WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Wyden Call for Criminal Investigation into Evidence of Fraud by Promoters Affiliated with IRS Nominee Billy Long Former Congressman Billy Long, Trump Nominee for IRS Commissioner, Partnered with Promoters of Fraudulent "Tribal Tax Credits," Other Tax Scams Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Calls On Illinois Educators To Sounds The Alarm On For-Profit-Colleges April 15, 2025 Today's letter marks twelfth consecutive year Durbin has taken message about the risks of for-profit colleges directly to Illinois education professionals SPRINGFIELD - As high school seniors finalize their postsecondary education plans for the upcoming school year ahead of College Decision Day on  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Colleagues: Trump Administration Must Reverse Decision to Limit Americans' Access to Life-Saving Obesity Medications Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today led a group of Senators to urge the Trump Administration's U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make it easier for millions of Americans to access prescription anti-obesity medications known as GLP-1s 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 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following written testimony by Margaret B. Kwoka, a law professor at the Ohio State University from an April 8, 2025, hearing entitled "The Freedom of Information Act: Perspectives from Public Requesters": * * * Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to testify about the Freedom of Information Act from the perspective of public requesters more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 16, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Scott Demands RFK Jr. to Reinstate Staff who Set Federal Poverty Guidelines WASHINGTON - Today, House Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) expressed grave concern to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., following the Trump Administrati more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Scott Statement on Trump Directive to Pull Harvard's Tax-Exempt Status WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce released the following statement after reports that the Trump Administration asked the Internal Revenue Service to revoke Harvard University's ta more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Draft Budget Decimates Health Services, Surrenders Americans to Preventable Disease and Premature Death WASHINGTON -- House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement in response to the Trump administrati 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 17 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ways & Means Seeks Public Input on Tax-Exempt Organ Procurement Organizations: Potential Violations of Medicare Reimbursement Rules, Misallocation of Resources, and Abuses of U.S. Tax Law WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Ways and Means Committee has issued a public call for information as part of a Committee examination into whether Organ Procurement Organizatio more PR