WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Catherine Jereza, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Energy for electricity, from a May 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished members of the committee. It is a true honor to be here, and I want to thank President Trump and Energy Secretary Wright for the trust they have placed in me with this nomination more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Kyle Haustveit, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Energy for fossil energy, from a May 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am deeply honored to be considered for the role of Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy at the U.S. Dep more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Gary Andres, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Health and Human Services for legislation, from a May 6, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Chairman Crapo and Ranking Member Wyden, for inviting me to appear before the Committee today. I want to express my gratitude to President Trump for nominating me to this vital role. I also want to extend my appreciation to Secretary Kenne more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Julia Brownley, D-California, issued the following news release on May 8, 2025: * * * Brownley and House Natural Resources Democrats Reject Republicans' Plan to Sacrifice our Public Lands, Waters and Wildlife for Billionaire Tax Cuts Washington, DC - On Tuesday, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (CA-26) and House Natural Resources Committee Democrats rejected House Republicans' plan to sell off our lands, waters, and wildlife to fund tax cuts for billionaires in the Comm more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on May 9, 2025: * * * Burlison Joins Push to Scrap Biden's $1 Trillion Energy Scam WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representative Eric Burlison (MO-07) joined fellow House Republicans in calling for the full repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) costly green energy subsidies. In a letter sent to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, the lawmakers warned that keeping even a single subsidy u more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Discusses Bringing Medicine Manufacturing to Northwest Louisiana SHREVEPORT - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today visited the facility on Line Avenue in Shreveport that was once owned by Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. He spoke with officials from the North Louisiana Economic Partnership (NLEP) and Louisiana Economic Development (LED) on what they're doing to find new ownership for the fac more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on May 9, 2025: * * * Chairman Guthrie Announces Full Committee Markup of Budget Reconciliation Text WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, announced a Full Committee Markup of the Committee's budget reconciliation text. "Through the reconciliation process, the Committee on Ener more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on May 9, 2025: * * * Chairman Guthrie Applauds Signing of Legislation to Stop Harmful Regulations on Small Businesses and American Families WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed H.J. Res. 20, H.J. Res. 24, H.J. more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Recap - Week of May 5, 2025 Here's a recap of key moments from House Republican committees during the week: Agriculture On Tuesday, May 6, the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development and the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence held a joint heari more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Bice Applauds President Trump's Signing of Her Legislation to Overturn Burdensome Refrigeration Regulations Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Bice joined President Donald J. Trump at the White House as he signed her legislation H.J.Resolution 24, into law. The resolution permanently nullifies restrictive Biden-era regulations on walk-in coolers and freezers, which placed signific more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * During National Small Business Week, Ranking Member Markey Convenes Field Hearing, Releases Report Detailing Trump Assault on Small Businesses and the Clean Energy Economy REPORT: Pulling the Plug: How Trump's Attacks on Clean Energy Could Turn out the Lights for Small Business Boston (May 9, 2025) - During National Small Business Week, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee R more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * During National Small Business Week, Ranking Member Markey Convenes Field Hearing, Releases Report Detailing Trump Assault on Small Businesses and the Clean Energy Economy REPORT: Pulling the Plug: How Trump's Attacks on Clean Energy Could Turn out the Lights for Small Business (Boston, May 9) - During National Sma more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham, Cotton, Britt Introduce Resolution Outlining Acceptable Outcome of U.S. Negotiations with Iran on its Nuclear Program WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Katie Britt (R-Alabama) today introduced a resolution affirming the acceptable outcome of the United States' negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear program. Earlier in the d more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on May 8, 2025: * * * Heinrich Opening Statement on Hearing to Advance Nominations for Department of Energy WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, voted to support three of four nominations during a business meeting before the Committee. Heinrich vo more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Questions Trump Nominee on the Interior Department's Failure to Unfreeze Federal Funding & Adhere to Court Rulings, Complying with the Law, and Permitting Reform WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, questioned the U.S. Department of th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven: Energy Committee Advances Andrea Travnicek's Nomination to Full Senate WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee has approved Dr. Andrea Travnicek's nomination to serve as Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the U.S. Department of the Interior, sending her nomination to the full Senate for approval. "The Senate E more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by William Lassiter Doffermyre, President Trump's nominee to be solicitor of the Interior Department, from a May 8, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished members of the Committee: It is an honor and privilege to appear here today as President Trump's nominee to serve as Solicitor of the United States Department of the Interior. Before I b more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * MATSUI STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S EFFORT TO ROLL BACK DIGITAL EQUITY FUNDING WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, released the following statement in response to President Trump's announcement that he would immediately end Digital Equity Act grant funding. "President Trump is once a more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Neal, Pallone, Wyden Release Latest CBO Estimates Showing Millions Will Lose Coverage from Republican ACA Gutting WASHINGTON, DC-- House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) r more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on May 9, 2025: * * * Neal, Pallone, Wyden Release Latest CBO Estimates Showing Millions Will Lose Coverage from Republican ACA Gutting House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on May 9, 2025: * * * Pallone and Schakowsky Blast Illegal Attempts to Fire Consumer Product Safety Commissioners Top E&C Democrats Rebuke Trump's Willingness to Jeopardize Consumer Product Safety by Seeking to Strip the Consumer Product Safety Commission of its Bipartisan Independent Leadership Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member F more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Craig Goldman, R-Texas, issued the following news release on May 9, 2025: * * * President Trump Signs Rep. Goldman's Bill to Repeal Costly Energy Regulations Featured Image WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congressman Craig Goldman (R-TX) released the following statement. "I'm honored to have been in the Oval Office today to witness President Trump sign H.J. Res. 75 into law. This bill will help lower the cost of living for Americans across the nation. H.J. Res. 75, which more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, issued the following news release on May 8, 2025: * * * Rep. Maloy: Utah is eager to be part of energy solutions Washington, D.C. -- Yesterday, Congresswoman Celeste Maloy (UT-02) questioned Energy Secretary Chris Wright on how the department is working with the administration, states, and local governments to produce more energy during a budget hearing with the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. M more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Hudson, Pfluger, Balderson Lead Bill to Stop Flawed Social Cost of Energy from Driving Burdensome Regulations WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-09), along with Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman August Pfluger (TX-11) and RSC House Energy Action Team Chairman (HEAT) Troy Balderson (OH-12), introduced the Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulation Act in t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Risch Votes to Support Trump Nuclear Energy, Land Management, and Water Nominees WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) yesterday voted to support four of President Trump's nominees in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. "Idaho's leadership in nuclear energy and our vast natural resources are critical to the state's economy and way of life," said Risch. "I'm proud to support President Tru more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on May 8, 2025: * * * Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Advances Four Key Trump Nominees at Interior & DOE WASHINGTON - Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted to advance four of President Donald J. Trump's nominees for key energy and interior positions: * Dr. Andrea Travnicek - Assistant Secretary of the Interi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement from a May 6, 2025, confirmation hearing for James O'Neill to be deputy secretary of the Health and Human Services and Gary Andres to be assistant secretary of HHS for legislation: * * * It's been 82 days since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in to be America's chief health officer. It's fair to say his tenure thus far has been nothing short of a disaster. The Unite more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The House Appropriations Committee released the following joint testimony by Acting Secretary of the Air Force Gary Ashworth, Gen. David W. Allvin, U.S. Air Force chief of staff, and Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations at the U.S. Space Force, from a May 6, 2025, hearing on the oversight of the agencies: * * * The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is committed to defending the U.S. Homeland, deterring aggression and war across the world, and defeating our ad more PR