WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Ansari Questions Dept of Ed Secretary in first Education and Workforce Hearing * WASHINGTON - Today, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) participated in her first hearing as a member of the Education and Workforce Committee and questioned Trump's Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon. She and Secretary McMahon spoke about school vouchers, with Rep. Ansari sharing their devastating impact on Ari more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Administration Moves To Cut Federal Funding for NPR and PBS, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, Congressman Dan Goldman, and Congresswoman Doris Matsui Defend Public Media * Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) led 103 of their Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Educati more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso: The GOP Agenda is Getting America Back on Track * "When it comes to the economy, Americans trust Republicans over Democrats... They are seeing Senate Republicans fighting for them." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate Floor about the commonsense Republican agenda that is getting America back on track. Senator Barrasso  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * Chair Walberg Holds Hearing to Examine the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Education Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Education": "It is a p more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Democrats Demand ED Stop Stonewalling Inspector General WASHINGTON - Following serious concerns raised by the Department of Education (ED) Office of Inspector General (OIG), Congressional Democrats are demanding ED stop stonewalling the OIG and allow the OIG access to information they are legally entitled to regarding the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, D-Massachusetts, acting ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Democrats Demand Education Department Stop Stonewalling Inspector General Washington, D.C. (June 4, 2025)-- Following serious concerns raised by the Department of Education (ED) Office of Inspector General (OIG), Congressional Democrats are demanding ED stop stonewalling the OIG and allow the OIG acce more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen Says FAA Reauthorization Act Mandates Immediate Implementation * Focuses questions on aircraft evacuation standards set in his EVAC Act WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today questioned expert witnesses at a hearing on the implementation of last year's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act. In his  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Robert Garcia Statement on the Trump Administration's Disastrous Dismantling of Long Beach Job Corps Program * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) released the following statement after the Trump Administration ordered the dismantling of the Long Beach Job Corps program, which provides education, vocational training, job placement, and wraparound support servic more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Democrats Decry Republicans' Clumsy Attempt to Target Higher Education After Voting to Cut Financial Aid for Students Washington, D.C. (June 4, 2025)--Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak helps advance bill to combat substance use disorders, help save lives * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) voted in favor of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, which passed the House with a bipartisan vote of 366-57. This legislation reauthorizes programs aimed at preventing, treating, and supporting recovery from opioid and other subs more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand, Markey Slam Republican Plan To Rescind Over $1 Billion In Federal Funding For The Corporation For Public Broadcasting * Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Ed Markey led a group of 29 senators in slamming a Republican attempt to rescind $1.07 billion in already-allocated funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funds local public broadcasting station more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- 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 4 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Stefanik Asks Education Secretary Linda McMahon About Harvard University's Crisis of Ideological Diversity and Artificial Intelligence * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, a senior member of the Education and the Workforce Committee, asked Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon about Harvard University's crisis of ideological diversity and the department's resp more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * In Appropriations Hearing, Durbin Calls Out Secretary McMahon For Eliminating Support For Students Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges * June 03, 2025 As Secretary McMahon attempted to deflect Durbin's questions, Durbin asserted that the Trump Administration is eliminating critical student protections WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropria more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Leader Schumer, Wyden, Merkley Seek Information on Republican Reconciliation Bill's Potential to Close Rural Hospitals * Letter Text (PDF) Washington (June 4, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y), Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Finance Committe more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Owens to Participate in Workforce Hearing with Secretary Chavez-DeRemer * WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, June 5, 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 Labor, featuring testimony from U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. "I look forward to welcom more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * Pallone on AI: Republicans Are Only Serious About Helping Big Tech Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on "AI in the Everyday: Current Applications and Future Frontiers in Communicatio more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Raskin's Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on Trump's Attacks on Higher Education Washington, D.C. (June 4, 2025)--Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust hearing on President Donal more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Frankel Blasts Trump-Musk Plan That Endangers U.S. Security, Trusted Media * Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee, released the following statement after the Trump Administration submitted a plan to Congress that guts U.S. foreign assistance and eliminates funding fo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. W. Greg Steube, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Steube Introduces "No Loan Forgiveness for Terrorists Act" to Codify Trump Executive Order * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) today introduced the No Loan Forgiveness for Terrorists Act to codify President Trump's executive order prohibiting the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program from crediting employees of organizations engaged in illegal activity. "If someone acc more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Republicans Introduce Partisan Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Funding Bill that Fails Our Veterans * Funding Proposal Raises the Costs of Veterans Health Care, Hurts Military Readiness, and Worsens Quality of Life for Servicemembers and Their Families WASHINGTON -- House Appropriations Committee Republicans released the 2026 Military Construction, Veterans more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * SASC Chairman Roger Wicker Releases Defense Reconciliation Bill * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today unveiled legislative text of the reconciliation bill's defense portion. The House and Senate Armed Services Committees developed this legislation in close coordination with the White House and Department of Defense to modernize A more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray Statement on Trump Revoking Lifesaving EMTALA Guidance * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration rescinding CMS guidance from July 2022 reaffirming that the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Mike Thompson, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * THOMPSON, COLLEAGUES, VETERANS SHARE HOW CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS' POLICIES ARE HARMING 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. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), a Vietnam war combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient, testified alongside committee Co-Ch more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Katie Britt Highlights Alabama's HBCUs, Discusses Expanding Access to Education with Secretary McMahon * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) recently attended a Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing with Education Secretary Linda McMahon to discuss the President's Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Budget Request more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Sets Meeting with Secretary McMahon, Sends 60+ Questions on Impact of Dismantling the Department of Education to Be Answered Ahead of Meeting * Warren, McMahon meeting scheduled for June 10th Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced a meeting with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on June 10, 2025. In addition to the meet more PR