WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-Washington, issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * Baumgartner Leads Bicameral Push to Keep Spokane NIOSH Research Facility Open WASHINGTON- Congressman Michael Baumgartner (WA-5) led a bicameral oversight letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., urging the Trump administration to preserve the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Spokane Research Laboratory (NIOSH SRL). The let more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following document on June 24, 2025, entitled "Anniversary of Americans With Disabilities Act: July 26, 2025.": Here are excerpts: * * * Anniversary of Americans With Disabilities Act: July 26, 2025 The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law by then-President George H.W. Bush in 1990, is the nation's strongest measure protecting the civil rights of people with disabilities. It bars discrimination based on disability and more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Create Cybersecurity Office Related to Critical Infrastructure * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and John Curtis (R-Utah) in reintroducing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Policy and Cybersecurity Coordin more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Florida. *** Device to Capture Pressure Data From a Weapon's Foregrip During Live Fire ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 24 -- Two inventors, Rocco Portoghese, Winter Park, Florida, and Matthew Lankford, Merritt Island, Florida, have been awarded a patent (No. US 12339101 B2, initially filed March 21, 2022) for "Device to capture pressure data from a weapon's foregrip during live fire." *** Aircraft Gantry Syst more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina. *** Concept Mapping for Chat Agent Complaint Processing ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 24 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12339837 B2, initially filed Sept. 18, 2023) developed by six inventors Ravisha Andar, Plano, Texas; Mohammed Zubair Mohammed Ajmal, Tamilnadu, India; Pravin Kumar Sankari Bhagavathiappan, Kanyakumari District, Indi more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania. *** Caching Media in a Media Fling System ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 24 -- COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has been assigned a patent (No. US 12342036 B2, initially filed April 5, 2021) developed by three inventors Corey Farrell, Lansdowne, Virginia; Randall Hounsell, Glen Mills, Virginia; and Michael Connelly, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for "Caching media in a  more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** Sanitizer Dispenser ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 24 -- Two inventors, Robert F. Johnson, Arlington, Texas, and Jamie Moore, Arlington, Texas, have been awarded a design patent (No. US D1080247 S1, initially filed Aug. 20, 2021) for "Sanitizer dispenser." *** Mag Sense Tool ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 24 -- OIL STATES ENERGY SERVICES, L.L.C., Houston, Texas has been assigned a patent (No. US 1233 more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Bimodal Catalyst Systems ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 24 -- DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Midland, Michigan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12338301 B2, initially filed Nov. 4, 2020) developed by four inventors Andrew J. Young, Houston, Texas; Roger L. Kuhlman, Lake Jackson, Texas; Angela I. Padilla-Acevedo, Lake Jackson, Texas; and John F. Szul, Hurricane, West Virginia, for "Bimodal ca more ST

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Speaks on Republicans' Bill to Block Access to Health Care and Close Hospitals Across Rural America: "There is still time to kill this bill--and I hope we do." * Welch Puts Spotlight on Vermont, West Virginia, and Tennessee in Remarks WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) last night took to the Senate floor to call on Congress to kill Republicans' disastrous budget bill, which w more PR