WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Pat Harrigan Co-Leads Legislation to Strengthen Energy Storage Safety * WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) joined Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) in co-leading the Better Energy Storage and Safety Act, legislation amending the Energy Act of 2020 to expand federal research, testing, and demonstration programs focused on the safety of energy storage systems,   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Tillis, Warren, Senators Urge Education Department to Promptly Release Funding for Agency's Research Arm * Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, North Carolina's U.S. Senator Thom Tillis, and Massachusetts' U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren led their Senate colleagues in pressing U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to ensure the timely release of funding for the inde  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Foushee and Tonko Lead Push to Hold Gambling Industry CEOs Accountable for Social Harms Affecting Young Americans * WASHINGTON, DC (May 11, 2026) -Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) and Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20), alongside bicameral lawmakers, sent a letter to the CEOs of several sports-betting and prediction market companies urging them to take immediate action to a  more