WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Senate Leaders Urge Reversal of Course on LIHEAP Staffing Cuts Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jack Reed (D-RI), Susan Collins (R-ME), and ten of their Senate colleagues who are LIHEAP champions sent a letter urging the Trump Administration to reverse course on the recent reported elimination of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) staff at more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Chairmen Guthrie, Bilirakis, and Hudson Issue Statement on Extension of TikTok's Divestiture Deadline WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, and Congress more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Recap - Week of March 31, 2025 Here's a recap of key moments from House Republican committees during the week: Appropriations On Tuesday, April 1, the Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Agencies held a Member Day hearing. Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Progra more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Cramer, Thune, Durbin Ask President Trump to Permit Nationwide, Year-Round Sale of E15 Fuel WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues, led by U.S. Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), in sending a letter to President Donald Trump requesting the year-round sale of E15 fuel. Specifically, the letter asked President Trump to us more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following written testimony by Jonathan Turley, a professor of public interest law at the George Washington University, from a March 25, 2025, hearing entitled "The Censorship Industrial Complex": * * * Chairman Schmitt, ranking member Welch, members of the Subcommittee, my name is Jonathan Turley. I am a law professor at George Washington University, where I hold the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Chair of  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden slams GOP budget priorities as fiscally irresponsible plan to juice elites at expense of working families WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement regarding the House and Senate GOP's budget plans, following a vote Thursday to advance a harmful budget resolution through the Senate: "Americans should be furious that the Senate GOP has picked up where their more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff, Whitehouse Welcome Senate Parliamentarian's Reaffirmation That California's Clean Air Act Waivers Not Subject to Congressional Review Act WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, welcomed the Senate parliamentarian's decision that Californ more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Pallone at Town Hall: When Constituents Speak Up, Change Happens METUCHEN, NJ - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) hosted a town hall at Metuchen High School tonight, where 100s of constituents turned out to speak up about runaway cost inflation, health care cuts, and the Trump administration's mounting attacks on essential government programs. Pallone, the top Democrat on the House Ene more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on April 3, 2025: * * * FACT SHEET: Trump Imperils Program to Help Working Americans Heat and Cool Their Homes Trump and RFK Jr. fired entire staff running LIHEAP--putting program that helps 6 million American households heat and cool their homes in grave jeopardy $378 million due to go out to help Americans avoid sweltering heat this summer now at risk more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * STATEMENT: Whitehouse, Padilla, Schiff on Senate Parliamentarian Reaffirming California's Clean Air Act Waivers Not Subject to CRA Washington, D.C. -- In response to the Senate parliamentarian reaffirming that California's Clean Air Act waivers are not subject to the Congressional Review Act, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, an more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * To Improve Republican Budget Resolution, Shaheen Offers Dozens of Amendments that Would Lower Health Care Costs, Shield Families and Businesses from Rising Prices, Keep Americans Safe and Secure (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a top member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Armed Services Committees and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, w more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Files Budget Amendments to Help Hardworking Vermonters Welch filed 61 amendments to the budget WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, filed 61 amendments to Senate Republicans' budget plan. The Senator's amendments aim to help working famil more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Republicans Are Working Together To Implement President Trump's Agenda * President Donald J. Trump: "The Senate Budget plan gives us the tools that we need to get our shared priorities done, including certain PERMANENT Tax Cuts, Spending Cuts, Energy, Historic Investments in Defense, Border and much more. We are going to cut Spen more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Padilla, Schiff on Senate Parliamentarian Reaffirming California's Clean Air Act Waivers Not Subject to CRA Washington, D.C.--In response to the Senate parliamentarian reaffirming that California's Clean Air Act waivers are not subject to the Congressional Review Act, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranki more PR