WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso: Senate GOP will Ends California's Electric Vehicle Mandate Madness " California's EV mandates are expensive, expansive, and economically-destructive. This is not just a California problem. It is a nationwide assault on gas-powered cars in America." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate Floor in support of the Senate's actio more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Capito Opening Statement at Hearing on EPA's Proposed FY26 Budget with Administrator Zeldin To watch Chairman Capito's opening statement, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a hearing on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) prop more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on May 21, 2025: * * * Chairman Capito Opening Statement at Hearing on EPA's Proposed FY26 Budget with Administrator Zeldin WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a hearing on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) pr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks on May 19, 2025, by Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda at the SEC Speaks Conference: * * * Remarks at the "SEC Speaks" Conference 2025 Thank you, Cicely [LaMothe], for the introduction. Thank you also for co-chairing this year's SEC Speaks conference with Sam Waldon. For the past four months, both of you--like a number of others at the Commission--have been pulling double duty as both acting division directors i more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: * * * DHS Makes $360 Million Available to Communities to Increase Number of Trained Firefighters and Keep Communities Safe Additional $36 Million to be Made Available for Research to Improve Firefighter Health and Safety WASHINGTON - Under the leadership of President Trump, states and localities will be empowered to manage disasters and emergencies. These fire more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Criswell Chevrolet for Refusing to Accommodate Disabled Veteran Federal Agency Says Car Dealership Denied Employee Service Dog for His PTSD BALTIMORE - Criswell Chevrolet, Inc., one of Maryland's largest independent car dealership groups, violated federal law by refusing to allow a parts department worker to have a service dog at work as a reasonable accommodation for his pos more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall and Warner Reintroduce Bill to Improve Seniors' Access to Care Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) and U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-Virginia) today reintroduced the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act - bipartisan, zero-cost legislation to improve access to care for seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The bill focuses on streamlining the  more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Virginia. *** Method of Using a Medical Device ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 20 -- ALTRIX MEDICAL, INC., Centreville, Virginia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12303703 B2, initially filed Sept. 7, 2024) developed by Matthew Robert Shaker, Centreville, Virginia, and Daniel Fleck, Potomac, Maryland, for "Method of using a medical device." *** Wide Field Fundus Camera ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 20 -- RETIVUE  more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Safe and Privacy Preserving Video Representation ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 20 -- GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12309212 B2, initially filed Feb. 29, 2024) developed by three inventors Colvin Pitts, Snohomish, Washington; Yukun Zu, Shoreline, Washington; and Xuhui Jia, Seattle, Washington, for "Safe and privacy preserving video representation." *** more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Systems and Methods for Detecting and Identifying Arcing Based on Numerical Analysis ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 20 -- HUBBELL INC., Shelton, Connecticut has been assigned a patent (No. US 12308632 B2, initially filed Dec. 22, 2023) developed by William Vernon Miller, III, Aldie, Virginia, and Gary Michael Miller, Kearneysville, West Virginia, for "Systems and methods for detecting and ident more ST

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Announce Over $190 Million for Maryland Projects in Army Corps Work Plan Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks, a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee (both D-Md.) along with Governor Wes Moore and Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld announced the inclusion of $194,208, more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 22 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack issued the following news release on May 21, 2025: * * * Treasurer Pack Urges U.S. Stock Exchange to Delist Chinese Companies State Treasurer Larry Pack today joined 20 other states in a letter to Securities and Exchange (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins urging an investigation to determine if Chinese companies should be delisted from the U.S. Stock Exchange. The letter noted that these companies have failed to protect Ame more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla Blasts Republicans' Callous Attacks Against California's Clean Air, Underscores Consequences of Overruling Senate Parliamentarian to Bypass Filibuster WATCH : Padilla defends California's waivers from Republican attempts to overrule Senate Parliamentarian and avoid Senate's 60-vote threshold WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Sena more PR