WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * 'This is a constitutional crisis': Democrats blast Musk and Trump over USAID A fiery group of about a dozen congressional Democrats blasted Elon Musk and President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon outside of USAID's headquarters amid their attempts to shut down the overseas funding agency, claiming the rapidly unfolding events are causing chaos and harming national security. The Democrats called more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Andrew Rogers Named Acting EEOC General Counsel WASHINGTON -- President Donald J. Trump has appointed Andrew Rogers as the acting general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. "I am honored to be selected by the President to serve at the Commission," said Rogers, "and to advance robust, high-quality, efficient, and transparent e more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Hank Johnson Reintroduces Bipartisan Freedom Riders Bill to Honor Civil Rights Heroes Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (GA-04) reintroduced a resolution calling on Congress to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, a group of civil rights activists whose courageous actions in 1961 helped dismantle racial segregation in intersta more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 3, 2025 NAVY Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Syracuse, New York, is awarded a $551,012,019 cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price incentive (firm-target), and firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering and technical support and production of the submarine AN/BLQ-10 electronic warfare systems on new-construction and in-service submarines.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * En Route to Jupiter, NASA's Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars This version of a mosaic captured by the star tracker cameras aboard NASA's Europa Clipper on Dec. 4, 2024, features the names of stars within view of the cameras. NASA/JPL-Caltech This mosaic of a star field was made from three images captured Dec. 4, 2024, by star tracker cameras aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft. Showing part of the constel-latio more PR

PASADENA, California, Feb. 4 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * En Route to Jupiter, NASA's Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars This mosaic of a star field -- showing part of the constellation Corvus -- was made from three images captured Dec. 4, 2024, by star tracker cameras aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft. Use the slider to view the star field with and without star names labeled. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Three months after its launch fr more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 4 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following economic brief (No. 25-04) in Jan. 2025 by Marios Karabarbounis and John O'Trakoun entitled "How Is Housing Handled in the National Income and Product Accounts?" Here are excerpts: * * * The National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) are prepared by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) to provide a comprehensive picture of the nation's economic performance. Measuring the multitude of economic tr more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration has released the following public communication dated Jan. 29, 2025, from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation: * * * To: Docket Management Facility U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140 Washington, DC 20590-0001 RE: National Transit Database: Proposed Reporting Changes and Clarifications for Report Years 2025 and 2 more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, issued the following opening remarks on Feb. 4, 2025, on the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act (H.R. 27): * * * As prepared for delivery: Good afternoon. The Committee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Today, the Rules Committee is convening to consider H.R. 27, the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, or HALT Fe more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Leads 37 Senators in Raising Alarm Over Trump Administration Chaos at Critical National Security Agencies WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led 37 of his colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing their deep concern regarding the growing chaos and dysfunction at the U.S. Department of State  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Ranking Members Connolly and Brown Request Answers From OPM on Musk's Private Server Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Shontel Brown, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, sent a letter to Acting Director Charles Ezell of the Office of Personnel Management (O more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * Members Concerned About OPM's Apparent Breach of Cybersecurity and Privacy Laws Endangering National Security and Millions of Government Workers * * * Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Shontel Brown, Ranking Member of the Subcomm more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Steny Hoyer, the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, hosted a roundtable with major federal employee groups and civil service organizations  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Ranking Members Demand Information on DOGE Access to Sensitive and Classified Information Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Representatives Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the Hous more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Today, Representatives Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news: Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) reintroduced the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act, a bill that would prevent burnout among healthcare providers and improve workforce retention by authorizing funding for mental health and wellbeing programs in the healthcare industry. Named in honor of Dr. Lorna Breen, who tragically lost her mental health battle to suicide in 2020, this bil more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Statement from Senate Intel Vice Chair Warner on the FBI WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: "Earlier today, my office finally received a copy of the order that was sent on Friday by the acting head of the Department of Justice to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, ordering that several more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Call for Reinstatement of Inspectors General Illegally Fired by President Trump WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), alongside a group of 37 senators, wrote to President Trump strongly condemning the President's recent order to remove Inspectors General (IGs) from at least 18 government agencies and called on the President to immediately re more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Call for Reinstatement of Inspectors General Illegally Fired by President Trump WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), alongside a group of 37 senators, wrote to President Trump strongly condemning the President's recent order to remove Inspectors General (IGs) from at least 18 government agencies and called on the President to immediately reinstate more PR