WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 12, 2025: * * * At Hearing, Warren Presses Trump Admin Nominees on Housing Discrimination and National Security Risks from the President's Chip Deals Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee gave opening remarks and questioned nominees  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Statement on Reports Secretary Kennedy Allegedly Rehired CDC Staff, Including Lead Prevention Staff * 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), released the following statement after reports that the Trump Administration reinstated some of the Centers for  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin, Reed Demand Written Answers from RFK, Jr. on Firings of Childhood Lead Poisoning Experts at CDC * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Jack Reed (D-RI) are demanding written answers from the Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in respon more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Barr votes for over $9B in DOGE Cuts to Wasteful Spending * Washington, D.C.-- Today, U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), a member of the Congressional Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus, voted to make permanent more than $9B in spending cuts recommended by DOGE. The package included steep cuts to foreign aid and government funded media outlets including NPR and PBS. "My message to DOG more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on June 12 2025: * * * Blumenthal Raises Concerns Over Trump Administration's Purge of Transgender Servicemembers, Presses Hegseth & Collins About Servicemembers' Access to VA Benefits [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, today raised concerns about the Trump Administra more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust released the following written testimony by Brown University student Alex Shieh from a June 4, 2025, hearing entitled "The Elite Universities Cartel: A History of Anticompetitive Collusion Inflating the Cost of Higher Education": * * * I. Introduction My name is Alex Shieh. I am a rising junior at Brown University, a contributing opinion writer for The Boston Globe, the publish more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust released the following written testimony by Century Foundation President Julie Margetta Morgan from a June 4, 2025, hearing entitled "The Elite Universities Cartel: A History of Anticompetitive Collusion Inflating the Cost of Higher Education": * * * My name is Julie Margetta Morgan, and I am the President of The Century Foundation, a nonprofit public policy organization that co more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Nevada Delegation, and Governor Lombardo Demand Trump Administration Reverse Course on Nevada Job Corps Center Closure * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led a letter joined by Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Governor Joe Lombardo (R-Nev.), and Representatives Mark Amodei (R-Nev.-02), Steven Horsford (D-Nev.-04), Dina Titus (D-Nev.-01), and  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Murray, Booker, Schumer Renew Push to Protect IVF Amid Ongoing GOP Attacks Against Reproductive Freedom * June 11, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Patty Muray (D-WA), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today led 25 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in introducing legislation that would establish a nationwide right more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand Demands Trump Restore Full $1 Billion In Federal Funding For Youth Mental Health Programs * Funding Allowed Schools To Hire Mental Health Professionals, Including Counselors And Social Workers The Grant Programs Received Major Funding In 2022 Legislation Passed After Deadly Mass Shootings in Buffalo, NY and Uvalde, TX New York State Faces Loss Of Almost $50 Million In Funding  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley-Led HALT Fentanyl Act to Become Law * WASHINGTON - The Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives today by a vote of 321-104, sending the legislation to President Trump's desk for signature. The bipartisan and bicameral legislation, led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Health, Education, Labor and  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 12 2025: * * * Grassley-Led HALT Fentanyl Act to Become Law The HALT Fentanyl Act heads to the president's desk after passing the House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 321-104. * WASHINGTON - The Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives today by a vote of 321-104, sending the leg more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Hayes Introduces Legislation to Increase School-Based Violence Prevention and Intervention Programs * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) reintroduced the School Violence Prevention Act, legislation to provide organizations with grants to create or expand school-based programs to support children at the highest risk for involvement in gun violence. In Connecticut, juveni more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on June 12 2025: * * * Hearing Wrap Up: Sanctuary State Governors Endanger American Lives by Defying Federal Immigration Enforcement Efforts WASHINGTON--The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a full committee hearing today titled, "A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors." At the hearing, Republican members publicly quest more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * 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 Interior Secretary Doug Burgum over the Trump Administration's budget request for the  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * In Washington Post Op-Ed, Pressley & Hamilton Reject "Trump Accounts," Urge Congress to Embrace Baby Bonds to Close Wealth Gap * "Trump accounts fall drastically short of addressing the real hurdles Americans face." "In a just nation, everyone should have the economic power and financial opportunity to build wealth and live the productive life they choose. That's what baby bonds offer: real solut more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal Statement on GOP Rescissions Package * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) released the following statement regarding the Republican rescissions package, which passed the House of Representatives 214-212. "A rescission package means going back on your word. Let me be clear: Congress and Congress alone has the power to appropriate funding. What is happening here is that  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Leader Schumer, Wyden, Merkley Release Data Detailing Hundreds of Rural Hospitals Across U.S. at Risk Due to Republican Health Care Cuts * Over 300 Rural Hospitals at Disproportionate Risk of Closure, Conversion, or Service Reductions Lawmakers Also Provided Data to President Trump, Leader Thune, and Speaker Johnson in Letter Letter and Data | Sheps Response Washington (June  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Leader Schumer, Wyden, Merkley Release Data Detailing Hundreds of Rural Hospitals Across U.S. at Risk Due to Republican Health Care Cuts * Over 300 Rural Hospitals at Disproportionate Risk of Closure, Conversion, or Service Reductions Lawmakers Also Provided Data to President Trump, Leader Thune, and Speaker Johnson in Letter Letter and Data | Sheps Response Washington (June 12, 2025) - more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * MATSUI, MCCLAIN DELANEY, LANDSMAN, CARTER URGE SENATE LEADERSHIP TO STRIKE PROVISION CONDITIONING BEAD FUNDING ON AI MORATORIUM * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (MD-06), Congressman Greg Landsman (OH-01), and Congressman Troy Carter ( more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * McClain Delaney, Matsui, Landsman, Carter Urge Senate Leadership to Strike Provision Conditioning BEAD Funding on AI Moratorium WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (MD-06), Chair of the New Democrat Coalition's Rural Broadband Task Force; Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technolog more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan, New Democrat Coalition Leadership Slams House GOP Passage of President Trump's Cuts to Foreign Assistance, Global Aids Prevention and Public Broadcasting * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) joined New Democrat Coalition Leadership to issue a statement on the House passage of President Trump's rescissions request, which would cancel $9.4 billion in c more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders, King Introduce Bill to Ban Prescription Drug Ads * WASHINGTON, June 12 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) today introduced the End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act, legislation that would ban prescription drug advertising on television, radio, print, digital platforms and  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 12 2025: * * * On World Day Against Child Labor, Labor Leaders Introduce Bold Legislation to End Abusive Child Labor The Protecting Children Act is the most robust proposal yet and renews our commitment to confronting child labor violations. * WASHINGTON - Today, on World Day against Child Labor, Education and Workforce Committee R more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on June 12 2025: * * * Ranking Member Sanders Asks Health Care Providers for Information on Republicans' Budget Bill WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), requested information from health care providers across the country on the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Dan Goldman, Co-Chair of the Public Broadcasting Caucus, Statement on House Republicans Voting to Eliminate the Corporation for Public Broadcasting * "As part of Donald Trump's rescissions bill that House Republicans just rubber stamped, they voted to eliminate all federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, betraying their own constituents who rely on public media and educa more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Foushee Votes Against Trump's Rescissions Package * WASHINGTON, DC (June 12, 2025) -- Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025, legislation to rescind federal discretionary funding in accordance with President Trump's request to Congress. "Since Day One, this administration has been destabi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Sanders, King Introduce Bill to Ban Prescription Drug Ads WASHINGTON, June 12 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) today introduced the End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act, legislation that would ban prescriptio more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Senator Kim Gets Commitments from Trump's Nominee to Head FAA on Prioritizing Newark Airport and Drone Regulations WASHINGTON D.C. - During a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing, Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) secured commitments from President Trump's nominee for Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Bryan Bedford, to prioritize mitigating de more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Reps. Sharice Davids (D-KS), Frank Lucas (R-OK) Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Food Access on Tribal Lands * Program fed 650,000 tribal members in 2024 Today, Representatives Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) and Frank Lucas (R-OK-03) introduced the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) Act of 2025, a bipartisan bill aimed at improving access to healthy food for tribal commun more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Stansbury Press Trump on Musk's and DOGE's Failures, Offer Recommendations to Cut Waste, Lower Costs Without Hurting Middle-Class Americans * Lawmakers' recommendations would save U.S. government more than $2 trillion over next decade while making everyday Americans better off; provide stark contrast to Republican bill that would cut health coverage for millions "Mr. Musk's effor more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Pingree Rips into GOP Agriculture Appropriations Bill for Failing to Deliver on Health, Food Security, and Farm Resilience * Today in the full Appropriations Committee markup of the Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration funding bill for Fiscal Year 2026, Senior Appropriator Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) called out the Trump Administration's hypocrisy, touting a "Make America more PR