan think tank based in Tallahassee, Florida, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) urging swift action to address regulatory fragmentation in artificial intelligence (AI). The organization highlights the challenges arising from a patchwork of state-level AI regulations that threaten American technological leadership. In its letter, the James Madison Institute describes a sur  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Over the Weekend and During the Democrats' Longest Government Shutdown in American History, ICE Arrests Worst of the Worst Criminal Illegal Aliens Including Pedophiles, Murderers, and Drug Traffickers Despite the Democrats' longest government shutdown in American history, ICE law enforcement officers are still hard at work making America safe again *  While Americans enjoyed their weeke  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Damian Porcari, an experienced patent attorney from Hallandale Beach, Florida, has submitted a public comment letter to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). In his correspondence, Porcari highlights significant concerns regarding the current U.S. Patent System and its adaptability to the accelerating advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). Porcari, a former executive at Ford Motor Company, emphasizes that the United States is falling behind global com  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Frankel Statement on Republican Health Care Crisis * "Let me be clear. I do not support the legislation being pushed by the Republican-controlled Senate that would leave millions of Americans without access to affordable health care and pile even more pressure on already-stretched family budgets," said Rep. Frankel. "I will continue to stand with like-minded colleagues in the House and Senate t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Frankel Statement Urging Trump to Release Overdue WPS Report * "In 2017, President Trump signed the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Act into law with broad bipartisan support, reaffirming America's leadership in advancing women's participation, protection, and empowerment worldwide. The law requires the Administration to submit regular reports to Congress detailing how it is carrying out this   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott and Colleagues Request AG Bondi Unseal Grand Jury Documents from Biden DOJ's Unlawful Arctic Frost Probe * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Rick Scott joined Senator Marsha Blackburn and several of their colleagues in a letter to Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi requesting that she unseal any relevant grand jury materials from the Biden Department of Justice's (DOJ) Arctic Frost witch   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Wasserman Schultz: Democrats Will Not Give Up Our Fight * Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schutlz (FL-25) released the following statement: "House Democrats are fighting to secure bipartisan legislation to fund our government and prevent an unfolding health care coverage calamity that will financially crush tens of millions. The Senate proposed bill critically fails to extend the A  more