WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer & DelBene Announce Re-Establishment Of Egypt Human Rights Caucus Today, Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA) announced the re-establishment of the Egypt Human Rights Caucus for the 119 th Congress. "The Egyptian people's hopes for self-determination, freedom, and social justice inspired the world in 2011. Unprecedented repression and grave human rights violations have not extinguished  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer Statement On USAID Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who organized Members of Congress to show support for employees of the U.S. Agency For International Development (USAID) at USAID headquarters on Monday, issued the following statement today after a federal judge said he would temporarily halt the Musk Administration's assault on USAID employees: "I welcome a judicial order to halt the Musk Admini  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48413) on Feb. 5, 2025, entitled "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant - A Primer:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Furthering State Flexibility: Limitation on Federal Regulatory Authority TANF's purpose of increasing flexibility is reinforced by a statutory limitation on federal regulation of state behavior under the block grant: 'No officer or employee of the Federal Gov  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 7, 2025 NAVY Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana, is awarded a $167,383,203 firm fixed priced contract for production of 40 MT7 turboshaft engines, ancillary parts, installation kits, and a portable test tool inspection in support of the Ship to Shore Connector Program, Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC), 100 Class craft. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would brin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Jan. 31, 2025, from the American Public Power Association, Arlington, Virginia: * * * To: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA Docket Center Mail Code 28221T 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20460 RE: Request for an Addition 60-Day Extension to the Public Comment Period for the Proposed New Source Performance Standards for Stationary Combustion Turbines a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Jan. 31, 2025, from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington, Virginia: * * * To: Administrator Lee Zeldin U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Re: Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0419 - Review of New Source Performance Standards for Stationary Combustion Turbines and Stationary Gas Turbines; 89 Fed. Reg. 10  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has released the following public communication dated Feb. 3, 2025, from the Air Line Pilots Association, McLean, Virginia: * * * To: U.S. Department of Transportation Docket Operations, M-30 West Building Ground Floor Room W12-140 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Subject: Petition for Exemption (PE), Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2025-0130 Petition for Exemption: Boeing Company Model   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has released the following public communication dated Feb. 4, 2025, from the Air Line Pilots Association International, McLean, Virginia: * * * To: U.S. Department of Transportation Docket Operations M-30 West Building Ground Floor Room W12-140 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590 ATTN: Docket No: FAA-2023-0699 Subject: Houff Corp. - Petition for Exemption In Opposition * * * Dear S  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has released the following public communication dated Feb. 4, 2025, from the National Agricultural Aviation Association, Alexandria, Virginia: * * * To: Docket Operations, M-30 U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Room W12-140, West Building Ground Floor Washington, DC 20590-0001 Re: Comments on the Petition for Exemption for Houff Corporation Docket Number: FAA-2023-0699 *  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Introduces Legislation to Expand Congressional Oversight of Foreign Assistance WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led the introduction of the Foreign Assistance Accountability and Oversight Act, legislation to expand congressional oversight of foreign assistance decision-making. The bill would require the State Department's  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Colleagues Raise Concerns About Risks in Delays to Accessing Funding for New Mexico Community Health Centers Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and 19 of their colleagues in writing a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Dorothy A. Fink, M.D. regarding reports that Health Re  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Colleagues Raise Concerns About Risks in Delays to Accessing Funding for New Mexico Community Health Centers Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and 19 of their colleagues in writing a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Dorothy A. Fink, M.D. regarding reports that Health Re  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Shared Challenges, AUKUS Partnership Top Topics as U.S., Australian Defense Leaders Meet for First Time Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met today with his counterpart Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles during a bilateral meeting at the Pentagon to discuss shared defense roles, security priorities, and the challenges and opportunities both nations see in the Indo-Pacific. It  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine Join Democratic Colleagues in Demanding the VA Defend Veterans' Private Information from Elon Musk's DOGE WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Ranking Member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and 23 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins pushing him to take  more