WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are demanding answers on the Administration's decision to cancel funding for ten National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country, including in more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria - March 2025": * * * Area prices were up 0.8 percent over the two months, up 2.4 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area advanced 0.8 percent for  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security has released the following public communication dated May 2, 2024, from Beretta USA Corp., Accokeek, Maryland. This is in response to a Federal Register rule initially posted on April 30, 2024. * * * Beretta U.S.A. Corp. Comments regarding U.S. Department of Commerce, Business of Industry and Security Revision of Firearms License Requirements, Interim Final Rule (Reference identifier RIN 9694-AJ46) The f more ST

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Congresswoman April McClain Delaney Releases Statement Against the So-Called "No Rogue Rulings Act" WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (D-MD) released the following statement against H.R. 1526, the so-called "No Rogue Rulings Act:" "As an attorney, I am so deeply disturbed by the Administration's growing pattern of attacking and undermining the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 10, 2025 AIR FORCE STS Government Solutions LLC, San Antonio, Texas, was awarded a $99,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for F-16 System Program Office integration engineering support. This contract provides for engineering, technical, and logistical, manpower support and technical data required to perform the organic integration activities. Work will be perform more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * E&C Democrats Investigate HHS Hiring of Anti-Science Conspiracy Theorist David Geier Amid Widespread Health Funding Cuts, Committee Leaders Call Out RFK Jr. for Hiring a Widely Discredited Conspiracy Theorist to Lead a Large, Wasteful, and Redundant Study on Settled Science Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Mem more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following fact sheet: * * * Restricted Airspace Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA) The Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area Special Flight Rules Area (DC SFRA) is roughly a circular area with a 30 nautical mile (about 33 statute miles) radius around Washington, D.C., and surrounds the Flight-Restricted Zone (FRZ). The Leesburg Executive Airport is located on the boundary of the SFRA. The L more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * How NASA Science Data Defends Earth from Asteroids The asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an analysis from NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The probability of collision peaked at over 3% on Feb. 18 -- the highest ever recorded for an object of i more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer: This Budget is Unprecedented in its Fiscal Irresponsibility WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today after the House voted to pass Senate Republicans' budget resolution: "Anyone who has ever promoted fiscal responsibility but supports this Republican budget resolution is defrauding the American people. This budget is unprecedented in its more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, Schakowsky, Espaillat, Panetta Introduce Legislation to Protect Immigrant Survivors of Violence WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) today introduced the Working for Immigrant Safety and Empowerment (WISE) Act to protect immigrant survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and gender-bas more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Judiciary Democrats Set the Record Straight: Trump's Chaotic and Lawless Mass-Deportation Agenda Threatens Public Safety The Trump Administration's Intimidation Campaign Against Local Law Enforcement Isn't Just Unconstitutional, It Makes Us All Less Safe Washington, D.C. (April 10, 2025)--Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judicia more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Measures Moonlight to Improve Earth Observations Flying high above the clouds and moon-gazing may sound like a scene from a timeless romance, but NASA did just that in the name of Earth science research. In March 2025 pilots took the agency's ER-2 science aircraft on a series of night flights over NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, as the Moon increased in visible size. For those few nights more PR

PASADENA, California, April 10 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Webb's Autopsy of Planet Swallowed by Star Yields Surprise Observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have provided a surprising twist in the narrative surrounding what is believed to be the first star observed in the act of swallowing a planet. The new findings suggest that the star actually did not swell to envelop a planet as previously hypothesized. Instead, Webb's obse more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Station Nation: Meet Nick Kopp, SpaceX Dragon Flight Lead Nick Kopp is a Dragon flight lead in the Transportation Integration Office at Johnson Space Center in Houston. He is currently leading NASA's efforts to prepare, launch, and return the agency's 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. He works directly with SpaceX and collaborates with NASA's many internal, external, and international partners to ensure the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on April 9, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Jake Tyner for his career in the United States Congress. A Towson, Maryland native, Jake began his career in Washington, D.C. in 2016 as Director and Associate Policy Counsel of the Global Energy Institute for the United States Chamber of Commerce after receiving his bachelor's degree  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following floor remarks on April 9, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to take action to protect Social Security from defunding by the administration. For me, for my colleagues, and for many Americans, we see Social Security as not just a program but as a lifeline for millions more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 13 committee hearings on April 9, 2025: * * * DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded open and closed hearings to examine United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General William J. Hartman, USA, Acting Commander, United more ST

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Blunt Rochester, colleagues demand answers from the Trump administration regarding decision to cancel funding for Manufacturing Extension Partnership programs WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.) joined a letter to Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, led by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Comm more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced a substantial modification to its existing record-keeping system governing fee-based services. As detailed in a notice published in the Federal Register on April 11, 2025 (90 FR 15429), APHIS will rename its system "APHIS User Fee System, USDA/APHIS-18," expanding its function and scope to manage a broader range of financial and operational data tied to import, export,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Statement on Appointment to Naval Academy Board of Visitors Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) made the following statement on his appointment to the Board of Visitors of the United States Naval Academy: "The Naval Academy has shaped generations of midshipmen who have gone on to serve our nation with distinction, and Maryland is proud to be the home of this revered instit more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Press Trump Administration on Inhumane Conditions for Detainees at ICE's Baltimore Field Office Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons regarding the unacceptable conditions that individuals hav more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Establish Chesapeake National Recreation Area Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) renewed his effort in Congress to create a unified Chesapeake National Recreation Area (CNRA). The CNRA Act proposes to unite a series of voluntarily contributed park areas and iconic Bay properties under the operation of the National Park Service (NPS) in more PR