WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Democrats Urge Republicans Against Using Medicaid To Bankroll Tax Cuts For The Rich At The Expense Of Working Families, Seniors And Americans With Disabilities Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with other Senate Democrats are warning their GOP colleagues against bankrolling tax cuts for the rich by gutting   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Demand VA Secretary Collins Step Up and Defend Veterans' Private Information from Elon Musk WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 25 Senate Democrats to urge Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins to immediately secure veterans' personal information provided by the VA or other agencies to Elon Musk and his "Department of   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Colleagues Call on Trump Administration to End Harmful Freeze on Health Communications and Funding Senators emphasize the damage Trump's freeze on funding has already inflicted on patient care and public health oversight WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 34 Senate Democrats to call on Acting Secretary of the Department of Hea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Merkley, Murray, King Sound the Alarm Over National Parks Staffing Shortages Due to Trump's Hiring Freeze WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with U.S. SenatorsJeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Angus King (I-Ma  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-822) on the Data Privacy Act of 2023 (H.R. 1165), which aims to amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to modernize the protection of the nonpublic personal information of individuals with whom financial institutions have customer or consumer relationship. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, on Dec. 5, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary Introduced on February   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * John Moisan Studies the Ocean Through the 'Eyes' of AI "I do evolutionary programming," said NASA Goddard oceanographer Dr. John Moisan. "I see a lot of possibility in using evolutionary programming to solve many large problems we are trying to solve. How did life start and evolve? Can these processes be used to evolve intelligence or sentience?" Courtesy of John Moisan Name : John Moisan Formal Job Classification : Re  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Colleagues Demand VA Secretary Defend Veterans' Personal Information from DOGE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC), is joining his colleagues in demanding the Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary protect veterans' personal information. In a letter to VA Secretary Doug Collins, the Senators urge him to take immediate actions to sec  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Mann, Newhouse Strengthen Market Access for Farmers WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01) and Dan Newhouse (WA-04) introduced the Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2025 (link is external) to increase support for the Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development Program (FMD) and help American farmers compete in international markets. "Robust agricultural tra  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins' Statement on NIH Biomedical Research Cap on Indirect Costs U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued a statement on the cap to indirect costs on biomedical research funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH). "I oppose the poorly conceived directive imposing an arbitrary cap on the indirec  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Zachary Morse Hikes Hilltops, Caves Lava Tubes to Ready Moon Missions Lunar geologist Zachary Morse scrabbles over Earth's rocky landscapes to test equipment for future missions to the Moon and Mars. Name : Zachary Morse Title : Assistant Research Scientist in Planetary Geology Organization : The Planetary Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Laboratory, Science Directorate (Code 698) Zachary Morse is an assistant   more