WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Aderholt Hosts Education Secretary McMahon, Calls for Return to Core Learning and End to Classroom Indoctrination Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04), Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, welcomed newly appointed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to testify on the Department of Education more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on May 20, 2025: * * * Cantwell, Van Hollen and National Leaders in Science, Education, Industry Condemn Devastating Impacts of Trump's Proposed 55% Cuts to NSF Trump's plan would use investments intended for basic scientific research, education and building a pipeline of future innovators to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on May 21, 2025: * * * Chair Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Hearing on State of Higher Education WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today's hearing to discuss issues in higher education, and how to ensure students' education more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on May 21, 2025: * * * Chairman Smith at Rules Committee: "Failure Is Not An Option In Getting The One, Big, Beautiful Bill to President Trump's Desk." Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following remarks at a Rules Committee meeting considering The One, Big, Beautiful Bill. As prepared for delivery. "Thank you Chair Fo more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS JOINS COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN HER DISTRICT TO FIGHT FOR SCHOOLS AND EXPLAINS THE IMPORTANCE OF RESISTING TRUMP-MUSK ATTACKS ON THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, joined with community members on May 17, 2025, at a rally in her district to discuss Donald Trump's and Elon Musk's more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following testimony by Jordan Barab, former acting assistant secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, from a May 15, 2025, hearing entitled "Reclaiming OSHA's Mission: Ensuring Safety Without Overreach": * * * Good morning. My name is Jordan Barab. I served as Acting Assistant Secretary for OSHA in 2009, and Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2009 to the final day of  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust released the following testimony by William B. Feldman, a pulmonologist and health services researcher at Harvard Medical School, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "The MATCH Monopoly: Evaluating the Medical Residency Antitrust Exemption." MATCH is the National Resident Matching Program. * * * Chair Fitzgerald, Ranking Member Nadler, Chair Jordan, Ranking Member Raskin, and Membe more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Fight to Protect Head Start, Meals on Wheels, Social Services from Republican Budget Cuts WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Democratic Senate colleagues in sending an open letter to the public exposing the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans' plan to gut Head Start, Meals on Wheels, and other essential social servi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protection, released the following opening statement from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Reclaiming OSHA's Mission: Ensuring Safety Without Overreach." OSHA is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. * * * Today's hearing will review the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) activity under the previous administration and will also exp more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: This Week, Senator Lujan In The News Standing Up For New Mexicans and Fighting Back Against Republicans' Attacks On Nutrition Programs Washington, D.C. - In case you missed it, this week, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) has been fighting back against Congressional Republicans' attacks on essential services and programs that New Mexicans rely on, exposing the Trump administration's block more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Tuberville Op-Ed: Trump and Coach Saban have the right game plan to save college sports "Regardless of which path Trump chooses to address the current state of college sports, I'm confident that his administration -- which has already proven to be both effective and unafraid to shake up the status quo -- can make meaningful reforms to make sure college sports remain intact." WASHINGTON -  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * In Appropriation Hearing, Durbin Blasts HHS Secretary Kennedy For Cutting Medical Research, Hope For Patients May 20, 2025 In today's budget hearing, Durbin pressed Secretary Kennedy on why HHS has cut funding for ALS research, smoking prevention WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today participated in a Labor, Health more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, Sanders, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Make Public Colleges and Universities Tuition Free WASHINGTON, DC - As President Trump and congressional Republicans are working overtime to make college unaffordable and unattainable for millions of working-class families in order to provide tax breaks to billionaires, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Se more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following testimony by Felicia Watson, a senior counsel in Littler Mendelson, from a May 15, 2025, hearing entitled "Reclaiming OSHA's Mission: Ensuring Safety Without Overreach": * * * Chairman Mackenzie, Ranking Member Omar, and Members of the Subcommittee: Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to testify today about the important topic of Reclaiming OSHA's Mission: Ensuring S more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: Trump Administration Illegally Blocking Nearly $316 Billion Owed to Native Communities WATCH Senator Lujan's Remarks in Senate Indian Affairs Committee Washington, D.C.-- A new tracker revealed that the Trump administration is blocking or freezing more than $430 billion in federal funding owed to communities across the country -- including nearly $316 billion for national programs that su more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Call on Republicans to Support Trump, Lower Prescription Drug Prices WASHINGTON, May 21 - After President Trump issued a vague executive order claiming to slash drug costs by linking them to international prices, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today announced he would ask for unanimous c more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by Gary Blair, president of the National Association of Conservation Districts, from a May 13, 2025, hearing entitled "Perspectives from the Field, Part 4: Conservation": * * * Chairman Boozman, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and members of the Committee. Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today about the impact of locally led conservation on individual landow more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders, Jayapal, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Make Public Colleges and Universities Tuition Free WASHINGTON, May 21 - As President Trump and congressional Republicans are working overtime to make college unaffordable and unattainable for millions of working-class families in order to provide tax breaks to billionaires, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Hea more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on May 21, 2025: * * * The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Holds Elites Accountable, Ends Tax-Payer Benefits for Illegal Immigrants, & Provides Additional Relief for Parents WASHINGTON, D.C. - The One, Big, Beautiful Bill delivers key victories by making targeted changes to the tax code that will: * Check the power of woke elites. * End taxpayer-funded benefits for  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Owens Holds Hearing on Restoring Excellence: The Case Against DEI WASHINGTON - Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT), delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Restoring Excellence: The Case Against DEI" : "Whitewashing history. Creating a conservative boogeyman. Using a racist dog-whistle. "These are the Left's  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff Condemn Trump Administration's Student Visa Revocations WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Alex Padilla, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) blasted the Trump Administration's recent harmful revocations of international student visas, including on ideological grounds, underscoring the lack of due process regarding these rev more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Hoyer Opening Remarks at FSGG Hearing on the Federal Communications Commission WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member of the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered opening remarks at the FSGG hearing on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Below is a video and transcript of his remarks:Click  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Raskin to Stand Up for Working Families During House Republicans' Clandestine, 1:00 AM Hearing on their Tax Bill Scheme The GOP's late-night committee hearing will include steep Medicaid cuts, largest cut to food assistance in American history WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) will testify during House Republicans' late-night "Under the Cover of Darkness" tax heist hearing, fighting more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Scolds Kennedy & Slams Trump Admin's Indefensible Cuts to Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Efforts VIDEO : Kennedy falsely claims: 'We have a team in Milwaukee.'; Reed: 'What about the rest of the United States? This is not a problem exclusively in Milwaukee.' WASHINGTON, DC - After successfully working to appropriate $51 million to protect children from lead exposure, U.S. Senator Jack Re more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Mary Miller, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Miller Exposes Title IX Violations in Illinois FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Mary Miller (IL-15) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon calling attention to a clear violation of Title IX that occurred at the Naperville Community Unit School District 203 in which the school district allowed a biological male  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Sam Liccardo Warns "Big, Bloated Borrowing Bill" Will Steal from America's Children WASHINGTON, D.C. -- During a marathon 17-hour House Rules Committee hearing on the proposed federal budget, Representative Sam Liccardo (CA-16) issued a searing rebuke of the "the Big, Bloated Borrowing Bill." In his remarks, Liccardo urged the committee to consider the legislation's broader moral and more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * NEWS: Sanders, Jayapal, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Make Public Colleges and Universities Tuition Free WASHINGTON, May 21 - As President Trump and congressional Republicans are working overtime to make college unaffordable and unattainable for millions of working-class families in order to provide tax breaks to billionai more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray Responds to RFK Jr.'s Continued Lies About NIH Staffing Cuts Delaying Clinical Care READ MORE -- CNN : After NIH staffing cuts, cancer patient in clinical trial worries she may lose crucial time; Washington Post : NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it. Senator Murray : "If RFK Jr.'s mass firings weren't having an impact on clinical care at NIH, he would more PR