WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48304) on Dec. 11, 2024, entitled "F-35 Lightning II - Background and Issues for Congress:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Cost and Funding The F-35 program receives (or in the past received) funding from the Air Force, Department of the Navy, and Defense-Wide research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) accounts. The program received Defense-Wide RDT&E funding in FY1996, FY1997, a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation has launched six pilot projects to bridge scientific gaps between current quantum technological capabilities and those needed to fully harness quantum properties of energy and matter for practical uses. The six projects join five others that the agency announced in August. Collectively, they are supported by the NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NSF NQVL more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government released the following testimony by District of Columbia Council Chairman Phil Mendelson from a Dec. 10, 2024, hearing entitled "District of Columbia Budget for Fiscal Year 2025": * * * Thank you, Chairman Joyce, Ranking Member Hoyer, and members of the Subcommittee. I am Phil Mendelson, Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia (Council). I am pleased to testify today. Thank you more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Michael Weiser, board chair of the Jack Miller Center, from a Dec. 4, 2024, hearing entitled "Back to Basics: America's Founding, Civics, and Self-Government in K-12 Curricula": * * * Chairman Bean, Ranking Member Bonamici, distinguished members of the Subcommittee; thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: PEORIA, AZ--U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) announced the winners of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge for Arizona's 8th Congressional District. Suhana Chand, a student at BASIS Peoria, won this year's challenge for her app called ArtiVision, which is a wearable assistive device aimed at helping visually impaired individuals by integrating facial and emotional recognition and text-to-speech functi more PR