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 29 -- Rep. J. Luis Correa, D-California, issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * CORREA, SALINAS, CORTEZ MASTO INTRODUCE RESOLUTION HONORING LATINA CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED STATES They Lead Over 25 Colleagues Introducing Resolution To Celebrate Women's History Month, Spotlight Need For Policy That Supports Latinas WASHINGTON -- Today, Representatives Lou Correa (D-CA) and Andrea Salinas (D-OR), alongside Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced a r  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Democratic Doctors Condemn Mass Layoffs at HHS, FDA, and CDC Firings affect divisions that respond to disease outbreaks, approve drugs, and provide health insurance coverage WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Congressional Doctors Caucus released the following statement condemning RFK Jr.'s proposed mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Pingree: EPA's Elimination of Scientific Research Arm Threatens Clean Air and Water for All Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01), the top Democrats on the subcommittees that oversee funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), sounded the alarm over the EPA's illegal plans to dismantle the Office of Research and Develo  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Delegation Calls on Trump Administration to Reinstate Fired Agricultural Researchers in Oregon Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) led her Oregon colleagues - including U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05), along with U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley - in a letter to U.S. Department of Agricult  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Schmitt and Merkley Reintroduce the Worldwide Animal Testing Compliance and Harmonization (WATCH) Act WASHINGTON - Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) released the following statements after the reintroduction of S.1104 - the Worldwide Animal Testing Compliance and Harmonization (WATCH) Act. This bill would ensure the United States is not funding risky research on ani  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 580) entitled "Knoxville & Holston River Railroad Co. Inc., A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Gulf & Ohio Railways Inc. - Abandonment Exemption - In Knox County, Tennessee": * * * Digest:/1 This decision permits Knoxville & Holston River Railroad Co., Inc., to abandon approximately 3.8 miles of rail line in Knox County, Tenn., subject to trail use, environmental,  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 1117) entitled "St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Co. - Abandonment Exemption - in Cumberland County, Maine": * * * St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Company (SLR) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon its perpetual freight easement over an approximately 24.23-mile rail line between milepost 1.7  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 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Marshals Service issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * U.S. Marshals Task Force Arrests Two, Continues Search for Last Remaining Norteno Gang Member in Connection to Moses Lake Homicide Subtitle Reward Increased Up to $10,000 for Jose Beltran-Rodriguez Spokane, WA - The U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF) has arrested two fugitives and continues its search for Jose Beltran-Ro  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 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Calls on Crapo to Pause Committee Consideration of Social Security Nomination Until Further Investigation of Bisignano Lies Letter to Finance Chairman Outlines How Nominee to Lead Social Security Mislead Committee Staff and Members on Multiple Occasions About His Knowledge and Involvement With DOGE Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Grassley Sound the Alarm on Officials Bypassing Organ Donation List, "Skipping the Line" for Less Critical Patients Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, are demanding answers from Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials regarding   more