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Business groups seek PPP extension as March deadline looms
Business groups aren’t done lobbying Congress for more coronavirus relief, with new pleas to extend a popular small-business program that’s set to expire in just two weeks.The March 31 application...
GOP calls for Yale president to testify in hearing on discrimination against Asian Americans
Republican members of Congress are calling for the president of Yale University to testify at this week’s hearing on discrimination against Asian Americans, with the GOP contending that...
Trade Groups Push For New PPP Deadline, Citing Tech Issues
Dozens of trade groups representing a variety of industries said in a letter published Monday they support a bipartisan and bicameral effort to extend the Paycheck Protection Program's March 31...
Blinken refers to Taiwan as ‘country’
Washington [US], March 13 (ANI): In a development that might irk China, United States Secretary of the state, Antony Blinken, has referred to Taiwan as "country", the term so far avoided by US...
With deadline for businesses looming, lawmakers push to extend PPP
As small businesses struggle to stay afloat one year into the coronavirus pandemic, the federal Paycheck Protection Program — created to help keep employees on the job and doors open — is set to...
Lawmakers introduce plans to extend Paycheck Protection Program as deadline nears
As the March 31 deadline for the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program looms, a deal to extend it for two more months is in the works.A bipartisan group of lawmakers on...
Gottheimer, McCaul lead bipartisan letter urging stronger restrictions and tough line on Iran
WASHINGTON, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5) have sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary Antony Blinken, urging...
Axe Federal Support for the Bullet Train
The California High Speed Rail project was pitched to Californians more than a decade ago as a much-needed, innovative infrastructure investment linking Northern and Southern California.Critics at...
What the election of Asian American GOP women means for the party
Speaking to Fox News Channel on Nov. 14, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) declared 2020 the “year of Republican women.” As he proudly announced, more than half of the incoming House...
Garcia introduces water bill
WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Garcia introduced a bill Wednesday to extend the bipartisan California water provisions of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act through fiscal year...
Korean-American lawmaker named co-chair of US congressional study group
A Korean-American member of the US House of Representatives has been named a co-chair for a US congressional study group on Korea, an association of former US lawmakers said Thursday. Young Kim...
6 Republican Women on the Future of the GOP
For many Republican leaders, this moment in history—a devastating pandemic, an economy on life support, a violent insurrection at the Capitol, and a second presidential impeachment—has called into...
OC lawmakers’ bill would help reunite Koreans
While South Korea is a modern and free nation, communist North Korea remains a totalitarian nightmare filled with prison camps and widespread malnutrition. The world has changed dramatically since...
“Consistency needed in North Korea policy”
When it comes to the goal of denuclearizing North Korea, shared by allies South Korea and the United States, establishing consistency in their relevant policies is a necessary step, regardless of...
GOP women show their strength. It’s time to stand with them
Last month, Claudia Tenney of New York became the 31st GOP woman to be sworn into the 117th Congress. Ms. Tenney, like the other GOP women who flipped seats in 2020, exposed just how fragile Nancy...
Elected Officials Host Virtual Town Hall Meetings to Urge Vaccinations
Since mid-February the overall number of Fullerton residents who have died from COVID-19 has risen from 193 to 242. Of those deaths, 84 have occurred in Skilled Nursing Facilities—up from 73 two...
Nearly 30% of ICU Beds Available, as Orange County COVID Hospitalizations Continue Decline
Orange County reported 191 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 additional deaths Sunday, although officials said those numbers might be low for the next few days due to technical issues with the state...
Orange County Republicans take aim at California’s bullet train
Newly elected Orange County Republican leaders are pushing back against funding for California’s controversial high-speed train, even as the state’s rail authority touts progress in creating jobs...
International Forum Explores End Goal of a Free and Unified Korea; Fresh Start to US-ROK Alliance
Legislators from both sides of the aisle in the U.S. Congress and South Korea's National Assembly together with Korea policy experts explored critical issues and prospects for a fresh...