WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * 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 Administration's purge of transgender servicemembers and whether impacted more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency released the following written testimony by Capital Research Center President Scott Walter from a June 4, 2025, hearing entitled "Public Funds, Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild." NGOs are non-governmental organizations. * * * Congresswoman Greene, Ranking Member Stansbury, distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the honor of testifying. I'm president of the Capit more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, issued the following news on June 11, 2025: * * * "These Incidents Are Not Isolated": Chairman Pfluger Opens Hearing on Antisemitic, Anti-Israel Terror Threats on US Soil WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), chairman of the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, delivered the following opening statement in a hearing to asse more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Independent OIG Takes up Senators Kim and Warren Call for Investigation into Trump Administration's Dismantling of CFPB WASHINGTON D.C. - The independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Federal Reserve System and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is taking up the call from Senators Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and U more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Demands Trump Administration Restore Digital Equity Grants That Help New Mexicans Connect to the Internet * Passed by Congress, the Digital Equity Act Provides Funding to Help Connect Americans in Tribal, Rural, and Urban Communities to the Internet; Trump Administration is Blocking Over $8 Million in Funding Appropriated by Congress to Expand Broadband Access and Digital Resou more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency released the following written testimony by Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, from a June 4, 2025, hearing entitled "Public Funds, Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild." NGOs are non-governmental organizations. * * * Chairwoman Greene, Ranking Member Stansbury, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss how America's more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-California, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Ranking Member DeSaulnier Opening Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing Defending Workers Right to Organize WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) delivered the following opening statement at today's Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee hearing enti more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following remarks on June 12, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Frankel Floor Remarks on Republicans' Rescissions Package WASHINGTON -- Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-FL-22), Ranking Member of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in opposition to Republicans' rescissions package more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Danny Davis, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support, issued the following opening statement on June 12, 2025, at a hearing titled "Aging Out is Not a Plan: Reimagining Futures for Foster Youth": * * * (As prepared for delivery) Foster care should be a last resort. When foster care is necessary, we have a legal and moral obligation to act "in the best interests of the child". The best interest of children and more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen Joins Cortez Masto, Nevada Delegation, and Governor Lombardo To Demand Trump Administration Reverse Course on Nevada Job Corps Center Closure * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Governor Joe Lombardo (R-NV), and Representatives Mark Amodei (R-NV-02), Steven Horsford (D-NV-04), Dina Titus (D-NV-01), and Susie Lee (D-NV-03) in dem more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Scott, Takano, & Bonamici, Lead Letter Demanding EEOC Chair Address Gender Identity Discrimination WASHINGTON - In advance of the anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton Countywhere the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of gender identity, Ranki more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey, Health, Labor Leaders, Educators, Climate Advocates Host Virtual Teach-In on Trump Administration's Cuts to Critical Funding * Health Care and Food Justice Cuts | Climate and Education Cuts Washington (June 12, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee, more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released the following written testimony by Special Competitive Studies Project President Yll Bajraktari from a June 5, 2025, hearing entitled "The Federal Government in the Age of Artificial Intelligence": * * * Chairman Comer, Ranking Member Lynch, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to address you today. I am here to discuss the strategic role of artificial intelligence (AI) in enhancing U.S.  more PR