WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by Ben Lehfeldt, president of the American Sheep Industry Association, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Perspectives From the Field: Farmer and Rancher Views on the Agricultural Economy, Part 2": * * * Chairman Boozman, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. I am honored as the recently elected President   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Statement on President Trump's Address to Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tonight, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of Senate Republican Leadership, released the below statement following President Donald J. Trump's address to a joint session of Congress: "President Trump's address was a refreshing change from the previous four years. As expected, he delivered   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 5, 2025: * * * Chairman Capito Asks Fotouhi, Szabo about Importance of Cooperative Federalism, Energy Reliability in Nominations Hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a hearing on the nominations of David Fot  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 5, 2025: * * * Chairman Capito Opening Statement at Hearing on Nominations of Fotouhi, Szabo to Leadership Roles at the Environmental Protection Agency WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a hearing on the nominatio  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE arrests violent criminal alien outside Northampton Prison without cooperation from prison officials PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Amilcar Josue Villalvir Mendez, a citizen of Honduras, at the Northampton County Prison in Easton, Feb. 27. Prison officials failed to honor an immigration detainer and turn Villalvir o  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE forced to arrest convicted drug dealer on the street due to noncompliance with immigration detainer PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Anderson Nunez-Hernandez, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, as he was exiting the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Complex, Feb. 21. Nunez-Hernadez is a criminal alien with a pri  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 5, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Administrator Zeldin: "The Golden Age of American Success is Upon Us" WASHINGTON - This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin shared the great strides the EPA has taken to safeguard clean air, land, and water while Powering the Great American Comeback in his first month on the job. The Administrator has wasted no time identifying and e  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * West Virginia Ambulance Business Owner Sentenced for Tax Crimes A West Virginia man was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison for not paying the taxes withheld from employees' wages at an ambulance service he operated and obstructing the IRS' efforts to collect those taxes. According to court documents and evidence presented in court, from 2012 through part of 2017, Christop  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Thompson lead introduction of the Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA), Chairman of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Tax, and Mike Thompson (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Tax, introduced the Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act. The bipartisan, legislation provides tax incentives to acceler  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller Reintroduces Saving Gig Economy Taxpayers Act Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) reintroduced the Saving Gig Economy Taxpayers Act to restore the 1099-K threshold level of $600 back to the original $20,000 and 200 transactions by repealing the Democrats' American Rescue Plan policy, which has placed an unfair tax hike upon Americans and gig workers. Congresswoman  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller, Colleagues Reintroduce Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) and her colleagues Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), and Chris Deluzio (D-PA) introduced the Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act. This bipartisan bill focuses on capturing and repurposing mine methane emissions from active and ab  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Ohio Woman Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug Crime CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Emariel Kanay Tyler, 20, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced today to one year and six months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, for use of a communication facility to facilitate a drug trafficking offense. According to court documents and statemen  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** Sock ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 4 -- TBL LICENSING LLC, Stratham, New Hampshire has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1064568 S1, initially filed Jan. 4, 2024) developed by four inventors Sue Jesch, Denver, Colorado; Anne Wiper, Boulder, Colorado; John Ramsey, Denver, Colorado; and Laura Marano-Heins, Lafayette, Colorado, for "Sock." *** System and Method for Presenting an Object AL  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Hampshire. *** Techniques for Tailoring Fabrication Environments Based on User, Task, and Expertise ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 4 -- AUTODESK, INC., San Francisco, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12242987 B2, initially filed Aug. 9, 2019) developed by four inventors Jun Gong, Hanover, New Hampshire; Fraser Anderson, Alberta, Canada; George Fitzmaurice, Ontario, Canada; and Tovi Grossman,   more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina. *** Low Pressure Alarm for Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 4 -- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, Minnesota has been assigned a patent (No. US 12239861 B2, initially filed July 15, 2020) developed by Jeffrey L. Landis, Charlotte, North Carolina, for "Low pressure alarm for self-contained breathing apparatus." *** Stormwater Skimmer Surface Drain Ap  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Ohio. *** Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine With Heated Fuel to Assist Combustion ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 4 -- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, Ohio has been assigned a patent (No. US 12240624 B1, initially filed Sept. 6, 2023) developed by three inventors Brandon W. Miller, Middletown, Ohio; Daniel A. Niergarth, Norwood, Ohio; and Arthur W. Sibbach, Boxford, Massachusetts, for "Aircraft gas turbine engin  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Easy DSL Signal Detector ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 4 -- CENTURYLINK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC, Denver, Colorado has been assigned a patent (No. US 12244471 B2, initially filed Feb. 15, 2022) developed by Anthony M. Bieniek, Centennial, Colorado, and Brian E. Bond, Fairmont, West Virginia, for "Easy DSL signal detector." *** Pole Cradle ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 4 -- MADI, LLC, Gre  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 5, 2025: * * * West Virginia Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Employment Tax Crimes A West Virginia man pleaded guilty today to one count of willful failure to pay over employment taxes on behalf of his business. According to court documents and statements made in court, Dean E. Dawson operated RPC Group LLC, a Hurricane, West Virginia, real estate appraisal business. Dawson was responsible for wi  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 5, 2025: * * * Whitehouse Opening Statement at Hearing to Consider Fotouhi, Szabo for EPA One has made a career defending industries that destroy the environment, the other was a contributor to the EPA chapter of Project 2025 Washington, D.C.--Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senat  more