WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Mike Braun, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: PHOTOS: Senator Braun visits 19 counties in one week on annual 92 County Tour Sen. Mike Braun, Sen. Jon Tester, and Sen. Sherrod Brown celebrated the House passage of their bipartisan Mark Our Place Act, which is now headed to President Biden's desk to be signed into law. The bill amends current law to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a headstone, marker, or medallion for Medal of Hono  more

EVANSVILLE, Indiana, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana issued the following news release: Andre Lamont Wright Jr., 29, of Evansville, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, prior to December 2022, law enforcement officers received information that Wright was selling large quantities of fe  more

MANAUS, Brazil, Nov. 17 -- President Biden issued the following remarks to the press at Museu da Amazonia: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for all being here. Back in the late '80s, Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper who turned environmental activist, said the following, I quote, "At first, I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees. Then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now I realize I was fighting for humanity." At the time, I was a United States senator, workin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. James Baird, R-Indiana, issued the following statement on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act. The legislation includes a provision to require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a plan to ensure veterans who call the VA for a health care appointment are scheduled for an appointment befo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led 31 state attorneys general in sending a letter yesterday to congressional leadership urging them to pass the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) introduced by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), crucial legislation protecting children from online harm, before the end of the year. The coalition letter emphasized  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following news release: Representatives from nearly 50 U.S. agribusinesses and trade groups and 14 state departments of agriculture will travel to Casablanca, Morocco, Dec. 2-5, as part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture trade mission to expand U.S. farm and food exports to Morocco and other West African markets. "This mission offers a crucial opportunity for U.S. agribusinesses to enter into M  more