WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CLARKE, HAITI CAUCUS CONDEMN U.S. FREEZE ON ASSISTANCE TO HAITI : February 5, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: e: jessica.myers@mail.house.gov c: 202.913.0126 Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) issued the following statement on the Trump administration's 90-day halt of foreign funding - includ more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Tenney Reintroduces Legislation to Establish Fort Ontario as a National Monument Washington, DC - Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today reintroduced the Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park Establishment Act to designate the Fort Ontario National Monument in Oswego, New York, as part of the National Park System. The current Fort Ontario State Historic more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced that the mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver, and New York City have confirmed their attendance to testify at a full committee hearing on March 5, 2025. Last week, Chairman Comer announced an investigation into the policies of sanctuary more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Former Prosecutor Dan Goldman Takes on Elon Musk and House Republicans for Lawless Government Purges Goldman Highlights Republican Hypocrisy in Committee Hearing While Going Toe-to-Toe with Elon Musk on Twitter Goldman Strikes a Nerve with Lawless Oligarch Musk for Shining a Light on Tech Billionaires' Flagrant Corruption Unaccountable, Inexperienced Quarter-Trillionaire Spent Week Slash more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Nick LaLota, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LaLota Leads Bipartisan Effort to Pass 9/11 Memorial and Museum Act WASHINGTON, D.C. \- Rep. Nick LaLota (R-Suffolk County) issued the following statement after his bill, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum Act (H.R. 835), passed the House with bipartisan support. This bill provides crucial funding for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City to support its ongoing maintenance and preserv more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following statement on Feb. 5, 2025: Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement. Today, I am pleased to reappoint Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi as the Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. Through his previous work on the committee, Congressman Krishnamoorthi demonstrated a  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following statement on Feb. 5, 2025: Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement. Today, I am pleased to reappoint Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi as the Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. Through his previous work on the committee, Congressman Krishnamoorthi demonstrated a commitment to defending ou more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following statement on Feb. 5, 2025: Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: President Biden's comprehensive ceasefire agreement has returned American and Israeli hostages to their families and surged humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in need. We cannot rest until the remaining hostages held captive in Gaza return home, and the agreement is fully implemented fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following statement on Feb. 5, 2025: Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: President Biden's comprehensive ceasefire agreement has returned American and Israeli hostages to their families and surged humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in need. We cannot rest until the remaining hostages held captive in Gaza return home, and the agreement is fully implemented for the good of Israel and th more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: * * * More than 1,000 EPA employees were warned they could be fired at any time without cause, according to reporting from The New York Times * * * Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, is calling on the newly-confirmed Administ more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-New York, issued the following statement on Feb. 5, 2025: * * * Kennedy Warns Federal Employees Of Perils From Buyouts Offer * * * Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) shared the following statement warning federal employees against accepting a buyout from the Trump Administration: "My message to hardworking Western New Yorkers facing Trump's effort to downsize the federal workforce: buyout beware," said Congressman Tim Kennedy. "Looking at the f more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Thomas Suozzi, D-New York, issued the following news release: Glen Cove, NY - Congressman Tom Suozzi (D--Long Island, Queens) recognized and honored high school students from New York's Third Congressional District for their achievements in life science, computer science, and mathematics in the Regeneron Science Talent Search and the Congressional App Challenge. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory hosted the ceremony, during which Suozzi was introduced by Dr. Bruce Stillma more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER REVEALS: AFTER TRUMP'S FUNDING FREEZE FIASCO, HEAD START PROGRAMS ACROSS UPSTATE NY & U.S. STILL MISSING MILLIONS IN VITAL FUNDING TO KEEP CHILDCARE RUNNING -- EVEN LEADING TO CLOSURES,... Last Week Amid Trump's Illegal Funding Freeze The Head Start Online Payment System Shut Down Across The Country, Despite The Admin Saying It Was Exempt From The Freeze And Has more PR