WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * After Supreme Court Greenlights Mass Layoffs at ED, New Warren Report Reveals Impact of Trump Administration's Attacks On Public Education * 11 national organizations warn of dangers from dismantling the Department of Education. Warren: "If President Trump succeeds in completely eliminating the Department of Education, millions of students, teachers, and families will pay the price." T more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 16, 2025: * * * At Subcommittee Hearing, Democrats Condemn Republicans' Baseless Attacks and Conspiracy Theories While Trump Illegally Guts Agencies and Defunds Life-Saving Programs Donald Trump Continues to Withhold Billions of Dollars in Congressionally-Approved Funding, Jeopardizing Americans' Health, Safety, and National Security * Rep.  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- A coalition of state attorneys general submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) expressing concern over the agency's recent proposal to withdraw the determination of compressors as covered equipment under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). The proposal, which would eliminate energy conservation standards, test procedures, and certification requirements for compressors, has drawn significant criticism for lacking justification and more ST

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- A coalition of 16 state attorneys general and local government entities submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) opposing the agency's proposal to withdraw its determination that Miscellaneous Refrigeration Products (MREFs) should be classified as covered consumer products. The letter asserts that this move would not only violate the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) but also undermine efforts to conserve energy and reduce consumers' more ST

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The attorneys general of multiple states have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) challenging the agency's proposal to rescind energy conservation standards for compact residential clothes washers. The letter, which reflects a coalition of interests from various state and local governments, underscores the importance of maintaining robust energy efficiency requirements to protect consumers and the environment. In their comments, the c more ST

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, July 17 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Banks, Crawford recognized for their decades of service * Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Executive Director Dan Carreno recognized team members of the Radio Frequency Technician Support Branch, Ken Banks and Archie Crawford, with length-of-service awards during a recent ceremony at China Lake. Carreno congratulated both and praised their readiness to support the warfi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on July 15, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * Which state has the highest concentration of ice cream manufacturing employment? Utah! July is National Ice Cream Month, giving everyone a good reason to cool off by enjoying some of their favorite frozen treats. At BLS, we celebrate with one of our coolest employment statistics, the location quotient. Just as an ice cream sundae  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Earl L. Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Carter, Bera Introduce Bill to Strengthen Palliative and Hospice Care Workforce * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Reps. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) and Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) today introduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), bipartisan legislation to invest in training, education, and research for the palliative care and hospice workforce, allowing more practitioners to ent more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on July 17, 2025: * * * Chair Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Hearing on Empowering Independent Workers, Strengthening Access to Portable Benefits U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during hearing on how to empower independent workers to access more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Finds 2.8 Million Americans Potentially Enrolled in Two or More Medicaid/ACA Exchange Plans * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continue to crush fraud, waste, and abuse in America's healthcare programs by stopping duplicative enrollment in government health programs, with the potential to save taxpayers app more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Reinforces Medicaid and CHIP Integrity by Strengthening Eligibility Oversight and Limiting Certain Demonstration Authorities * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking steps to restore accountability and safeguard the long-term integrity of Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Thro more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 (TNSFR) -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a notice regarding an exemption granted to Constellation Energy Generation LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, impacting its Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3, located in Grundy County, Illinois, and Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Rock Island County. This notice allows the company to implement a revised inspection methodology at these facilities. The exemption permits Constellation Energy  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on July 17, 2025: * * * Name of Product: Primark DTR (direct-to-retail) Stitch Scented Highlighters (4-pack) Hazard: The scented highlighters, which resemble cups with straws, contain phthalates; a violation of the federal phthalates ban. Phthalates are toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects. Remedy: Refund Recall Date: July 17, 2025 Units: About 2,600 Consumer more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Deluzio Calls on Dept. of Education to Restore $7 Billion in K-12 & Adult Education Funding * CARNEGIE, PA - Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education and the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget demanding that they reverse their decision to illegally withhold nearly $7 billion dollars of funding for K-12 schools and adult educat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Education has issued a notice entitled "Request for Nominations: National Advisory Council on Indian Education." This notice seeks individuals to fill vacant seats on the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. This presidentially appointed 15-member federal advisory committee was established by the Indian Education Act of 1972 and reauthorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended. Its core function outlined in (20 more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has issued a proposed rule (Docket ID ED-2025-OESE-0153) entitled "Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program." This aims to address the shortage of school-based mental health service providers, specifically school psychologists, in areas identified as high-need local educational agencies. The Education Department intends to use these proposed priorities, requirements more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has issued a rule (Docket ID ED-2025-OESE-0152) entitled "School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program." This action priorities, requirements and definitions for the School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program (34 CFR Chapter II), which may be used for competitions in fiscal year 2025 and later years. The proposed rule aims to address the nationwide shortage of credentialed sc more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has issued a rule (Docket No. FDA-2025-N-1225) entitled "Proposal To Revoke 18 Standards of Identity for Dairy Products." This action aims to remove eighteen existing standards for dairy items as the agency believes they are no longer needed to promote honesty and fair dealing for consumers. This action would also lessen unnecessary regulatory requirements. The proposed rule identifies t more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 18 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following Regional Matters analysis by Taylor Pessin: * * * Recent Employment Changes in the D.C. Area Introduction An important role of the Richmond Fed is understanding economic developments in our Fifth District. The concentration of federal employees and spending in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia has made it particularly important to understand any potential impact of federal spending and wor more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 18 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service issued the following news: * * * How NOAA Preserves and Maintains Long Term Hurricane Data Records * The Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), a program office within NOAA's National Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS), develops satellite-based products and tools to support weather forecasts with high quality, consist more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Highlights Disparities in Affordable Housing for Americans with Disabilities During Appropriations Markup * Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member of the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered remarks in support of an amendment by Congressman Jim Clyburn (SC-06) to restore funding for housing assistance programs for the mos more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Padilla, Chu Join Union Workers to Announce Legislation to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat * Washington (July 16, 2025) - Today, on the heels of another harsh heat wave across California, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Representative Judy Chu (D-Calif.-28), and union workers from the United Farm Workers (UFW), American Federation of Sta more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 18 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * NOAA teams up with Alaskans to create a new tool to predict ice breakup Ice forecasts would boost public safety, subsistence fishing, hunting, transportation and commerce * NOAA has joined with the Native Village of Kotzebue, Alaska, to create a new forecast model that will help predict the spring ice breakup on a major lake outside the village. Hotham Inlet, known loca more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Judy Chu, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Chu and Senator Padilla and Colleagues Join Union Workers to Introduce Legislation to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat * WATCH (link is external) : Rep. Chu's remarks on pushing for enforceable workplace heat stress protections after hottest year on record WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, following yet another extreme heat wave in California, U.S. Representative Judy Chu (D-Calif.-28) and Senator A more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following floor remarks on July 15, 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, on Friday, our National Archivist, our National Security Advisor, and our USAID Administrator took some time off from his work in these full-time positions to exercise his additional powers as Secretary of State of the United States. The guy with four more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Schakowsky, Fletcher, Matsui, Pressley Introduce Safer Beauty Bill Package * WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Ranking Member of the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on Wednesday reintroduced the Safer Beauty Bill Package with her colleagues, Reps. Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Doris Matsui (CA-07), and Ayanna Pressley ( more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * Senate Appropriations Committee Approves MilCon-VA, CJS Bills Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee met for a full committee markup to consider its draft fiscal year 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations act and to resume consideration of its draft fiscal year 2026 Commerce, Justice more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Judiciary Democrats Request Hearing With Whistleblower Erez Reuveni Ahead Of Bove Nomination Vote U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led all members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in calling for Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to schedule a hearing to collect testimony from  more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, July 18 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * TEDCO Selects Collide Capital to Support Management and Investment of Allocated SSBCI Funding Collide Capital becomes the third selected VCLP to support the next generation of technological innovation * COLUMBIA, Md., (July 17, 2025) -- TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announces the selection of Collide Capital as one of the ea more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Statement on Passage of Trump and Republicans' Bill to Gut American Public Broadcasting, Foreign Aid * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on his opposition to Republican legislation championed by Trump and DOGE to claw back important federal funding, previously approved by Congress on a bipartisan basis, including for U.S. public broadcastin more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- WellSpan Health has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The organization provided recommendations on the digital health product market for Medicare beneficiaries and the state of data interoperability and health technology infrastructure. WellSpan Health, which serves nearly 900,000 lives in central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland, emp more ST

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The White House sent on July 17, 2025, the nominations of 12 individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * Jeffrey Anderson, of Georgia, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, with the rank of Ambassador. Julie Callahan, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, vice Douglas J. more PR