WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 27: Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) issued the following statement in response to the White House's Testing Blueprint plan, which according to reports, would provide enough tests to allow states to screen at least 2 percent of residents while placing the burden on testing and contact tracing - two actions needed to reopen the economy - on states. "This blueprint isn't a plan to aggressively increase te  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-20-341) is entitled "Antibiotic Resistance: Additional Federal Actions Needed to Better Determine Magnitude and Reduce Impact". The report was sent to Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, chairman, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman, Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, Republican leader of the House  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-20-504R) is entitled "State and USAID: Status of GAO Recommendations Made in 2018". The report was sent to Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, chairman, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, chairman, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Relat  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 29: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer highlighted the need for bipartisan federal investment to states, counties, towns, and local communities in the next coronavirus rescue and relief package. New Jersey continues to be ranked as having the second largest coronavirus outbreak in the country by total number of cases. In the North Jersey counties that make up the Fifth District, as of today, t  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 27: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) joined the Borough of River Edge's Council meeting to update residents on ongoing efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic in North Jersey, to outline resources available to help them, and provide updates on the recently enacted bipartisan interim emergency package that further funds the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan  more

BLAIRSTOWN, New Jersey, April 29 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 28: On April 28, 2020, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) launched #NJ5ThanksYou to regularly honor local heroes who are finding ways to support the North Jersey community throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Today, Gottheimer is honoring North Warren Regional High School STEM teacher and robotics team coach Don Biery and his students who are using donated 3D printers to crea  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: This week, Rep. Green sent a letter to Chairman Adam Smith and Ranking Member Mac Thornberry of the House Armed Services Committee urging funding for Fort Campbell's hospital following the deployment of hundreds of Fort Campbell soldiers to locations in New York, New Jersey, and Boston to serve in the fight against coronavirus. Green said, "The COVID-19 outbreak is challenging our Nation's public health in  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 1: Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) held a virtual question and answer session with more than 1,800 members of AARP New Jersey where he called for additional assistance for New Jersey's seniors, especially those in long-term care facilities which have been particularly hard hit by the Coronavirus crisis. "In times like this, our senior population can be the most vulnerable, and it's important that we exhaust  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) was named to the bipartisan House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis, where he will serve as one of twelve members of the House tasked with conducting oversight over programs aimed at ending the Coronavirus pandemic and helping address the economic impact it has had on the American people. "We are in the midst of the largest national security crisis to hit our homeland,  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Tomaz Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on the death of ex-New Jersey First Lady Deborah Bye Kean: "It is with sadness that I learned of the passing of former First Lady Deborah Bye Kean. Mrs. Kean served as First Lady of New Jersey with grace, humility and an unparalleled commitment to her children. "I extend my heartfelt condolences to her husband Governor Tom Kean, her children State Senator Tom Kean, Jr., Reed and Alexandra and her grand  more

SOMERVILLE, New Jersey, April 29 -- Rep. Tomaz Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: A bipartisan group of 54 Mayors and County Freeholders from across New Jersey's 7th Congressional District urged Congress to provide desperately needed funding for local governments, regardless of population size, in the next coronavirus emergency relief package. The letter calls on House and Senate Leadership to take up H.R. 6467, a bipartisan bill introduced by Congressman Malinowski wi  more

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, April 29 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 28: U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced plans to introduce a bill in the House of Representatives to make Workers Memorial Day a federal holiday. Workers Memorial Day is observed annually on April 28 to remember those who have died on the job, and to renew efforts to create safer working conditions for all workers. "On Workers Memorial Day, we honor those who ha  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development will receive up to $9,000,000, with $3,000,000 released initially, in funding for the National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG) administered through the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The grant will support disaster-relief jobs and provide employment services to eligib  more

LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, April 30 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that the 6th Congressional District Annual High School Art Competition is officially underway. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the competition will take place virtually this year. Students have until May 8 to submit information about their artwork along with a photo online. The competition is open to all high school students in N  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) participated in a conference call between the Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to discuss the pending implementation of the new North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on July 1. "While I voted against the final product, I still believe it's vital that the new NAFTA agreement   more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) wrote to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General calling for an investigation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to determine if the FDA's decision-making process has been compromised by political pressure to promote unproven therapies to treat COVID-19. Their new letter com  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 1: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced an additional $1.708 billion in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support New Jersey hospitals and health care providers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawmakers fought to secure this funding in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and E  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. introduced The Hazardous Duty Pay for Frontline Federal Workers Act to increase the wages of the most critical federal workers during this coronavirus global pandemic. The bill would require federal agencies to provide additional compensation to employees who risk exposure to COVID-19 or contract it during the duration of this crisis. These employees would include T  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. wrote a letter to the leadership of the House of Representatives to remind them to include critical measures to protect dialysis patients and workers in the next coronavirus relief package. In the letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Payne, Jr. wrote that dialysis machines and fluids could be in short supply based  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Max Rose, D-New York, issued the following news release on May 1: Congressman Max Rose, a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, participated in a virtual forum on coronavirus and the Federal government's response in which he highlighted the important role the federal government should play in producing and securing critical supplies. Rose joined Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. of New Jersey, chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedn  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Max Rose, D-New York, issued the following news release: Congressman Max Rose and Staten Island Borough President James Oddo called for Mayor Bill de Blasio to allocate military medical personnel that have been deployed to New York City to Staten Island hospitals to help ease the burden on the Island's medical professionals and nursing homes throughout the city. Nearly 1,100 military medical professionals have been deployed to the New York and New Jersey region, and wh  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, April 27 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced that her office has successfully worked for the safe return of 29 constituents and family members of constituents traveling and living abroad. Rep. Sherrill's office helped New Jerseyans who were in Peru, Morocco, Egypt, Portugal, Japan, New Zealand, Haiti, India and Pakistan, including constituents on cruise ships and students on study abroad  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, April 30 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) launched a survey for small businesses in the 11th District to share their experiences with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and Grants. The data from this survey will be published on Representative Sherrill's website, and will be shared with the U.S. Small Business Administration, U.S. Department of th  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ) announced that Northwest Essex Community Healthcare Network, serving Belleville, NJ, has received a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) worth $3,999,907. "Despite the ongoing pandemic and the challenges it poses, behavioral health care providers have continued to treat some of the most vulnerable individuals in our community," s  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 28: Currently, only 42.4% of the 8th District has responded to the 2020 Census - behind the state rate of 53.2%. We all need to do our part and be counted. The division of federal resources, annually and in times of emergency, relies on Census responses. Represent our community and fill yours out today. If you have not responded yet, the Census Bureau has sent paper questionnaires to your addre  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: The New Jersey Department of Labor (NJDOL) is continuing to work around the clock in order to review all the claims that have been filed. Within the last few days, the NJDOL has put up new guidelines for self-employed individuals, individuals seeking extensions to their unemployment benefits, and guidelines for receiving the $600 Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC) weekly payment as stipulated in the CA  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: More federal funding to combat opioid and other addictions in Monmouth and Ocean counties was announced by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04)--and it couldn't have come at a more critical time. "This grant funding comes at a crucial time for people who are recovering from addictions or facing mental illness in the Ocean and Monmouth County areas," said Smith. "The isolation that can come with social distanc  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following statement on World Malaria Day: "As prime author of a law to provide funds to combat malaria, HIV/AIDs and other diseases, and as co-chairman of the House Malaria Caucus, I remain deeply concerned that globally, 228 million people suffer from malaria with 405,000 deaths in 2018. "The President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) notes with alarm that 'Children under age five accounted for more than two-thirds (67 percent) of a  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Jefferson Van Drew, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Jeff Van Drew is calling out China's government for their role in the death, destruction and dereliction of human decency in their behavior over the handling of the Coronavirus outbreak. "Every American of every background and creed should be furious with China for their disregard of human well-being amidst the Coronavirus cover-up they have participated in. Had we known sooner, or had  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) announced the Essential Pay for Essential Workers Act, legislation that would pay workers providing essential services an additional $15 per hour in compensation, on top of their regular pay. Acknowledging the higher risk of infection for all workers required to keep grocery stores, sanitation services, postal operations and other critical facilities r  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following joint statement with Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, and Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, ranking member of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, on a report from the Government Accountability Office detailing rec  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 1: Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13), joined by Reps. Donna Shalala (D-FL-27), Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12), and Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), introduced a resolution honoring Arab American Heritage Month, a month-long celebration held in April to recognize the incredible contributions Arab Americans have made in the United States. "From my hometown of Paterson, New Jersey to the furthest reache  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, May 2 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) and Representative Peter King (NY-02) co-led 29 Members of Congress in a bipartisan letter urging United States Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to amend Treasury guidance which unfairly limits states' ability to respond effectively to the spread of COVID-19. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which was sign  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressmembers Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Mark Pocan (WI-2) and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) delivered a letter, signed by more than 150 Members of Congress, to Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader McCarthy, requesting the inclusion of seven proposals that seek to protect frontline federal workers in future COVID-19 legislation. On top of calling for OSHA to establish an Emergency Temporary S  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 28 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) led a group of 26 colleagues, including Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), in calling on U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students to access emergency financial aid grant funding secured in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. "DACA recipients came   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 29 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) joined Senators Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and a group of Deferred Action on Childhood Arrival (DACA) beneficiaries and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders in a press call to highlight the critical role immigrant workers are playing in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. While court decisions on DACA and TPS hang in the balance, an   more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a group of colleagues in sending a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations calling on the Subcommittee to include provisions supporting humanitarian d  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a group of colleagues in sending a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations calling on the Subcommittee to include provisions supporting humanitarian demining and UXO clearance programs and other humanitarian assistan  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 2 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that sets national tax policy, today released the results of an investigation he initiated with the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) that found fossil fuel companies improperly claimed nearly $1 billion in clean air tax credits. The senator called it an "apparent failure of the fossil  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 30 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez joined a bipartisan group of senators in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to increase telephone-based, or audio-only, telehealth reimbursements to equal other audio-visual telehealth and in-person visitation reimbursements. Many Americans do not have access to reliable broadband, making it nea  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 29 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) joined a group of colleagues in writing to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regarding the safety of federal workers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The senators are requesting information on the agencies' efforts to ensure that agencies maximize telework across their workforce, collect and provide   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 29 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) joined a group of colleagues in sending a letter to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael Carvajal urging him to release system-wide demographic data in the BOP's public reporting of the number of incarcerated people and staff impacted by COVID-19 --including data on the age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, and   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 28 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09) wrote to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General calling for an investigation into the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision-making process to determine if it's been compromised by political pressure to promote unproven therapies to treat COVID-19. Their new letter come  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 28 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Banking Committee members Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) called for Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell t  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 2 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez, a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that sets national health policy, and Cory Booker announced the awarding of $1,100,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support the New Jersey Department of Human Services' Aging & Disability Resource Center (ADRC) to ensure the safety and health of seniors and adults with disabilities during the COVID  more

NEWARK, May 2 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez, a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that sets national health policy, and Cory Booker announced the awarding of $1,100,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support the New Jersey Department of Human Services' Aging & Disability Resource Center (ADRC) to ensure the safety and health of seniors and adults with disabilities during the COVID-19 pand  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 30 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker announced the awarding of $43,739,760.71 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) grants to the New Jersey State Police Office of Emergency Management to support those on the frontline combatting the COVID-19 outbreak. This funding will reimburse the state for the purchase and distribution of personal protection equipment t  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 2 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) joined Democratic colleagues in a letter to Senate Leaders calling for a temporary expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) in the next coronavirus relief package. As the economic effects of COVID-19 are expected to last into next year, this expansion would put money back in the pockets of working Amer  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 30 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) joined a group of colleagues in calling for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) to conduct a full assessment, including site inspections, of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities nationwide to evaluate whether the facilities' operations, management, standards, and conditions have adap  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 2 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in urging the USDA to ensure COVID-19 relief provisions are targeted to reach local farmers in the new Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). USDA created CFAP to administer relief Congress provided in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. While the CARES Act specificall  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 29 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker joined colleagues in both chambers in urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to work directly with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that the millions of Americans who are now eligible for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) or Medicaid due to job l  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 30 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez, a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Cory Booker today joined their Senate colleagues in urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reverse their decision to suspend the quarterly reporting of information under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) during the COVID-19 pandemic and halt reporting of all HMDA data for lenders. Eliminating the  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 2 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that sets national health policy, Senator Cory Booker and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09) announced an additional $1.708 billion in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support New Jersey hospitals and health care providers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. The l  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 2 -- Sens. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following joint statement on the Saudi-led coalition's decision to extend the unilateral ceasefire in Yemen through Ramadan: "The Saudi-led coalition's decision to extend the unilateral ceasefire in Yemen through the holy month of Ramadan is a positive step - one we hope they will uphold and which we hope the Houthis will reciprocate.  more