RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 20 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release: Nearly three dozen public interest and social justice organizations sent a letter to Governor Roy Cooper urging him to extend and strengthen the existing moratorium on utility disconnections and late payment fees to protect families who are suffering economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic. The moratorium was enacted through Executive Order 124 on March 31 and is set to expire at the end of this m  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following news release: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and 277 other organizations issued the following statement today in response to news that the Trump administration is preparing to publish a final rule that would dramatically undermine the Affordable Care Act's nondiscrimination provisions: "We cannot imagine a more reckless and irrespon  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 22 -- Gov. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 21: Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Dr. Amy Acton, MD, MPH, provided the following updates on Ohio's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Minority Health Strike Force Preliminary Recommendations: Governor DeWine today announced initial findings from his Minority Health Strike Force. The team was formed in April in response to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on African Ame  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The White House issued the following remarks by Vice President Mike Pence at the 7th Meeting of the National Space Council: THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, allow me to welcome members of the President's Cabinet and members of the National Space Council to the seventh meeting of the National Space Council. And it's a particular pleasure to be back here at the Washington headquarters of NASA and to be joined by the NASA Administrator, who is at the -- in Houston as we speak, doing  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Deb Haaland (D-NM), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) urged House Leadership to include a "Restoration and Resilience Jobs" program in future economic recovery packages. As unemployment surges past 30 million American workers, millions of good paying jobs  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Deb Haaland (D-NM), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) urged House Leadership to include a "Restoration and Resilience Jobs" program in future economic recovery packages. As unemployment surges past 30 million American workers, millions of good paying job  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 20: Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after Marietta Memorial Hospital was awarded a grant for telehealth services from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC): The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau today approved an additional 43 funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program - including the application from Marietta Memoria  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) joined 78 of her House colleagues in urging House Leadership to include a "Restoration and Resilience Jobs" program in future economic recovery packages. In April 2019, Rep. Kaptur introduced the 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act of 2019, legislation to reestablish and build upon the historic achievements of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Such legislation wou  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman David Trone and U.S Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (all D-Md.) announced a USDA Rural Development Water and Waste Disposal grant of $343,500 to Allegany County for updates to the North Branch Pump Station outside of Cumberland, Maryland. The efficient and functional operations of this pump station are critical to the local residents and industrial users it serves. These funds will b  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety issued the following testimony by Brian Noland, President Trump's nominee to be a board member of the Tennessee Valley Authority, at a hearing on May 19: I am honored to have been nominated by President Trump to serve on the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors. I would like to thank Senator Alexander from my home state of Tennessee who brought my name to the attention of the Pres  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) announced a USDA Rural Development Water and Waste Disposal grant of $343,500 to Allegany County for updates to the North Branch Pump Station outside of Cumberland, Maryland. The efficient and functional operations of this pump station are critical to the local residents and industrial users it serves. These funds will   more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: United States Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) announced a USDA Rural Development Water and Waste Disposal grant of $343,500 to Allegany County for updates to the North Branch Pump Station outside of Cumberland, Maryland. The efficient and functional operations of this pump station are critical to the local residents and industrial users it serves. These fun  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the Powdersville Water District in Easley, South Carolina, to make water infrastructure improvements needed to serve a major advanced manufacturing exporter of power tools and other businesses in the region. The EDA grant, to  more