WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by Angela K. Rachidi, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "The Power of Work: Expanding Opportunity Through SNAP." SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. * * * Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Craig, and members of the Agriculture Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify on this important issue. My name is Angela Rachidi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following written testimony by Chris Brummer, professor of financial technology at Georgetown University and CEO of Bluprynt, from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: On-Chain Tools for an Off-Chain World": * * * Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Davis, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting me to  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Brown Statement on Student Visa Revocations at Ohio Universities Cleveland, OH - Following reports that international students attending universities in Ohio and across the country have had their visas revoked by the Trump Administration, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) releases the following statement: "I am alarmed by the Trump Administration's concerted and heavy-handed effort to revoke stude more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12967) on April 15, 2025, by foreign affairs analyst Kosi Ogbuli. Here are excerpts: * * * Cameroon Cameroon is a diverse, resource-rich, majority Francophone country bordering the Gulf of Guinea. Its strategic location and ports (Douala, Kribi) make it an economic conduit for Central Africa, connecting landlocked nations like Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) to Atlantic tra more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell Joins WA Small Business Owners at Port of Seattle to Explain Harms of Trump Trade Wars 04.16.25 Trump's chaotic tariffs drive up costs for local companies and threatens to put them out of business; "Congress needs to get back in the game," says Cantwell; her bipartisan bill would reassert Congressional role in U.S. trade policy SEATTLE - Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), r more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Capitol Hill Report, 04-16-2025 Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE. Topics include: State-led Education, Protecting Social Security, Iowa's Economy, Tariffs, Term Limits and Lowering Medication Costs. *** Original text here: https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/capitol-hill-report-04-16-2025 more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by Center for Employment Opportunities CEO Sam Schaeffer from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "The Power of Work: Expanding Opportunity Through SNAP." SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. * * * Good morning Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Craig, and members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the value of SNAP Employment and Training, or "SNAP E&T", and how  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Chairmen Cruz and Babin Lead State Delegation in Support of Relocating NASA HQ to Texas WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Brian Babin (R-Texas-36) led a bicameral coalition of federal lawmakers representing Texas communities in sending a letter to President Trump more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following report on April 14, 2025, entitled "Plans for 2025 and a Review of 2024:" * * * At a Glance Transparency is a top priority for the Congressional Budget Office, and the agency continues to bolster its efforts to be transparent. Those efforts are intended to promote a thorough understanding of CBO's work, help people gauge how estimates might change if policies or circumstances differed, and enhance the credib more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following report on April 14, 2025, entitled "Plans for 2025 and a Review of 2024:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * A Review of CBO's Transparency Efforts in 2024 In 2024, CBO's publications - including reports, working papers, presentations, interactive tools, data sets, and computer code - contributed to transparency activities that can be grouped into 10 categories. Testifying and Publishing Answers to Questio more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Mfume Joins Maryland Democratic Delegation in Pushing Sec. Kennedy for Answers on Disastrous Mass Layoffs WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Kweisi Mfume joined the Maryland Democratic Delegation - U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, Senator Angela Alsobrooks and Representatives Steny Hoyer, Jamie Raskin, Glenn Ivey, Sarah Elfreth, April McClain Delaney, and Johnny Olszewski (all D-Md.) - in expre more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Gwen Moore Statement on the Revocation of Student Visas at UW-Milwaukee "I am deeply alarmed by the revocation of student visas for several international students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and nationwide. Students and faculty have been left in the dark, with no clear explanation from the Trump Administration regarding the reasons behind these sudden and disruptive action more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Tenney Reintroduces Legislation to Counteract the Anti-Semitic BDS Movement Washington, DC - Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today, alongside Congressman Jared Moskowitz (FL-23), reintroduced the Countering Hate Against Israel by Federal Contractors Act to ban the federal government from entering into contracts with entities that support the radical, anti-Semitic BDS movement t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following testimony by Bill Hughes, senior counsel and director of global regulatory matters at Consensys Software Inc., from an April 9, 2025, hearing entitled "American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: On-Chain Tools for an Off-Chain World": * * * Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Davis, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I thank you for th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Small Businesses Highlight Devastating Impacts of Sweeping Tariffs ***VIDEO AVAILABLE Video download is available here. Las Vegas, Nev. - Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) highlighted the devastating impacts the chaos of the Trump Administration's tariffs have had on the cost of operating small businesses and on the American economy itself. President Donal more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Senate Democrats To Warn Americans About Republicans Cutting SNAP Benefits To Give Tax Breaks To Billionaires April 15, 2025 In an open letter to the American public, Senate Democrats emphasize that Republicans' plan to give tax breaks to billionaires will decimate funding for SNAP WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Co more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Higgins, Carter Introduce Legislation to Combat Contaminated Seafood WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) introduced H.R. 2715, the Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act, which grants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to destroy imported products that pose a significant public health concern. This legislation would ensure tha more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, released the following opening statement from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "The Power of Work: Expanding Opportunity Through SNAP." SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. * * * Good morning, and welcome to today's hearing on the relationship between the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, and employment. Thank you to our witnesses for sharing their time, more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Joins Alsobrooks, Maryland Democratic Delegation in Pushing Sec. Kennedy for Answers on Disastrous Mass Layoffs WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) with the Maryland Democratic Delegation - U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Representatives Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), Sarah more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Kaptur, Murray Call on Energy Department to Reverse New Indirect Cost Cap That Will Gut Funding for Cutting-Edge Research Toledo, Ohio -- Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Convenes Roundtable Discussion on Tariffs with Business Leaders and Tours Veterans Integration Center Albuquerque, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, held a roundtable discussion with business leaders and workers on President Trump's reckless tariffs and its impacts on the New Mexico economy at the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Leger Fernandez Lead New Mexico Delegation in Reintroduction of Legislation to Permanently Protect Chaco Canyon New Mexico Delegation Moves to Protect Sacred Site for Years and Generations to Come Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasq more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden Join Senate Democrats to Warn About Republicans Raising Food Costs to Give Tax Breaks to Billionaires Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, Ranking Members of the Senate Budget and Finance Committees, respectively, joined their colleagues in sending an open letter to the American public warning that Congressional Republicans are trying to take food away  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, 27 Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Expand Childcare Relief To Families WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 27 of their Senate colleagues in introducing the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act, legislation to help more working families cover a greater share of the high cost of childcare. The sena more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, Courtney, DeLauro, Hayes, 171 Colleagues Introduce Bicameral Legislation To Raise Minimum Wage To $17 By 2030, Benefitting Nearly 22 Million Americans WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Rosa D more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Jay Karen, CEO of the National Golf Course Owners Association, from an April 10, 2025, hearing entitled "If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock?": * * * Thank you, Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell and members of the Committee for allowing me to enter testimony on behalf of the members of the National Golf Course Owners Association. I sincerely appreciate the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following testimony by Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, a professor of human development and social policy at the Northwestern University, from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "The Power of Work: Expanding Opportunity Through SNAP." SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. * * * Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Craig, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today at this  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following written testimony by Oversight Project President Mike Howell from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "The Freedom of Information Act: Perspectives from Public Requesters": * * * Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify about our experiences as frequent requestors for government records under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). My name is Mike Ho more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10644) on April 15, 2025, by Middle Eastern affairs specialist Jim Zanotti. Here are excerpts: * * * The Palestinians: Overview, Aid, and U.S. Policy Issues The Palestinians are an Arab people whose origins are in present-day Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. The October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel - led by the Iran-backed Sunni Islamist group Hamas (a U.S.-designated foreign  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Pallone Leads NJ Democrats in Urging Trump's Commerce Secretary to Stop NOAA Cuts In letter, Democratic members sound alarm on NOAA's weakened capability ahead of Hurricane Season WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today led the New Jersey Democratic Congressional Delegation in a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick demanding stable Fiscal Year 2026 funding an more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas, Goodlander Highlight Impact of Trump's Tariffs on Small Businesses, Call on Administration to Reverse Course Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a small business owner, and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), a member of the Small Business Committee, are highlighting the impact President Trump's widespread, indiscriminate tariffs will have on New Hampshire's small business community more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, ranking member of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on April 16, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Velazquez Leads House Democrats in Urging Trump Admin to Protect Small Businesses from Tariff Chaos Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee, led 68 House Democrats in calling on the Trump administration to protect small businesses from the fallout more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Raises Concerns About Defense Supply Chain Impacts of Administration's Trade War, Demands Swift Response from Secretary Hegseth (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a top member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth detailing her concerns  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Executive Order Targets Multiple Markey Energy and Climate Protections, Calls for Sunsetting of Critical Regulations Boston (April 16, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-Chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force, released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling fo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The House Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, commander of the U.S. European Command, from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in Europe": * * * Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Smith, and distinguished members of the House Armed Services Committee, as the Commander, U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) it is my distinct honor to testify before you again on behalf of ou more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar, Tina Smith Press Trump Administration Not to Close Baudette Agricultural Field Office MINNEAPOLIS, MN - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Tina Smith (D-MN) pressed the Trump Administration not to close the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Field Office in Baudette, MN. The Baudette field office  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Karin Johnson, a professor of neurology at the University of Massachusetts, from an April 10, 2025, hearing entitled "If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock?": * * * Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and Distinguished Members of the Senate: My name is Dr. Karin Johnson. I am a practicing sleep medicine specialist and neurologist at UMASS Chan School of Medic more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Wicker, Colleagues Send Letter Calling for Reform to Biden AI Diffusion Rule WASHINGTON - Last week, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) joined Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) in sending a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick regarding the Biden administration's AI Diffusion Rule (AIDR). The letter highlights the need to withdraw Biden's overly obstructive rule and propose an alternative before more PR