WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces released the following testimony by Brandi C. Vann, performing the duties of the assistant secretary of Defense for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs, from a May 7, 2025, hearing entitled "Nuclear Forces and Atomic Energy Defense Activities Programmatic Updates": * * * Chairman DesJarlais, Ranking Member Moulton, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Chairman Guthrie Delivers Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup of Budget Reconciliation Text WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, delivered the following opening statement at today's full committee markup. Chairman Guthrie's opening statement as prepared for del more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Chairmen Guthrie and Griffith Announce Environment Subcommittee Hearing on Environmental Protection Agency Budget WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, announced a hearing more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Auchincloss Delivers Remarks at Energy & Commerce Committee Markup of Budget Reconciliation Text Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Jake Auchincloss (MA-04) delivered opening remarks at the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Markup of Budget Reconciliation Text, where Republicans will vote to take away healthcare from millions of Americans. You can find a video of his f more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Councilman Chris Hinds to Join DeGette at Energy & Commerce Committee Markup of Republican Attack on Medicaid WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) announced that Denver City Councilman Chris Hinds will be joining her at the Energy & Commerce Committee markup of House Republicans' bill that would kick at least 13.7 million Americans off their health care. "Today, House Rep more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Chairman Guthrie Op-Ed: A Common Sense Budget Reconciliation Bill WASHINGTON, D.C. - The following op-ed by Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, appeared in the Wall Street Journal. In Case You Missed it: "When President Trump took the podium for his Second Inaugural Addre more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS AND PRESIDENT TRUMP UNVEIL THEIR PLAN TO TRADE AWAY AMERICANS' HEALTH COVERAGE FOR TAX CUT FOR THE WEALTHY TAMPA, FL -- Before heading back to Washington, D.C., where her Republican Energy and Commerce colleagues plan to rip health care away from millions of Americans and make life more expensive for everyone to fund tax breaks for the wealthy, Castor stood with local  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar Statement on Proposed Cuts to SNAP House Republicans Plan to Take Away SNAP Benefits from Millions of Working Americans to Pay for Billionaire Tax Cut Washington - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "DONALD TRUMP AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO ENACT ONE OF THE LARGEST HEALTHCARE CUTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY" Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's The Weeknight where he emphasized that Democrats will continue pushing back on the reckless Republican scheme to rip away the healthcare and nutritional assistance of the American peop more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "DONALD TRUMP AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO ENACT ONE OF THE LARGEST HEALTHCARE CUTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY" Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's The Weeknight where he emphasized that Democrats will continue pushing back on the reckless Republican scheme to rip away the healthcare and nutritional assistance of the American people. ALICIA MENENDEZ : Jo more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Pallone at Committee Markup: Republicans Are Taking Health Care Away From At Least 13.7 Million Americans Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared at today's full committee markup of the Republican partisan budget reconciliation bill: For more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * President Trump Signs Rep. Clyde's Bill to Overturn Burdensome Biden-Era Regulations Into Law WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last week, President Donald J. Trump signed Congressman Andrew Clyde's (GA-09) Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval, H.J.Res. 42, into law. The measure rescinds burdensome Biden-era regulations on household appliances and consumer products. "I'm d more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Connolly Investigating Trump-Administration Silencing Potential VA Whistleblowers with Gag Orders Washington, D.C. (May 13, 2025)--Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Opposes House GOP's Steep Cuts to Medicaid Could Leave Thousands of RIers Without Health Coverage WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says House Republicans are proposing "catastrophic cuts" to federal Medicaid funding that goes to states to help provide health coverage. In Rhode Island, the federal-state program pays for about 1 in 4 Rhode Islanders' health care and has become a ke more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Kelly: 'Cuts to Medicaid aren't about saving taxpayer money' House Republicans push $880 billion cut to Medicaid through Energy and Commerce Committee WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02), member of the Energy & Commerce Committee, is committed to protecting Medicaid. Today, Republicans on the committee will try to pass $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid as part of President Donald Trump's  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Peters Urges Fiscal Responsibility and Against Healthcare Cuts in Republican Tax Plan Committee Consideration Washington D.C. - Today, at an Energy & Commerce Committee meeting on the Republican tax plan, Representative Scott Peters (CA-50) urged his colleagues to not go through with their extreme cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act to pay for tax cuts to wealthy individuals and corpo more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Veasey Blasts Republicans for Silencing Lung Cancer Survivor at Medicaid Hearing Washington D.C.- In a disturbing escalation of Republican efforts to gut Medicaid behind closed doors, Republicans on the Energy & Commerce Committee tonight silenced a constituent and lung cancer survivor who dared to speak out against their disastrous healthcare cuts that would be a death warrant for millions of Amer more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on May 12, 2025: * * * Scalise: Reconciliation Will Help Struggling Families JEFFERSON, La. --Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined CNBC's Squawk Box to discuss bringing permanency to the tax code and passing President Trump's agenda through the reconciliation package. Leader Scalise outlined how unleashing energy production, securing the border, and cutting wasteful spending would hel more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senate and House Republicans Make Strides to Repeal Over a Dozen Biden-Era Regulations to Advance Trump's America First Agenda Washington - In a seismic victory for President Trump's America First Agenda, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) today released the following statement on Senate and House Republicans' efforts to reverse over a dozen of Joe Biden's nonsensical regulations using the  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Blasts Proposed Ways and Means Committee Cuts That Would Raise Prices on Consumers and Businesses Washington (May 12, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today released the following statement in response to the Republican majority of the House Ways and Means Committee's plans to phase-out and terminate key  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Statement on Trump's War on America's Kitchens Washington (May 12, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today released the following statement after Trump's Department of Energy (DOE) announced 47 deregulatory actions, including the rollback of dozens of appliance efficiency standards covering everything fro more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Joins Resolution Designating May Renewable Fuels Month Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) joined U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska) in leading a bipartisan resolution to designate May 2025 as Renewable Fuels Month in America. Senator Marshall has been a longtime champion of renewable fuels. "Renewable fuels are an important part of American energy, and I more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Top Five Moments: Budget Committee Hearing on the Fiscal State of the Nation WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, the House Budget Committee held a hearing entitled, "The Fiscal State of the Nation."The hearing featured testimony from majority witnesses--Dr. Joshua Rauh of the Hoover Institution, Dr. Paul Winfree of the Economic Policy Innovation Ce more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * What They Are Saying: The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Delivers Pro-Growth Tax Relief Benefiting American Manufacturers, Workers, and Small Businesses WASHINGTON, D.C. - The One, Big, Beautiful Bill being marked up in the Ways and Means Committee today will deliver on the promises President Trump and Republicans made to the American people: p more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Wyden, Cortez Masto Demand Answers From Promoters who paid IRS Nominee Billy Long to Sell Investors Fraudulent "Tribal Tax Credits" New Recording of Investor Call Suggests Tax Scheme Was Far Larger Than Previously Known and Trump Contacts Are Key to Promoters' Scheme Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Catherine C more PR