WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Amid Trump Attempts to Play Politics with Federal Agencies, Van Hollen, Subramanyam Introduce Legislation to Require They First Provide Taxpayers Answers on Relocation Costs Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) held a press conference to announce the reintroduction of the Conducting Oversight to Secure Transparency (COST) of Relocations Act, le  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * Gross Domestic Product by State and Personal Income by State, 4th Quarter 2024 and Preliminary 2024 Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 48 states and the District of Columbia in the fourth quarter of 2024, with the percent change ranging from 5.1 percent at an annual rate in Arkansas to 0.6 percent in Vermont and remaining unchanged in Idaho  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Democrats Demand Explanation for "Disturbing Arrest and Detention" of Tufts University Student U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) led over 30 lawmakers in writing to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Acting Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (IC  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Suhas Subramanyam and Senator Chris Van Hollen Introduce the COST of Relocations Act to Push Back Against the Trump Administration's Attempts to Relocate Federal Agencies Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced the COST of Relocations Act to push back against President Trump and his administration's relentless ef  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Connolly, Scott Statement on Trump Destroying Union Rights Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Workforce, issued the following statement on President Trump's union busting Executive Order: "This executive order is another example   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 27, 2025 AIR FORCE Rocket Lab National Security LLC, Long Beach, California (FA8811-25-D-B007); and Stoke Space Technologies Inc., Kent, Washington (FA8811-25-D-B006), have been awarded a multiple-award, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum cumulative ceiling of $5,600,000,000 for the National Security Space (NSS) Launch Phase Three Lane On  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 28, 2025 ARMY Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $4,937,045,400 firm-fixed-price contract for the Precision Strike Missiles Increment One. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of March 30, 2030. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama,  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * DMV Senators Announce MERIT Act to Reinstate Recently Terminated Probationary Federal Employees WASHINGTON - Today, Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined Sens. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) in introducing the of the Model Employee Reinstatement for Ill-advised Termination (MERIT) Act. This timely legislation would reinstate recently terminated probationary federal  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * Emory S. Land Arrives in Darwin DARWIN, Australia (March 25, 2025) - The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) arrived in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia for a regularly scheduled port call, March 25. Darwin is the 17th port call of Emory S. Land's current deployment, which began May 17, 2024. * * * "It is a fantastic opportunity to return where we first began o  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has announced that the Region 20 Public Safety 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will convene an in-person planning meeting on April 23, 2025. The meeting will address the allocation and use of critical public safety spectrum within the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. The meeting is scheduled to take place at The Lodge at Hal and Berni Han  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Foxx Supports Legislation to Help Western North Carolina Businesses WASHINGTON - Today, Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after signing on as an official cosponsor to the Helene Small Business Recovery Act, legislation authored by Representative Chuck Edwards that provides a technical fix to loan duplications of benefits issued for survivors of Hurricane Hele  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 28 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin Releases February Jobs Data RICHMOND, VA -- Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that, according to the Current Employment Statistics ("CES" or "the establishment survey"), nonfarm payroll employment in Virginia fell by 1,000 in February and Virginia's labor force participation rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points to 65.7 percent. According to BLS Local Area   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine & Colleagues Demand Senate Hearings on Trump Administration's Reckless and Dangerous Mishandling of Classified Military Operations WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, joined 15 Senate colleagues in a letter calling on the Chairs of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senate Select Committee on Intellige  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Klobuchar, and Warner Announce Expected Vote Timing on their Bill to Undo Canada Tariffs that will Raise Costs WASHINGTON, D.C. - Next Tuesday, April 1, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on legislation led by U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) to undo President Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods, which amount to a 25 percent tax on goods imported fr  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- President Trump issued the following executive order on March 28, 2025: * * * MAKING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. As the Federal capital city, Washington, D.C., is the only city that belongs to all Americans and that all Americans can claim as theirs. As the capital city of the greatest Nation in the his  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Connolly and Senator Kaine Rebuke DOGE's Plans to Illegally Dissolve USAID Washington, D.C. (March 28, 2025)-- Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the followi  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Connolly and Scott's Statement on Trump Destroying Union Rights Washington, D.C. (March 28, 2025)-- Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Bobby Scott, Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Workforce, issued the following   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on March 27, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, when I recently asked someone who supports gutting the Department of Education how that decision would make American education better or what the Department even does, they couldn't give me an answer. Let me tell you how gutting this Department will hurt every parent, teacher, and, most of all, students in our country  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Tokuda Recognized as One of the Most Effective Lawmakers in the 118th Congress Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) has been recognized as one of the most effective lawmakers of the 118th Congress by the Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), earning a Legislative Effectiveness Score (LES) that places her among the top ten most effective Democratic lawmakers in a Republican-  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Scott, Connolly Statement on Trump Destroying Union Rights WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Workforce, and Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on President Trump's union busting Executive Order: " This executive order  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Scott, Connolly Statement on Trump Destroying Union Rights WASHINGTON - Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Workforce, and Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on President Trump'  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Statement of U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine on Trump Executive Order Attacking Collective Bargaining Rights for Federal Workers WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner, Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued a statement in response to President Trump's latest attack on the federal workforce - an executive order targeting colle  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Attack on the Minority Business Development Agency Will Harm Small Businesses In recent weeks, Trump escalated his assault on small businesses by signing an Executive Order to gut the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). The MBDA was created to assist businesses owned by people of color -- who face the greatest barriers to  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Joins Colleagues in Supporting Foresters Affected by Natural Disasters WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in reintroducing legislation to help America's landowners recover from the loss of timber after natural disasters. The Disaster Reforestation Act amends and makes improvements to the tax code to allow forest owners to deduct t  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Virginia House Delegation Calls for Withdrawal of T. March Bell Nomination as HHS IG Citing History of Mishandling Taxpayer Funds U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA-08), Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10), and Eugene Vindman (D-VA-07) today called on President Trump to immediately rescind T. March Bell's nomination to serve as I  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner & Kaine Respond to Trump's Latest Attack on the Federal Workforce WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner, Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued a statement in response to President Trump's latest attack on the federal workforce - an executive order targeting collective bargaining rights: "This is just another attempt by President Trum  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner Pushes Federal Trade Commission, Justice Department to Address Rampant Fraud in Digital Advertising WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and a member of the Senate Banking Committee, wrote to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson and to Attorney General Pam Bondi expressing concern over continued prevalenc  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Ways & Means Dems Seek To Rein In Trump's Unilateral Tariff Authorities Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, along with fellow committee members Reps. Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Terri Sewell (AL-07), Don Beyer (VA-08), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), today introduced the Repealing Outdated and Unilateral Tariff Authorities Act which would repeal Section 338 of the Tariff  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The White House issued the following news on March 28, 2025: * * * WEEK TEN WINS: President Trump Fuels America's Golden Age Ten weeks into his second term, President Donald J. Trump keeps delivering transformative wins for the American people -- empowering our workers, securing our nation, and cementing our leadership as the envy of the world. Here is a non-comprehensive list of wins in week ten: * President Trump's effort to secure the homeland continued in force.  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * While Republicans Fret Over Self-Image, Subcommittee Democrats Call Out GOP Attacks on Children's Programs and Free Speech Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2025)--At a hearing in the Subcommittee on Delivering for Government Efficiency (DOGE), Rep. Stephen Lynch led Committee Democrats in defending Mr. Rogers and early ch  more