WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following written testimony by Elliot Brandt, CEO of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on security assistance: * * * For Fiscal Year 2026, AIPAC urges the subcommittee's full support for $3.3 billion in security assistance for our strategic partner Israel, as set forth in the 2016 U.S.-Israel Memorand more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following written testimony by Better World Campaign President Peter Yeo from an April 2, 2025, outside witness hearing on foreign affairs funding in fiscal 2026: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of foreign affairs funding in FY2026. Let me begin by acknowledging Chairman Diaz-Balart's longstanding efforts to address severe acute maln more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer Statement on Budget Resolution Vote U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) released the following statement in response to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget Resolution: "The budget resolution that the Senate passed today is the next step to enact President Trump's agenda: keep taxes low for working families, secure the border, support our military, and unleash American energy. Now, the House mus more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper Votes Against Republicans' Budget Plan Republicans' national budget will increase prices for Coloradans, gut critical services, increase the deficit, and give tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy Republicans voted down Hickenlooper-led amendments to protect funding for Medicaid, Social Security WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper released the following statement after h more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono Introduces Amendments to Combat Republican Budget Resolution and Protect Working Families, Veterans, Seniors, and Students WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) introduced amendments to Senate Republicans' budget resolution, which would pay for trillions in tax cuts for billionaires by gutting federal programs that many Americans rely on, including Social Security, Medi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven Statement After Senate Passes Budget Resolution WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after the Senate passed a budget resolution that will serve as a blueprint for reconciliation legislation to enable Congress to provide permanent tax relief for the American people, find savings to get control of the debt and deficit, and invest in national defense, border securi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven, Colleagues Ask Trump to Permit the Nationwide, Year-Round Sale of E15 Fuel WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, joined colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter led by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asking President Trump to permit  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR BUDGET BLUEPRINT THAT IS KEY STEP TOWARD DELIVERING ON REPUBLICAN AGENDA Senate Passes Budget Resolution that Would Lead to Extending 2017 Trump Tax Cuts WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) early Saturday morning voted with the Senate to approve a FY2025 Budget Resolution that represents a key step toward delivering on a pro-growth Republican agen more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Ricketts Votes to Pass Budget Resolution that Secures the Border, Prevents a Tax Increase, Unleashes American Energy, and Restores American Strength WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after voting to pass the budget resolution last night on the Senate floor: "This budget resolution unlocks the reconc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Passes Budget Resolution Amendment Sets the Stage to Rebuild Military, Secure the Border, and Prevent $4 Trillion Tax Hike WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Senate passed its amendment to the budget resolution from the House of Representatives by a vote of 51 to 48. The amended resolution is a step toward making President Trump's 2017 tax cuts permanent, strengthening national defe more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Votes No on Republicans' Destructive Budget Senate Welch Votes No on GOP's Destructive Budget Senate Republicans rejected Welch-led amendment to help hardworking Vermonters WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance and Judiciary Committees and Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, voted against more PR