WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44175) on March 26, 2025, entitled "Navy Shipboard Lasers - Background and Issues for Congress:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * ODIN Overview Optical Dazzler Interdictor Navy (ODIN) systems have been installed on eight Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyers. Figure 10 and Figure 11 reportedly show an ODIN system. The first ODIN installation reportedly was done on the destroyer Dewey (DDG-105)  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. CES-25-19) entitled "Geographic Immobility in the U.S.: Assessing the Prevalence and Characteristics of Those Who Never Migrate Across State Lines Using Linked Federal Tax Microdata." The paper was written by Mark Ellis, Lee Fiorio and Thomas B. Foster: * * * INTRODUCTION The migration rate, the fraction of the population who move in a time interval, typically one or five years, is the standard measure of   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSFR) -- The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has announced changes to its Procurement List, which includes products and services supplied by nonprofit agencies that employ individuals with blindness or severe disabilities. The changes, published in the Federal Register on March 28, 2025, will take effect on April 27, 2025, and include both additions and deletions to the list. Among the additions is a key uniform component for the U.S.  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 27 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Moore to Lead International Trade and Investment Mission to Japan and South Korea ANNAPOLIS, MD --Governor Wes Moore today announced that he will lead an international trade and investment mission focused on quantum, life sciences, and aerospace to Japan and South Korea, April 11-18. The governor and Maryland delegation--including representatives from the Maryland Department of Comme  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference on the Introduction of the COST of Relocations Act WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered remarks at a press conference hosted by Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) to announce the introduction of the Congressional Oversight to Secure Transparency (COST) of Relocations Act. Below is a full trans  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, DeLauro, Schakowsky, Doggett Lead Effort to Protect Medicare WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) are leading 74 lawmakers in calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to enact urgent reforms to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. As the Trump administration and Elon Musk look fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Trump Administration Gutting HHS by Cutting Nearly Quarter of Workforce, Abruptly Canceling Funding for New Mexico State Health Services Trump Administration Guts HHS by Eliminating Nearly 25% of Workforce, Cuts Over $12 Billion in Federal Grants to Fund Infectious Disease Management and Other Critical Health Services Nationwide Amid Measles Outbreak Washington, D.C. - Today  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Members Demand End to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse by Corporate Medicare Advantage Plans Contact: Alexis.Torres@mail.house.gov (link is external) Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, joined by Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), led 74 lawmakers in calling on   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- NASA issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * NASA, NSIDC Scientists Say Arctic Winter Sea Ice at Record Low Winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was the lowest it's ever been at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. At 5.53 million square miles (14.33 million square kilometers), the maximum extent fell below the prior low of 5.56 million square mile  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Raskin Probes Trump's Outrageous Use of Wartime Alien Enemies Act to Ship People to Salvadoran Mega-Prison Without Due Process In New Letter to Bondi, Rubio, and Noem, Raskin Demands the Administration Provide Evidence It Relied On Before Sending People from U.S. to Foreign "Dictator" Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2025)--Today, R  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Schakowsky, Jayapal, DeLauro, Doggett Lead Effort to Protect Medicare Full Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) are leading 74 lawmakers in calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to enact urgent reforms to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. As the Trump adminis  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following floor remarks on March 26, 2025: * * * Mr. President, the State of Maryland has lost a giant. Okeysha "Keysha" Yashica Brooks-Coley, a Baltimore native, made significant contributions to our State and our Nation. Attending high school in Severn, she earned a bachelor's degree in sociology and political science from Towson University and a master's in political management from George Washington University. She beg  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Senate conducted seven committee hearings on March 26, 2025: * * * DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded open and closed hearings to examine the United States Strategic Command and United States Space Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2026 and Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from General Anthony J. Cotton, USAF, Commander, United States   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Calls on Hegseth, Waltz to Resign Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committees, released the following statement: "This Administration's gross disregard for the handling of classified information puts American lives at risk. Their inexcusable negligence in protecting the security of highly classified informatio  more