WASHINGTON, March 6 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * 2024 AA Awards for Technology and Innovation (Group Honorable Mention) eVTOL Propulsion Team, GRC * Denotes Team Lead NASA Glenn Research Center Aaron D. Anderson Devin K. Boyle Jeffryes W. Chapman Peggy A. Cornell Timothy P. Dever Justin P. Elchert Henry B. Fain Xavier Collazo Fernandez Matthew G. Granger Jonathan M. Gutknecht Michael C. Halbig Patrick A. Hanlon Hashmatullah Hassee  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * Chairs Comer & Jordan Announce IRS Whistleblowers as Guests for President Trump's Joint Session of Congress Address WASHINGTON--House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) announced that IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegl  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10675) on March 4, 2025, by military ground forces specialist Andrew Feickert: * * * Army Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs) What Is Security Force Assistance (SFA)? Security Force Assistance (SFA) is defined as "unified action to generate, employ, and sustain local, host-nation, or regional security forces in support of a legitimate authority." By definition "security  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Dave Taylor, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 6, 2025: * * * Congressman Dave Taylor Introduces Bill to Deport Illegal Aliens Committing Fraud WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) today introduced the Deporting Fraudsters Act to hold illegal aliens accountable for defrauding the United States or stealing benefits intended for U.S. taxpayers. Representatives Mike Kennedy (UT-03), Claudia Tenney (NY-24), Derek Schmidt (KS-02), Nancy Ma  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 6, 2025 ARMY Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Mississippi (W900KK-25-D-0021); Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida (W900KK-25-D-0022); Cubic Defense Applications Inc., San Diego, California (W900KK-25-D-0023); Ravenswood Solutions Inc.,* Fremont, California (W900KK-25-D-0024); Cole Engineering Services Inc., Orlando, Florida (W900KK-25-D-0025); Skiftech LLC,* Orlando, Florida (W900KK-  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers and the attorneys general from 22 other states: * * * To: Brandon L. Taylor, Director Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health Department of Health and Human Services 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 * Dr. Tameka Owens, Acting Admini  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated Feb. 24, 2025, from Taylor Nelson Amitrano LLP, Irvin, California: * * * To: Department of the Treasury Office of the Secretary Re: Internal Revenue Service -- REG-116610-20 Proposed Changes to Circular 230, 31 CFR Part 10 * * * Taylor Nelson Amitrano LLP ("the Firm") submits the following comments regarding the proposed changes to Treasury Circular 230  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Britt, Carbajal, Lawler Lead Introduction of Bipartisan, Bicameral Proposal to Make Child Care More Affordable WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Katie Britt (R-AL) and U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) and Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) introduced the Child Care Availability and Affordability Act and the Child Care Workforce Act --bipartisan, bicameral legislati  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Kaptur, Bacon, Crow Lead Bipartisan Legislation Preserving USAF Fighter Force Structure Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), alongside Representatives Don Bacon (NE-02), Jason Crow (CO-06), Jack Bergman (MI-01), Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), Andy Harris (MD-01), Steny Hoyer (MD-05), John James (MI-10), and Dusty Johnson (SD-AL) introduced H.R.1851, the Fighter Force Preservation and Reca  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy, Scott, Banking Republicans introduce bill to protect law-abiding Americans from debanking WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today joined Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and colleagues in introducing the Financial Integrity and Regulation Management (FIRM) Act to curb debanking by federal regulators. The bill would eliminate regulators' ability to ref  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 (TNSFR) -- The Consortium for Rare Earth Technologies (CREaTe) has officially expanded its membership with the inclusion of AsterTech LLC, based in Dayton, Ohio. The announcement follows a filing made on February 12, 2025, under section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. This filing, submitted to both the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission, aims to extend legal provisions that limit antitrust plaintiffs' recovery to actual d  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The White House has released the following text of President Trump's remarks delivered during his joint address to Congress on March 4, 2025: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Thank you very much. It's a great honor. Thank you very much. Speaker Johnson, Vice President Vance, the first lady of the United States -- (applause) -- members of the United States Congress, thank you very much. And to my fellow citizens, America is back. (Appla  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense released the following testimony by Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, from a Feb. 25, 2025, member day hearing on programs to improve national security and well-being of servicemembers: * * * Chairman Calvert, Ranking Member McCollum, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for holding this Member Day and for the opportunity for off-committee members to speak to our priorities in this space. As a Navy veteran wh  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense released the following testimony by Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, from a Feb. 25, 2025, member day hearing on propulsion technology development: * * * Dear Chairman Calvert and Ranking Member McCollum: As you prepare the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Defense (DOD) Appropriations Bill, please consider our request to increase investment in the development of technology to transition an engine - during continual operation - f  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on March 6, 2025: * * * SBA Relief Still Available to West Virginia Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by April Storms Deadline to apply for economic injury loans approaching ATLANTA - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in West Virginia of the April 3, 2025, deadline to apply   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Scott, Rep. Pfluger Seek to Boost American Energy Production WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Congressman August Pfluger (R-Texas) introduced the Unlocking Domestic LNG Potential Act. This legislation would place the permitting process in the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and eliminate the U.S. Department of Energy's authority on LNG exports  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 6, 2025: * * * Tokuda Leads Colleagues in Opposing Proposed Cuts to HUD Disaster Recovery Office Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representative Jill N. Tokuda (HI-02) led 47 of her colleagues in urging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to reconsider proposed cuts to its Office of Community Planning and Development, which administers the Community Development Block Grant Disas  more