WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso: Unleashing Affordable, Reliable American Energy Will Fuel American Prosperity * WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate floor about the Republican agenda to unleash American energy. Under the Biden administration, energy policy was defined by waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption. Senator Barrasso discussed how Sunnova - a now more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe released the following testimony by Mark Montgomery, senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation and a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, from a June 4, 2025, hearing entitled "Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO": * * * Chairman Self, Ranking Member Keating, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), thank you for more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Chairman Risch Opening Statement at Nominations Hearing Chairman Risch Opening Statement at Nominations Hearing WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee nominations hearing. Witnesses included Jacob Helberg to be Under more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin On Republicans' Reconciliation Bill: It's A Big, Beautiful Betrayal Against American Families * June 09, 2025 In a speech on the Senate floor, Durbin slammed the Republican reconciliation plan that will kick 16 million Americans off their health care coverage, close rural hospitals, and raise prices for American families in order to pay for tax cuts to billionaires WASHINGTON - U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * E&C Dem Leaders: Any Attempt to Retaliate Against NIH Whistleblowers is Illegal Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jayanta Bhattacharya today to remind the Trump Administration offic more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak introduces bill to prevent premature retirement of reliable baseload power * Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) introduced the Baseload Reliability Protection Act, to prohibit the retirement of reliable baseload generators in regions identified as being at elevated or high risk of electricity shortfalls. The legislation is cosponsored by Representatives August more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Hagerty Introduces Trump's Nominees Andy Puzder, Jacob Helberg * WASHINGTON --Today, United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, introduced Andy Puzder, President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, and Jacob Helberg, President Trump's nominee to be Under Secretary of State for Ec more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Heinrich Joins Press Conference Blasting Republicans' 'Big Beautiful Betrayal' for Raising Energy Prices WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Presses USDA Secretary on Threats to Public Health and Safety Following DOGE Actions WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins on the harmful impacts of more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Fight Trump Administration's Cuts to the Job Corps Program * Washington, D.C. - After the Trump administration attempted to shutter the nation's largest jobs training program for low-income and at-risk young people, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy in the LOGA Industry Report: GOP mission to clear Biden admin's red tape will help Louisiana energy producers thrive * WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this column for the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association (LOGA) Industry Report explaining how Congressional Republicans are working with the Trump administration to clear red tape to help unleash America's energy dominance. Key more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Lawler, Gottheimer Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect LIHEAP from Staffing Cuts * Washington, D.C. - 6/10/25... Yesterday, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) introduced new bipartisan legislation to protect the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which helps millions of families across the country afford their energy bills and stay safe during extreme weath more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Finance Democrats Demand Committee Markup of Republican Reconciliation Bill * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), and every Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, demanded the committee Republicans schedule a markup of the Republican bill that would slash health care and clean energy tax cred more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe released the following testimony by Nile Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, from a June 4, 2025, hearing entitled "Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO": * * * My name is Nile Gardiner. I am the Director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation. The views I express in this testimony are my own and should not be construed as representing a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Urges Interior Secretary Burgum to Protect Chaco Canyon, Demand Trump Administration Respect Tribal Sovereignty and Consult Tribal Nations * In a letter to Secretary Burgum, the N.M. Delegation expressed deep concern at the DOI's efforts to revoke protections around Chaco Canyon The Delegation's letter comes on the heels of their reintroduction of the Chaco Cultural Heritage Ar more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Pallone: Trump Administration Actions Are Increasing Energy Costs for American Families Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Energy Subcommittee hearing on "The Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Energy Budget:" Today we're here to discuss th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Martin Heinrich Statement on Trump Administration's Attack on America's National Monuments, Undermining the Law WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement in response to an opinion issued by the Trump A more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Opening Remarks at Hearing for Nominees for Key State Department Positions WASHINGTON--Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at the hearing on the nominations of Jacob Helberg to be Under Secretary of State f more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: Democrats' Vote Against OBBB is a Vote for More Riots in LA * Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and Congressman Gabe Evans (R-Colo.) to discuss how the One Big Beautiful Bill would directly address the violent riots in Los Angeles b more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: Democrats' Vote Against OBBB is a Vote for More Riots in LA * WASHINGTON, D.C. --Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and Congressman Gabe Evans (R-Colo.) to discuss how the One Big Beautiful Bill would directly address the violent riots in Los Angeles more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Sheehy Statement on President Trump Protecting Bull Mountains Mine and Montana Jobs U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy (R - Mont.) today released the following statement in support of President Donald J. Trump and the Department of the Interior's announcement of an approval of the mining plan modification for the Bull Mountains coal mine. A key step in advancing President Donald J. Trump's energy eme more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Smucker Leads 37 Members Urging Senate GOP to Uphold Fiscally Discipline in Reconciliation Letter Calls on Senate Leadership to Remain Committed to House Framework * WASHINGTON --37 Members of the House Republican Conference, led by Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) Vice Chair of the Budget Committee, are calling for the Senate to pass reconciliation legislation that upholds the fiscal discipline of more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa released the following testimony by Anna Borshchevskaya, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, from a June 5, 2025, hearing entitled "After Assad: The Future of Syria": * * * Chairman Lawler, Ranking Member Cherfilus-McCormick, honorable members, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. With the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, the United States has a once i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa released the following written testimony by David Schenker, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, from a June 5, 2025, hearing entitled "After Assad: The Future of Syria": * * * A Moment of Opportunity The December 2024 fall of Syria's Assad regime in represents an enormous opportunity for the region and the United States. Syria under Hafiz al Assad was an inaugural member more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Whitehouse Leads Opposition to Fotouhi Confirmation Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), spoke on the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to vote against David Fotouhi for Deputy Administrator of t more PR