WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Administration Freezes Family Planning Funding, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, Congresswoman Judy Chu, and Congresswoman Sharice Davids Urge Congress To Support the Program * Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-28), and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-03) led 143 of their House colleagues in sending a letter to Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education A more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * At Hearing, Senator Murray Highlights Lack of Transparency from Trump Administration, Presses Nominees on Commitment to Following the Law * VIDEO of Senator Murray's questioning HERE Washington, D.C. -- Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing to consider pending education and labor nominations, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a former chair and senior more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on June 5, 2025: * * * Chair Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Hearing on Education, Labor Nominees 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 on four Trump administration nominees at the Department of Education, the Department of L more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 5, 2025: * * * Chair Walberg Holds Hearing to Examine the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Labor 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 Labor": "Today's hearing i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Rogers Applauds House Passage of the SUPPORT Act to Drive Down Overdose Death Rates * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) voted to reauthorize the Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) Act, which was first signed into law in 2018 by President Trump. The legislation has successfully expanded access to treatment and reco more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Slams White House Rescissions Package That Slashes Critical Foreign Aid And Public Broadcasting Funding * June 05, 2025 In a speech on the Senate floor, Durbin calls out the Trump Administration's proposal to slash $9.4 billion in funding from strategic foreign aid programs and public broadcasting WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) delivered a speech o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- 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 6 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on June 5, 2025: * * * In Wake of DCA Collision Tragedy, Senators Cantwell, Duckworth, Klobuchar, Warnock, Kaine, Warner and Markey Introduce the Safe Operation of Shared Airspace Act of 2025 Bill represents first comprehensive safety legislation in response to the tragic mid-air collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * MATSUI LEADS CA COLLEAGUES IN OPPOSING AI MORATORIUM IN RECONCILIATION BILL * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, led a group of her California colleagues in sending a letter to Senate leadership, strongly objecting to the section of H.R. 1 that would impose a ten-year morato more PR

STANFORD, California, June 6 -- The House Homeland Security Committee released the following written testimony by Wendi Whitmore, chief security intelligence officer at Palo Alto Networks, from a May 28, 2025, field hearing entitled "Innovation Nation: Leveraging Technology to Secure Cyberspace and Streamline Compliance": * * * Chairman Green, Ranking Member Thompson, and distinguished members of the committee: thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's hearing. I appreciate this  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 5, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Scott Delivers Opening Statement at Full Committee Hearing with DOL Secretary Chavez-DeRemer WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) delivered the following remarks at today's full committee hearing entitled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Labor." "Thank yo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Stansbury's Opening Remarks at DOGE Republicans' Hearing Ruthlessly Attacking Non-Profits and Threatening Americans' Basic Rights Washington, D.C. (June 4, 2025)--Below is an opening statement from Rep. Melanie Stansbury, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Deliveri more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Green, West Point Graduate, Introduces FALCONS Act to Protect Service Academies from Radical Left Indoctrination * Read the exclusive from Kerry Picket in the Washington Times WASHINGTON--Today, Rep. Mark Green, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, introduced the Focusing Academies on Leadership and Cultivating Officers for National Security Act or FALCONS Act. The l more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: * * * Reps. Jimmy Gomez And Bipartisan Coalition Of 200+ Lawmakers Call On Trump Admin To Save Job Corps * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) joined the co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Job Corps Caucus, Representatives Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) and Brett Guthrie (KY-02), as well as 198 other colleagues in a bipartisan effort urging U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Republicans Introduce Partisan Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Funding Bill that Fails Our Veterans WASHINGTON -- House Appropriations Committee Republicans released the 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which will be considered in the subcommittee tomorrow.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust, issued the following opening remarks on June 4, 2025, at a hearing entitled "The Elite Universities Cartel: A History of Anticompetitive Collusion Inflating the Cost of Higher Education": * * * Here is the text of the remarks, as prepared for delivery: Mr. Chairman, this hearing--like so much else that we have done in th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * The Leader's Floor Lookout: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 * Here's what to watch for on the House Floor today: Supporting Americans Struggling from Substance Use Disorders In 2018, President Trump signed into law the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act to fight the opioid epidemic by expanding acce more PR