WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement on House Republicans abandoning a bipartisan agreement to keep the federal government open and deliver desperately needed disaster aid for North Carolina: "At the last minute request of Donald Trump and Elon Musk, House Republicans have gone back on their word to keep the government open putting in jeopardy the paychecks of mi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Vermont experienced devastating flooding, severe storms July 2023 & July 2024 Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement: "This comprehensive disaster aid is the result of months of bipartisan work. It is vitally necessary to Americans in red states and blue states alike and will help folks in Vermont who were hit by catastrophic flooding, just as it will help folks in North Carolina, Iowa more PR