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Credit: CC0 Public Domain A group of French parliamentarians has sounded the alarm over what they say is an inadequate government response…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have proposed legislation to allow spiritual chaplains in public schools, a move that proponents say will ease a youth mental health crisis, bolster staff retention and…

March 28, 2024 Uniform, Clear Federal Guidance Will Help Detect Suspicious Sales by Gun and Ammunition Stores Across the Country  Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)…

March 28, 2024 “The RPA is an effective tool to promote fairness and competition and protect small businesses.”  “By enforcing the RPA, the FTC can prevent dominant market players from further eroding the economic and social benefits…

March 28, 2024 “The RPA is an effective tool to promote fairness and competition and protect small businesses.”  “By enforcing the RPA, the FTC can prevent dominant market players from further eroding the…

March 27, 2024 Lawmakers’ Letter Supports Governor Healey’s Appeal of The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Denial After Catastrophic September 2023 Flooding in Bristol, Hampden, and Worcester Counties Text of Letter (PDF)…

March 27, 2024 Lawmakers’ Letter Supports Governor Healey’s Appeal of FEMA’s Denial After Catastrophic September 2023 Flooding in Bristol, Hampden, and Worcester Counties Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C.…

AUGUSTA, Maine — A long-debated data privacy overhaul in Maine finally took a step forward Tuesday after months of meetings, amendments and pushback from Big Tech and businesses from L.L. Bean to a small-time candlemaker.The…

Last year’s lawsuit binge by the Colorado legislature is only getting worse. Rather than use the executive branch to enforce laws (like we learned in school), legislators continue to write bills using private lawsuits for enforcement.…

March 20, 2024 “Given alarming reports exposing the crushing impact of offsets on older Americans dependent on Social Security, we urge you to consider seeking an end to administrative offset of student loan debts for all Social…

March 20, 2024 “Given alarming reports exposing the crushing impact of offsets on older Americans dependent on Social Security, we urge you to consider seeking an end to administrative offset of student loan…

After a marathon committee hearing, Colorado Democrats’ bill to ban the sale of semi-automatic rifles and other so-called assault weapons cleared its first hurdle early Wednesday morning and now is poised to pass the full House. The…

March 19, 2024 “27 percent of the drugs on the Food and Drug Administration’s Essential Medicines List were categorized by the Defense Logistics Agency as “Very High Risk”.”  Text of Letter (PDF) | DoD Report…

SYDNEY —  A federal parliamentary in Australia is examining the threat from invasive fire ants, which can kill people and livestock and potentially pose more of a danger to Australia than rabbits, cane toads, foxes, camels, wild dogs…

Family of detained RFE/RL Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva meets top Biden aides, lawmakers, hostage advocates in Washington, D.C.March 15, 2024Washington, D.C. — The husband and children of American RFE/RL journalist Alsu…

CHARLESTON, W.Va —  Democrat Kayla Young and Republican Patricia Rucker frequently clash on abortion rights and just about everything else in West Virginia's Legislature, but they agree on one thing: Too few of their colleagues are…

WASHINGTON —  A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday to give China's ByteDance about six months to divest popular short video app TikTok or face a U.S. ban, seeking to tackle national security concerns…

Homeowners associations’ foreclosure filings on thousands of Coloradans’ houses over unpaid fines and fees have spurred fresh attempts by lawmakers to better regulate HOAs and metropolitan districts with the hope of preventing more…

Republican lawmakers question how President Biden could go for days without knowing Austin was hospitalised.Republican lawmakers have criticised US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at a hearing for failing to disclose his prostrate cancer…

February 26, 2024 Warren, 12 Lawmakers Call on Regulators to Block Capital One-Discover Merger  Proposed Deal Would Make Capital One the Nation’s 6th Largest Bank, Largest Credit Card Issuer “This merger is…

February 22, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 22, 2024Contact: Alex Sarabia, 202-224-2292 Warren, Omar, Lawmakers  Seek Information from Big Banks on Account Closure Practices that Discriminate Against…

AUGUSTA, Maine — A legislative panel approved Wednesday the reappointment of three Maine Board of Environmental Protection members who have been thrown into a political debate over their potential adoption of electric vehicle…

Annie Valentina Castanon knows the endless scroll of social media well — one short video on an app like Instagram or TikTok turns into another, she said, and soon a minute turns into hours. The quick rush from flashy entertainment gives…

WASHINGTON —  U.S. lawmakers are raising alarms about what they see as America's failure to compete with China in biotechnology, warning of the risks to U.S. national security and commercial interests. But as the two countries' rivalry…

December 19, 2023 "A host of federal investigations, press reports, and reports by incarcerated people have revealed apparent deficiencies in Wellpath’s care.” Wellpath (PDF) l Wellpath MA (PDF) Washington,…

For Immediate Release:February 16, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Tampa, Fla. – Sens. Jay Collins and Clay Yarborough and Reps. Danny Alvarez and Tyler Sirois of Florida recently introduced bills that would preemptively ban…

February 07, 2024 Washington, D.C.— United States. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) and United States. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) led 75 lawmakers to urge the Biden administration to…

February 07, 2024 Washington, D.C.— U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) led 75 lawmakers to urge the Biden administration to…

For Immediate Release:February 2, 2024 Contact:Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382 Oklahoma City, Okla. – Rep. Jim Olsen has introduced a bill in the Oklahoma House of Representatives that would require that the Ten Commandments be displayed…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain As artificial intelligence starts to reshape society in ways predictable and not, some of Colorado's…

January 29, 2024 Granting Vietnam Market Economy Status Could Threaten American Workers and Manufacturers, Bolster China “We urge you and your agency to thoroughly consider the economic and labor conditions in Vietnam as you…

January 29, 2024 Granting Vietnam Market Economy Status Could Threaten American…

As artificial intelligence starts to reshape society in ways predictable and not, some of Colorado’s highest-profile federal lawmakers are trying to establish guardrails without shutting down the technology altogether. U.S. Rep. Ken…

January 25, 2024 Letter Text (PDF) Washington, D.C. —  Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chair Bernard Sanders…

Watch the press conference here, photos available here. WASHINGTON—Today, lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives joined a coalition of advocates representing tens of millions of Americans at a press conference in front of…

In late March, 29 MIT graduate students, postdocs, and undergraduates traveled to Washington to speak with members of Congress about the need for continued federal investment of science and technology R&D in…

Chad Clifford, a lobbyist and police officer, was selected by a Democratic vacancy committee Wednesday night to represent Greenwood Village and nearby Arapahoe County in the Colorado House this year, replacing a first-term legislator who…

December 12, 2023 “A Kroger-Albertsons merger would net the five largest food…

December 13, 2023 Lawmakers: EU’s Digital Markets Act Reflects Biden Administration's Pro-Competition Priorities Text of Letter (PDF)  Washington, D.C.  – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of…

December 14, 2023 “Laws intended to protect consumers continue to be undermined and rendered meaningless by… forced arbitration clauses.” Text of Letter (PDF)  Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth…

December 20, 2023 “Despite President Biden’s order . . . DOJ has continued to…

December 21, 2023 “As the system now enters its third decade, we seek increased…

For decades, Exxon has publicly questioned the science of global warming, contradicting internal findings by the companys own scientists. Recent exposs by InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times reveal that Exxon concealed for decades…