WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) are continuing their investigation into the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) development of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In a letter to HHS Assistant Secre  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), as well as members of the North Carolina congressional delegation, sent a bipartisan letter to the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) at the Pentagon to "express our support for North Carolina to host a DIU OnRamp Hub to streamline how our state's companies, academic institutions, and entrepreneurs access government programming and funding to better suppo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) forced a vote in the U.S. Senate on his joint resolution of disapproval (S.J.Res.117) to stop the Biden Administration from making Ukraine's debt the responsibility of the American people. Specifically, the joint resolution of disapproval would have prohibited the Biden Administration's cancellation of $4.65 billion of debt owed by Ukraine to U.S. taxpayers. The Biden Adm  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, issued the following news: Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, released the following statement after his bill the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Reauthorization Act of 2024, passed the United States Senate: "Last night, I was honored to see my bill, the BOLD Act, pass the United States Senate and head to the President's de  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service posted a notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 18, 2024, signed by Ya-Wei Li, Assistant Director for Ecological Services. Endangered Species Act; Issuance of Enhancement of Survival and Incidental Take Permits for Safe Harbor Agreements, Candidate Conservation Agreements, Conservation Plans, and Scientific Activities; January 1, 2023, Through December 31, 2023 AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACT  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Nov. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release: Four individuals, Delores Jordan, 56, of Charlotte, NC, Dashawn Dawkins, 33, of Lexington, Ky., Jerome Davis, 51, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Ernest Williams, 51, of Lexington, Ky., have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, healthcare fraud, and conspiracy to receive kickbacks. According to the indictment, Serenity Keeper's, LLC (  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Nov. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: A Frankfort attorney, Brian Logan, 50, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, before U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, to wire fraud, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering. According to court documents, Logan prepared a will for a client in August 2018. After the client passed away, Logan was appointed executor of the cli  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today on his meeting with Representative Elise Stefanik: "I was glad to meet today with President-elect Trump's nominee to serve as Representative of the United States to the United Nations, Representative Elise Stefanik. The world's largest international organization is in dire need of a wake-up call  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Kentucky, issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: Today, Congressman McGarvey introduced a bill to extend the highly successful Clean Energy Demonstration Program on Current and Former Mine Land (CEML) program. The CEML program is already transforming communities across coal country, including in Eastern Kentucky, and it's critical that Congress continue to invest in programs to help the states that powered the 20th century grow and thr  more