WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Chairman Guthrie Delivers Opening Statement at Full Committee Hearing on AI and American Global Competitiveness WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing titled Converting Energy into Intelligence: the Future o  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Rogers Applauds President Trump's Executive Orders to Revive America's Coal Industry WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) applauds President Donald J. Trump's Executive Orders to Unleash American Energy by reinvigorating "America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry." The orders prioritize coal leasing on Federal lands by ending an active leasing moratorium. It also designa  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * Administrator Zeldin Releases Statement on POTUS' New Energy-Related EO Signed Today EPA has Already Begun Helping to Reinvigorate America's Clean Coal Industry to Help Power the Great American Comeback WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a statement today on the heels of President Trump's latest Executive Order, "Reinvigo  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has released the following public communication dated March 20, 2025, from the Center for Biological Diversity, Somerset, Kentucky: * * * Public Comments Processing Attn: FWS-R4-ES-2024-0101 To: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service MS: PRB/3W 5275 Leesburg Pike Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 Bill Pearson Field Supervisor Alabama Ecological Services Field Office bill_pearson@fws.gov RE: The Tennessee Bottlebru  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Demand HHS Restore Title X Family Planning Funding Immediately to Protect Health Care Services for Millions WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) led a group of 29 senators urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately reinstate Title X family planning funding in   more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, April 10 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued an order addressing a motion for rehearing filed by Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation (Jackson Purchase Energy) regarding a previous rate adjustment decision. While the PSC denied rehearing on key aspects, including a proposed right-of-way (ROW) tracker and a higher residential customer charge, it did grant reconsideration on the removal of certain rodeo-related wage expenses. In an order dated April 9, 2  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell Supports Trump's Executive Order on Coal WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding President Donald Trump's signing of an executive order to revitalize the coal industry: "Today's executive order supporting coal-fired power plants will begin to roll back years of Obama-Biden regulatory overreach tha  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz, Senators Demand HHS Restore Title X Family Planning Funding Immediately To Protect Health Care Services For Millions WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), along with U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai'i), led a group of 29 senators urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately reinstate Title X f  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released the following public communication dated March 18, 2025, from the Kentucky Corn Growers Association and Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association: * * * Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofuel Docket No. USDA-2024-0003 On behalf of the 6,000 corn and small grains growers in the Commonwealth of Kentucky we submit the following suggestions for consideration for Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, & Colleagues Question HHS Secretary RFK Jr. on Decision to Fire Workers Tasked with Protecting Coal Miner Health and Safety WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushing back on his decision to gut the National Institute of Occupat  more