WASHINGTON, April 17 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following Dear Colleague on April 15, 2024: * * * Dear Colleague: I write with respect to recent events in the Middle East and the need to pass the bipartisan and comprehensive national security legislation that has been pending in the House for two months. Yesterday, President Joe Biden convened the four corners of congressional leadership to discuss the unprecedented attack against Israel, our d  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Key Point: "Nearly 50 leaders and activists who worked with Mr. Kennedy at an environmental nonprofit group will run ads calling on him to 'Honor our planet, drop out.'" The New York Times: R.F.K. Jr.'s Environmental Colleagues Urge Him to Drop Presidential Bid By: Lisa Friedman Dozens of Mr. Kennedy's former colleagues at the Natural Resources Defense Council are calling on him to withdraw from the  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Anne Weismann, an adjunct professor at George Washington University, involving a hearing on March 20, 2024, entitled "Reforming Federal Records Management to Improve Transparency and Accountability": * * * Chairman Peters, Ranking Member Paul, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify once again about needed reforms to the Federal   more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced legislation to reduce the Federal Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) and the U.S. Marshals Service's use of solitary confinement and improve conditions for adults in custody separated from the general prison population. The Solitary Confinement Reform Act limits the use of solitary confinement in certain prison facilities to the shortest term a  more

LIVERPOOL, England, April 20 -- The University of Liverpool issued the following news release: University of Liverpool Chancellor and United States District Judge, Wendy Beetlestone, has selected two students from the Liverpool Law School to undertake a prestigious summer internship in the chambers of Judge Beetlestone at the United States District Court in Pennsylvania. This internship will offer the successful applicants, Ashley and Elizabeth, first-hand exposure to real-world cases, legal r  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hey. Good afternoon, everyone. Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh, thank you -- Thursday afternoon. (Laughter.) So, a couple of things, and then we'll go into the Q&A. I -- do I -- I sound like I -- do I sound like I have an echo? Q: Yes. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Can we -- can we fix the sound? Does that sound -- does that sound better? Q:  more