WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R42567) on April 1, 2025, entitled "U.S. Global Change Research Program - Overview and Considerations for Congress:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Issues for Congress Planned Procurement Quantities One oversight issue for Congress is whether planned procurement quantities for NSCs, OPCs, and FRCs are too high, too low, or about right. Planned procurement quantities for NSCs, OPCs, and FRCs refle more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Voting Rights Caucus Condemns Trump Executive Order on Elections as Unconstitutional and Illegal WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressional Voting Rights Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Bobby Scott (VA-03), Rep. Nikema Williams (GA-05), Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) and Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) issued a forceful rebuke of President Donald Trump's March 25, 2025, Executive Order entitled Preserving and Prot more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Tim Moore, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Congressman Tim Moore Leads North Carolina Delegation Urging IRS to Extend Tax Filing Deadline for Hurricane Helene Victims WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Recently, Congressman Tim Moore (NC-14) led the entire North Carolina Congressional Delegation in calling on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to extend the current tax filing deadline for victims of Hurricane Helene from May 1 to Septem more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Connolly Statement on NATO's 76th Anniversary Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), the former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement to mark the 76th Anniversary of NATO: "76 years ago, the founding members of NATO came together in the wreckage of World War II to establish a transatlantic allia more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 4, 2025 AIR FORCE Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, California, was awarded a $5,923,580,297 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contract for the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 launch service procurement. This contract provides launch services, mission unique services, mission acceleration, quick reaction/anomaly resolution, special studies, more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Dulles CBP Officers Remove Convicted Kenyan Impostor Who Attempted to Gain Entry using her Sister's Travel Documents STERLING, Va. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers removed a Kenyan woman from the United States on Thursday who was convicted of using her sister's travel documents to gain entry to the United States on February 21. The U.S. At more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has released the following public communication dated March 17, 2025, from the Air Line Pilots Association International, McLean, Virginia: * * * To: U.S. Department of Transportation Docket Operations, M-30 West Building Ground Floor Room W12-140 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Subject: Docket No. FAA-2025-0010; Project Identifier MCAI-2024-00270-T. Airworthiness Directives: Embr more ST

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on April 4, 2025 by Chair Jerome H. Powell: * * * Economic Outlook Chair Jerome H. Powell At the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing Annual Conference, Arlington, Virginia Thank you for having me here today. Monetary policy is more effective when the public understands what we are doing and why. Through your work, journalists like you help promote that greater understanding. I am sure this room full of rep more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 4 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Approval for Major Disaster Declaration and Additional Funding Urgently Needed for Southwest Virginia RICHMOND, VA - Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Friday that President Donald J. Trump approved Virginia's major disaster declaration and significant additional funding for Southwest Virginia after historic flood and severe winter storms. In addition to ap more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 4 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Virginia Works Virtual Hiring Event on April 8 Focused on Employers from Fredericksburg to Petersburg RICHMOND, VA - Governor Youngkin, as part of the Administration's Virginia Has Jobs initiative, is encouraging employers and job seekers alike to participate in Virginia Works' virtual hiring event on Tuesday, April 8. With more than 250,000 open jobs in V more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Hegseth Keeps It Candid With Midshipmen During Academy Visit The Brigade of Midshipmen greeted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth April 1, 2025, when he arrived at the U.S. Naval Academy's King Hall in Annapolis, Maryland, for their noon meal. The secretary received raucous applause as he shook hands with midshipmen on his way to the hall's center podium, where he delivered brief remarks. Athletic Grit and L more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * HHS and USDA Hold First Public MAHA Event, Outline Vision for Healthier America (Washington, D.C., April 4, 2025) -- U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary (USDA) Brooke L. Rollins Thursday collaborated on their first Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) event during a visit to Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School in Alexandri more PR

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, April 4 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * How Stammer's F-35 Work Earned DoD's Highest Career Civilian Honor Clint Stammer helps warfighters come home alive. They may never know his name, but their survival depends on his quiet dedication. He is an unsung American hero in the Department of Defense. And he received recognition over a plate of fish tacos. In late March, between back-to-back meetings at the F-35 Joint Pro more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Washington, D.C. investigation results in 14-year prison sentence for Jamaican national drug trafficking case RICHMOND, Va. - An investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; along with the Virginia State Police; and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, led to the sentencing of Jamaican national Ki more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Warner, Murkowski Introduce Legislation to Support Virginia's Seafood Industry WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the bipartisan Save Our Seafood (SOS) Act, which would exempt fish processors--which are critical to Virginia's economy--from the H-2B visa cap, which has made it difficult for local seafood processors more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Magaziner Leads Congressional Forum on NOAA Cuts, Brings Rhode Island Voices to Washington WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) led House Natural Resources Committee Democrats in a congressional forum on the devastating impact of cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), highlighting how mass layoffs and facility closures at the agency hurt Rhod more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: * * * Navy to Commission Submarine Iowa (SSN 797) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will deliver the principal address. Additional speakers are set to include Secretary of the Navy John Phelan; Adm. Daryl Caudle, Commander, Fleet Forces Command; the Honorable Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Senator from Connecticut; the Honorable Joe Courtney, U.S. Representative from Connecticut; and Mark Rayha, president, General Dynamics Electric Bo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * Norfolk Naval Shipyard has Its Own Cavalry Known as Navy Reserve Surge Maintenance Program NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, Portsmouth, Va. - "Send in the cavalry" is an adage that dates back as early as the 8th century B.C. Although the saying derives from the times an army component mounted on horseback, it is still used today, normally when someone needs help or reinforcements. All four public Navy shipyards:  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Scott Statement on March Jobs Report WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 228,000 jobs in March, and the unemployment rate rose from 4.1 percent to 4.2 percent. During President  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Krishnamoorthi and Connolly Request Plan on How Dept. of Education Will Continue to Serve Families Across America Washington, D.C. (April 4, 2025)--Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Magaziner, Natural Resources Committee Members Discuss Trump-Musk Attacks on NOAA with Expert Panelists at Issues Forum Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) and U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Members hosted an issues forum titled "Attacks on NOAA Threaten American Communities and Economies." During this forum, the Members examined the dangerous co more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Statement of Senate Intel Vice Chairman on the Firing of Gen. Tim Haugh WASHINGTON - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-VA) released the following statement on General Tim Haugh, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service: "General Haugh has served our country in uniform, with honor and distinction, for m more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * Talking Shop: Celebrating NNSY's Pipefitter Shop (Shop 56) NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, Portsmouth, Va. - Norfolk Naval Shipyard's (NNSY) Pipefitter Shop (Shop 56), consisting of approximately 450 shipyard employees, is responsible for bending pipe, fabricating hose assemblies, building complex piping systems, performing brazing operations and testing piping systems and components for carrier and submarine proj more PR

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, April 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Ties that bind: A 250-year legacy of American service FORT BELVOIR, Va. - In the spring of 1775, the world order was in question. After decades of onerous taxation by the British, independent-minded American colonists sought to throw off the yoke of their cross-Atlantic governors and were prepared to do so at the point of the bayonet. Such were the tinderbox conditions on the fateful morn more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Kiggans Lead Virginia Colleagues in Effort to Reinstate Funding for Food Banks, Hungry Families WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), joined by Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA-08), Gerry Connolly (D-VA-10), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09), Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10), Eugene Vind more PR