WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Julia Brownley, D-California, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Brownley Statement on House Passage of the Republican Budget Resolution Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) issued the following statement on her vote against the House Republican budget resolution (H.Con.Res.14). "My Republican colleagues should be ashamed for advancing such a self-serving budget that continues to prioritize the interests of billionai more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Congresswoman Bynum Rejects Budget Proposal That Harms Oregon Families Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) released the following statement after voting against the Senate amended version of the Budget Proposal. In February, she also voted against H.Con.Res.14, the House Budget Proposal. "This is once again a trash budget that hurts Oregonians and I'm voti more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Congresswoman Maxine Waters Slams Trump & Musk Mission to Dismantle Social Security WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued the following statement as Donald Trump and Elon Musk dismantles the Social Security Administration's infrastructure: "Donald Trump claimed he would not cut Social Security. He's lying. The same gangster tactics Donald Trump  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on April 11, 2025: * * * House Democratic Health Leaders: Trump Admin ACA Marketplace Changes Will Raise Costs and Result in Two Million Americans Losing Health Care House Democratic Health Committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: SCHNEIDER JOINS DADS CAUCUS TO CALL OUT IMPACT OF TRUMP TARIFFS ON WORKING FAMILIES Rep. Schneider's full remarks can be watched here (link is external).WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) joined Congressional Dads Caucus Chair Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and fellow Dads Caucus Members Reps. Steven Horsford (NV-04), Shomari C. Figures (AL-07), Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), and De more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: SCHNEIDER PRESSES TRUMP TRADE ADVISOR ON TRADE WAR Click to watch (link is external) WASHINGTON - Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Ways & Means Committee, grilled U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at a Ways & Means Committee hearing on the Trump Administration's 2025 trade policy agenda. "Amb. Greer, yes or no: didn't Israel zero out all tariffs on US produc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Stefanik Joined The Chris Salcedo Show on Newsmax to Discuss Delivering on President Trump's America First Agenda in Congress Washington, D.C. - In case you missed it, House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik joined The Chris Salcedo Show on Newsmax. View highlights from the interview below. On Passing President Trump's One Big, Beautiful Budget Bill: "We have a once in a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, Thompson, Raskin, Escobar Call on Trump to End the Detention of Immigrant Families WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, Bennie Thompson (MS-02), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Veronica Escob more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * McIver Leads NJ Dems to Protect Education Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) led all New Jersey Democrats to demand that the Department of Education reverse course on their decision to strip $85.5 million in federal funding from 20 New Jersey school districts in a letter. "These funds were earmarked for vital capital improvements to ensure safe and healt more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy: Trump Is Dismantling Our Democracy. We Must Come Together And Act Before It's Too Late. WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to sound the alarm about Trump's coordinated effort to dismantle the pillars of American democracy. Murphy warned attacks on journalists, universities, lawyers, and the business community are eroding the institutions more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders, 30 Senate Colleagues Demand Trump Reinstate Workers Providing Critical Heating Assistance to Americans WASHINGTON, April 11 - After President Donald Trump and Elon Musk arbitrarily fired every worker in the office that helps working class families with children and seniors on fixed incomes stay warm in the winter and cool in the summer, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Delegation Denounces Trump Administration's Attacks on Humanities Funding Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today led his Democratic colleagues in the Oregon delegation--Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)--in slamming federal funding cuts at the National Endo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Delegation Denounces Trump Administration's Attacks on Humanities Funding Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today led his Democratic colleagues in the Oregon delegation--Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)--in slamming federal funding cuts at the National Endowme more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Pocan, Blumenthal Introduce Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Resolution WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced a resolution to recognize April 10 as National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. While HIV/AIDS affects people of all backgrounds, prevention is key for young people, who are the group of people living with  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Raskin, Jayapal, Thompson, Escobar Call on Trump to End the Detention of Immigrant Families WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, Bennie Thompson (MS-02), Ranking Membe more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Back Bill to Cut Taxes for Working Americans WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to target tax relief to workers, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today joined Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and 42 of their Senate colleagues in introducing the Tax Cut for Workers Act to give millions of working Americans a much-needed tax break. In stark contrast t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Rep. Adams Votes No on SNAP & Medicaid Cuts, Slashing Lifesaving Services for Americans WASHINGTON, DC--Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams Ph.D. (ND-12) voted against the disastrous GOP budget blueprint that will grow the deficit by $7 trillion, decimate Medicaid and SNAP, and worsen the cost-of-living crisis in the United States. "At a time when people are struggling to m more PR

EL PASO, Texas, April 12 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release on April 11, 2025: * * * Representatives Escobar, Jayapal, Thompson, Raskin Call on Trump to End the Detention of Immigrant Families Today, U.S. Representatives Veronica Escobar (TX-16); Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee; Bennie Thompson (MS-02), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security; and Jamie Raskin (MD-08), R more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Lee, Khanna, Tlaib Introduce Bill to Reinstate Key White House Ethics Rules **For Immediate Release** SummerLeePress@mail.house.gov Text of Bill WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 11, 2025 -- Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12), Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17), and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) introduced the Drain the Swamp Act, legislation to include bans on lobbying activities for former go more PR

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Sanders, 30 Senate Colleagues Demand Trump Reinstate Workers Providing Critical Heating Assistance to Americans WASHINGTON, April 11 - After President Donald Trump and Elon Musk arbitrarily fired every worker in the office that helps working class families with children and seniors on fixed incomes stay warm in the wint more PR

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 11, 2025: * * * Students' Access to SNAP Must be Improved with Increased Outreach Efforts from ED and USDA WASHINGTON - Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report on how many college students experiencing hunger are still not accessing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. In the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * WTAS: Whip Emmer Announces Stakeholder Support for the SAVE Act WASHINGTON - Today, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) announced key stakeholder support for H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, sponsored by Representative Chip Roy (R-Texas), which would secure our elections by requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration and t more PR