WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Demands Trump Administration Reverse Course on Milwaukee Job Corps Closure * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, demanded the Trump Administration reverse course on the decision to shutter Job Corps training sites across the country, including in Milwaukee,  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: * * * Congressman DeSaulnier Statement on Trump Administration Proposal to Eliminate Chemical Safety Board * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration's proposal to eliminate the Chemical Safety Board and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), the independent agency responsible for investigating more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Garbarino, LaLota Welcome U.S. Secretary of Labor to Long Island for Workforce Development Tour * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Long Island Congressmen Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) and Nick LaLota (R-NY-01) today proudly welcomed U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer to Long Island for a workforce development tour highlighting local training programs and labor partnerships. The tour began at the L more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Goodlander, Shaheen, Hassan Hear from AmeriCorps Members Facing Trump Administration Cuts * Manchester, N.H. - On Monday, Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander, along with U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen, discussed with New Hampshire AmeriCorps members and program directors the importance of national service for both members and their communities, as well as the implications of th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Statement on President Trump's 2026 Budget * Heinrich and Lujan: "Trump's budget is an attack on New Mexicans" WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, released the following statement on President Trump's Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) bu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Statement on President Trump's 2026 Budget Request * Heinrich and Lujan: "Trump's budget is an attack on New Mexicans" WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, released the following statement on President Trump's Fiscal Year 2026 (F more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH, EDUCATION SEC. AGREE PELL GRANTS SHOULD SUPPORT SHORT-TERM JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS * Hyde-Smith Focuses on Workforce Development during Dept. of Education Budget Review Hearing VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith and Education Secretary Linda McMahon Discuss Expanding Scope of Pell Grants, Other Funds. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Education Secretary Lind more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Stefanik Joined 77 WABC on Boulder Terror Attack, Antisemitism in Higher Education * WASHINGTON, D.C. - In case you missed it, House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik joined 77 WABC radio to discuss the terror attack in Boulder and antisemitism in higher education. View Interview Here View highlights of the interview here: On Boulder Terror Attack: ELISE STEFANIK: It i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 3, 2025: * * * Labor Leaders Demand Transparency on ERISA Advisory Council WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce and Ranking Member Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of Labor Lor more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Larsen Releases Statement on the Closing of the Job Corps Program * Today, Representative Rick Larsen released the following statement on the closing of the Job Corps program: "As a part of the Trump administration's efforts to give a tax break to the richest Americans and wealthiest corporations, Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer has closed the Job Corps program. "This terrible decision d more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * NEW REPORT: Trump's Mass Firings at NIOSH Spokane Research Lab Put Americans at Risk, Jeopardize Progress to Keep Workers Safe on the Job * ICYMI : Senator Murray Presses Secretary Kennedy on Decimation of NIOSH and Mass Firings at NIOSH Spokane Research Laboratory ***NEW REPORT with testimonials from Spokane employees HERE Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chai more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEW STUDY: Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Will Cause Over 51,000 Additional Americans to Die Each Year * WASHINGTON, June 3 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement in response to new calculations from Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania finding that more than 51,000 additional A more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * NEW STUDY: Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Will Cause Over 51,000 Additional Americans to Die Each Year WASHINGTON, June 3 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement in response to new calculations from Yale University a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 (Rep.) -- Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., issued the following news release: * * * Norton Says President Trump's Proposed D.C. Budget is An Affront to the District * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that President Donald Trump's fiscal year (FY) 2026 District of Columbia budget is an affront to D.C. and that she will work to defeat its most harmful provisions, as she has in the past. The FY 26 budget would zero out funding for the D.C more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Owens to Welcome Secretary McMahon to House Education Committee * WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, June 4, House Education and the Workforce Committee Vice Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) will participate in a full committee hearing to examine the policies and priorities of the Department of Education, featuring testimony from Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. "Secretary McMahon is a fierce advocate for ou more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Pressed by Murray, McMahon Says "No" Analysis Was Conducted Before Firing Half of the Department of Education's Staff * Murray: " You didn't do an actual analysis to determine what the effects of this would be?" McMahon: "No." WATCH : Senator Murray's Q&A with Sec. McMahon Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, question more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 3, 2025: * * * Pressed by Murray, McMahon Says "No" Analysis Was Conducted Before Firing Half of the Department of Education's Staff Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, questioned Department of Education (ED) Secretary Linda McMahon at a Senate Appropriations Labor, Health more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Smacks Down Trump's Efforts to Cut Education Funding by Over 15 Percent * WATCH : During key Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Sen. Reed takes on Trump's Education Secretary Linda McMahon, bluntly stating: "You are shrinking educational opportunity in the United States for a whole generation and also shrinking our ability to compete internationally and globally." WASHINGTON, DC - A strong more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Craig Secures More than $1.8 Million for Head Start Programs in Scott, Dakota Counties * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig announced that she has secured $1,836,883 in federal grant funding for Scott, Carver and Dakota County's Community Action Partnership (CAP) Agency to support Head Start programming. "Minnesota's Head Start programs set our kids up for success, and it more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Dan Goldman Leads House Democrats in Demanding Federal Budget Fully Fund Public Broadcasting * Funding Request Comes Amid Trump Administration's Continued Attacks on Public Journalism Goldman is Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Public Broadcasting Caucus Read the Letter Here (link is external) Washington, D.C - Co-Chair of the Congressional Public Broadcasting Caucus Congressman Dan Goldman ( more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Hassan, Shaheen and Congresswoman Goodlander Hear from AmeriCorps Members Facing Trump Administration Cuts * MANCHESTER - On Monday, U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander discussed with New Hampshire AmeriCorps members and program directors the importance of national service for both members and their communities, as well as the implication more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Shaheen, Hassan and Congresswoman Goodlander Hear from AmeriCorps Members Facing Trump Administration Cuts * MANCHESTER - On Monday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander discussed with New Hampshire AmeriCorps members and program directors the importance of national service for both members and their communities, as well as the implicatio more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following written testimony by Mike Pierce, executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center, from a May 21, 2025, hearing entitled "The State of Higher Education": * * * Good morning Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, members of the committee. My name is Mike Pierce and I am the executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC). We are a national nonprofit organizat more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following written testimony by Mike Pierce, executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center, from a May 21, 2025, hearing entitled "The State of Higher Education": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) During times of fiscal stress, states often use public higher education as a balance wheel,103 cutting funding which institutions fill through higher tuition, fees, reductions in student aid or more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * VETERANS, EXPERTS SHARE HOW HARMFUL REPUBLICAN POLICIES ARE TO VETERANS CARE * Norfolk, VA - Today, the House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee held a hearing on the impacts of the Trump Administration proposed policies and DOGE cuts for veterans, led by Co-Chairs Congresswomen Robin Kelly (D-IL) and Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-CA). The committee heard from policy experts, healthcare pr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Veterans, experts share how harmful Republican policies are to veterans care * Norfolk, VA - Today, the House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee held a hearing on the impacts of the Trump Administration proposed policies and DOGE cuts for veterans, led by Co-Chairs Congresswomen Robin Kelly (D-IL) and Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-CA). The committee heard from policy experts, healthcare providers, and more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Baldwin Calls Out Education Secretary for Gutting Funding for Student Mental Health in Wisconsin * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) questioned Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon on the Trump administration's decision to cut off funding f more PR