WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * CBO: Republican Medicaid Proposals Cut Benefits and Kick People off Health Coverage Analysis Shows All Savings from Republican Cuts Come from Benefit Cuts, Terminating Health Coverage, and Payment Cuts for Doctors, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Home Care Providers--Not "Waste, Fraud, and Abuse" Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member R more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * CBO: Republican Medicaid Proposals Cut Benefits and Kick People off Health Coverage Analysis Shows All Savings from Republican Cuts Come from Benefit Cuts, Terminating Health Coverage, and Payment Cuts for Doctors, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Home Care Providers--Not "Waste, Fraud, and Abuse" Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron W more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on May 7, 2025: * * * Chairman Hill: We Should All Be Pleased That Treasury Has A Leader Who Has Signaled That He Will Take IFI Issues More Seriously House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (AR-02) delivered remarks at today's hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Read Chairman Hill's opening remarks as prepared for delivery: "I wa more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on May 7, 2025: * * * Chairmen Green, Pfluger Applaud House Passage of Legislation Combating CCP's Infiltration of American Campuses WASHINGTON D.C. --Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) applauded the House's passage of H.R. 881, the "DHS Restric more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSMAN JOE MORELLE AUTHORS LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT TEACHERS, PUT MORE STUDENTS ON PATH TO SUCCESS (Washington, D.C.)--Today, in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week (link is external), Congressman Joe Morelle introduced legislation to strengthen resources for teachers and help maximize student potential. Morelle's Developing and Advancing Innovative Learning Models Act would create a federal inves more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Webster Votes to Pass Bill Protecting U.S. Education from Chinese Influence Washington, D.C. -- Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, released the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 881, the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act, which restricts funding to American universities that have ties to Confucius Institutes and other mal more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin In Spotlight Forum: We Need The Department Of Education May 06, 2025 In a spotlight forum focusing on the Trump Administration's efforts to destroy the Department of Education, Durbin highlights the agency's role in providing equitable educational opportunities to students WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today participated in a spotlight forum entitled "Aban more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Elfreth Pushes Back on Cuts to PBS "I will be fighting for viewers like you" WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) paid tribute to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on the House floor and pushed back on the Trump Administration's Executive Order to cut funding to public media. "Mr. Speaker, you would be hard pressed to find a person in America whose childhood wasn't prof more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Statement on President Trump's 2026 Budget Request Heinrich and Lujan: "Donald Trump and Elon Musk's budget will further tank the economy and throw working families under the bus. As New Mexico's senators, we'll fight back" WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) released the foll more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Boyle, Local Leaders Sound Alarm on Trump's Elimination of AmeriCorps Funding and Its Impact on Philadelphia Youth PHILADELPHIA, PA - Yesterday, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) joined local education leaders to denounce the Trump Administration's elimination of AmeriCorps funding--cuts that threaten critical education and youth development programs across Philadelphia. At the press  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * NH Delegation Press Trump Administration on Revoked Student Visas The New Hampshire Congressional delegation is pressing the Trump administration to reconsider recent decisions to revoke student visas for international students studying at New Hampshire colleges and universities. In their letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rub more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on May 7, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Scott Delivers Opening Statement at 8th Hearing on Campus Antisemitism WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) delivered the following remarks at today's full committee hearing entitled "Beyond the Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses." "Thank you, Mr. Ch more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. J. Luis Correa, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * REPS. CORREA, GOLDMAN LEAD CALL FOR INCREASED FUNDING TO TACKLE IMMIGRATION BACKLOG IN WAKE OF DOGE CUTS WASHINGTON -- Today, Representatives Lou Correa (CA-46) and Dan Goldman (NY-10) led 113 of their colleagues in a letter to Appropriations Committee leadership requesting $700 million for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to address the historic immigration backlog in th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senators Tina Smith, Amy Klobuchar Press Forest Service on Boundary Waters Visitor Permit Disruptions WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar (both D-MN) are pressing the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) over recent reporting about dramatic staffing and budget cuts at USFS that will negatively impact local economies across Minnesota and make it more difficult for visitors to  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Announces Senate Forum on Trump's Attacks on Education Access, Invites Secretary McMahon to Defend Actions Spotlight forum entitled "Stealing the American Dream: How Trump and Republicans Are Raising Education Costs for Families." Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Commi more PR