WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * After Health Secretary Kennedy Claims Ignorance Of Cuts To Medical Research, Durbin Pens Letter To NIH Director Demanding Answers May 23, 2025 In hopes that the Director will be prepared to answer Senators' questions in a June Committee hearing, Durbin sent a letter to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Director of NIH, requesting information about drastic cuts to medical research WASHINGTON - Following  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Recap - Week of May 19, 2025 Here's a recap of key moments from House Republican committees during the week: Appropriations On Tuesday, May 20, the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing called "Department of the Interior." Interior and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Mike Simpson led a FY26 budget hea more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen Applauds Litigation Task Force Win for the Department of Education Another victory in efforts to restrain Trump lawlessness WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a member of the House Democrats' Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force created to address Trump Administration power grabs through intervention in the federal courts, today applauded a Boston federal judge's rul more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Following Deadly Shooting at Capital Jewish Museum, Rep. Sherrill Urges DHS and DOJ to Dedicate Additional Resources to Combat Antisemitic Attacks and Threats WASHINGTON, DC -- In the wake of the May 21st shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) today sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Noem a more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Hayes Praises Federal Court Decision to Reinstate Fired Department of Education Workers WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) issued the following statement praising the decision from a federal judge to block the Trump Administration from dismantling the Department of Education and ordering the immediate rehiring of unlawfully terminated staff. The ruling directly cited an am more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * House Democrats Reintroduce Legislation to Fulfill Promise of Brown As originally released by the Committee on Education and Workforce, Democrats (link is external) WASHINGTON - Over 70 years after the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-0 more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * House Democrats' Litigation Task Force Applauds Successful Effort to Defend Education Department As originally released by the Committee on Education and Workforce, Democrats (link is external) WASHINGTION \- Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02), Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08), House Co more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI--Hagerty Joins Mornings With Maria on Fox Business to Discuss Budget Reconciliation, Iran Negotiations, GENIUS Act NEW YORK CITY --Today, United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations, Banking, and Foreign Relations Committees and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, joined Mornings With Maria on Fox Business live in-studio to discuss the budget reconciliation pa more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Larsen Releases Statement on Trump's Attacks on Education Today, Rep. Rick Larsen released the following statement on the Trump administration's attacks on academic freedom and access to education: "The Trump administration is attacking colleges and universities to exact political revenge. These tactics will fail, and I stand with Harvard and all educational institutions against the President's u more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Magaziner Applauds Successful Effort to Defend Department of Education Washington, DC - U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) today issued the following statement after a federal court ruling blocked the Trump Administration from dismantling the Department of Education. The ruling, by U. S. District Court Judge Myong Joun of the District of Massachusetts, cites an amicus brief filed by M more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Murray Presses FDA Commissioner on Senseless and Inefficient Mass Firings, Conflicts of Interest at FDA & Trump Admin Laying the Groundwork to Rip Away Mifepristone ICYMI : Murray Grills Trump's FDA Nominee on Cancellation of Critical Vaccine Meeting, Upholding Science on Mifepristone, Contraception WATCH : Senator Murray Q&A with Commissioner Makary Washington, D.C. -- Today, at a Senate Appro more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Congressmen Greg Casar, Gabe Amo, Senator Murphy Lead Call For Acting Inspector General Review of Elon Musk's Starlink Push in Countries Facing Tariffs WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) led a letter alongside Congressman Gabe Amo (D-Rhode Island), Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut), and 30 other members of Congress calling on the Acting Inspector General for the Department of St more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Protecting Medicaid, Social Security and MedicareTax relief for all "Today the House took the responsible and critical step to protect all Americans from the largest tax increase in our history, secure our borders to stop the flow of human trafficking and fentanyl and rebuild our military after years of neglect, while protecting fundamental programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security en more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Courtney Statement on Trump's Retaliatory Ban of Foreign Students at Harvard NORWICH, CT - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior Member of the Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following statement. "The Trump administration's effort to block Harvard from enrolling foreign students is a blatant act of retaliation, and it lacks any legitimate educational or national se more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Introduces Legislation to Protect Public Sector Workers Bill Text (PDF) Washington (May 22, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today introduced the Public Service Worker Protection Act, legislation that would extend federal health and safety protections to public sector workers nationwide. The  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Sen. Ossoff Presses Trump Administration on Infant Formula Safety Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff pressed the FDA Commissioner after the Trump Administration fired scientists responsible for infant formula safety. In a U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration hearing yesterday, Sen. Ossoff pressed This is an external lin more PR