By Press Release | Dec 23, 2022
The Bureau of Justice Statistics, a division of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, today released Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2020.
By Press Release | Oct 26, 2022
Today, House Armed Services Committee Member Jim Banks and Congressman Larry Bucshon released the following statement following a call with Air Force Inspector General Lt. Gen. Stephen Davis regarding the Air Force Personnel Center’s illegal release of Indiana 1st Congressional District candidate USAF Lieutenant Colonel Jennifer-Ruth Green’s confidential personnel records.Said Rep. Banks and Rep. Bucshon: “On yesterday’s call, the Air Force took full responsibility for improperly releasing Lt Col Green’s confidential personnel records to an opposition research firm just weeks before the midterm election.
By Press Release | Oct 14, 2022
Today, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems Jim Banks released the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s National Security Strategy
By Press Release | Oct 14, 2022
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling out his failure to enforce immigration law and address the drug and human trafficking crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border as “a gross dereliction of duty and a violation of your oath of office.”
By Press Release | Oct 13, 2022
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the Biden administration’s National Security Strategy on Oct. 13.
By Press Release | Sep 23, 2022
Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations and instructing the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to take immediate action to keep Texans safe amid the growing national fentanyl crisis.
By Press Release | Aug 23, 2022
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced companion legislation to House Armed Services Committee Member Jim Banks’ bill, the Sanctioning Supporters of Slave Labor Act, to expand the current scope of sanctions on those committing human rights abuses against Uyghurs.
By Press Release | Aug 19, 2022
After spending $15 million in taxpayers funds to bankroll domestic research and production of vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) technology, the U.S. Department of Energy approved the transfer of all VRFB production to foreign entities, including some based in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
By Press Release | Aug 12, 2022
We, the 56 undersigned organizations dedicated to human rights in China and to the plight of persecuted ethno-religious groups in the Uyghur Region, urge you to sanction all Chinese officials responsible for the genocide in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), also known as East Turkistan.
By Press Release | Aug 12, 2022
Evidence from the Xinjiang Police Files implicated four high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members in the extermination of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other Turkic minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
By Press Release | Aug 8, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the July 2022 Employment Situation Report:
By Press Release | Aug 8, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced Betony Jones, previously Senior Advisor on Workforce in the Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, will lead the Office of Energy Jobs as Director.
By Press Release | Aug 8, 2022
“It is critical that the House and Senate act quickly on this important piece of legislation so that we can get to work," Vilsack said.
By Press Release | Aug 5, 2022
The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimates the Democrats’ latest reckless tax-and-spend proposal will increase taxes on millions of Americans across every income bracket, with more than half of the tax increases on Americans making less than $400,000 per year.
By Press Release | Aug 5, 2022
“Our Congressional delegation’s visit should be seen as a strong statement that America stands with Taiwan," Pelosi said.
By Press Release | Aug 3, 2022
Today, Congressman Jim Banks introduced the Preventing PLA Acquisition of United States Technology Act of 2022 to prevent any federally funded U.S. research from being shared or conducted jointly with Chinese entities that participate in the Chinese Communist Party’s Military Civil-Fusion strategy.
By Press Release | Aug 1, 2022
On July 26, during an event held in recognition of the ADA’s 32nd anniversary, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will announce the winners of its $5 million Inclusive Design Challenge
By Press Release | Aug 1, 2022
Thirty-two years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. rail systems will get a significant boost in federal funds to improve accessibility for all riders.
By Press Release | Aug 1, 2022
The Department of the Interior announced July 22 that the 13-member Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force has concluded its review of the more than 660 geographic features featuring the name sq___, a term that has historically been used as an offensive ethnic, racial and sexist slur, particularly for Indigenous women.
By Press Release | Aug 1, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an unprecedented investment of $132 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law over the next five years for important work to protect and restore estuaries of national significance, funding projects to address climate resilience, prioritize equity, and manage other key water quality and habitat challenges across 28 estuaries along the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts and in Puerto Rico
