WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * BLUMENTHAL & MERKLEY LEAD GROUP OF 10 SENATORS IN DEMANDING FDA REVERSE DANGEROUS AUTHORIZATION OF FLAVORED E-CIGARETTES * Recent FDA authorization of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes enables & encourages youth tobacco use Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led a group of ten senators in calling on Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FD  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Merkley Lead of 10 Senators in Demanding FDA Reverse Dangerous Authorization of Flavored E-Cigarettes * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led a group of ten senators in calling on Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Kyle Diamantas to rescind FDA's recent decision to authorize flavored e-cigarette produ  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Congresswoman Lee Grills Trump Interior Secretary on Attempt to Kill Solar in Nevada * Download Full Video WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) pressed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on the Trump Administration's weaponization of the permitting process to crush solar in Nevada, despite analysis from Lazard, the world's largest independent investment bank, which found so  more

BETHLEHEM, Pennsylania, May 19 -- Lehigh University issued the following news: * * * Former Congressman Charlie Dent M'93 Tells Graduates 'You Can and You Will Make a Difference' Dent delivered the address at the 2026 Graduate Commencement and Doctoral Hooding Ceremony during Lehigh's 158th Spring Commencement Weekend. * Charles W. Dent M'93, vice president of the Aspen Institute and executive director of the Congressional Program, told graduates during Lehigh's 2026 Graduate Commencement a  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: Trump Admin. Green-Lighting Fruit-Flavored Vapes is Hazardous to Children's Health * WASHINGTON, DC - In a major gift to the vaping industry, President Donald Trump is taking steps to make vaping more attractive and appealing to underage users. The marketing and sale of fruit-flavored vaping products means more children are likely to get addicted to nicotine delivery systems that are bad for   more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, May 18 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * Seton Hall Graduates 2,325 of the Class of 2026 * Seton Hall University celebrated its 170th Baccalaureate Commencement on Monday, May 18, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, with the keynote delivered by best-selling author Arthur Brooks, Ph.D., professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School. The University conferred baccalaureate degrees on 1,451 students, inclu  more