JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Around the Air Force: Funding the force, optimizing capabilities, defending the homeland * FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Maryland - In this week's look Around the Air Force, Department of the Air Force leaders testify before a Senate defense subcommittee on the fiscal year 2026 budget, prioritizing defending the homeland and bolstering defenses in the Indo-Pacific re more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Ivey Statement on Passing 'Big, Beautiful Bill' * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04) released the following statement today after voting against H.R.1, the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act:" Today's vote marks a cruel and calculated attack on America's working families. By gutting core safety net programs, this bill hands out billions in tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy--while tel more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Elfreth Votes Against Republican Big Ugly Bill * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) released the following statement on her vote against the Republican Budget Reconciliation Legislation, also known as the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act. "House Republicans' Big Ugly Bill is the largest cut to health care, the largest cut to food assistance, and the largest tax break to billio more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Statement After House Republicans Pass Legislation Taking Health Care From 17 Million Americans * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today after voting against H.R.1, the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act": " What Trump and Congressional Republicans call their 'one big, beautiful bill,' Americans correctly recognize as one big, brazen betrayal.  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Statement on June Jobs Report * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on the June jobs report: "While job growth slowed in June, with 74,000 private sector jobs added to the economy and unemployment at 4.1 percent, Trump's so-called 'one big, beautiful bill' raises many concerns about our economic future. Working Americans rightfully se more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 4 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service issued the following news: * * * Artemis II Space Weather Exercise Prepares U.S. for Human Space Exploration * Human space exploration in the U.S. took another major step forward this spring in preparing for space weather risks. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) successfully  more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 4 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service issued the following news: * * * NOAA Satellites Studying the Ocean Surface for Hurricane Insights * While NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) is responsible for issuing weather forecasts and warnings, its the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), a program office within the National Satellite and Information Service (NESDI more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Johnny Olszewski, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Olszewski Votes - Again - Against Massive GOP Tax Bill * (Washington, DC) - For the second time, U.S. Congressman Johnny Olszewski today voted against a massive bill that funds tax cuts for the wealthy by increasing costs for the middle class, slashes critical healthcare and food assistance programs, and adds more than $3 trillion to the federal debt. The Republican budget reconciliation bill, n more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 2, 2025: * * * President Trump Illegally Steals from Public Schools Across the Country Acting Department of Education Secretary Russ Vought to Linda McMahon: Move aside, I'll take it from here. * WASHINGTON -- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on President Trump's unlawf more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Raskin Statement on Final Passage of Trump's Dangerous Medicaid-Cutting, Job-Killing, Debt-Exploding Tax Scheme * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement after House Republicans jammed their second MAGA tax heist through Congress after Vice President J.D. Vance advanced the Senate's party-line vote: "Every Member of Congress knows that this disastrous bil more PR

WOODLAWN, Maryland, July 4 -- The Social Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors * The Social Security Administration (SSA) is celebrating the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that delivers long-awaited tax relief to millions of older Americans. The bill ensures that nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal in more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Neguse, Raskin Lead 170+ Members of Congress in Amicus Brief, Arguing Trump Cannot Dismantle Department of Education * The lawmakers argue that only Congress has authority to create, restructure, and abolish federal departments and agencies by constitutional mandate and through a long-established legal precedent. The Department of Education is statutorily mandated and cannot be un more PR