WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45184) on April 17, 2025, entitled "Teen Births in the U.S.: Overview and Recent Trends" by health policy analyst Alexandria K. Mickler and social policy specialist Jessica Tollestrup. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Adolescent childbearing is associated with significant social, health, and financial risks for teens, their families, and society more broadly. Data from the National Center for Health  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly column: * * * Advancing a Bold Agenda 100 Days into the New Congress Surpassing the 100-day mark of the 119th Congress offers an opportunity to take stock of some of the steps Senate Republicans have taken to accomplish the goals Arkansans and Americans more broadly asked of us to help get our nation back on track. For starters, it is important to remember that the Senate is in the personnel business. Since t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Tillis Introduce Bill to Prevent Chinese Communist Party from Exploiting Sister City Economic Partnerships for Radical Agenda NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) introduced the Sister City Transparency Act to identify the risks of foreign espionage, including by Communist China, within sister city partnerships that exist to promote cu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Expand Access to Historic Tax Credit WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) re-introduced the Historic Tax Credit Growth & Opportunity (HTC-GO) Act to foster economic growth and local renewal by expanding the Historic Tax Credit. "Our architectural heritage is a point of Louisiana pride that draws folks to visit our state and supports our econ more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher Reaffirms Commitment To Lower Cost of Living As Republicans Raise Costs for Americans Today, Congresswoman Fletcher (TX-07) highlighted the need to lower the cost of living for residents of Texas' Seventh Congressional District and across the country. "President Trump promised he would deliver lower costs for Americans--but his actions have done the opposite," said C more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Helps Introduce Legislation to Make Doubled Standard Deduction Permanent for Iowa Families HULL, IOWA - This Congress, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) helped introduce, alongside U.S. Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), the Permanent Tax Cuts for American Families Act, which would make the enhanced standard deduction - first established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 - permanent. This e more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Gluesenkamp Perez, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce Resolution to Honor National Lineman Appreciation Day Last week, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), along with Reps. David Rouzer (NC-07), Deborah Ross (NC-02), and Mike Flood (NE-01), introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate April 18, 2024, as National Lineman Appreciation Day and recognize the more than 115,000 hardworking  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Coons, Cornyn, Young Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Mapping, Safe Extraction of Critical Minerals WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Chris Coons, John Cornyn, and Todd Young introduced the bipartisan Finding Opportunities for Resource Exploration (Finding ORE) Act to strengthen U.S. mineral security and reduce strategic vulnerabilities. The bill leverages the U.S more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Larson Discusses 'DOGE' and Trump-Musk Cuts to Social Security on The Back Room with Andy Ostroy East Hartford, CT - This weekend, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) joined The Back Room with Andy Ostroy to discuss Elon Musk's 'DOGE,' the Trump Administration's cuts to Social Security, and what Democrats are doing to fight back to pro more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit released the following testimony by Jacksonville Transportation Authority CEO Nathaniel Phillip Ford Sr., on behalf of the American Public Transportation Association, from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "America Builds: A Review of Our Nation's Transit Policies and Programs": * * * Chairman Rouzer, Ranking Member Norton, and Members of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the Com more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Convenes Roundtable Discussion on Tariffs with Business Leaders and Tours Veterans Integration Center Albuquerque, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, held a roundtable discussion with business leaders and workers on President Trump's reckless tariffs and its impacts on the New Mexico economy at the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Convenes Roundtable Discussion on Tariffs with Business Leaders and Tours Veterans Integration Center Albuquerque, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, held a roundtable discussion with business leaders and workers on President Trump's reckless tariffs and its impacts on the New Mexico economy at the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Leger Fernandez Lead New Mexico Delegation in Reintroduction of Legislation to Permanently Protect Chaco Canyon New Mexico Delegation Moves to Protect Sacred Site for Years and Generations to Come Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasq more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Leger Fernandez Lead New Mexico Delegation in Reintroduction of Legislation to Permanently Protect Chaco Canyon New Mexico Delegation Moves to Protect Sacred Site for Years and Generations to Come Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasq more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Moreno Demands Answers After Private Equity Firm Costs Nearly 1,000 Ohioans Their Jobs Moreno's Letter Comes as H.I.G. Capital Shuttered the Pixelle Chillicothe Paper Mill WASHINGTON -Today, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) sent a letter to Ross Bushnell, President and CEO of Pixelle Specialty Solutions, and Sami Mnaymneh, Founder and CEO of H.I.G. Capital, demanding answers after the announced closure o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sens. Schiff, Reed, Lawmakers Call on Trump Administration to Reverse Plans to Defund Libraries and Museums "The consequences of eliminating IMLS will be devastating for states, local communities, and the millions of Americans who rely on these institutions every day." Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) along with 24 lawmakers wrote to the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER: SAVE OUR RESTAURANTS & SMALL BUSINESSES FROM TRUMP'S TARIFF WAR, STANDING WITH CENTRAL NY BUSINESSES SEEING MAJOR PRICE INCREASES HURTING FAMILIES & LOCAL JOBS, SENATOR ANNOUNCES SENATE DEMS... Syracuse's Renowned Emerald Cocktail Kitchen Is In Panic Over Trump's Tariffs That Threaten Their Business, And Small Businesses & Manufacturers Across Central NY Are  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER: SAVE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES FROM TRUMP'S TARIFF WAR; STANDING AT ALBANY'S YONO'S RESTAURANT WITH CAPITAL REGION BUSINESSES THAT ARE SEEING MAJOR PRICE INCREASES HURTING FAMILIES & LOCAL JOBS,... Albany's Renowned Yono's Restaurant Is In Panic Over Trump's Tariffs That Threaten Their Business, And Small Businesses & Manufacturers In Capital Region Like Latham Po more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Adam Smith, D-Washington, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Smith, Baumgartner, Jacobs, Whitesides, and Bell Release Joint Statement on Bipartisan CODEL to the Middle East WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), George Whitesides (D-CA), and Wesley Bell (D-MO) released the following more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on April 21, 2025: * * * STUDY: Extending Trump Tax Cuts Would Boost Jobs, Wages, and Economic Growth A new study from the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) confirms what working families and small business owners have long known: the 2017 Trump tax cuts delivered results, and Congress must act to make them permanent. In response to CEA's analysis, House Way more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit released the following written testimony by Greg Regan, president of the Transportation Trades Department at AFL-CIO, from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "America Builds: A Review of Our Nation's Transit Policies and Programs": * * * On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), and our 37 affiliated unions, I thank Chairman Rouzer, Ranking Member Norton, and Members more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Kelly Morrison, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on April 21, 2025: * * * U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison Calls on Trump Administration to Provide Immediate Relief for Small Businesses, Who Are Being Crushed By President's Reckless Tariff War President Trump's tariffs are posing an existential threat to America's small businesses WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison (MN-03) is continuing to pressure the Trump-Vance Administration to p more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Dario Gil, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of Energy for science, from an April 10, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Committee. It is an honor to be here, and I want to thank President Trump and Energy Secretary Wright for the trust they have placed in me with this nomination to serve as the Under Se more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Preston 'Wells' Griffith, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of Energy, from an April 10, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished members of the Committee: It is a true honor to appear before this committee today as President Trump's nominee to serve as Under Secretary of Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. I want to more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young, Ossoff Reintroduce Bill to Boost Youth Sports Opportunities Across America WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) reintroduced the bipartisan Youth Sports Facilities Act to help build and upgrade sports facilities across the country, giving kids and families safe spaces to play while also supporting student mental health and boosting economic growth. "Youth spor more PR