WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Shares Rhode Islander's Story to Defend Medicaid from Planned Republican Cuts WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01), a member of the House Budget Committee, once again slammed the latest Republican budget resolution, which threatens devastating cuts to critical programs. In his remarks, Amo spoke about the story of Al, a 74-year-old resident of East Providence who relies on Medica more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Boyle, Pallone, Craig, Casar, Schneider, Correa Lead Fight Against Draconian Republican Cuts to Medicaid and Food Assistance WASHINGTON, DC - As Republicans push a far-right budget that hands $7 trillion in giveaways to billionaires and big corporations, leading Democrats introduced legislation to block the extreme and unprecedented cuts to Medicai more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Chairman Arrington Urges Colleagues to Unlock Reconciliation Process in Rules Committee Testimony WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) testified before the House Rules Committee, where he championed the importance of adhering to the blueprint established in the House-passed budget resolution once more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Guthrie, First Lady Melania Trump, Chairman Bilirakis Join Advocates in Celebrating Committee Passage of TAKE IT DOWN Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, along with advocates for the TAKE IT DOWN Act, issued the following statements of support after the bill was reported out of Committee by a vote of 49  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Wicker Leads SASC Hearing on Senior National Security Nominations WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today chaired a hearing examining nominees for several senior positions at the Department of Defense and one at the Department of Energy. During his opening remarks, Chairman Wicker underscored the significant responsibi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Committee Advances Slate of Legislation Improving Management and Oversight of America's Natural Resources Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a full committee markup and favorably reported nine bills. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in respons more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Energy and Environment Lawmakers Lead Bicameral Letter Signed by 180 Members of Congress to Oppose EPA's Wholesale Assault on Environmental and Public Health Protections The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko and  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Congressional Energy and Environment Lawmakers Lead Bicameral Letter Signed by 180 Members of Congress to Oppose EPA's Wholesale Assault on Environmental and Public Health Protections Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Publ more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Rogers Applauds President Trump's Executive Orders to Revive America's Coal Industry WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) applauds President Donald J. Trump's Executive Orders to Unleash American Energy by reinvigorating "America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry." The orders prioritize coal leasing on Federal lands by ending an active leasing moratorium. It also designa more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Reintroduces Bill to Protect the Ruby Mountains from Oil and Gas Drilling Pushed by the Trump Administration Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) reintroduced her legislation to expand protections for and prohibit oil and gas development in Nevada's beautiful and pristine Ruby Mountains. Her reintroduction of the Ruby Mountains Protection Act fo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Craig, Boyle, Pallone, Casar, Schneider, Correa Lead Fight Against Draconian Republican Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid Leading Democrats Introduce the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act As Republicans push a far-right budget that hands $7 trillion in giveaways to billionaires and big corporations, leading Democrats introduced legislation to block the extr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Cramer Statement on President Trump Signing Coal Executive Orders ***Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement following President Trump signing executive orders relating to coal mining and coal powered electricity production: "It was a really good day for American energy. These executive orders that President Trump signed to more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Sheehy Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act Passes Senate WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) announced that their Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025, legislation to strengthen the aerial wildfire suppression fleet and better combat the year-round threat  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven: President Signs Executive Orders to Strengthen Access to Affordable, Reliable Baseload Electricity Senator at White House for EO Signing, Working to Secure Future of Coal in Support of U.S. Energy Dominance ***Click for video and audio.*** WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today joined President Donald Trump at the White House as he signed executive orders to strengthen access to the a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI--Hagerty Joins Mornings With Maria on Fox Business to Discuss Tariffs, Budget Resolution WASHINGTON --United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations, Banking, and Foreign Relations Committees and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, today joined Mornings With Maria on Fox Business to discuss the Senate-passed budget resolution being considered by the U.S. House o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Boyle, Pallone, Craig, Casar, Schneider, Correa Lead Fight Against Draconian Republican Cuts to Medicaid and Food Assistance As Republicans push a far-right budget that hands $7 trillion in giveaways to billionaires and big corporations, leading Democrats introduced legislation to block the extreme and unprecedented cuts to Me more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following testimony by Erin Mote, CEO of InnovateEDU and EDSAFE AI Alliance, from an April 1, 2025, hearing entitled "From Chalkboards to Chatbots: The Impact of AI on K-12 Education": * * * Artificial intelligence (AI) is an arrival technology. Arrival technologies--like electricity, social media, or the internet--are massively disruptive and rapidly resha more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following testimony by Bethany Lilly, executive director of policy and research at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, from an April 2, 2025, hearing entitled "A Healthy Workforce: Expanding Access and Affordability in Employer-Sponsored Health Care": * * * Thank you, Chairman Walberg, Ranking Member Scott, Chairman Allen, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and Members of the Su more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Lummis Praises President Trump's Pro-Coal Executive Order Washington, D.C. -- Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement today applauding President Trump's pro-coal executive order. "I am thrilled that President Trump is reversing the failed energy policies of the Biden administration and officially lifting this ridiculous moratorium on federal coal leasing," said Lummis. " more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * MATSUI, SEEC, ENVIRONMENT LAWMAKERS LEAD BICAMERAL LETTER SIGNED TO OPPOSE EPA'S WHOLESALE ASSAULT ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTIONS WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Doris Matsui, Co-Chair of House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), along with Co-Chairs Reps. Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell Supports Trump's Executive Order on Coal WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding President Donald Trump's signing of an executive order to revitalize the coal industry: "Today's executive order supporting coal-fired power plants will begin to roll back years of Obama-Biden regulatory overreach tha more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller's Statement on the White House Executive Order Ceremony to Strengthen America's Coal Industry Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV), Co-Chair of the Congressional Coal Caucus, joined President Donald Trump at the White House for the signing of a series of executive orders to bolster America's coal industry and released the following statement. "I was honored to jo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Pallone: Republicans Appear to be Purposefully Trying to Lose the AI Race to China Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Full Committee hearing "Converting Energy into Intelligence: the Future of AI Technology, Human Discovery, and American more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * PHOTOS: Capito Celebrates Coal Industry at the White House with President Trump WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today joined President Donald J. Trump at the White House as he signed Executive Orders to support the coal industry and unleash American energy. Senator Capito released the below statement following the event: "Not only does coal keep the ligh more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs released the following testimony by Tyson Slocum, Energy Program director at Public Citizen, from an April 1, 2025, hearing entitled "America's AI Moonshot: The Economics of AI, Data Centers and Power Consumption": * * * I am Tyson Slocum, and I direct the Energy Program at Public Citizen. Public Citizen is a national public interest advocacy organization with more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Risch Bill to Protect Critical Mineral Mining Passes Energy Committee Committee also advances President Trump's nominees WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch's (R-Idaho) legislation to bolster critical mineral production passed the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Senator Risch also voted to support President Trump's nominees for the Deputy Secretary of Interior, Katherine  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen Helps Reintroduce Bill to Protect the Ruby Mountains from Oil and Gas Drilling Pushed by the Trump Administration WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) in reintroducing legislation to expand protections for and prohibit oil and gas development in Nevada's beautiful and pristine Ruby Mountains. Their reintroduction of the Ruby Mountains Prote more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER DEMANDS FEMA IMMEDIATELY REVERSE DEVASTATING $300+ MILLION CUT FOR DISASTER PREPARDNESS, FLOOD MITIGATION & INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES ACROSS NEW YORK TO ENSURE CONSTRUCTION CAN CONTINUE & TO... Last Week FEMA Announced It Will Eliminate The Building Resilient Infrastructure And Communities (BRIC), Cutting Projects Across NY; BRIC Was Set To Provide $325M For NYS  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Sen. Cruz: Arielle Roth Will Pursue a Win-Win Solution on Spectrum WASHINGTON, D.C. - In his opening statement at today's Senate Commerce Committee executive session, Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reiterated his support for Arielle Roth's nomination to lead the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ( more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works Democrats, SEEC, House Energy & Commerce Democrats Lead Colleagues in Sounding Alarm on EPA's Wholesale Assault on Environmental Protections Washington, D.C. - Today, environmental champions in the House and Senate--including Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Rank more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Blasts Trump's Coal Executive Orders Washington (April 8, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today released the following statement after President Trump signed four executive orders to boost the dying coal industry. "Just like Trump, coal is outdated, costly, and dangerous," said Senator Markey. " Coal is the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * The Leader's Floor Lookout: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Here's what to watch for on the House Floor today: Outlining One Big, Beautiful Bill to Pass President Trump's Agenda and Deliver for Americans In the reconciliation process, there are two main steps: 1) passing the budget resolution that unlocks the committees' ability to develop legislation that meets certain objectives,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune Joins Sean Hannity on Fox News Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) joined Sean Hannity on Fox News. On the Senate's first 100 days of the 119th Congress: "We did get the president's Cabinet in place, the fastest rate in 20 years. We were in session for 10 consecutive weeks, for the first time in 15 years. And today, we have cast  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Weekly Round[s] Up: March 31-April 6, 2025 We had another busy week out in Washington! We continue to meet with representatives from South Dakota organizations who travel to DC, as well as nominees for positions within the executive branch. We also held another "vote-a-rama" on Friday night into early Saturday morning on a budget resolution. This version includes an extension of the 2017 Tax Cuts more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Slams Trump's Executive Order as Cost-Raising Giveaway to Big Oil, Assault on State Sovereignty Washington, D.C.--Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement about President Trump's latest Executive Order, "Prote more PR