WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater Welcomes Antitrust Division Leadership Team Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division welcomes a new member of the division's leadership team. AAG Slater appointed Dina Kallay to serve as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for International, Policy and Appellate. Kallay joins the division's leadership team including Prin  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer On GDP Report: "The Economic Warning Lights Are All Flashing Red" Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves as the Senior House Democrat on Congress' Joint Economic Committee, today reacted to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) release of its advance estimate for the gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025. BEA found that: "Real gross domestic product (GDP) decrease  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer, House Democrats Introduce Legislation To Rehire Federal Workers, Protect Federal Workforce From Future Purges Rep. Don Beyer, who represents a Northern Virginia congressional district with one of the largest concentrations of federal workers in the U.S. House, today led a group of House Democrats in announcing the introduction of legislation to rebuild the federal workforce and protect federal wor  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Warner Introduce Bill to Lower Costs and Improve Access to Care for Rural Medicare Patients WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced the Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act to ensure Medicare patients in rural and underserved communities have access to remote physiologic monitoring services, which lower costs and impr  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Educate Students About Danger of Accidental Fentanyl Poisoning WASHINGTON, DC [5/1/25] - Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced bipartisan legislation based on a successful Oregon program to protect students from accidental fentanyl poisoning. The Fentanyl Awareness for Children and Teens in Schools (FACTS) Act is modeled on the Beaverton Scho  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 30, 2025: * * * Committee Democrats Blast Republicans for Changing Rules and Refusing to Hold Trump Accountable for Closing Office that Supports Seniors and Americans with Disabilities WASHINGTON -In case you missed it, yesterday, Committee Democrats showed up for work prepared to debate a measure which would allow Congress to hold th  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSFR) -- The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has issued a notice announcing the deletion of several products and one service from the federal Procurement List, effective June 1, 2025. The removed items had previously been supplied by nonprofit agencies employing individuals who are blind or have severe disabilities, under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act. The decision follows a public notice published on March 28, 2025, and was finalized after  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSFR) -- The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has issued a notice proposing to delete a wide range of products and services from the federal Procurement List, affecting multiple nonprofit agencies that employ individuals who are blind or have severe disabilities. The proposed deletions span critical supplies across various federal contracting activities, potentially impacting both nonprofit operations and federal procurement channels. Amo  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 1, 2025 NAVY BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP, Sterling Heights, Michigan, is awarded a $172,286,470 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (M67854-16-C-0006) for Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV). The total value of the contract, if all options are exercised, is $3,838,238,234. This contract modification provides for the exercise of options for the procurement of 30   more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Durbin Join More Than 100 Congressional Democrats in Demanding Social Security Head Keep Field Offices Open Across the Nation April 30, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in a coalition of ove  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Head Start Alum Senator Reverend Warnock, Colleagues Blast Attacks to Head Start, Demand RFK Jr. Immediately Release Funding, Reverse Firings Senators Reverend Warnock and Patty Murray led a total of 41 lawmakers in demanding answers on Trump administration's actions undermining Head Start, as President Trump reportedly plans to eliminate the program Senator Reverend Warnock is one of two He  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Statement on Awarding of Virginia-Class Submarines Contract to Newport News Shipbuilding WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, released the following statement after the Department of the Navy awarded a contract to Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding to start construction on two Virginia  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Van Hollen, Schumer & Padilla to Force Senate Vote Demanding Answers on Trump Administration's Compliance with Court Orders and El Salvador's Horrific Human Rights Record WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the lead Democrat on SFRC's Western Hemisphere panel, together with U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Minority Le  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan Announces Launch of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Virginia's Fourth Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) announced the launch of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Virginia's Fourth District, which encourages middle and high school students across the district to design an original software application. The winners of the 2024 Congression  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Waters Launch New Effort to Boost Congress' Oversight of Trump's Mass Firings Washington, D.C. - As the Trump Administration continues mass firings of federal employees, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today introduced first-of-its-kind legislation to strengthen Congress' authority to protect workers and override federal staffing cuts implemented without consultation. The Reduction in Forc  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, chairwoman of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, issued the following news release on April 30, 2025: * * * Oversight and Investigations Chairwoman Kiggans at Hearing on VA's Mental Health Policies: "One veteran suicide is one too many." Today, Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations delivered the following opening   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Oversight Democrats Escalate Investigation into Elon Musk's Conflicts of Interest and Demand Mr. Musk's Financial Disclosure Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2025)-- Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led Oversight Democrats in sending a letter to White House Couns  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Connolly Opposes OPM's Scheme to Purge and Politicize the Federal Workforce Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2025)--Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Charles Ezell, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), opposi  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Connolly, Rep. Trahan Demand Answers on DOGE's Alleged Privacy Act Violations and Data Risks at NLRB Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2025)-- Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Lori Trahan, who previously announced an effort to update the Pr  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Suhas Subramanyam and Chairman William Timmons Release Statement Following DCA Crash Briefing Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs received a bipartisan briefing from senior U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) officials about the crash that occurred between an Army UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 near Ronald Reagan   more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Raytheon Companies and Nightwing Group to Pay $8.4M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Non-Compliance with Cybersecurity Requirements in Federal Contracts Raytheon Company (Raytheon), RTX Corporation, and Nightwing Group LLC, and Nightwing Intelligence Solutions LLC (collectively, Nightwing), have agreed to pay $8.4 million to resolve allegations that Raytheon violated the False Claim  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: New $18.4B Navy Submarine Contract to Boost RI Workforce & Help Safeguard the Nation WASHINGTON, DC - The enormous black cylinders that begin to take shape in the cavernous manufacturing production facilities at Quonset Point provide the United States with an unparalleled strategic deterrent that helps safeguard the nation and provides the U.S. Navy with an unmatched advantage beneath the wa  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Virginia, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on April 30, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Tom Temin on the occasion of his retirement after nearly 48 years in journalism. Tom has had a storied career in journalism that began with a bachelor's degree in photojournalism from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He also completed the Stanford Professional Publishin  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-California, issued the following floor remarks on April 30, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, we are in the first 100 days of a new administration. I have to harken back just 101 or more days ago to what had been going on the last 4 years. The first thing that comes to mind is the border situation. As my colleague was saying, how does that ma  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following floor remarks on April 30, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, we have heard how the recent DOGE cuts are impacting Federal employees, seniors, and veterans, but these cuts are also impacting our children, particularly vulnerable children. Recently, the Department of Justice announced the termination of Feder  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following floor remarks on April 30, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, for years now, we have heard a lot of false accusations about rigged elections and voter fraud. For instance, despite accusations that noncitizens were casting ballots in Virginia, studies found that there were zero instances of noncitizens illega  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following floor remarks on April 30, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, finally, I rise today to address the administration's efforts to dismantle a cornerstone of American speech, our public media system. The administration is calling on Congress to rescind appropriations for PBS and NPR, two public media institution  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on April 30, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, last week, Vice President J.D. Vance with his Indian-American wife Usha, achieved a global recalibration for energy independence meeting with America's appreciated ally Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is an extraordinary recognition of the positive impact of IndianAmericans that the Second Lady of America  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following floor remarks on April 30, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, 50 years ago today, the capital of South Vietnam, Saigon, fell to advancing North Vietnamese forces. The collapse of the anti-Communist South Vietnamese Government marked both the end of a decades-long conflict and the beginning of a painful chapter for  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 12 committee hearings on April 30, 2025: * * * BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine biomedical research, focusing on keeping America's edge in innovation, after receiving testimony from Sudip S. Parikh, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and E. Cartier Esham, Alliance for a Stronger FDA, both of Washington, D.C.; Hermann Haller, MDI Biological Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine; Ba  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * STARS project to boost Navy supply chain efficiency with AI technology KEYPORT, Wash. - In partnership with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport and Naval Sea Logistics Center are exploring how artificial intelligence can streamline and improve the reliability of Navy supply chains. The effort, known as the Sentiment and Topic Analysis for Relia  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 2 -- The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia issued the following news on May 1, 2025: * * * College visits by middle school students pay off Richmond - The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) today released an analysis on the importance of college visits for middle school students, especially those from low-income backgrounds. Last year, SCHEV, through our GEAR UP Virginia and Level Up Virginia initiatives, coordinated college campus vis  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services has released the following public communication dated April 9, 2025, from the National Immigration Project: * * * To: Mr. Mark Phillips, Chief Residence and Naturalization Division, Office of Policy and Strategy U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Department of Homeland Security 5900 Capital Gateway Dr. Camp Springs, MD 20746 Re: Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration, D  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Joins Merkley, Waters in Launching New Effort to Boost Congress' Oversight of Trump's Mass Firings Today, U.S. Senator Chirs Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in introducing first-of-its-kind legislation to strengthen Congress' authority to protect workers and override federal staffing cuts implemented without consultation as the Trump Administration continues mass  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Video: Kaine Speaks on Senate Floor in Advance of Vote on His Bipartisan Legislation to End Trump's Global Tariffs FULL VIDEO OF KAINE'S FLOOR SPEECH IS AVAILABLE HERE. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the Senate's expected vote later tonight on his bipartisan legislation to repeal President Trump's across-the-board tariffs that the White Hou  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Bennet Press Defense Dept on Continued Moving Issues for Relocating Military Families WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Michael Bennet (D-CO) wrote to the commander of U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) General Randall Reed to follow up on their concerns that as USTRANSCOM continues to implement the Global Household Goods Contract, G  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Reintroduce Assault Weapons Ban WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP), (both D-VA) and 40 of their congressional colleagues reintroduced the bicameral Assault Weapons Ban of 2025, legislation that would revive the 1994 nationwide ban on assault weapons two decades after the ori  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Wittman Leads Hearing on Urgent Gaps in Drone and Counter-Drone Capabilities WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01), chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air & Land Forces, convened a hearing titled "Small UAS and Counter-UAS: Gaps, Requirements, and Projected Capabilities." The hearing addressed the growing threats posed by unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and   more