WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 25, 2025: * * * Cameroonian Man Indicted for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Armed Separatist Fighters to Murder, Kidnap, and Maim Individuals in Cameroon and For Making Threats Raised Funds to Supply AK-47s to Separatist Groups A federal grand jury in Baltimore returned an indictment yesterday charging a Cameroonian national residing in Maryland, Eric Tataw, also known as "the Garri M  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 25, 2025: * * * Chairman Walberg Investigates DHS Program Abuse for Union Organizing Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) sent four letters to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) William B. Cowen, California Governor Gavin  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Shontel Brown Hosts Social Security Town Hall with Former SSA Commissioner Martin O'Malley in Cleveland Cleveland, OH - Today, over 250 constituents attended Congresswoman Shontel Brown's (OH-11) Social Security Town Hall in Cleveland with former Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner and Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley. O'Malley served as the Commissioner of the SSA under P  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 25, 2025 NAVY Marine Hydraulics International LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, is awarded an $89,676,030 firm-fixed-price contract for USS New York (LPD 21) Fiscal 2025 Selected Restricted Availability. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $111,422,163. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Virginia, and is expected to be complet  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated April 7, 2025, from the American Municipal Power Inc., Columbus, Ohio: * * * To: Lee M. Zeldin Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460 ATTN: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0419 Re: Comments of American Municipal Power, Inc. on Proposed Rule: Review of New Source Performance Standards for Stationary Combustion   more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated April 7, 2025, from Ryan Hoshi, regulatory policy and intelligence director at AbbVie, Rockville, Maryland: * * * To: Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Re: Docket No. FDA-2024-D-4689 Considerations for the Use of Artificial Intelligence to Suppor  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated April 7, 2025, from Advarra, Columbia, Maryland: * * * Advarra's Comments on FDA (the Agency) Draft Guidance: FDA-2024-4689 "Considerations for the Use of Artificial Intelligence To Support Regulatory DecisionMaking for Drug and Biological Products" * * * Executive Summary We believe the FDA (the Agency) guidance on considerations for A  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated April 8, 2025, from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Gaithersburg, Maryland: * * * To: Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane Room 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Docket Number FDA-2007-D-0435 Response to FDA Call for Comments * * * Dear Sir or Madam: Reference is made to the 1/8/2025 Fe  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated April 7, 2025, from Kerstin M. Ewen, global regulatory affairs manager of BioNTech SE, Mainz Germany: * * * To: Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane Room 1061 Rockville,Maryland 20852 Re: Docket No: FDA-2024-D-4689 Considerations for the Use of Artificial Intelligence to Support Regu  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated April 7, 2025, from the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, North Bethesda, Maryland: * * * To: Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 RE: Docket No. FDA-2024-D-4689 Draft Guidance: Considerations for the Use of Artificial Intelligence To Support   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah: "This year marks eight decades since Allied forces broke open the gates of Auschwitz and Dachau, Buchenwald and Bergen-Belsen, among numerous other Nazi concentration camps across Europe. What they saw inside forever  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Colleagues Demand Social Security Head Keep Field Offices Open Today, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) sent a letter to the Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) Leland Dudek to demand that he keep Social Security field offices open. Americans will also deliver the letter in-person to Social Security field offices across the country today, in a show of support for Social Secu  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan Announces 2025 Women of Excellence Award Winners Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) announced the winners of the Second Annual Women of Excellence Awards. The awards recognize outstanding women or women's organizations residing, studying, working, or serving Virginia's Fourth District that have made a profound impact on the district and have meaningfu  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 25 -- The Maryland Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release on April 24, 2205: * * * PSC Report Finds BGE Mismanagement Increased Risk of Gas Pipeline Explosions BALTIMORE -- Today the Maryland Public Service Commission held a hearing to discuss the results and next steps of its investigation into allegations of safety violations from a former Baltimore Gas and Electric ("BGE") employee and will issue an order about future proceedings on the   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, Larson, Hayes, 100+ Lawmakers Demand Social Security Head Keep Field Offices Open WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01) and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05) joined a coalition of over 100 Congressional Democrats in writing to the Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administrat  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Raskin's Statement on Arrest of Wisconsin Judge Washington, D.C. (April 25, 2025)--Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement after Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel said agents arrested a county judge in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on charge  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. April McClain Delaney and Dave Min Lead Letters to Law Firms Requesting Details On Their Agreements With President Trump; Raising Legal and Ethical Concerns Under Federal and State Laws and Professional Ethics Codes Reps. McClain Delaney, Min: "Agreements of this kind also signal acquiescence to an abuse of federal power, raising serious questions about how or whether your firm would  more

WOODLAWN, Maryland, April 26 -- The Social Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * Social Security Administration Introduces Secure Digital Access to Social Security Numbers The Social Security Administration (SSA) is taking steps to provide a significant enhancement for my Social Security account holders, by introducing secure digital access to their Social Security number (SSN). This innovative feature is designed to provide the American public with a modernized, se  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Social Security Administration has released the following public communication dated April 4, 2025, from Legal Council for Health Justice, Chicago, Illinois: * * * To: Leeland Dudek, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Social Security Administration 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, Maryland 21235 Docket No: SSA-2025-0003 Re: Comments in response to 90 Fed. Reg. 9488 Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Reconsideration--Disability Cessation *   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Statement on GAO Report Detailing State Dept. Failure to Address Credible Reports of Civilian Harm by U.S. Weapons Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finding that the U.S. State Department is failing to address credible reports that U.S. weapons are being used to harm civilians:   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Warren, Kaine Press Hegseth on High Civilian Casualties in Yemen Strikes and Trump Administration's Dismantling of Safeguards Against Civilian Harm Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) wrote to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, expressing concerns with reports that U.S. strikes against the Houthis at the Ras Isa fuel ter  more