WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following Beige Book on Oct. 15, 2025: * * * Summary of Economic Activity The Fifth District economy continued to grow modestly this cycle. Consumer spending at retail and restaurants grew modestly while reports on travel spending were mixed. Consumers were looking for value and comparative price shopping. Manufacturing activity declined slightly amid customer uncertainty and price sensitivity leading some to adjust produc  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Ranking Member Scott Hosts Forum on the Trump Administration's Ongoing Attacks on the Disability Community Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) hosted a third civil rights forum, this time with disability rights leaders to discuss how to fight the Trump Administration's attacks on disabled Americans. October is Nation  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * In Virginia, ICE Arrests One of El Salvador's "Most Wanted" Fugitives and MS-13 Gang Leader Wanted for Murder * WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced the arrest of MS-13 gang leader Ismael Enrique Mendoza Flores, aka "El Calaco," wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide and illicit associations and previously charged in the U.S. with unauthorized  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan Hosts Roundtable on Rising Affordable Care Act Premiums at the Daily Planet, a Richmond Community Health Center * Richmond, Va. - In case you missed it: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and Protect Our Care Virginia hosted a roundtable on Tuesday sounding the alarm on how the expiration of enhanced Premium Tax Credits (EPTC) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) at the end of   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * President Trump Is Paying Our Troops While Senate Democrats Hold Their Paychecks at Ransom * WASHINGTON -- Democrats have made clear that they will not end their own shutdown -- even if it means America's men and women in uniform are at risk of going without pay. They've now voted ELEVEN TIMES to block troop pay. In the third week of the Democrat Government Shutdown -- 1.3 millio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Suhas Subramanyam Probes Announcement of Qatar Emiri Air Force Facility in Idaho * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), Ranking Member of the Military and Foreign Affairs Oversight Subcommittee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth demanding answers on the construction of a temporary Qatar Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Ai  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Suhas Subramanyam Supports Pentagon Press Corps and Denounces Secretary Hegseth's Demands * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), Ranking Member of the Military and Foreign Affairs Oversight Subcommittee, denounced Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's move to coerce the Pentagon Press Corps into signing an agreement that included unprecedented restricti  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins' Statement on Democrats' Vote Blocking National Defense Funding U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after Democrats voted to block consideration of the Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Appropriations Bill: "Today Senate Democrats blocked the consideration of the Fiscal Ye  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins' Statement on the Nomination of David St. Pierre to Serve as U.S. Marshal for the District of Maine * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins released the following statement on the nomination of David St. Pierre, who served as Chief of Police for the City of Lewiston, to be the U.S. Marshal for the District of Maine. Chief St. Pierre's nomination requires confirmation by the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Benjamin Cline, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Virginia's Congressional Republicans Call for Immediate End to Government Shutdown in New Op-ed * Today, Representatives Ben Cline (VA-06), Morgan Griffith (VA-09), John McGuire (VA-05), Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and Rob Wittman (VA-01) joined together in an op-ed published in The Hill to highlight the serious impacts being felt across Virginia and call on Senate Democrats to end the government shutdo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. John McGuire, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Virginia's Congressional Republicans Call for Immediate End to Government Shutdown in New Op-ed * VIRGINIA -- Today, Representatives Ben Cline (VA-06), Morgan Griffith (VA-09), John McGuire (VA-05), Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and Rob Wittman (VA-01) joined together in an op-ed published in The Hill to highlight the serious impacts being felt across Virginia and call on Senate Democrats to end the governm  more