WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12488) on Feb. 3, 2025, by energy policy specialist Phillip Brown and international trade and finance analyst Christopher A. Casey. Here are excerpts: * * * U.S. Petroleum Trade: Crude Oil Imports from Canada and Mexico and Potential Tariffs The United States engages in petroleum trade with Canada and Mexico, including imports and exports of crude oil and petroleum products (e.g., gasoline and diesel fuel). Generally, this trade more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 3, 2025 NAVY Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Syracuse, New York, is awarded a $551,012,019 cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price incentive (firm-target), and firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering and technical support and production of the submarine AN/BLQ-10 electronic warfare systems on new-construction and in-service submarines. This contract includes options which, if exercised more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Risch, Daines Lead Bill to Defend Firearm Businesses and the Second Amendment Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Steve Daines (R-Montana) introduced the Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination (FIND) Act to prohibit the federal government from entering into contracts with groups that discriminate unfairly against firearm associations or businesses. "Taxpayer dollars should not support businesses that unfai more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 4 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond defends religious organization's authority to hire based on beliefs OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 4, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond is standing up for religious organizations' rights to make their own employment decisions. He joined 19 other state attorneys general to file an amicus brief that could impact how religious organizations hire employees. The case involves an entity in Washington state fighting for the more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * RELEASE: Mullin, Whitehouse Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Recognizing National Mentoring Month Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing January 2025 as "National Mentoring Month" to celebrate the positive influence mentors can have on children and young adults. Sens. Mullin and Whitehouse are joined by 24 bipartisan cosponsors. "It's my honor to join more PR

TULSA, Oklahoma, Feb. 4 -- The Oklahoma Policy Institute, a policy think-tank, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: * * * Who really wins from tax cuts? (Hint: It's probably not you) During today's State of the State address, the governor is very likely going to renew his call for cutting taxes in Oklahoma. As he does so, OK Policy would like to remind our fellow Oklahomans of some key points: * Across-the-board tax cuts mostly benefit the richest 1%. The governor's latest proposal to cut the income tax by half a percent woul more PR