(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congressman Rob Wittman announced the release of $23 million in federal funding for agricultural conservation in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.  This funding for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative, a 2008 Farm Bill program, will promote agricultural conservation. 

(WASHINGTON, DC) - "I am deeply concerned with the Record of Decision issued by the Secretary of the Navy to create a second East Coast homeport for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at Naval Station Mayport.  Relocation of an aircraft carrier from Norfolk, VA to Mayport, FL would disrupt families, cause financially irresponsible redundancy in facilities and personnel at a cost of up to one billion dollars, and increase the security demands on our over-burdened fleet. 

On February 17, 2009, over-the-air full-power television broadcasts, which are currently provided by television stations in both analog and digital formats, will become digital only. Digital television (DTV) technology allows a broadcaster to offer a single program stream of high definition television (HDTV), or alternatively, multiple video program streams (multicasts).