WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Amplifying Native Voices in Committee's First Field Hearing of 119th Congress Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources hosted its first field hearing of the 119th Congress in Oklahoma City, with 12 members of Congress attending. "The House Committee on Natural Resources remains committed to working with federally recogniz  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman Joins Push to Expand Telehealth Access WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined a bipartisan group of 60 senators led by Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) to introduce the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. The CONNECT for Health Act would expand coverage of telehealth services through Medicare, ma  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 4, 2025 AIR FORCE Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, California, was awarded a $5,923,580,297 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contract for the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 launch service procurement. This contract provides launch services, mission unique services, mission acceleration, quick reaction/anomaly resolution, special studies,  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Chairmen Hill, G.T. Thompson Outline Market Structure Principles in New CoinDesk Op-Ed Washington, April 4, 2025 - Today, House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill (AR-02) and House Committee on Agriculture Chairman G.T. Thompson (PA-15) published a new CoinDesk op-ed outlining their vision for market structure legislation. T  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Washington, ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Ranking Members Larsen and Stanton Statement on Trump Administration's Short-Sighted Elimination of Successful Resilience Initiative Washington, D.C.-- Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Develop  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on April 3, 2025: * * * 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  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released the following public communication dated March 18, 2025, from Graphyte Inc., Pine Bluff, Arkansas: * * * To: Mr. William Hohenstein Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Policy Office of the Chief Economist United States Department of Agriculture RE: Docket No. USDA-2024-0003 "Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks" * * * Dear Mr. Hohenstein and the USDA Team, We su  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Westerman Applauds DOI's Commitment to Keeping Parks Open and Accessible This week, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued a secretarial order that ensures national parks remain open and accessible. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) released the following statement in res  more