WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Florida, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood Elementary and Secondary Education, released the following opening statement from a Sept. 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Innovative Teacher Preparation: Properly Equipping America's Educators": * * * Have you ever been in your car when you get an alert notifying you something is wrong? Let's face it. There is no such thing as a good time for a warning light to signal  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: NAPLES, Fla. Today, Senator Rick Scott received a briefing from National Hurricane Center (NHC) Director Dr. Michael Brennan on major Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall along Florida's Gulf Coast tonight. Ahead of Milton's landfall, Senator Scott has had daily calls with the NHC to receive the latest updates on Hurricane Milton and traveled along Florida's Gulf Coast to receive briefings from   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: NAPLES, Fla. El Senador Rick Scott recibio una sesion informativa del director del Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC, por sus siglas en ingles), el Dr. Michael Brennan, sobre el huracan mayor Milton, que se espera que toque tierra en la costa del Golfo de Florida esta noche. Antes de que Milton toque tierra, el Senador Scott ha tenido llamadas diarias con el NHC para recibir las ultimas actualizaciones sobre el  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17), the only meteorologist in Congress, is calling on Congress to return to Washington to help impacted Americans and pass much-needed disaster relief as Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida and in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. "As a meteorologist for over two decades, I have witnessed up-close massive floods, tornados, hurricanes, derechos, and other extre  more