WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer Statement On Fifth Straight Increase In Virginia's Unemployment Rate * Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves as the top House Democrat on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, today expressed rising concern over Virginia's economy, after monthly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed that the Commonwealth's unemployment rate had risen for the fifth consecutive month. The  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Leaders Send Letter to Secretary Hegseth Expressing Strong Support for AUKUS Amid Review * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chair Emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith ( more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Prior Authorization Reform Leads Applaud New HHS & CMS Announcement * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) and U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (PA-16), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), and Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), co-leads of the bipartisan Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act, released the following joint statement after an announ more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Warner, Colleagues Introduce Intelligence Community Workforce Agility Protection Act * Contact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 June 23, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today introduced t more PR

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, June 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: * * * New Development Special Experience opportunities available now * JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- Developmental Special Experiences provide Air and Space Professionals more than just education and training opportunities, they help the service build the Airmen needed for the future high-end fight. The DSEs, cataloged by Air Education and Training Command's (AETC) F more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Urges Navy Leadership To Improve Quality Of Life, Housing For Military Families * June 24, 2025 In today's Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Durbin expressed his concern about the condition of the barracks at Great Lakes Naval Station WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today participated in a Defense Appro more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 25 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following Regional Matters analysis by Nathan Sumner and Jason Kosakow: * * * Fifth District Employment: Findings From the June Business Surveys Introduction In our June business surveys/1, we asked Fifth District firms how their ability to hire workers has changed since last year and what their expectations are for their workforces over the next six months. Firms reported little change in their ability to hire wo more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, June 25 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: * * * Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Departs for Deployment By Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet Public Affairs Nearly 4,500 Sailors assigned to the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Station Norfolk and Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, June 24, for a regularly-scheduled deployment to the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) area of responsibility. The strike group deployed as an integrat more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Advocates for Coal Miner Health and Safety Protections in Hearing with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. * Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, participated in a hearing entitled "The Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget." The hearing, which featured U.S. Department of Health and Hu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The House Small Business Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-109) on the Returning SBA to Main Street Act (H.R. 2027), which aims to require the administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate 30% of the employees assigned to headquarters to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area. The report was advanced by Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, on May 21, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * I. PURPOSE AND BILL SUMMARY On March 11, 2025, Rep. Alford, more ST

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Colleagues Highlight Trump Administration Hypocrisy on National Debt While It Guts IRS, Pushes Giant Tax Cuts for Billionaires * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Angus King (I-ME), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Billy Long regarding the hypocrisy of their  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell Opening Statement at SAC-D Hearing on FY 26 Budget Request for the Navy * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, convened today's hearing "A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Navy". Prepared text of his opening statement follows: "I'll begin by welc more PR

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Contract Audit Agency issued the following news: * * * Nashville Branch Office team saves time and money on $125 million audit DCAA auditors from the Nashville Branch Office recently achieved significant savings during a $125 million incurred cost audit, reducing the audit time by 264 hours. The team's work saved more than $45,000 on the reimbursable audit because of their strategic planning and proactive use of innov more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on June 23, 2025: * * * Securing American Agriculture: Chairmen Babin, Moolenaar, and Walberg Seek Answers to CCP-Linked Bioagent Smuggling (Washington, D.C.) -- Last week, Chairman Brian Babin of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China, and Chairman Tim Walberg of the Committee on E more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release on June 23, 2025: * * * Securing American Agriculture: Chairmen Moolenaar, Walberg, Babin Seek Answers to CCP-Linked Bioagent Smuggling WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, Chairman Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China, Chairman Walberg of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * Senator Collins Questions Navy Officials on Arleigh Burke Destroyer Contract, PNSY Dry Dock Expansion Washington, D.C. - At a hearing to review the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget request for the Navy, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Secretary of the Navy John Phelan on the timing for awar more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Vindman Previews Caroline County Agriculture Fair, Attends Cattle Show, Highlights Virginia Agriculture Ruther Glen, Va. -- Congressman Eugene Vindman (Va.-07), the only Virginian on the House Agriculture Committee, previewed the Caroline County Agriculture Fair and attended the fair's annual cattle show alongside Caroline County Sheriff Scott C. Moser. "The Caroline County Agriculture Fair is a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Wittman Joins Letter to House and Senate Leadership Reiterating Commitment to Protecting Medicaid Coverage for Vulnerable Populations * WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) joined a group of congressional colleagues in reiterating their commitment to protecting Medicaid coverage for vulnerable communities. While supporting reductions to federal spending, the letter urges that Me more PR