WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-California, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) - a former 9-1-1 dispatcher for over 17 years - today highlighted her policy essay on the unsung heroes of America's first responder workforce: 9-1-1 dispatchers. In the latest volume of the Harvard Law School Journal of Legislation, Congresswoman Torres emphasizes the critical work dispatchers provide to the American public and the need for improved workplace condi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) today introduced a bill to reauthorize the National Landslide Preparedness Act, which they led into law in 2020, to help communities prepare for and respond to landslides. The bill follows a deadly landslide in Wrangell, Alaska, in November 2023, that killed six people; landslides in Washington state that have closed highways and blocked railways; more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and 15 Senate Democrats urged President Biden to act swiftly to finally close the detention facility at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Senators wrote that the detention facility is a symbol of lawlessness and human rights abuses and continues to harm U.S. national security by serving as a propaganda tool for America's e more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released the following statement following the news of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crash in California that claimed the life of U.S. Marine Lance Corporal, Donovan Davis of Olathe, KS. Today, the Marine Corps released the names of the five young marines killed in the crash on Tuesday. "The loss of Lance Corporal Davis and his fellow marines is devastating news," Sena more PR