WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Cammack Calls on Treasury to Protect U.S. Medical Innovation from Chinese IP Theft * Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott K. H. Bessent, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), urging swift action to address a Chinese investment that threatens U.S. intellectual property, jobs, and national security. The letter h  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Williams Celebrates House Passage of the Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act (H.R. 3174) under suspension, favorably out of the chamber. This legislation will significantly expand access to capital for small American manufacturers and strengthen the domestic industry. C  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of War (formerly the U.S. Department of Defense) published an arms sales notification detailing a proposed transfer of precision artillery guidance hardware and support services to the Government of Denmark. The notice, designated Transmittal 24-77, outlines an $85 million package consisting of 5,832 M1156 Precision Guidance Kits, along with technical training, data, compatibility testing and logistics support. The program falls under statutory  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute issued the following white paper (No. 119) on November 20, 2025, by Lukas Althoff, Harriet Brookes Gray, and Hugo Reichardt entitled "America's Rise in Human Capital Mobility". Here are excerpts: * * * How did the US become a land of opportunity? We show that the country's pioneering role in mass education was key. Unlike previous research, which has focused on fath  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute issued the following white paper (No. 121) on November 25, 2025, by Christopher Foote, Shigeru Fujita, Amanda Michaud, and Joshua Montes entitled "Assessing Maximum Employment". Here are excerpts: * * * We suggest a core set of indicators for evaluating the position of the labor market relative to maximum employment. The unemployment rate remains the key indicator o  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute issued the following white paper (No. 122) on November 26, 2025, by Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Anne Hannusch, Karen A. Kopecky, and Tim Obermeier entitled "Cohabitation, Child Development, and College Costs". Here are excerpts: * * * US college-educated couples with children marry at higher rates than those without a college degree. We argue that marriage, which entails  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute issued the following white paper (No. 120) on November 24, 2025, by Isaac Sorkin entitled "Quantifying Racial Disparities Using Consecutive Employment Spells". Here are excerpts: * * * This paper develops a framework to quantify racial disparities in earnings and employment that are not plausibly due to differences in productivity. Over an employment cycle, employer  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute issued the following white paper (No. 118) on November 18, 2025, by Rebecca Jack, Daniel Tannenbaum, and Brenden Timpe entitled "The Landscape of Parental Leave-Taking in the United States". Here are excerpts: * * * This paper leverages new data linkages to provide the most detailed account to date of the length and timing of parental leave in the United States. Mos  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following Economic Research white paper (No. 793) on November 24, 2025, by Loukas Karabarbounis, Jeremy Lise, and Anusha Nath entitled "Minimum Wages and Labor Markets in the Twin Cities". Here are excerpts: * * * We present new evidence on the labor market effects of large and permanent minimum wage increases by examining the policy changes implemented by Minneapolis and announced by Saint Paul in  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following Economic Research white paper (No. 812) on November 19, 2025, by Javier Bianchi and Saki Bigio entitled "Portfolio Choice and Settlement Frictions: A Theory of Endogenous Convenience Yields". Here are excerpts: * * * We study settlement frictions that arise from the need to finance negative balances through an over-the-counter (OTC) market. We derive a closed-form expression for the endog  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following Economic Research report (No. 677) on November 26, 2025, by James Schmitz entitled "Economists Should Be Studying Monopoly Much More Extensively: How Our Interest in Monopoly Waned After We Began Thinking About Monopoly All Wrong." Here are excerpts: * * * Our forebears --- including Adam Smith, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, William Stanley Jevons, Frank A. Fetter, Lionel Robbins, Jacob Vin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Craig Leads Legislation to Prevent Companies from Using Tariffs as Cover for Price Gouging Consumers * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig introduced legislation with Reps. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) to prohibit companies from using President Trump's reckless tariffs as cover for price gouging consumers. The No GOUGE Act would create a ban on  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Craig's Bill to Combat Opioid Epidemic, Expand Access to Overdose Prevention Resources Signed into Law * WASHINGTON, DC \- Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig's bipartisan RECONNECTIONS Act to expand access to overdose prevention resources was signed into law. Rep. Craig's bill directs the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to expand their overdose prevention efforts by bolstering prescript  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Fischbach Secures Federal Funding for Two Projects in MN-07 * Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (MN-07) is pleased to announce that over $5.5 million in federal funding has been secured for two critical infrastructure projects in Minnesota's Seventh Congressional District, including $1,500,000 for sanitary system improvements in Plummer and $4,167,900 for the Kandiyohi wa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Exposes Illegally Issued Non-Domiciled CDLs in Minnesota * Minnesota has two choices: follow the law or lose funding WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today exposed that one third of Minnesota's non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) reviewed by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) were iss  more