WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * After Request from Warren and Senators, Government Watchdog Opens Investigation into How Trump's Purge of Workers Harms Americans' Health and Safety Response from GAO (PDF) Washington, D.C. - Following a request from U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.),  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary on March 25, 2025: * * * Cost Ineffective: Pricing a Single-payer System By Michael Baker Executive Summary * Over the past decade, there have been various proposals to change the U.S. health system to "Medicare for All," a type of single-payer system. * Single-payer health care systems - those for which the government is the sole payer for medical services - are prohibitively expensive and largely do not imp more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Demands Answers Over Trump Admin Illegally Cancelling Grants to Train and Retain Quality Teachers WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a group of her colleagues in demanding detailed answers from the Department of Education (DOE) about the cancellation of over $600 million in federal funding  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Leads Senators in Introducing Legislation to Protect Federal Whistleblowers [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) led a group of nine senators in introducing legislation to strengthen protections for whistleblowers who share valuable information with Congress. The Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act shields federal employees from retaliation, includi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker, Colleagues Introduce Honor Farmer Contracts Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Honor Farmer Contracts Act, legislation to release illegally withheld funding for all contracts and agreements previously entered into by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). President Trump's USDA has refused to make reimbursement payments to fulfill signed contra more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, March 26 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on March 2, 2025: * * * Jamal Osman, Omar Fateh on video bragging about their help for Feeding Our Future Written by Bill Glahn The ever-alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 TV is out with a story on how Minneapolis city council member Jamal Osman (Ward 6) went to bat on behalf of Feeding Our Future during the t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Cleaver, Padilla Lead 100+ Democrats to Condemn HUD Field Office Cuts (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, and Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) led more than 100 Democrats in the House and Senate in condemning staffing cuts and potential closures to Department of Housing and Urban De more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Democrats Demand Explanation for "Disturbing Arrest and Detention" of Tufts University Student U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) led over 30 lawmakers in writing to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Acting Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (IC more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on March 25, 2025: * * * Street Pick to Lead Social Security Administration Will Threaten Americans' Hard-Earned Benefits In response to the confirmation hearing of Trump's nominee to lead the Social Security Administration, Frank Bisignano, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: "Donald Trump is not hiding his plans to gut the Social Security Administration. After shuttering field of more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Introduces Legislation To Protect Wilderness In Utah March 27, 2025 The America's Red Rocks Wilderness Act would protect more than eight million acres of wilderness in Utah WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today reintroduced the America's Red Rock Wilderness Act to protect more than eight million acres of land in Utah that is rich in archaeological resourc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Booker To Introduce Honor Farmer Contracts Act March 28, 2025 The legislation would require the release of illegally withheld funding for all contracts and agreements previously entered into by USDA WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Shaheen In Push To Overturn Citizens United Ruling March 28, 2025 Legislation would rid American elections of dark money & excessive corporate campaign spending WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and 37 Democrat more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Shaheen In Push To Overturn Citizens United Ruling Legislation would rid American elections of dark money & excessive corporate campaign spending WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Jeann more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Raskin, House And Senate Democrats Urge Attorney General Bondi To Reserve Course On Unjustified Firings Of Immigration Judges The unjustified firings come as immigration courts are already under immense pressure to adjudicate roughly 3.6 million backlogged cases, with further strains expected with Trump's mass deportation agenda WASHIN more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Raskin, House And Senate Democrats Urge Attorney General Bondi To Reverse Course On Unjustified Firings Of Immigration Judges March 28, 2025 The unjustified firings come as immigration courts are already under immense pressure to adjudicate roughly 3.6 million backlogged cases, with further strains expected with Trump's mass deportation agenda WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Wh more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * During Women's History Month, Cortez Masto Introduces Resolution Recognizing Latinas' Heritage, Culture, And Contributions Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced a resolution celebrating the contributions of Latinas in the U.S. in a variety of fields while acknowledging their continued fight for full equality. The resolution was also introduced in the Hou more PR

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Green New Deal vs. CO-08 If you are covering the AOC and Bernie Sanders event today, please consider the following statements: "Democrats may not know what their brand is right now, but Congressman Gabe Evans knows his. Congressman Evans is fighting for lower costs, safer communities, and making the American Dream possible for all Coloradans. His commonsense approach stands in stark contrast to AOC  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Slam Draconian Immigration Registration Order WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and seven colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) senior official Kika Scott to express strong disapproval of the Trump administration's resurrection of the requirement that immigrants must register  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy helps introduce bipartisan bill to help injured combat veterans receive full military benefits WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and colleagues in reintroducing the bipartisan Major Richard Star Act. The bill would allow combat-injured veterans with fewer than 20 years of military service to receive full retirement benefi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Colleagues Press USDA to Reinstate Food Shipments to Maine Food Banks WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) has joined his colleagues to press the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in reinstating previously approved shipments of food to Maine food banks. In a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, King and his colleagues asked for the concrete reasoning of the cancellatio more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar, Colleagues Press USDA to Not Take Food Away from Food Banks and Hungry Families WASHINGTON -- Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, led 25 of her colleagues in pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture for more information about the canc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Colleagues in Calling on President Trump to Reverse the Illegal Firing of FTC Commissioners In Key Hearing Last Month, Lujan Raised Alarm Over the Trump Administration's Attacks on Independent Agencies Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law and a  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Colleagues in Calling on President Trump to Reverse the Illegal Firing of FTC Commissioners In Key Hearing Last Month, Lujan Raised Alarm Over the Trump Administration's Attacks on Independent Agencies Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law and a  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Push to Save Task Force Combating Threats to Election Officials Senators to Attorney General: "In this challenging environment for election officials, it is essential to our democracy that they can continue to rely on [DOJ] to uphold the law" Santa Fe, N.M. -- U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rule more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Push to Save Task Force Combating Threats to Election Officials Senators to Attorney General: "In this challenging environment for election officials, it is essential to our democracy that they can continue to rely on [DOJ] to uphold the law" Santa Fe, N.M. -- U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rule more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Klobuchar, Colleagues Press USDA to Not Take Food Away from Food Banks and Hungry Families Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and 24 of their colleagues in pressing the U. more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Klobuchar, Colleagues Press USDA to Not Take Food Away from Food Banks and Hungry Families Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and 24 of their colleagues in pressing the U. more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Klobuchar, Colleagues Press USDA to Not Take Food Away from Food Banks and Hungry Families Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and 24 of their colleagues in pressing the U. more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Warren, Pressley, Congressional Democrats Demand Explanation for "Disturbing Arrest and Detention" of Tufts University Student Student seemingly arrested for her political views, Sen. Markey demands her release Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 28, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), tod more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Whip Durbin, Colleagues Slam Draconian Immigration Registration Order Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 25, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led eight colleagues in writing today to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) senior official Kika Scott to express strong disapproval of the Trump administration's resurrection of one of the country's most draconian more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Hold Roundtable Discussion with Student Finalists of his Fifteenth Annual State of the Union Essay Contest BURLINGTON, Vt., March 24 - Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday will hold a roundtable discussion with the student finalists of his fifteenth annual State of the Union Essay Contest at the Vermont State House. This year, 475 students from 25 Vermont high schools submi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEW REPORT: Trump Leaves Over 46 Million Students Without Protection from Discrimination WASHINGTON, March 27 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released a new report finding that the Trump administration has left more than 46 million students in 27 states and territories without dedicated investigators to p more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders Announces Senate Votes to Block Arms Sales to Israel U.S. Senate 332 Dirksen Building, Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: 202-224-5141 Fax: 202-228-0776 *** Original text here: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-announces-senate-votes-to-block-arms-sales-to-israel/ more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders Statement on Trump's Firing of 10,000 HHS Workers WASHINGTON, March 27 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after Elon Musk and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced they would gut the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by recklessly firing 10,000 emplo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sen. Schiff Joins Sen. Blumenthal, Colleagues to Introduce Legislation to Protect Federal Whistleblowers Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in introducing legislation to strengthen protections for whistleblowers who share valuable oversight-related information with Congress. The Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act shiel more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sen. Schiff Leads Senate Colleagues in Condemning Trump's Illegal Attempt to Dismantle the Department of Education Resolution condemns any executive or congressional action to dismantle the Department of Education, highlights historical role of federal government in public education Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) led 18 of his Senate colleagues in introducin more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Cleaver Lead 100+ Democrats in Condemning HUD Field Office Cuts, Urging Reinstatement of Civil Servants San Francisco Regional Office among HUD offices rumored to be closing WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-Mo.-05) led more than 100 Democrats in the Senate and House in condemning staffing cuts and potential closures more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley, Warren, Markey, Lawmakers Demand Explanation for "Disturbing Arrest and Detention" of Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk Student seemingly arrested for her political views, lawmakers demand due process and answers Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) led over 30 lawmakers in writing to Secret more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Raskin, Durbin, House and Senate Democrats Urge Attorney General Bondi to Reverse Course on Unjustified Firings of Immigration Judges The unjustified firings come as immigration courts are already under immense pressure to adjudicate roughly 3.6 million backlogged cases, with further strains expected with Trump's mass deportation agenda WASHI more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Summer Lee Joins Over 30 Lawmakers Demanding Answers in "Disturbing Arrest and Detention" of Tufts University Student **For Immediate Release** SummerLeePress@mail.house.gov Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 28, 2025 -- Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12) joined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Sanders Statement on Trump's Firing of 10,000 HHS Workers WASHINGTON, March 27 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after Elon Musk and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced they would gut the U.S. Depart more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Schakowsky, Warren, Lawmakers Press Trump on Illegal FTC Firings, Demand Commissioners be Reinstated "These purported firings threaten the FTC's existence as an independent enforcement agency and pave the way for you to use the FTC as a tool for partisan retribution." Full Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky, Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Sub more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following floor remarks on March 25, 2025: * * * Mr. President, in the last couple of weeks, I have had the opportunity to travel in many parts of our country, and I have been able to talk to folks in Nebraska, in Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, Colorado, and Arizona. What I am hearing from in all of these States and, in fact, all over the country is that our Nation right now faces enormous crises-unprecedented crises in th more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Senate "Democracy For All" Constitutional Amendment Would Overturn Citizens United as Billionaire & Corporate SuperPACs Dominate Elections WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced a constitutional amendment to allow Congress and the States to set reasonable limits on campaign contributions and election spending. The Democracy for All Amendment would fight c more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Coons, colleagues press USDA to not take food away from food banks and hungry families WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and 24 of their colleagues demanded more information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture about the cancellation of previously approved emergency food assistance funding for food banks and other emergency food providers. The more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Renews Push to Overturn Citizens United Ruling, Rid American Elections of Dark Money and Excessive Corporate Campaign Spending (Washington, DC) - On the anniversary of the bipartisan McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act becoming law in 2002, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced a Constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United v. FEC deci more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Colleagues Press USDA to Not Take Food Away from Food Banks and Hungry Families (Washington, DC) -- U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for funding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Steven Horsford Embraces His Far Left Comrades Socialist Steven Horsford isn't even pretending anymore. He recently welcomed socialists Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez into his district--and won't stop bragging about it. Watch Horsford fully embrace socialism: "I was proud to invite them into my district." "Comrade Steven Horsford is all in with the socialist Democrats--sid more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on March 27, 2025: * * * Trump Leaves Over 46 Million Students Without Protection from Discrimination WASHINGTON, March 27 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released a new report finding that the Trump administration has left more than  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Pressley, Markey, Congressional Democrats Demand Explanation for "Disturbing Arrest and Detention" of Tufts University Student Student seemingly arrested for her political views, lawmakers demand due process and answers Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) led o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Schakowsky, Lawmakers Press Trump on Illegal FTC Firings, Demand Commissioners be Reinstated "These purported firings threaten the FTC's existence as an independent enforcement agency and pave the way for you to use the FTC as a tool for partisan retribution." Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-Il more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins Warren, Pressley, Markey, Congressional Democrats Demanding Explanation for "Disturbing Arrest and Detention" of Tufts University Student Student seemingly arrested for her political views, lawmakers demand due process and answers WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Senator Ed Markey  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Booker, Colleagues Introduce Honor Farmer Contracts Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week joined Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and 15 of his Democratic colleagues in introducing the Honor Farmer Contracts Act, legislation to release illegally withheld funding for all contracts and agreements previously entered into by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Pres more PR