WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * At Hearing, Cortez Masto Calls out Trump Administration and Republican Colleagues for Pushing Ahead with Misguided Public Land Sales in Nevada Without Consultation * Senator Cortez Masto pressed Secretary Burgum for answers about the potential for Senate version of the Republican Tax Bill to include almost 2 million acres of federal land for sale Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Catherine  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso Applauds Trump EPA for Scrapping Biden-Era Climate Rules for Power Plants * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency announced its plans to repeal the Biden administration's climate rules for power plants. "America is an energy superpower. Under Republican leadership, we more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell Slams Trump Budget that Relies on Selling Public Lands, Shortchanging LWCF * 06.11.25 Cantwell rebukes Interior Secretary Burgum's claim that DOI aims to acquire more public lands: "Your budget doesn't say that, and I think it's heading to a catastrophe." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, senior member U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Case Opposes Proposed Funding Bill That Shortchanges Critical Military Infrastructure Needs In Hawaii, The Indo-Pacific and NATO * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, early this morning voted against the proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations funding measure. The measure ( more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy on Senate Floor: Reestablishing American Energy Dominance Starts in Louisiana * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor highlighting Louisiana's energy abundance and detailing how unleashing American energy will benefit American families, the economy, and our national security. "The benefits of unleashing American energy go beyond o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Chairman Capito Applauds Trump EPA Proposal to End Clean Power Plan 2.0 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to repeal the Biden administrati more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Chairman Guthrie Applauds Proposed Repeal of Biden-Harris Administration's Burdensome Environmental Rules WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, released the following statement following the Environmental Protection Agency's announcement to address harmfu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, issued the following opening statement on June 10, 2025, at a budget hearing for the U.S. Department of Energy for fiscal 2026: * * * Here is the text of the opening statement as prepared for delivery: "Welcome to today's hearing on the Department of Energy's Fiscal Year 2026 budget and welcome Secretary Chris Wright to your first hearing before the Energy and Commerce Committee.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Russell Fry, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Fry (SC-07) Urges Administration to Uphold Offshore Drilling Ban off South Carolina's Coast Washington, D.C. - Congressman Russell Fry (SC-07) sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum urging the Department of the Interior to maintain the moratorium on offshore oil and gas leasing off the South Carolina coast. During President Trump's first term, he issued a m more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Secures Commitments from DOI Secretary Burgum to Support Montana Priorities * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI) Doug Burgum in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. Secretary Burgum committed to support a number of Montana priorities, including delisting the grizzly bear, supporting domestic energy pro more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Troy Downing, R-Montana, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Downing Introduces COAL POWER Act Bill would rescind the Biden-Era MATS rule, providing regulatory relief for Colstrip and other coal plants * Today, Congressman Troy Downing (MT-02) introduced the Combating Overregulation and Limitation of Proven, Operable, Working Energy Resources (COAL POWER) Act. This bill builds upon President Trump's efforts to provide regulatory relief for A more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak applauds EPA proposal to repeal Clean Power Plan 2.0 and Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Rule * Washington D.C. -- Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposal to repeal the burdensome Biden-era Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Rule ("Clean Power Plan 2.0") and the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego in Fox: 'Nuclear is the Future - So Why are Republicans Blocking It?' WASHINGTON - In an op-ed published on Fox News this morning, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) makes the case for Congress to invest in the next generation of nuclear technology, small modular reactors (SMRs). This comes as Congressional Republicans debate a budget plan that would cut funding and roll back tax credits for nucle more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Statement on EPA Proposed Rollbacks of Power Plant Rules * Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced proposed repeals of "greenhouse gas" emissions standards for the power sector under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act and amendments to the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxic Standards. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee Chair and U.S. C more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Heinrich Highlights Harmful Impact of DOGE Cuts to the Department of the Interior, Slams President Trump's Interior Budget Request WASHINGTON -- In his opening statement, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the U.S. Energy and Natural Resources Committee, grilled the U.S. Department of Int more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, 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 the "Department of Government Efficiency's" (DOGE) actions on the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- 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 11 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Call Out Trump Admin Attacks on USGS, American Science * $564 million in proposed budget cuts to USGS will undermine science that helps fight avian flu, monitor droughts, track wildfires WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined 17 of their Senate colleagues to call out the Trump administration's assault on the U.S. Geological Sur more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven: EPA Repeals Two Overreaching Biden-Era Regulations that Threatened Coal Industry, Grid Reliability * Senator Worked to Block, Roll Back Clean Power Plan & MATS Rules, Supporting Access to Affordable Baseload Power WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued proposed rules repealing two overreaching Biden more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Spars with Interior Secretary Over Harmful, Arbitrary Budget Cuts to National Parks * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, in a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, Senator Angus King (I-ME), co-chair of the National Parks Subcommittee, demanded answers from Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum as to why the National Park Service's (NPS) budget is being cut by $1.2  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- 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, issued the following news release: * * * Pallone Blasts Trump Budget for Gutting Emergency Response Funds Ahead of World Cup, Nation's 250th Anniversary * Elimination of Hospital Preparedness Program Would Cripple NJ's Emergency Medical Response Washington, DC - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today slammed the Trump Administration's new budget proposal for eliminating the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) - a federal in more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Pallone Denounces Trump EPA's Rollback of Power Plant & Mercury Standards Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today denouncing the Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for rolling back carbon pollution standards and mercury standards for fossil more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Pallone: Republicans Undermine Health Care Supply Chains with Their Silence on Trump Gutting Public Health Infrastructure Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing on "Made in America: Strengthening Domestic Manufactu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * 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 Administration's Department of Justice asserting that Presidents can modify or revok more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise Talks FBI Politicization * Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Newsmax ahead of tonight's Congressional Baseball Game to discuss the FBI falsely classifying the 2017 shooting as 'suicide by cop' and how Kash Patel has worked to release information around the incident to correct the record. Leader Scalise also outlined how the One Big Beautiful Bill u more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise Talks FBI Politicization * WASHINGTON, D.C. --Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Newsmax ahead of tonight's Congressional Baseball Game to discuss the FBI falsely classifying the 2017 shooting as 'suicide by cop' and how Kash Patel has worked to release information around the incident to correct the record. Leader Scalise also outlined how the One Big Beautiful Bill more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sec. Wright Agrees: "Absolutely" Electric Transmission Lines Should Get Parity with Natural Gas * Washington, D.C. - Today, during an Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing on the Department of Energy's (DOE) budget, DOE Secretary Chris Wright agreed that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should give electric transmission lines the same fast-track, one-stop-shop permitting process, that nat more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray Opening Remarks at Hearing on Army Corps, Bureau of Reclamation Budgets * WATCH : Senator Murray's opening remarks Washington, D.C. -- Today, during a Senate Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee hearing on the president's fiscal year 2026 budget requests for the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation--U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Senator Murray Opening Remarks at Hearing on Army Corps, Bureau of Reclamation Budgets Washington, D.C. -- Today, during a Senate Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee hearing on the president's fiscal year 2026 budget requests for the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation--U.S. Senator Patty Mur more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray Slams Trump Administration's Politicization of Water Resources, Proposal to Gut Investments in America's Waterways, Flood and Drought Prevention * WATCH AND READ : Senator Murray's opening remarks WATCH : Senator Murray's questioning Washington, D.C. -- Today, at a Senate Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2026 budget request for more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Senator Murray Slams Trump Administration's Politicization of Water Resources, Proposal to Gut Investments in America's Waterways, Flood and Drought Prevention Washington, D.C. -- Today, at a Senate Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2026 budget request for the Army Corps of Enginee more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Smith: Trump is Halting Biden's Red Tape Factory * Washington, DC -- Today Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced proposal of a rule withdrawing from the Biden administration's Clean Power Plan 2.0. "The Biden power plant rules were a step backward for American energy, undermined grid reliabil more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: 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), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in a press conference on how Trump and Republica more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner & Kaine: New Report Shows Over 302,000 Virginians Will Lose Health Insurance Under GOP Tax Plan * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the following statement after a new Joint Economic Committee (JEC) report found that an estimated 302,608 Virginians would lose their health insurance under President Trump and Republicans' tax plan: "This new more PR