WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * "Rampant and Endless"--Ranking Member Connolly Introduces Resolution of Inquiry Into Elon Musk's Conflicts of Interest After repeated stonewalling by the Administration and disinterest by Committee Republicans, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led Committee Democrats in introducing a Resolution of Inquiry to investigate Elon Musk's exten  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * 2025 Aviation Weather Mission: Civil Air Patrol Cadets Help Scientists Study the Atmosphere with GLOBE Clouds The Science Activation Program's NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative (NESEC) is working alongside the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) to launch the 2025 Aviation Weather Mission. The mission will engage cadets (students ages 11-20) and senior members to collect aviation-relevant observations including airport condition  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on March 3, 2025: * * * Committee Democrats Tell OPM: Reinstate Unlawfully Terminated Employees Now! Committee Democrats Also Demand OPM Comply with Investigation Following Repeated Failures to Provide Documents and Information Washington, D.C. (March 3, 2025)--Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committe  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Suhas Subramanyam Announces Guest for Joint Address to Congress - Medicaid Recipient with Stage 4 Cancer Whose Life Will Be Jeopardized by Trump's Budget Cuts Washington, DC - Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) spoke on the House floor and announced his guest for President Trump's Joint Address to Congress, Susan Perri. Susan Perri is a retired special education teacher from Fau  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Connolly to Boycott Trump's Address to Congress Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement announcing he will boycott President Donald Trump's address to Congress: "Since being elected to Congress, I have never missed a State of the Union address. But we have never seen our democracy so teste  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 13, 2025, from the Adhesive and Sealant Council, Alexandria, Virginia: * * * To: Claire Brisse Existing Chemical Risk Management Division (7404M) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20460-0001 Re: Request for Extension of Comment Period for Dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) Draft Risk Evaluati  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 24, 2025, from the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, Arlington County, Virginia: * * * U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20460 RE: Draft Recommended Human Health Ambient Water Quality Criteria for PFOA, PFOS, and PFBS [Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0454] The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (AS  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 21, 2025, from the Fairfax Water: * * * Re: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0454 EPA Draft National Recommended Water Quality Criteria Protective of Human Health for PFOA, PFOS and PFBS * * * Dear Ms. Echols: Fairfax Water is a not-for-profit utility that proudly provides high quality drinking water to over two million residents of Northern Virginia. One in four Virginian  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has released the following public communication dated Feb. 25, 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 Subject: Docket No. FAA-2024-2713; Project Identifier AD-2024-00328-T. Airworthiness Directives: The Bo  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Feb. 18, 2025, from the Association for Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, Virginia: * * * To: Sara Brenner, MD, MPH Acting Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane Room 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 Subject: Draft Guidance on Expedited Programs for Serious Conditions--Accelerated Approval of Drugs and Biologics (Docket   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is evaluating a new major license application submitted by Eagle Creek Reusens Hydro, LLC, for the continued operation of the Reusens Hydroelectric Project on the James River in Bedford and Amherst Counties, Virginia. The facility, which operates in a peaking mode, includes a 24-foot-high concrete dam, two powerhouses containing a total of five Francis turbine-generator units, and associated transmission infrastruct  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 4 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Virtual Statewide Hiring Event on March 5th Hosted by Virginia Works RICHMOND, VA -- Following Governor Glenn Youngkin's launch of VirginiaHasJobs.com last week, Virginia Works - the Commonwealth's department for workforce and advancement - announced a statewide virtual hiring event taking place tomorrow, Wednesday, March 5th, from 10 am-3 pm. This online   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 4 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release: * * * Hauptman Announces Changes to NCUA's Overdraft/NSF Fee Collection WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 3, 2025) - To help ensure credit unions can continue to support the needs of Americans struggling with inflation, the National Credit Union Administration will no longer publish overdraft and non-sufficient fund fee income for individual credit unions, Chairman Kyle S. Hauptman announced tod  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, issued the following opening remarks on March 3, 2025, on at a hearing to consider three Congressional Review Act resolutions (H.J.Res. 42, H.J.Res. 61 and S.J.Res. 11): * * * As prepared for delivery: Good afternoon. The Committee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Today, the Rules Committee is convening to consider three separate  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * In Rebuke of Trump Administration Attacks on Veterans, Senate Democrats Make Defending Veterans and VA Care a Priority at Joint Address [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - In light of President Donald Trump's mass termination of federal veteran employees and egregious attempts to slash Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) care and benefits, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenth  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * IN REBUKE OF TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ATTACKS ON VETERANS, SENATE DEMOCRATS MAKE DEFENDING VETERANS AND VA CARE A PRIORITY AT JOINT ADDRESS Senate Democrats' guests at tonight's speech to include veterans indiscriminately fired as part of the Trump Administration's mass terminations of federal government employees and the former VA Inspector General illegally fired by Trump [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - In light  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on March 4, 2025: * * * In Rebuke of Trump Administration Attacks on Veterans, Senate Democrats Make Defending Veterans and VA Care a Priority at Joint Address Senate Democrats' guests at tonight's speech to include veterans indiscriminately fired as part of the Trump Administration's mass terminations of federal government employees and the former  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Announces 2025 Guest for President's Address to Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) announced that he will be joined at President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress by Jason King, a disabled veteran from Fairfax who was fired from his position in the Federal Aviation Administration's safety division as a result of the Trump Administration's attacks on the federa  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Senate Armed Services Committee Colleagues Demand Answers on Abrupt Firings of JAG Officers WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined twelve of his SASC colleagues in a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth demanding legal justification for the recent abrupt dismissals of several Judge Advocate Generals (JAG) and docume  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on March 3, 2025: * * * Kiggans Urges Secretary of Defense to Limit Veteran Layoffs within DoD WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth highlighting the critical need to prevent workforce reductions within the Department of Defense (DoD) from causing undue harm to veterans and America's national security. On February 21, 2025, the DoD announced i  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell in Washington Post: We Cannot Defeat Tomorrow's Enemies With Yesterday's Budgets Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) submitted the following op-ed to The Washington Post, printed in today's edition, on the dangers of a clean, full-year Continuing Resolution (CR) at the Fiscal Year 2024 level: Every time Congress faces a government funding de  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Awards Launch Service for Mission to Study Storm Formation Credit: NASA NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency's Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission, which aims to understand why, when, and where tropical convective storms form, and why some storms produce extreme weather. The mission will launch on the company's Alpha rocket from NA  more

PASADENA, California, March 4 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Mission to Study Storm Formation NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency's Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission, which aims to understand why, when, and where tropical convective storms form, and why some storms produce extreme weather. The mission would launch on   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Scott Statement on the Joint Session of Congress Presidential Address WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Joint Session of Congress Presidential Address. "Four years after inciting a mob to attack the United States Capitol, Pres  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Ranking Members Connolly and Mfume Introduce Resolution of Inquiry Into Trump-Musk Administration's Political Purge of the Federal Workforce Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, led Committee Democrats in introducing a Resolution of Inquiry to investig  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Warner Slams Trump Tariffs for Raising Costs on Virginia Families WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) released a statement after President Trump enacted a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico, jacking up costs for American families: " President Trump's reckless tariffs on our neighbors in Canada and Mexico are nothing more than a tax on American families. At a time when Virginia  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Statement from Senate Intelligence Vice Chair Warner on Halting U.S. Aid to Ukraine WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-VA) released the following statement: "Ukraine has been bravely fending off Vladimir Putin's cruel and unjust invasion for over three years. U.S. assistance - supported by Congress on a bipartisan basis - has helped Ukraine r  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Trade Subcommittee Democrats joint statement opposing Trump's reckless tariffs Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Democrats released the following joint statement in response to President Trump's 25 percent tariffs against Canada and Mexico that went into effect today: "President Trump is threatening our economy with these damaging, unnecessary tariffs. He is on the verge of sparking several trade war  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Ambassador-Designate To The United Nations Elise Stefanik Delivers Address At Anti-Defamation League's "Never Is Now" Summit, The World's Largest Summit on Combating Antisemitism New York, N.Y.- United States Ambassador-Designate to the United Nations Elise Stefanik spoke at the Anti-Defamation League's "Never Is Now" Summit, the world's largest summit on combating antisemitism. Read U.S. Am  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 4 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on March 3, 2025: * * * Attorney General Miyares Announces Top 10 Consumer Complaints - AG Miyares Highlights his Office's Consumer Protection Resources as Part of National Consumer Protection Week ~ Richmond, VA - As part of National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced the top 10 consumer complaints received by his Office. By highlighting these com  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Virginia Democrat to boycott Trump address in solidarity with federal workers The top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is skipping President Trump's speech to Congress on Tuesday night. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), who represents a large number of government employees and federal contractors, said he'll boycott the address "in solidarity" with those workers who ha  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner & Kaine on Legislation that Would Defund Public Schools & Subject Children to Uncomfortable Physical Scrutiny WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the following statement after voting to block a procedural move on legislation to prevent transgender athletes from participating in women's sports: "Right now, Congress should be focused on passing bills that lo  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, 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, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators 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 Congr  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The White House issued the following news: * * * President Trump is Protecting America's Children President Donald J. Trump knows America's children are our future -- and he'll never stop fighting for their right to a healthy, productive upbringing and childhood. That's why President Trump immediately took action to undo the damaging policies of the Biden Administration on indoctrinating America's most vulnerable with dangerous, radical policies. * President Trump mad  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Wittman, Pingree Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect America's Working Waterfronts WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) announced that he and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01) 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   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Wittman, Ryan Relaunch House Defense Modernization Caucus WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) and Congressman Pat Ryan (D-NY-18) relaunched the House Defense Modernization Caucus (HDMC) for the 119th Congress to continue their efforts to advance the national security ecosystem through the integration and adoption of emergent technologies. The relaunch was unveiled at the "Def  more