The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of funding that could provide as much as $5.5 billion in loans, which could leverage over $11 billion in water infrastructure projects through the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program. Prospective borrowers seeking WIFIA credit assistance must submit a letter of interest (LOI) by July 6, 2018. Read More »

After every school shooting tragedy, the same gun debates rage in America, pitting gun control advocates against Second Amendment supporters. But this frequently-heated debate unfortunately overshadows solutions that might bring Americans together; common sense measures to makes schools safer that get obscured by the shouting match over gun ownership. Read More »

Just two weeks after U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced the Department was forming a new Joint Task Force (JTF) to combat the opioid crisis in Indian Country, the Secretary announced the JTF's first raid seized 49 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of $2.5 million and more than $20,000 worth of marijuana, plus smaller amounts of heroin, and other narcotics. Read More »

In a recent Report to the People, Texas Governor Greg Abbott wrote the state of the state is strong. He highlighted “a year of triumphs and challenges – and challenges overcome” which included Hurricane Harvey as chief among them. Read More »

Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) committing the Interior Department to follow President Trump’s One Federal Decision framework for processing of environmental reviews and permits for major infrastructure projects. Read More »

In his final state of the state address, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy sidestepped the majority of the fiscal and economic issues plaguing the state in favor of paying lip service to federal progressive policy planks. Read More »

Funding will leverage public and private investments to keep lead and other contaminants out of drinking water and upgrade aging water infrastructure Read More »

In support of the President's “America-First Offshore Energy Strategy,” U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced the proposed lease sale for two additional areas offshore Massachusetts for commercial wind energy leasing, totaling nearly 390,000 acres. Read More »

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Cobham (LSE: COB) are joining forces for the Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) competition to replace the U.S. Navy's ALQ-99 tactical jamming system currently on the E/A-18 Growler aircraft. Read More »

API President and CEO Jack Gerard called on members of the U.S. Senate to approve the nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Read More »

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered the first HC-130J Combat King II combat search and rescue tanker to the California Air National Guard on April 5 at the company's site here. Read More »

The New Jersey Petroleum Council called on members of the New Jersey legislature to reject legislation that would provide consumer-funded bailouts for PSEG’s already profitable nuclear plants. Read More »

Cato Institute issued the following announcement on April 11.APRIL 11, 2018 10:54AM This amounts to an embrace of Russia’s challenge and it risks a significant escalation of the U.S. Read More »

The U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a next-phase contract to continue maturing the Modular Active Protection Systems (MAPS) controller base kit hardware and software and to support government integration efforts ahead of platform demonstrations scheduled to take place through 2019. Read More »

In the wake of the Parkland, Florida shootings, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) has co-sponsored a bill aimed at ending school violence. Read More »

Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS) said he is glad the House passed the Student, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018. Read More »

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) is one of many members of the Democratic Party who voted for the STOP School Violence Act, which was recently passed by the House. Read More »

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) has commended the House for its recent decision to pass the Students, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act. Read More »

Rep. Scott Taylor (R-VA) praised the House for recently passing the Students, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018 that he co-sponsored. Read More »

Congressman and former Jacksonville sheriff John Rutherford (R-FL) said recent House approval of $50 million for a grant program to train students, teachers, school officials and local law enforcement on ways to identify and intervene when early signs of violence are present will pave the way forward following the recent Parkland, Florida tragedy. Read More »