WASHINGTON, July 30 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * "50 States of Fraud" * On 60th Anniversary of Medicaid, Speaker Johnson highlights waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid across the country WASHINGTON -- Sixty years ago today, Medicaid was created as an important safety net for pregnant women, single mothers, low-income seniors, and Americans with disabilities. Since then, the program has become dramatically expanded beyond its or more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito: The OBBB Delivers Tax Relief for West Virginians * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The One Big Beautiful Bill prevents what could have been the largest tax increase in history for working- and middle-class Americans. By permanently extending and expanding on the successful Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), passed during President Trump's first term, Senate Republicans are delivering on their pr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Capito Delivers Floor Speech on Need for Bipartisan Permitting Reform Legislation * To watch Chairman Capito's floor remarks, 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, delivered remarks on Senate Floor outlining the need for comprehensive, bipartis more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Chairman Capito Delivers Floor Speech on Need for Bipartisan Permitting Reform Legislation Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered remarks on Senate Floor outlining the need for comprehensive, bipartisan reforms to o more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Warner Lead Bipartisan Push Urging Timely Deployment of Federal Funds to Community Lenders * Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia), co-chairs of the Senate Community Development Finance Caucus, today led a bipartisan group of Senators in a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, urging swift action to disburse congre more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Philadelphia arrests Mexican national with warrant for rape in Pennsylvania * PHILADELPHIA -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia and Homeland Security Investigations Philadelphia, IRS Philadelphia and ATF Philadelphia arrested Silvestre Herrera-Vasquez, a 48-year-old citizen of Mexico, in Mal more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Justice's Commitment to Tourism Pays Off West Virginia ranked number one for having highest tourism ratio in the country * Today, Senator Jim Justice released a statement highlighting a recent study that recognizes West Virginia as the state with the highest 2024 out of state tourism rate in the country: "While serving as Governor, I made it a priority to show the world our  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Sen. Cruz: Recent Events Are a Reminder of the Need to Improve Warning Systems In his opening statement at today's Senate Commerce Committee executive session, Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) emphasized the critical role of the nominees for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the wake of the catastrophic  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Senator Justice, Senator Gallego Introduce Bipartisan Keep Call Centers in America Act Today, Senator Jim Justice (R-WV) and Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced the Keep Call Centers in America Act: "West Virginians and all Americans deserve good service. When folks pick up the phone and ask for help, they shouldn't have to deal with AI robots or be routed to someone across more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * The Music of Don Redman Opens the Appalachian Chamber Music Festival on Aug. 8 * Date: July 30, 2025 Join Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (NHP) on Friday, Aug. 8, to celebrate the legacy of jazz legend and Storer College alumnus Don Redman. The Appalachian Chamber Music Festival string musicians will collaborate with the Howard Burns Quartet to perform original a more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Data Control Tower ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 29 -- WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., San Francisco, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12373884 B2, initially filed Sept. 11, 2023) developed by four inventors Brian M. Pearce, Pleasanton, California; Steven Pulido, San Francisco, California; Benjamin Soccorsy, Larkspur, California; and Mojdeh Tomsich, San Francisco, California, for "Data co more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Surgical Cannula ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 29 -- Two inventors, Troy Schifano, Morgantown, West Virginia, and Steve Anderson, Folsom, California, have been awarded a design patent (No. US D1086449 S1, initially filed Dec. 30, 2019) for "Surgical cannula."  more ST