WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Bilirakis Leads Effort to Safeguard Medicare and Social Security for Future Generations * Washington, DC - Congressman Gus Bilirakis has reintroduced the Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security Act, legislation designed to protect and strengthen two of the nation's most important safety-net programs. The bill would establish an independent, bipartisan commission of experts tasked wi  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman Among Lawmakers Pushing Restoration of Protect Life Rule * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined 158 of his colleagues in the U.S. House and Senate urging U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restore the Protect Life Rule and ensure Title X Family Planning Program funding does not support abortion or abortion services. "We ask   more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following news release: * * * Ambassador Jamieson Greer: Trade theory must catch up with tariffs, industrial policy, and the costs of globalization Ambassador Jamieson Greer published an article in the June issue of the International Monetary Fund's Finance & Development Magazine calling for the economics profession to revisit its assumptions and develop models that capture what matters to the real economy--including  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 2 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack issued the following commentary: * * * The National Debt Looms Over America's 250th Birthday The national debt represents one of the greatest current public policy challenges in the United States. Yet no matter the party or level of government, very few of those in power have any interest in tackling this problem. This has led to record levels of inflation that are strangling the American family and increasing unaff  more