WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * America is Not for Sale: Ranking Member Connolly Urges White House to Immediately Decline a $400 Million Plane, an Illegal "Gift" from Qatar Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government reform, sent a letter to White House Counsel David Warrington demanding all documents and information pertaining to President Trump's intention to accept a $400 millio  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Delegation Commemorates National Science Foundation on 75th Anniversary Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), and Haley Stevens (D-MI) today introduced a resolution commemorating the National Science Foundation's (NSF) accomplishments in science, engineering, and education over the past 75 years. Since its creation in 1950, the NSF has suppor  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a notice in the Federal Register detailing its quarterly listing of program issuances released from January through March 2025. The seven-page notice, published on May 16 under docket number CMS-9154-N, includes updates to CMS manual instructions, interpretive rules, national coverage determinations, and other regulatory documents pertaining to Medicare and  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has finalized deletions from the Procurement List, removing a wide range of products and services previously sourced from nonprofit agencies that employ individuals who are blind or severely disabled. The removals, effective June 15, 2025, impact providers across several states and include products used in both civilian and defense government operations. Among the affected items is a biobased  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 15, 2025 NAVY Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, is awarded a $580,589,011 fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract for the production and delivery of low rate initial production Lot V of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band ship sets, to include spares and data in support of ensuring that manufacturing technologies and processes are mature and will support full rate production deci  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * Historic U.S.-UK Trade Deal Draws Praise WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, May 8th, 2025, the 80th anniversary of Victory Day for World War II, President Trump and Prime Minister Starmer delivered a major victory for U.S.-UK trade relations, expanding our economic integration while strengthening our national security. This breakthrough deal brokered by President Trump advances t  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * Housing Subcommittee Explores Options to Unleash Greater Housing Opportunities for American Families Today, the House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, led by Chairman Mike Flood (NE-01), held a hearing to explore opportunities to expand consumer choice and existing housi  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Condemns Trump's Comments on Birthright Citizenship Supreme Court Case WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former civil rights lawyer and constitutional law professor, criticized President Donald Trump for his comments in which he urged the Supreme Court to side with the Administration's efforts to roll back birthright citizenship, and for denigrating the United States as "a  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Van Hollen, Schumer & Padilla Announce Timing for Senate Vote on Their Legislation to Demand Answers on Trump Administration's Dealings with El Salvador WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and the lead Democrat on SFRC's Western Hemisphere panel, together with U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Minority Leader Charl  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Kiggans Stands Up for Military Children with Disabilities WASHINGTON, DC - This week, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) introduced the Care for Military Kids Act, a bipartisan bill to ensure that disabled children of active duty servicemembers who are required to relocate for a deployment maintain their Medicaid coverage when moving across state lines. Specifically, this legislation would amend the Social Sec  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan Joins SEEC Energy and Commerce Members to Slam Republicans' Attack on American Health and Affordability This week, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA) joined House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) members on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, slamming House Republicans' obscene budget reconciliation plan to gut life-saving pollution reduction programs, raise  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48536) on May 14, 2025, entitled "Medicaid: Selected Resources for National, State and Local Enrollment Data" by research librarians Sarah K. Braun and Angela Napili: * * * Contents Purpose and Scope ... 1 Federal Data Sources ... 2 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National and State Data ... 2 Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC): National and State Da  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 15 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Mojave Falcon 25: Army Reserve's largest exercise ever LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. - "We must be prepared and ready to win in LSCO (Large Scale Combat Operations)." That's the focus of the first-of-its-kind multifaceted Army Reserve exercise named Operation Mojave Falcon -- the largest Army Reserve exercise ever. Nine thousand service members will participate in the history-making exercise whic  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Sanders, Kaine, Van Hollen, Schatz File Joint Resolution Of Disapproval On $1.9B Arms Sale As Qatar Seeks To Gift Luxury Jumbo Jet To Trump WASHINGTON-As President Trump actively engages in the corruption of U.S. foreign policy, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Van Hollen, Sanders, Kaine, Schatz File Joint Resolutions of Disapproval on $1.6b in Arms Sales to United Arab Emirates As President Trump actively engages in the corruption of U.S. foreign policy, Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senator Bernie S  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Van Hollen, Sanders, Kaine, Schatz File Joint Resolutions Of Disapproval On $1.6B In Arms Sales To United Arab Emirates WASHINGTON-As President Trump actively engages in the corruption of U.S. foreign policy, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- NASA issued the following news: * * * NASA Telescopes Tune Into a Black Hole Prelude, Fugue NASA released three new pieces of cosmic sound Thursday that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our universe: black holes. These scientific productions are sonifications -- or translations into sound -- of data collected by NASA telescopes in space including the Chandra X-ray Observatory, James Webb Space Telescope, and Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: * * * Gene Peters: Advancing forensic science through leadership and mentorship May 14, 2025 - Gene Peters, the director of the FBI Visiting Scientist Program, has built a career rooted in science and public service. Within the FBI Laboratory's research group, Peters oversees groundbreaking research that advances forensic science. His leadership is guided by  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, posted the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Lee, Subcommittee Democrats: "Democrats will not be seat fillers nor help Republicans hide behind Police Week" Washington, D.C. (May 14, 2025)--After Chairman Higgins and Oversight Republicans declined to hold a hearing under normal Committee procedure, refused to honor the Minority's right to invite thei  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Scott Statement on Trump Decision to Abandon Mental Health Care for Americans WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced its plan to abandon mental health parity enforcement. "Nearly 30  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Summer Lee, Colleagues, Advocates Reintroduce Reparations Now Resolution **For Immediate Release** SummerLeePress@mail.house.gov Video | Photos | Bill Text WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 15, 2025 -- Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) led her colleagues in reintroducing the Reparations Now Resolution to call on the federal government to provide reparations to the descendants of enslaved B  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-California, issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * Representative Sam Liccardo Introduces Bill to Stop the Steal The Protecting Our Constitution and Communities Act will give Americans the power to hold Executive Branch officials accountable for blocking congressionally appropriated funds. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Sam Liccardo (CA-16), Dave Min (CA-47), and Eugene Vindman (VA-7) introduced the Protecting Our Consti  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Scott, Boyle Demand Answers about How Tax Cuts for the Rich will Limit Access to School Meals and Nutrition Programs WASHINGTON- Committee Leaders are raising alarm over the Republicans' drastic cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid included in the budget reconciliation which will negatively impact c  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * Scott, Sanders, Murray, Baldwin, DeLauro Decry Trump Administration's Illegal Firings, Cuts at AmeriCorps WASHINGTON - Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces USMMA's Christ on the Water Painting is Moving out of the Basement WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy announced that the historic Christ on the Water painting will be moved out of the basement and returned to its original location in the Elliot M. See Room at the United States Merchant Marine Ac  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, May 16 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: * * * USS Normandy Returns from Deployment to 4th Fleet The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) returned to Naval Station Norfolk May 15, concluding a nearly three-month deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. The crew departed Feb. 25, 2025 with their mission focused on strengthening maritime partnerships, enhancing regional security, and conducting mu  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Murphy, Sanders, Kaine, Schatz File Joint Resolution of Disapproval On $1.9b Arms Sale as Qatar Seeks to Gift Luxury Jumbo Jet to Trump As President Trump actively engages in the corruption of U.S. foreign policy, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Video: At Blumenthal's Spotlight Forum, Former VA Employees, Toxic Exposure Experts, & Advocates Detail Harm of Trump VA Cuts on PACT Act [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - At a spotlight forum held by Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today, former VA employees, toxic exposure experts, and advocates detailed their concerns with the Trump Administration's cuts to   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Rep. Castor Slams GOP Plan to Rip Health Care from Nearly 14 Million Americans to Fund Tax Cuts for the Ultra-Rich WASHINGTON, D.C. - After more than 26 hours of debate in the Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) delivered closing remarks exposing the impact of House Republicans' plan to gut health care for nearly 14 million Americans. The House Republicans' budget proposal   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Demand Trump Administration Use Diplomatic Tools to End Blockade of Food and Aid for Gaza WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, (both D-VA) and 27 of their Senate colleagues introduced legislation calling on the Trump Administration to use all diplomatic tools at its dis  more