WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [Hartford, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) issued the following statement in response to a new bipartisan staff report released today by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget detailing the results of a year-long investigation into the effects of private equity ("PE") ownership of health care institutions. The investigation included hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings, a California-based for-profit private equity firm owned by more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following statement on Jan. 8, 2025: * * * Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (AR-04), and House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (MI-09) issued the following statement: "Our prayers are with the victims of the dangerous fires today in California. We must aggressively increase the pace and scale of our forest management to prevent these types of catastrophes in the futu more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will award 25 California projects a combined $258 million for transportation infrastructure upgrades. The grants come through three programs funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant Program, the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Grant Program, and the Rural Surface more PR