WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-New York, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) released the following statement regarding the latest indictment of former President Donald Trump for efforts to interfere in the results of the 2020 election: "Once again, another indictment proves that in America, no one is above the law," said Congresswoman Clarke. "This latest indictment shows how Trump led efforts to undermine the vo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: On Friday, August 11, Hank Johnson (GA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Jerry Nadler (NY), Jamie Raskin (MD), and Ted Lieu (CA) sent a letter to the Department of Justice urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for consistently failing to report significant gifts he received. For close to two decades, Justice Thomas repeated more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2023: * * * Congressman Josh Brecheen issued the following statement after President Trump was indicted in Georgia on bogus, politically motivated charges. "The scandals continue to pile up against the Biden crime family, including congressional testimony from Devon Archer that Joe Biden participated in as many as 20 calls with Hunter Biden's foreign business partners. Just when all these scandal more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2023: * * * Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, a senior member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, released the following statement after Donald Trump was indicted for the fourth time in connection to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia: "A fourth indictment for Donald J Trump. "He and his band of misfits must be held accountable for their efforts to over more PR

SALEM, Massachusetts, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2023: * * * Congressman Moulton issued the following statement on the most recent indictment of Donald Trump by the state of Georgia: "'I just want to find 11,780 votes' is not a statement that should ever come out of the mouth of an elected official, let alone the President of the United States. Free and fair elections are what separates a democracy from an autocracy. Yet Donald T more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the first Donald Trump impeachment panel released the following statement in response to news that the former President has been indicted by a Fulton County grand jury on charges that he criminally interfered in Georgia's 2020 election: "This is the fourth time a United States President has been criminally indicted -- all of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2023: * * * After news broke late last night that former President Donald Trump was indicted by a grand jury in Georgia on several criminal charges, including violating the state's racketeering act; soliciting a public officer to violate their oath; conspiring to impersonate a public officer; conspiring to commit forgery in the first degree; and conspiring to file false documents, U.S. Senator Jac more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) released the following statement following the news of the fourth indictment of former president Donald Trump in Georgia for interfering in the results of the free and fair 2020 election. "Last night, former President Donald Trump was indicted yet again for the fourth time for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and circumvent our nation's  more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2023: * * * Today, Representative Raul M. Grijalva (AZ-07) released the following statement: "During the 2020 Georgia Presidential Election, former President Trump was caught on tape attempting to pressure the Georgia Secretary of State to 'find' votes in order to change the result of the election. "Last night, an independent grand jury voted to indict him for his illegal actions." "These i more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman Alex X. Mooney (R-WV) released the following statement after Georgia Democrat District Attorney Fani Willis and a grand jury indicted President Trump late Monday night. "President Trump has faced an unprecedent witch hunt from the Biden DOJ and radical leftist prosecutors. President Biden and his allies are using the full weight of the justice system to try to ta more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following joint statement: * * * Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) released the following statement after former President Donald Trump was indicted in Georgia for interfering in the results of the 2020 election: "The fourth indictment of Donald Trump, just like the three which came before it, portrays a repeated pattern of criminal activity  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff's bill to construct a new Battle Management Combined Operations Complex at Robins Air Force Base passed the Senate as part of this year's National Defense Authorization Act. Sen. Ossoff introduced the Robins Air Force Base Battle Management Enhancement Act to enable construction of a Battle Management Combined Operations Complex at Robins AFB, strengthening the Air Force's national def more PR

MOUNT VERNON, Georgia, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: New resources to train more nurses are coming to Georgia thanks to U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock. Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock successfully secured bipartisan support in Congress to build a new instructional facility at Brewton-Parker College in Mount Vernon to expand the college's nursing workforce development program. This workforce development investment from the U.S. D more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff's bill to strengthen U.S. national security by upgrading Fort Gordon's Cyber Center of Excellence has passed the U.S. Senate as part of this year's National Defense Authorization Act. To help address rapidly advancing cybersecurity threats, Sen. Ossoff's Ft. Gordon Cyber Center Enhancement Act would enable the construction of new classrooms for Ft. Gordon's Cyber Center of Excellence,  more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2023: * * * Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) issued the following statement in reaction to former President Donald Trump's indictment by a grand jury in a Fulton County, Georgia, case investigating a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election: "Donald Trump's apparent willingness to bend our democracy to its breaking point for his own personal gain is heartbreaking. "The case outlined by  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023, and a letter: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA) today released a letter alerting the Judicial Conference to the latest bombshell reporting published by ProPublica, which brought to light previously undisclosed billionaire-funded gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Whitehouse and Johnson's letter asks the Judicial Conference to more PR