WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * American Farm Bureau: "Tariffs Will Take Toll on America's Farmers" Washington, D.C. -- The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is warning This is an external link the Trump Administration's tariffs "threaten the economic sustainability of farmers." "Trade is critical to the success of farmers and ranchers across the country. We share the administration's goal of leveling the playing field with ou  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Hank Johnson Condemns Republican Attacks on the Judiciary WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing this week, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, pushed back against Republican efforts to undermine judicial independence by threatening to impeach judges who rule again  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 3, 2025 ARMY Bechtel National Inc., Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $242,282,475 modification (P00284) to contract W52P1J-09-C-0012 to capture past contract overruns for the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. Work will be performed in Pueblo, Colorado, with an estimated completion date of April 3, 2026. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in t  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has released the following public communication dated March 19, 2025, from Delta Air Lines Inc., Atlanta, Georgia: * * * To: U.S. Department of Transportation Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590 Fax: (202) 493-2251 Subject: Docket No. FAA-2024-0230; Project Identifier AD-2023-01064-A, Q, T: Pacific Scientific Rotary Buc  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * FACT SHEET: Trump Imperils Program to Help Working Americans Heat and Cool Their Homes Trump and RFK Jr. fired entire staff running LIHEAP--putting program that helps 6 million American households heat and cool their homes in grave jeopardy $378 million due to go out to help Americans avoid sweltering heat this summer now at risk Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on April 3, 2025 by Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson: * * * U.S. Economic Outlook and Central Bank Communications Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson At "Financial Intermediaries, Markets, and Monetary Policy," a conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, Atlanta, Georgia Thank you, Dr. Tkac, for your kind words and for the opportunity to talk to this gr  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Hagerty Announces Staff Changes, Promotions, Trump Admin Appointments WASHINGTON --United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today announced 22 additions and changes to his staff over the last year, as well as 14 of his staff appointed to serve in the Trump Administration. "I'm pleased to welcome several additions to my staff and announce well-deserved promotions for others," said Senator Hagerty  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Rio Grande Valley, federal partner investigation results in a woman admitting to smuggling firearms into Mexico BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A Georgia woman entered a guilty plea April 1 to smuggling several firearms and magazines hidden in a vehicle's gas tank, following an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with assistanc  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * McBath Launches Federal Funding Request Portals for Fiscal Year 2026 Atlanta, GA -- Today, Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-06) is announcing that her office is now accepting federal funding requests for Fiscal Year 2026. To meet the needs of communities across the United States, the House Appropriations Committee accepts Community Project Funding and Programmatic requests from Members of Congress. Deadlines for   more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- President Trump sent 57 nominations to the Senate on March 24, 2025: Herschel Walker, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Alex Adams, of Idaho, to be Assistant Secretary for Family Support, Department of Health and Human Services. Stacey Feinberg, of California, to be Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Melissa Argyros, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia. Kenneth Howery, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kin  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley, Chu, Repro. Caucus, Dem. Women's Caucus Press RFK Jr. to Unfreeze Title X Funding, Restore Access to Critical Reproductive Care Members express outrage at Trump administration claims that Title X is frozen because it is DEI, stating "A federal program's ability to provide care to people from historically marginalized and underserved communities does not make it wrong or illegal" Text of   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 3, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Remarks at Hearing for Nominees for Ambassador to the People's Republic of China and State Department Chief of Protocol WASHINGTON--Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at the hearing on the nomination of fo  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Ossoff Working Across the Aisle to Strengthen Oversight of Federal Prisons Sen. Ossoff has led multiple bipartisan investigations This is an external link of corruption, abuse, and misconduct within the Federal prison system Last year, Sen. Ossoff passed into law his bipartisan "Federal Prison Oversight Act" Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to strengthen   more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Senate conducted seven committee hearings on April 1, 2025: * * * NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 222, to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole milk, after receiving testimony from Eve Stoody, Director, Nutrition Guidance and Analysis Division, Department of Agriculture; Linette Do  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall and Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Telehealth Access Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) joined U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Mark Warner (D-Virginia), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi) Peter Welch (D-Vermont), John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), and 53 of his Senate colleagues in introducing the Creating Oppo  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Reverend Warnock Brings GA Seniors' Concerns Directly to Social Security Admin Nominee, Uplifts Hundreds of Stories from Georgians Senator Reverend Warnock collected and submitted over 250 questions from Georgians to Social Security Administration (SSA) nominee Frank Bisignano about how he would protect Social Security if confirmed The questions were compiled from over 500 stories sen  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSFR) -- Troy University, Alabama has completed an extensive inventory of Native American human remains and funerary objects held in its archaeological and forensics laboratories, and has determined cultural affiliation with multiple federally recognized tribes. In a notice published by the National Park Service on April 4, 2025, the university outlined plans to repatriate the remains of 32 individuals along with 1,485 associated funerary objects in accordance with the Nati  more