WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Applauds Confirmation of West Virginia's U.S. Attorneys * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today released the below statement after voting to confirm Matt Harvey as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia and Moore Capito as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia. "West Virginians are fortunate to have two individ  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Praises Confirmation of West Virginian Mike Stuart to HHS Position * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), today released the below statement after voting to confirm Mike Stuart, a West Virginian, to serve as General Counse  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Capito Opening Statement at Hearing to Consider NRC, EPA Nominees * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a hearing on the nominations of Ho Nieh to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Douglas Troutman to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substance  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Capito Op-Ed: Keeping the Government Open Shouldn't be a Partisan Fight * WASHINGTON, D.C. - In an op-ed published in Ogden Newspapers across West Virginia, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, called for Democrats to stop playing political games and work with Republicans to fund the government and return to regular   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN DAY 7: Senator Murray Blasts Trump and Vought's Latest Threats, Slams Republicans' Refusal to Get Serious About Tackling Health Care Costs * Murray: "I know Republican leaders desperately want to ignore the looming health care crisis they caused. They have put their heads in the sand for months. They have spun wild lies to try to bury the truth. And they are hoping that people   more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Method for Operating a Metal Drop Ejecting Three-Dimensional (3D) Object Printer to Form Vias in Printed Circuit Boards With Conductive Metal ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Palm City, Florida has been assigned a patent (No. US 12439525 B2, initially filed May 17, 2023) developed by three inventors Denis Cormier, Pittsford, New York; Santokh S. Badesha, Pittsford, New  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania. *** Guided Collaborative Viewing of Navigable Image Content ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has been assigned a patent (No. US 12436728 B2, initially filed Jan. 25, 2022) developed by Michael Chen, Wallingford, Pennsylvania, for "Guided collaborative viewing of navigable image content." *** Coating Compositions and Methods Includi  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Virginia. *** System, Device and Method for Multi-Plane Evaluation of Postural Health ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- BARRON ASSOCIATES, INC., Charlottesville, Virginia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12434105 B1, initially filed Jan. 17, 2024) developed by William T. Gressick, Charlottesville, Virginia, and Brian R. Clark, Charlottesville, Virginia, for "System, device and method for multi-plane evaluati  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** End Effector for Manufacturing Operations in Confined Spaces ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois has been assigned a patent (No. US 12434392 B2, initially filed Sept. 29, 2022) developed by five inventors Harinder Singh Oberoi, Snohomish, Washington; Kevin Marion Barrick, Kingston, Washington; Yuanxin Charles Hu, Newcastle, Washington; Melissa A. Johnson, Puy  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** System and Method for Speech-Enabled Adaptive Training for Human Pilot Verbal Data Capture and Reporting for Flight Operations Quality Assurance ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- ONSTATION LLC, Los Angeles, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12437653 B2, initially filed Dec. 3, 2024) developed by Lewis A. Whaley, Charleston, West Virginia, and Mark R. Jean, Palmdale, California, f  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren on Day 7 of Republicans' Shutdown: "Democrats Are Fighting to Lower Costs for Every Single American. Where Are Their Republican Senators?" * "While Senate Republicans keep taking orders from their wannabe-king and drag out their government shutdown, Senate Democrats will not stop fighting to save health care and to lower costs for families." Video of Floor Speech (YouTube) Washin  more