WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet Statement on President Trump's Executive Order Blocking State-Level AI Laws * Washington, D.C. Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement on President Trump's executive order restricting current and future state laws regulating the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. "President Trump's executive order to block state laws regulating artificial intelligence  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet Statement on President Trump's Nominee to Lead Bureau of Land Management * Washington, D.C. Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on President Trump's nomination of Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management: "Steve Pearce's nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management is an insult to Colorado and anyone who cares about the lands that sustain   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Cassidy, Pettersen, Salazar Reintroduce Tax Credit to Help Families and Small Businesses Prepare for Natural Disasters * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), alongside U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.) and Maria Salazar (R-Fla.), reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Shelter Act to help families and small businesses protect   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Hickenlooper, Wyden, Democratic Colleagues Demand Answers from Trump Administration and Drug Companies as Health Care Costs Skyrocket * Washington, D.C. Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper joined U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and five Senate Democratic colleagues to demand four major pharmaceutical companies provide specific details about agreements they annou  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2025: * * * Chairman Lee and Ranking Member Heinrich Announce Upcoming Committee Schedule Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources announced its schedule for the week. The committee will hold a business meeting on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 9:30 am. The purpose of the business meeting is to is to consider pend  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12627) on Dec. 15, 2025, by legislative attorney April J. Anderson and small business and economic development policy analyst R. Corinne Blackford: Here are excerpts: * * * DOT Interim Final Rule on DBE Program The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) making immediate changes to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program on October  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Bennet, Democratic Colleagues Demand Answers from Trump Admin and Drug Companies as Health Care Costs Skyrocket * Letter comes as 15 million Americans - and 241,000 Coloradans - brace to lose health care under cuts in Trump's tax and spending bill WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet recently joined six of their Democratic Senate colleagues to demand  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Rep. Pfluger Joined Mornings with Maria on Fox Business * WASHINGTON, D.C. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Today, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) joined Mornings with Maria live from Capitol Hill to lay out how House Republicans are taking action to fix America's broken health care system and put patients - not insurance companies - first. Since its inception, Obamacare has failed to deli  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Jewish Senate Democrats' Statement on Deadly Attack Against Sydney Hanukkah Celebration * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), alongside Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), is  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 17 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * One of NASA's Key Cameras Orbiting Mars Takes 100,000th Image Mesas and dunes stand out in the view snapped by HiRISE, one of the imagers aboard the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. After nearly 20 years at the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has snapped its 100,000th image of the surface with its HiRISE camera. Short for High Resolution Imaging Science Experime  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Hurd's Jurisdictional Determination Backlog Reduction Act Passes House as Part of PERMIT Act * WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Jeff Hurd's Jurisdictional Determination Backlog Reduction Act passed the House as part of the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act. The PERMIT Act combines targeted reforms to the Clean Water Act permitting processes to cut red tape, reduce   more

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Dec. 17 (TNSxrep) -- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Study reveals cross-border movements and habitat use of endangered manatees in Central America This study represents a significant advance in understanding manatee ecology in Central America. It highlights the urgent need for coordinated policies and cross-border conservation efforts to safeguard this endangered species and the fragile ecosystems it inhabits By Sonia Tejada   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * PHOTO RELEASE: Tuberville Joins Secretary Hegseth for Unveiling of the Sign at the New Headquarters of U.S. Space Command at Redstone Arsenal * HUNTSVILLE - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and members of the Alabama delegation for the unveiling of the sign at the new headquarters of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey has issued Open-File Report 2025-1042, titled 'Assessment of Dragonfly and Damselfly (Odonata) Occupancy and Habitat Suitability at -12 Mile Slough, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona,' by Anya Nova Metcalfe, Morgan A. Ford, Lawrence E. Stevens, and Theodore A. Kennedy, examining how management of a Colorado River backwater could affect native insects and invasive fishes. Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Utah Rep. Mike Kennedy Passes Bill to Support Wildfire Prevention * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Mike Kennedy (R-Utah-03), Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Federal Lands; Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; and Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah), along with Representatives Burgess Owens (R-Utah-04), Blake Moore (R-Utah-01), and Celeste Maloy (R-Utah-02), have  more