WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Doggett, Schakowsky, Warren and Wyden Push Congressional Leadership to Reject Medicaid Cuts, Crack Down on Medicare Advantage Upcoding Contact: Alexis.Torres@mail.house.gov Washington, D.C. - As Congress considers reconciliation legislation, Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), along with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Introduces Bills to Help Protect Lifesaving Veterans Crisis Line and Restore Collective Bargaining Rights for VA Health Care Professionals May 07, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs (SVAC)--is introducing two bills that would help protect our nation's devoted VA workers, incl more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal Leads Dozens of Members in Demanding Reversal After Trump's First 100 Days of Cruel and Unconstitutional Immigration Actions WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, is leading dozens of Members of Congress in laying out the long list of cruel, inhumane, and often illegal immigration enforce more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Lofgren, Salinas, Padilla, Bennet Reintroduce Legislation to Provide Disaster Relief for Farmworkers Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) and Rep. Andrea Salinas (OR-06), the daughter of a former farmworker and a leader in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, along with U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO), reintroduced the Disaster Relief for Farm Wor more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Los congresistas Garcia, Vargas, Espaillat y Randall presentan resolucion para conmemorar el Cinco de Mayo WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hoy, los congresistas Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29), Juan Vargas (D-CA-52), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13) y Emily Randall (D-WA-06) encabezaron la presentacion de una resolucion en la Camara de Representantes para conmemorar el Cinco de Mayo. La resolucion reconoce la importancia hist more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * McBath, Scott Urge Trump DOJ to Preserve "America's Peacemaker" Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Lucy McBath (GA-06) and Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) led 24 other House Democrats in sending a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi urging her to reverse course on the Trump Administration's plans to eliminate the Community Relations Service (CRS), which was established by the Civil Rights of 1964.  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Meeks, NY Delegation Draft Letter to VA Secretary Collins to Oppose Proposed Staffing Cuts and Budget Changes WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) joined 14 of his Democratic colleagues in the New York Congressional delegation in sending a letter to Secretary Doug Collins of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), to strongly oppose the proposed staffing cuts and budget cha more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Ocasio-Cortez, Malliotakis Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Support for New Parents and Infants Washington, D.C. \- Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Representative Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) introduced legislation that would reauthorize the Healthy Start program, which provides critical funding for community-based efforts that improve maternal and child health more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Salinas, Lofgren, Padilla, Bennet Reintroduce Legislation to Provide Disaster Relief for Farmworkers Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06), the daughter of a former farmworker and a leader in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), along with U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO), reintroduced the Disaster Relief for Farm Work more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Scott, McBath Urge Trump DOJ to Preserve "America's Peacemaker" Reps. Scott and McBath lead letter urging Attorney General Bondi to reverse course on plans to eliminate civil rights agency created in the 1960s WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Congresswoman Lucy McBath (GA-06) led 24 other House Democrats in sending a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi urging her to re more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Wyden, Doggett, Schakowsky Push Congressional Leadership to Reject Medicaid Cuts, Crack Down on Medicare Advantage Upcoding Congressional Republicans' current plan sets them up to slash hundreds of billions from Medicaid and CHIP Lawmakers cite bipartisan support for cracking down on waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare Advantage Letter from House (PDF) | Letter from Senate (PDF)  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Wasserman Schultz Leads Democrats in Amicus Brief to Supreme Court Backing TPS for Venezuelans Washington, DC - Yesterday, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) led 48 Democratic Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in response to the Trump Administration's attempt to override a district court ruling that blocked the Department of more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on May 9, 2025: * * * Waters, Jeffries, Schumer, Warren Lead 233 Former and Current Members of Congress, Entire Senate Democratic Caucus in Filing Amicus Brief Defending Consumers and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from Trump-Musk Assault Members Urge D.C. Circuit Court to Uphold Ruling to Block Unconstitutional Shutdown of CFPB Today,  more PR