WASHINGTON, April 7 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview - Week of April 7, 2025 Here's what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week: Agriculture On Tuesday, April 8, the Committee on Agriculture will hold a full committee hearing called "The Power of Work: Expanding Opportunity through SNAP." On Wednesday, April 9, the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Haye and Markey Announce Bill of Rights for Paraprofessionals and Education Support Staff WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) announced the reintroduction of the Paraprofessionals and Education Support Staff Bill of Rights, a resolution calling for dignified wages, benefits, and working conditions for paraeducators, classroom assistants, b more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Join Senate Democrats in Demanding Trump Rescind Illegal Executive Order Threatening Federal Employee Collective Bargaining Agreements Washington, D.C. - Wednesday, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in urging President Donald Trump to rescind his March 27 executive order to end collective bargaining agreeme more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Rep. Omar Speaks at Hands Off! People's Veto Rally in Washington D.C. WASHINGTON- On Saturday, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) spoke at the Hands Off! People's Veto Rally at the National Mall in Washington D.C. Rep. Ilhan Omar called out the chaos, corruption, and callousness of the Trump Administration. She emphasized the importance of fighting and defending our democracy and upholding our Constitut more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Senator King Warns of a "Five-Alarm Fire" in Interview with The Washington Post WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) sat down with Patrick Svitek of The Washington Post in an interview to discuss the unprecedented, unconstitutional overstep from President Trump's Administration and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). During the interview -- which comes duri more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Padilla, Warnock Lead Group Demanding Reversal of Mass Firings of Head Start, Office of Child Care Employees Lujan and Warnock are the only two Head Start alumni to serve in the U.S. Senate Senators to Secretary Kennedy: "The termination of staff is alarming and will compound the challenges already facing these programs and services...with no clear planning nor considerations for how ear more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton Joined by North Shore CAP Agency Leaders to Call for Answers in the Wake of DOGE Firings to LIHEAP and Head Start Personnel Salem, Mass. - In the wake of this week's DOGE firings of Boston-based personnel that administer critical services like fuel assistance and early childhood education, Congressman Seth Moulton held a press conference with North Shore community leaders and constituen more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Murray, Sanders, DeLauro, Scott, Baldwin Demand McMahon Reverse Abrupt Policy Change Halting Funding for Schools Nationwide Top appropriators and authorizers press Trump's Department of Education for details about its' abrupt halt of funding for state governments and school districts that adds a bureaucratic hurdle to reimbursement and will harm student recovery following the pandemic Washington more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * New Hampshire Congressional Delegation Calls on Secretary Kennedy to Restore $80 Million in Federal Funding to Address Substance Use and Mental Health Crises (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Ed more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * New Hampshire Congressional Delegation Calls on Secretary Kennedy to Restore $80 Million in Federal Funding to Address Substance Use and Mental Health Crises (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Edu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. McBride Visits Lewes Public Library, Condemns Trump Administration's Illegal Dismantling of Federal Library Funding Lewes, DE - Today, Delaware's Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-Del.) visited the Lewes Public Library to highlight the devastating impact of the Trump Administration's illegal move to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the independent agency responsible  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on April 7, 2025: * * * Rep. Tokuda Leads Bipartisan Effort to Protect Labor Rights of DoD Educators Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) led 44 bipartisan Members of Congress in urging the Secretary of Defense to protect the collective bargaining rights of educators and educational support staff at the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA). The letter requests that the Secre more PR

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz Statement On Voting Against Senate Budget Resolution WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) released the following statement after voting against the Republican Senate budget resolution. "Tonight, Senate Republicans voted to give even more money to billionaires while slashing programs that help regular people get by--things like Medicaid, food assistance, and education. Working f more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner & Kaine Join Colleagues in Letter Emphasizing Immense Harm Shuttering Department of Education will have on Students with Disabilities WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, (both D-VA) joined 19 of their senate colleagues in writing to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to emphasize the detrime more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins Schiff, Raskin for Bicameral Spotlight Hearing on the Trump Administration's Attacks on the Rule of Law WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, today joined U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, for a bi more PR