WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Leads Senators Demanding Answers from Trump Admin on Cuts to Partnership that Boosts American Manufacturing WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) are demanding answers from the Trump Administration on its decision to take away funding that has long helped boost domestic manufacturing and created thousands of jobs. The Manufacturing Extension Partne  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer: "A Vote For This Rule Is A Vote For Trump's Tariffs" U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, today issued the following statement on a House vote on a provision hidden in a Republican rule that would surrender Congress' power to remove President Trump's tariffs: "A vote for this rule is a vote for Trump's tariffs. "Americans are hu  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 9, 2025 U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND Ascendancy One LLC, Virginia Beach, Virginia (H92240-25-D-0012); Spathe Strategic Support JV LLC, Belleair, Florida (H92240-25-D-0013); Seventh Dimension LLC, Mocksville, North Carolina (H92240-25-D-0014); People, Technology and Processes LLC, Tampa, Florida (H92240-25-D-0015); and Skybridge Tactical LLC, Tampa, Florida (H92240-25-D-0016), were a  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * Electronic Service Wide Exam (eSWE) is headed your way...well, MSTs and MEs first We are taking steps to modernize the Service Wide Exam (SWE) system so it is more user-friendly and efficient. The new approach replaces the paper-based exam with an electronic SWE, which we're dubbing the eSWE. The Coast Guard started looking at ways to improve the way we administer the SWE long before t  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated March 20, 2025, from Rachel A. Hook, director of laboratory services at HRSD, Virginia Beach, Virginia: * * * To: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA Docket Center Office of Water Docket Mail Code 28221T 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 RE: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0328 * * * Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule 22 for the Analysis of Contaminant  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 10 -- Virginia's Community Colleges issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Finalists Certified for Southwest Virginia Community College Presidency RICHMOND - The State Board for Community Colleges has certified three finalists for the position of president at Southwest Virginia Community College (SWCC), to succeed Dr. Victoria Sue Ratliff, who has served as Interim President at the College since January 1. Prior to that date, Dr. Tommy Wright had s  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 9 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Youngkin Announces 2025 Environmental Excellence Award Winners Recognizing those that improve Virginia's environment RICHMOND, VA - On April 8, Governor Glenn Youngkin's administration recognized the 11 winners and three honorable mention recipients of the 2025 Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards. The awards were presented at the 35th Environment Virginia Symposium held   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The General Services Administration has released the following public communication dated March 4, 2025, from Stephanie Sanok Kostro, executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, Arlington, Virginia: * * * To: Ms. Malissa Jones Regulatory Secretariat Division U.S. General Services Administration 1800 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20405 RE: PSC Comments on Federal Acquisition Regulation: Strengthening America's Cybersecurity Workforce (FAR   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Cassidy, Heinrich, and Curtis Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and John Curtis (R-UT) introduced the Protecting Global Fisheries Act, bipartisan legislation to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Predatory IUU fishing, parti  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * Online group exploiting vulnerable individuals, AFOSI warns QUANTICO, Virginia - Special Agent Thomas Spring has spent decades investigating the darkest corners of the internet, but the longtime agent said he's never encountered a group as insidious as a growing threat that targets children. Known by federal authorities as 764, this esoter  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Oversight Democrats Urge HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to Halt Purge of FDA Staff, Warn of Increased Outbreaks of Contaminated Food Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Milit  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Rep. Stephen Lynch and Ranking Member Connolly Lead Oversight Investigation Into Elon Musk's Conflicts of Interest at DoD, Citing Whopping $9.5 Billion in Defense Contracts Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Acting General Counsel Charles L. Young III requesting d  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Stephen Lynch and Ranking Member Connolly Lead Oversight Investigation Into Elon Musk's Conflicts of Interest at DoD, Citing Whopping $9.5 Billion in Defense Contracts Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2025)-- Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on April 8, 2025: * * * Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, under the Biden-Harris administration, America experienced wasteful spending harming families and destroying jobs. This week House Republicans will consider the Senate version of the budget and set forth budgetary levels for 2026. Originally introduced by House Budget Chairman Jodey Arringto  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 10 committee hearings on April 8, 2025: * * * NOMINATIONS Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Stephen Vaden, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary, was introduced by Senators Blackburn and Hagerty, and Tyler Clarkson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, both of the Department of Agriculture, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. * * *   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Statement: Warner, Kaine, Griffith Welcome Major Disaster Declaration for Southwest Virginia Following February Winter Storms WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA) along with Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09) issued a statement on the formal approval of the Commonwealth of Virginia's request for a Major Disaster Declaration in response to the February winter storms that caus  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Supply Chain, Workforce, Advanced Manufacturing Will Help Navy Get Ships Faster The Navy wants to be able to build one Columbia-class and two Virginia-class submarines a year and eventually expand that to 2.33 Virginia-class subs a year. At the same time, the Navy is working on getting more Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers into the fleet. During a hearing yesterday before the Senate Armed Services C  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Promotes Submarine Manufacturing in SASC Subcommittee Hearing WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) spoke with several top officers on the state of nuclear shipbuilding at a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower hearing. They spoke about strategies to better enable submarine and shipbuilding companies, like Mobile's Austal, to give the Navy the best possible  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued a 148-page report on April 2, 2025, entitled "Broadening Horizons How STEM-in-Society Programs Train Socially Responsible Scientists, Engineers, and Policy Leaders". The report was written by Erin Burkett, Molly Kleinman and Shobita Parthasarathy. * * * Executive Summary As science and technology become more central to our daily lives, there is great need for STEM professionals and other leaders   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection has released the following public communication dated March 24, 2025, from the Ecommerce Innovation Alliance, Richmond, Virginia: * * * To: The Honorable Pete R. Flores Acting Commissioner U.S. Customs and Border Protection Department of Homeland Security; Department of Treasury 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20229 Re: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Trade and National Security Actions  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released the following public communication dated March 18, 2025, from the Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia: * * * To: William Hohenstein Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Policy U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave. S.W. Washington, D.C. 20250 Re: Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks, 90 FR 5497 (January 17, 2025), Doc. No. USDA-2024-0003-0262 *   more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Vice Ranking Member Crockett and Ranking Member Connolly Launch Investigation Into Elon Musk's Obvious Conflicts of Interest at Department of Commerce Today, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Acting General Counsel John K.   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine & Griffith Welcome Major Disaster Declaration for Southwest Virginia Following February Winter Storms WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (D-VA) along with U.S. Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09) issued a statement on the formal approval of the Commonwealth of Virginia's request for a Major Disaster Declaration in response to the February winter stor  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Demand Answers and Return of Maryland Father Wrongfully Deported to El Salvador WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined 23 of their Senate colleagues in urging U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a father who was  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Wittman Congratulates Winners of Virginia's First District 2024 Congressional App Challenge WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) welcomed the winners of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge for Virginia's First District to Capitol Hill and congratulated them in person for their achievement. The winning app, Fintelligent, was developed by Deep Run High School students Aleksander K  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Wittman's FACT Act Advances Through Committee Following Markup WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) announced that his bipartisan Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency (FACT) Act advanced through the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Passage during this week's committee markup sets this bill up for consideration on the House floor. "I couldn't be more pleased to s  more