WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The Armenian Assembly of America issued the following news: As the 116th Congress begins, the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) prioritizes passage of a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide as minority communities continue to be persecuted and targeted. Across the Middle East and other parts of the world, vulnerable minorities are facing the preconditions of genocide, or have already been subjected to gross violations of human rights. Just this week, Arm  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) drafted a letter with Representatives David McKinley (R-W.Va.-1), Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.-2), and Carol Miller (R-W.Va.-3) to President Trump, requesting a single state funeral for the last World War II Medal of Honor recipient. The West Virginia congressional delegation wishes to honor the patriotism and bravery of West  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 31 -- The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news: Three Tribal members served as stand-ins for their parents, who will be memorialized in bronze for their contributions to the Grand Ronde Tribe's Restoration. In the early 1970s, Tribal leaders Margaret Provost, Marvin Kimsey and Merle Holmes began efforts to reverse Termination and undertook the arduous task of seeking Restoration as a federally recogni  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The office of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore-Capito (R-WV) drafted a letter with Representatives David McKinley (R-WV-1), Alex Mooney (R-WV-2), and Carol Miller (R-WV-3) to President Trump, requesting a single state funeral for the last World War II Medal of Honor recipient. The West Virginia congressional delegation wishes to honor the patriotism and bravery of West Virginia'  more

BOCA RATON, Florida, Jan. 28 -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter will present two lectures by Ken Adelman, a U.S. ambassador and the former director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency under former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 9 a.m. and Thursday, Feb. 7 at 9 a.m., in the Osher Lifelong Learning I  more

BRADENTON, Florida, Jan. 28 -- State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota campus issued the following news release: Philip Travis, a history professor at State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF), received a teaching and academic excellence award for his work in the classroom and beyond. Travis was recognized for work that includes his classroom contributions, podcasts on history and a new self-funded "Lectures in History" television program on Manatee Educational Television (METV). The U  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement: "I have no doubt that Russia is in violation of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, an important agreement negotiated by former President Ronald Reagan that eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons that threatened Europe during the Cold War. "I am concerned, though, that the Trump administration's decision to withdraw from the treat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The office of Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a long-time Congressional leader on nuclear arms control and nonproliferation issues, released the following statement on the Trump administration's decision to declare Russia in material breach of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and announcement of its intent to withdraw the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The office of Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following floor remarks regarding the Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act (S.1): "Mr. President -- I come to the Senate Floor today with a sense of great disappointment -- disappointment in what my colleague, the senior senator from Florida and the Republican Leader have done with the bill before us today. Because they have taken a bill that had broad -- maybe unanimous bipartisan support -- a  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 28 -- The Virginia Senate Democrats issued the following news: Last week, Senate and House Democratic Leadership sent a letter (http://www.vahousedems.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Letter-to-Sec-Layne.pdf) to Secretary of Finance Aubrey Layne requesting additional information on when Virginians will begin to feel the impact of delayed conformity legislation.Secretary Layne responded (http://www.vahousedems.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Response-from-Sec-Layne.pdf) and  more