WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following testimony by Cody Venzke, senior policy counsel for the National Political Advocacy Division of the American Civil Liberties Union, from a Dec. 3, 2025, hearing entitled "Safeguarding Student Privacy and Parental Rights: A Review of FERPA and PPRA." FERPA is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act while PPRA stands for Protection of Pupil Righ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release: * * * AFGE Blasts TSA's Illegal Termination of Collective Bargaining Agreement Covering 47,000 Officers, Vows Legal Challenge * Busting TSA union should concern every member of the flying public, labor leaders say WASHINGTON Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the exclusive union representative of 47,000 Transportation Security Offi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines on Nonstop Local: Made-In-Montana Energy Is Back * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined Nonstop Local to discuss President Trump overturning President Biden's anti-coal Miles City Resource Management Plan. Daines led the legislation President Trump signed into law. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines: Made-In-Montana energy is back. President Trump meant what he said when he c  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines, Downing Bill to Unlock Montana Mining Signed into Law by President Trump * "Today Marks A Massive Win for Montana and the Nation" U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy, as well as Representatives Troy Downing (MT-02) and Ryan Zinke (MT-01) today announced that President Trump signed their bill into law that unlocks Eastern Montana mining. The bill removes the harmful Bide  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Donald Trump's AI Order Threatens Everyday Georgians' Wallets * ATLANTA - Donald Trump has issued an executive order seeking to remove state guardrails around artificial intelligence and the infrastructure needed to run AI, including popular state-level initiatives to require data center build transparency, protect privacy, and reduce impacts on electric affordability and pollution. The   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2025: * * * House Passes Energy and Commerce Bills to Strengthen Grid, Lower Electricity Prices Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Mike Johnson (LA-04), Speaker of the House of Representatives, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy, Congre  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes Reforms to Unlock the Full Potential of the Working Families Tax Cuts * WASHINGTON Speaker Johnson released the following statement to highlight House Republicans' continued work to implement a pro-growth agenda through commonsense deregulation and long-overdue reforms with the passage of this week's House bills. "House Republicans continue to implement a pro-growth   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes Reforms to Unlock the Full Potential of the Working Families Tax Cuts * WASHINGTON Speaker Johnson released the following statement to highlight House Republicans' continued work to implement a pro-growth agenda through commonsense deregulation and long-overdue reforms with the passage of this week's House bills. "House Republicans continue to implement a pro-growth agenda that puts  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Daily Caller EXCLUSIVE: GOP Montana Lawmakers Celebrate As Trump Demolishes Biden-Era Assault On Their Resources * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines yesterday announced that President Trump signed his bill overturning Biden's anti-coal Miles City Resource Management Plan Amendment. Read highlights from the story below. EXCLUSIVE: GOP Montana Lawmakers Celebrate As Trump Demolishes Bid  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LETTER: LCV Urges Congress to Oppose the SPEED Act, the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, and other anti-environmental legislation * December 12, 2025 U.S. House of Represe ntatives Washington, DC 20515 Re: Oppose H.R. 4776 the SPEED Act, H.R. 1366 the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, and other anti-environmental legislation (H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632, H.R. 845) Dear Repres  more

LEICESTER, England, Dec. 12 -- De Montfort University issued the following news: * * * Older polluting log burners could be a thing of the past thanks to DMU-led research A device that can be retrofitted to older log burners to prevent them from spreading harmful toxins in homes is being developed by a research team at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU). The device, known as the Helixtractor, sits in a chamber that is retrofitted to existing devices. It has a heat recovery coil that cre  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * Oppose H.R. 4776 the SPEED Act, H.R. 1366 the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, and other anti-environmental legislation (H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632, H.R. 845) * December 12, 2025 U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Re: Dear Representative: The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) believes that everyone has a right to clean air, clean water, public lands,   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * President Trump Signs North Dakota Delegation Bill to Repeal Disastrous, Biden-Era North Dakota RMP * ***Click here for audio. BISMARCK, N.D. - During a ceremony at the White House, President Donald Trump signed a historic resolution to unwind the awful Biden-era Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Resource Management Plan (RMP) for North Dakota. The resolution was introduced in the U.S. House o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2025: * * * Senator Justice Celebrates National Miners Day Resolution Passing the Senate Yesterday, Senator Jim Justice (R-WV) celebrated the Senate's passage of the National Miners Day Resolution: "Our miners have always been the backbone of this nation. In West Virginia, our coal miners are the men and women who do the gritty, demanding work every single day. They power our homes, fuel o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news wrapup, This Week in Climate Action - Dec. 12, 2025: * * * Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we're covering attacks on our climate and democracy, and the wins keeping us going. Be sure to follow LCV on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky, and TikTok. QUOTES OF THE W  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 13 -- The University of Pennsylvania issued the following news: * * * Exploring Philadelphia's petrochemical past Penn historian Jared Farmer recently launched a website about Philadelphia's fossil fuel economy to help students and residents learn about the local past in larger context. * For some 150 years, Philadelphia's lower Schuylkill River was a major hub for petroleum storage, refining, and distribution. Taking into account riverside chemical works, c  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 12 -- The office of the Prime Minister of Australia issued the following news release: * * * Work progresses to secure Tomago Aluminium and drive the Hunter region's clean energy future * Today the Australian Government has unveiled a plan to work with the NSW Government and Tomago Aluminium to keep the smelter open beyond 2028. This joint effort secures thousands of jobs at Tomago and across the Hunter, and positions Australia as a global leader in aluminium prod  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Wyoming Delegation Joins President Trump at White House as He Strikes Down Biden-Era Buffalo Management Plan * WASHINGTON, D.C. In a major victory for Wyoming energy and America's economic future, Senators Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso, and Representative Harriet Hageman (all R-WY) joined President Donald Trump at the White House for the signing (link is external) of their Congressional Review  more