WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman, Warner Continue Efforts to Prevent Veteran Suicide WASHINGTON --Today, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), a senior member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) continued their efforts to support those who have served in our nation's military by introducing legislation to renew and expand essential funding for mental health outreach and suicide prevention i  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12929) on Feb. 26, 2025, by transportation policy analyst Ali E. Lohman and legislative attorney Alexander H. Pepper: * * * Termination by the U.S. Department of Transportation of New York City's Central Business District Tolling Program Congress has prohibited tolling of federal-aid highways and passed a series of exceptions to the prohibition. One such exception is the Value   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48432) on Feb. 25, 2025, entitled "The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 - Background and Congressional Consideration of Rescissions" by James V. Saturno, Congress and legislative process specialist: * * * SUMMARY Under the U.S. Constitution, Congress exercises the "power of the purse." This power is expressed through the application of several provisions, particularly Article I, Section 9, clau  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 3, 2025: * * * Congressman Suhas Subramanyam Joins Over 200 Colleagues in Reintroducing the American Dream and Promise Act to Provide a Pathway to Citizenship for Dreamers WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Suhas Subramanyam joined his colleagues in introducing the bipartisan American Dream and Promise Act of 2025. The bipartisan American Dream and Promise Act would provide a pathway to c  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Employment up in 264 of 369 largest counties, September 2023 to September 2024 March 03, 2025 From September 2023 to September 2024, employment increased in 264 of the 369 largest U.S. counties. Kings, New York, had the largest over-the-year increase in employment, with a gain of 4.9 percent. * Chart* Chart Data Employment percent change in   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Gottheimer, LaHood Urge U.S. Governors to Ban DeepSeek from Government Devices WASHINGTON, D.C -- Today, March 3, 2025, Congressmen Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) and Darin LaHood (IL-16), members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sent letters to U.S. governors urging an immediate ban on the use and download of DeepSeek on government-issued devices. "By using DeepSeek, users ar  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 3 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Another Expansion of the Virginia Permit Transparency Website RICHMOND, VA - Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced the addition of two new Virginia agencies to be included on the Virginia Permit Transparency (VPT) website. This centralized platform serves as an online resource featuring the vast majority of permit applications considered by Virginia ag  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from the Meat Institute, Arlington, Virginia. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) Department of Health and Human Services 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Docket HHS-OASH-2024-0017: Request for Publ  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * House Adopts Resolution On DCA Accident Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district in the U.S. House that includes National Airport (DCA), today delivered floor remarks during debate on House Resolution 153, "Expressing condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of the victims of the crash of American Eagle Flight 5342 and PAT 25, and for other purposes." The le  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. House of Representatives conducted two committee hearings on Feb. 24, 2025: * * * ESTABLISHING THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND SETTING FORTH THE APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026 THROUGH 2034; PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL RELATING TO WASTE EMISSIONS CHARGE Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearin  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The House Natural Resources Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-882) on a bill (H.R. 6210), which aims to designate the General George C. Marshall House in Virginia as an affiliated area of the National Park System. The report was advanced by Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, on Dec. 16, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 6210 is to designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affili  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * LaHood, Gottheimer Urge U.S. Governors to Ban DeepSeek from Government Devices Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) - a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Select Committee on China - joined Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) in sending letters to U.S. governors urging an immediate ban on the use and download of DeepSeek on government-i  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Marks 110 Years Since Founding of Predecessor Organization To celebrate the 110th anniversary of the organization that ultimately became NASA, the agency released a new collection of videos to highlight the history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA ) and the ways it transformed flight over four decades. A new video collection highlights the history and significance of NASA's predecessor organiza  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from Covington & Burling LLP on behalf of Ligado Networks LLC, Reston, Virginia. Here are excerpts: * * * To: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION Washington, D.C. 20230 In the Matter of Impact of L-Band MSS 'Direct-to-Device' Operations on GPS Docket No. NTIA  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree, Wittman Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect America's Working Waterfronts Today, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Rob Wittman (R-Va.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to safeguard and strengthen America's working waterfronts. The Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act would create a grant program and preservation loan fund to provide funding options for waterfront-pres  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Cisneros's SOTU Guest was a Target of Elon Musk's DOGE Cuts Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. announced his guest for this week's State of Union address is West Covina City Councilman Ollie Cantos. Councilman Cantos is the first blind person and individual with a visible disability ever to be elected to West Covina's Council. He most recently served as Speci  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Virginia, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on Feb. 27, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the recipients of the 2025 Fairfax County Student Peace Awards. The Fairfax County Student Peace Awards began with one high school in 2006 to encourage high school aged students to think about peace as both a means and an end, and to recognize young people who work as peacemakers. By  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Scott Announces Alexzandria Hunt as Guest to President Trump's Joint Address to Congress Hunt is an Army veteran who was fired last week without notice or cause from Hampton V.A. Medical Center WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) has invited retired Army Staff Sergeant Alexzandria Hunt to be his guest to President Trump's address to a Joint Session of Congress. Hunt is a retired   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Cruz at Press Conference for Inaugural SAT-DCA Direct Flight: 'Texas Prevailed' WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, delivered remarks during a press conference at San Antonio International Airport (SAT), celebrating the first direct flight from San Antonio to Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Senate conducted five committee hearings on Feb. 20, 2025: * * * USS GRAVELY AND RED SEA OPERATIONS Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on the USS Gravely and operations in the Red Sea from Rear Admiral D. Wilson Marks, USN, Commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center, and Rear Admiral Thomas J. Dickinson, USN, Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems, both of the Department of Defense. * * * N  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Senate conducted seven committee hearings on Feb. 25, 2025: * * * NOMINATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Hagerty, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. * * * DOD CYBER OPERATIONS Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity received a closed briefing on Depar  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Senate conducted nine committee hearings on Feb. 27, 2025: * * * NOMINATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Scott (FL), testified and answered questions in his own behalf. * * * GLOBAL NUCLEAR AND MISSILE THREATS Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces received a closed briefing o  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner and Kaine Reintroduce Legislation to Designate Blue Ridge Music Center's Amphitheater after Former Rep. Rick Boucher WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) reintroduced legislation to formally designate the Blue Ridge Music Center's outdoor amphitheater the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater" after former Rep. Rick Boucher. "We are deeply appreciative of Congressman   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner Invites Fired Fredericksburg Park Ranger to State of the Union WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today announced that Ms. Ashley Ranalli of Fredericksburg will attend as his guest to President Trump's joint address to Congress on Tuesday, March 4. Ms. Ranalli was employed as a National Park Service (NPS) ranger at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park until last mon  more