WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, delivered opening remarks at the subcommittee hearing on California wildfires and regulations. Below are Ranking Member Nadler's remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today's subcommittee hearing. WATCH Ranking  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * At Hearing, Trump Trade Nominee Agrees with Warren on Need for Transparency for Tariff Exemptions Warren: "[W]hen used strategically and fairly, [tariffs] can... protect the jobs of American workers. But we can't have a get-out-of-tariff-free system for those that are very wealthy or politically-connected, because that will undermine the whole process." Video of Exchange (YouTube) Washin more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Cruz, Blackburn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect Supreme Court Justices from Intimidation WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced the Protecting Our Supreme Court Justices Act. The bill increases the maximum term of imprisonment for those who attempt to intimidate and influence the de more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: * * * Democrats Call Out Republican Scapegoating While California Still Reels from Tragic Fires * * * Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, led Subcommittee Democrats in debunking reckless misinformation surrounding the deadly fires in Southern Cal more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 6 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Moore Names Dr. Meena Seshamani as Maryland Department of Health Secretary ANNAPOLIS, MD - Governor Wes Moore today announced the appointment of Dr. Meena Seshamani as Maryland Department of Health Secretary. Pending Maryland Senate confirmation, Dr. Seshamani will assume the post as secretary on April 8. Dr. Laura Herrera Scott will depart from her role as Maryland Department of Hea more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Brittany Dymond Murray, associate director of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., from a Jan. 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Restoring Focus: Putting Veterans First in Community Care": * * * Chairman Bost, Ranking Member Takano, and members of the committee, on behalf of the men and women of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) and its Auxiliary, thank you for the opportunity t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference Regarding President Trump's Attacks on Federal Workforce, Efforts to Dismantle USAID WASHINGTON, DC - This week, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and Congresswoma more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer: "When You Treat Federal Employees as Villains, You Turn The American People into Victims" WASHINGTON, DC - This afternoon, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined the Congressional Labor Caucus to deliver remarks on the House Floor regarding the deferred resignation offered to federal employees by Elon Musk and President Donald Trump. Below is a video and transcript of his remarks:Click he more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Hsiao Smith # Deputy Observatory Manager - Goddard Space Flight Center Growing up in Malaysia and Singapore, -- now the deputy observatory manager for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope -- never imagined she'd have a career at NASA. But when she moved near NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, things quickly fell into place. A high school counselor noticed her aptitude for math and science and enc more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: * * * Demands Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel Halt All Political Retaliations and Presses Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C for Answers on Mass Illegal Firing of January 6 Prosecutors * * * Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, fired off a trio of letters to Attorney Gene more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC) has agreed to pay $29.74 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of defective pricing on contracts for F-35 military aircraft. This payment is in addition to $11.3 million that LMC previously paid to the Department of Defense (DOD) for the same undisclosed cost and pricing data on some of the same contracts. LMC, headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, i more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 7 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2025: * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in releasing the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of the Treasury granting Elon Musk and his so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) staffers access to sensitive payment systems containing Americans' personally identifiable information: "In the past more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 7 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: * * * Defendants Ordered to Pay Fines to Maryland Clean Water Fund * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced the convictions in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County for Robert H. Dupey, 51, of Randallstown, and Jaime A. Beza, 33, of Berwyn Heights, for violations of Maryland environmental laws regarding the discharge of pollutants in Montgomery County. more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA CubeSat Finds New Radiation Belts After May 2024 Solar Storm Key Points * The May 2024 solar storm created two new temporary belts of high-energy particles surrounding Earth. * Such belts have been seen before, but the new ones were particularly long lasting, especially the new proton belt. * The findings are particularly important for spacecraft launching into geostationary orbits, which can be damaged as they more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Raskin, Van Hollen, Maryland Congressional Democrats Demand Commerce Nominee Protect NOAA's "Independence, Integrity and Existence" WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin and Senator Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD), led the Maryland Democratic congressional delegation in a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary-Designate Howard Lutnick and Acting DOC Secretary Jeremy Pelter imp more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Feb. 7 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr.: * * * Stack-on Gun Safe Owners Beware: Biometric Programming Feature Can Fail, Allowing Anyone's Fingerprints to Open Your Safe; One Child Severley Injured CORT-Statement-Stack-On-Biometric-Gun-Safes-2-6-25_FINAL.pdf (1.04 MB) 183,000 Stack-On biometric gun safes' programming can fail, allowing anyone, including children, to access firearms that were thought more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * TSA at SMF accepting California mobile driver's licenses during identity verification process SACRAMENTO, California - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Sacramento International Airport (SMF) is now accepting California mobile driver's licenses (mDLs) for identity verification purposes. Travelers can add their mDL or state ID to their more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Craig Eastman, 21, of Washington D.C., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 165 months in federal prison for participating in a massive fentanyl trafficking conspiracy that distributed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills from Southern California to destinations throughout the United States, including the District. Eastman  more PR

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, Feb. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced today that two men were found guilty for their roles in a massive drug trafficking conspiracy that operated in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Lance Wade Cole, Jr., 53, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, and Damian Costello, 28, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, were fou more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 6 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Governor Moore Delivers 2025 State of the State Address ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Governor Wes Moore yesterday delivered his third State of the State Address, in which he spoke about investing in industries of the future, reforming the tax code, and investing in Marylanders by meeting crisis with courage -- in the face of one of the most challenging and consequential legislative se more PR