WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer Applauds Closure Of DCA Helicopter Route Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district that includes National Airport (DCA), today applauded the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) permanent closure of helicopter Route 4, which runs past DCA. The Army Black Hawk involved in a fatal collision with American Airlines Flight 5342 on January 29 th was flying on helicop  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNScapv) -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Connolly Joins Colleagues to Demand Answers Over Detention and Attempted Deportation of Mahmoud Khalil U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, joined Reps. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 14, 2025 AIR FORCE General Electric Aerospace, Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity $5,000,000,000 ceiling contract for F110 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) engines. This contract provides five years of pricing for F110-129 install and spare engines, with modernized engine monitoring system computers and spare engine accessories s  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, March 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina issued the following news release: * * * Doctor Sentenced for Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering GREENSBORO - A doctor from Mt. Airy, North Carolina was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution totaling $2,049,747.47 after pleading guilty to one count of health care fraud and one count of money laundering, announced Acting United States Attorney Ra  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance released the following testimony by Gregory Jackson Jr., ex-deputy director of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, from a March 4, 2025, hearing entitled "The Right to Self Defense": * * * Good morning Chairman Biggs, Ranking Member McBath, and members of the committee. Thank you for inviting me to be part of this important hearing. I am Greg Jackson, formerly Deputy Director of  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNSFR) -- A coalition of major automotive and chemical companies has formally disclosed its participation in the Cooperative Research Group Advanced Fluids for Electrified Vehicles 2 (AFEV2), a joint venture focused on improving electric vehicle fluid technology. The notification, filed on November 12, 2024, with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, invokes provisions under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act to limit antitrust  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Great Falls businessman sentenced for tax and investment fraud Defendant caused nearly $4.5M in loss to IRS and significant losses to investors ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Great Falls man was sentenced today to six years and six months in prison for tax crimes and his wire fraud scheme. According to court documents and statements made in court, Rick Tariq R  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Statement on Senate Passage of Government Funding Bill The U.S. Senate voted and passed a continuing resolution, H.R. 1968 - the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. This continuing resolution now heads to President Trump's desk to avoid a government shutdown. Government funding runs out at 11:59 pm on Friday, March 14. Following passage of the continuing reso  more

TAMPA, Florida, March 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: * * * Guatemalan Fugitive Living In The United States Illegally Under Fake Identity Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Gun Trafficking Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Ricardo Fermin Sune-Giron (34) to 14 years in federal prison for conspiracy to traffic in firearms, gun trafficking, dealing in firearms without a l  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence released the following testimony by Daniel Flesch, a senior policy analyst for the Middle East and North Africa at the Heritage Foundation, from a March 4, 2025, hearing entitled "The Digital Battlefield: How Terrorists Use the Internet and Online Networks for Recruitment and Radicalization": * * * My name is Daniel Flesch. I am the Senior Policy Analyst for the Middle East and North Africa at  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE, law enforcement partners arrest more than 200 alien offenders during enhanced gang operation in Northern Virginia CHANTILLY, Va. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and law enforcement partners apprehended 214 illegal aliens during an enhanced targeted enforcement operation focusing on transnational organized crime, gangs, and egregious i  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, Raskin, Scanlon Demand Answers Over Detention and Attempted Deportation of Mahmoud Khalil WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Ranking Member of the Constitution and Limited Government Su  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * Mass timber, 3D printing may be future of military construction for Army, Navy Army and Navy barracks may one day be 3D printed or built using mass timber construction that involves large wooden structural beams manufactured from smaller lumber. Today on Capitol Hill, Dave Morrow, director of military programs for Army Corps of Engineers, a  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Expertise Helps Record all the Buzz Airplane manufacturers running noise tests on new aircraft now have a much cheaper option than traditional wired microphone arrays. It's also sensitive enough to help farmers with pest problems. A commercial wireless microphone array recently created with help from NASA can locate crop-threatening insects by listening for the sounds they make in fields. Since releasing its first co  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Super Pressure Balloons Return to New Zealand for Test Flights NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wanaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency's super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift balloons will travel the Southern Hemisphere's mid-latitudes for planned missions of 100 days or more. Launch operations are scheduled to begin in late March fr  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNSFR) -- The National Spectrum Consortium, Inc. (NSC) has disclosed changes in its membership following its transition to a non-profit organization, according to a notification filed on February 3, 2025, with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. The filing extends protections under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act, limiting antitrust liability for participants. Originally operating as the National Spectrum Consortium, the   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: * * * New task force launched in Virginia to eliminate transnational criminal organizations Task Force members arrest over 200 individuals during first two weeks ALEXANDRIA, Va. - U.S. Attorney Erik S. Siebert of the Eastern District of Virginia along with federal and state partners announced today the recently established Virginia Homeland Security Task F  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government released the following testimony by Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, from a March 5, 2025, member day hearing on U.S. Postal Service": * * * Chairman Joyce and Ranking Member Hoyer, thank you for the opportunity to provide input to the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee ("Subcommittee") of the House Committee on Appropriations. I look forward to discussing the recent   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Castro, Jayapal, Raskin, Scanlon Demand Answers Over Detention and Attempted Deportation of Mahmoud Khalil March 14, 2025 WASHINGTON -- Today, Representative Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: * * * Scanlon, Raskin, Jayapal Mobilize House Dems to Demand Answers in Trump Administration Attack on Free Speech Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, today joined Reps. Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Democrats vs. Senate Democrats For Immediate Release March 13, 2025 Contact: Taylor Haulsee WASHINGTON -- "The House has done its job and passed a clean CR to fund the federal government," Speaker Johnson said. "If Senate Democrats block an up-or-down vote, then it's crystal clear: they are responsible for the ensuing government shutdown. Period." For years, Senate D  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: * * * STB Determines Norfolk Southern's Proposed Acquisition of NPBL is a Significant Transaction The Surface Transportation Board today announced that it will review the proposed acquisition by Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (collectively, NS) to acquire control of Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Company (  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following testimony by Stephen Moret, president and CEO of Strada Education Foundation, from a March 5, 2025, hearing entitled "Strengthening WIOA: Improving Outcomes for America's Workforce." WIOA is the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. * * * Good morning, Chairman Owens, Ranking Member Adams, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for th  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNSFR) -- The Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium (UTIC) has announced changes to its membership, according to a notification filed on January 17, 2025, with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. The filing, submitted under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, extends legal protections that limit the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specific conditions. The latest update welcomes several ne  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Video: Kaine Speaks on Senate Floor Blasting House Republican Funding Bill, Highlighting Republican Concerns Over Harmful National Security Impacts of the Bill BROADCAST-QUALITY VIDEO IS AVAILABLE HERE. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), spoke on the Senate floor to express his opposition to House Republicans' funding bill  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: * * * Vindman, Fitzpatrick Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Block Congressional Pay During Defaults or Shutdowns WASHINGTON -- Congressman Eugene Vindman (D-Va.-07) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.-01) today introduced a bipartisan bill. The No Pay for Congress During Default or Shutdown Act would require Members of Congress to work without pay if a federal government shutdown occurs or the p  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance released the following testimony by Women for Gun Rights founder Dianna Muller from a March 4, 2025, hearing entitled "The Right to Self Defense": * * * Thank you for inviting me to discuss self-defense and the role of the 2nd Amendment. For decades now, gun control advocates push for more laws and more restrictions. It's time to look at the evidence and acknowledge the truth. Guns save lives   more