WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Paul Kapur, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of State for South and Central Asian affairs, from a June 10, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, distinguished Members of the Committee, I am honored to join you as President Trump's nominee for the position of Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs. I appreciate the tru more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Francis Brooke, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of the Treasury for international trade and development, from a June 12, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, and members of the Committee, I am honored to be here with you as the nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Treasury for International Trade and Devel more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 16, 2025: * * * At Hearing, Warren Presses Trump Admin Nominees on Housing Discrimination and National Security Risks from the President's Chip Deals Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee gave opening remarks and q more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * CASTOR LEADS FLORIDA DEMOCRATS IN URGING FLORIDA SENATORS TO OPPOSE HOUSE-PASSED BUDGET BILL THAT WOULD INFLICT OUTSIZED HARM ON FLORIDIANS * Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) and other Florida House Democrats urged Florida Senators Rick Scott and Ashley Moody to oppose the costly and destructive House Republican budget bill, which will strip health coverage away from over 1.8 million Floridians more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Castor, Huffman, Pallone, Booker, Reed, and Padilla Lead Charge to Block Trump's Dangerous Offshore Drilling Plan * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. House Energy and Commerce Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), U.S. House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), Senator Alex Pad more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by John Jovanovic, President Trump's nominee to be chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., from a June 12, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, and distinguished members of this Committee, I am honored to be here today as President Trump's Nominee to serve as Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United State more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following opening remarks from a June 12, 2025, hearing entitled "Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request": * * * Chairman Rogers' opening remarks as prepared for delivery: I welcome our witnesses and thank them for their service to our nation. We are here today to hear from the Department of Defense about its FY26 budget request. Unfortunately, we have still not rec more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 16, 2025: * * * Huffman, Pallone, Castor, Padilla, Booker, Reed Lead Charge to Block Trump's Dangerous Offshore Drilling Plan Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), U.S. House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), Senator Ale more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 16, 2025: * * * No Authority to Freeze Funding, No Authority to Unilaterally Eliminate Government Services WASHINGTON -- In two legal decisions released this morning, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) reaffirmed that the President has no inherent authority to unilaterally freeze enacted appropriations. House Appropria more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on June 16, 2025: * * * Pallone Blasts Trump for Illegally Firing NRC Commissioner Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Trump illegally fired Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Commissioner Christopher Hanson: "Trump's firing of NRC Commissioner Hanson more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Pallone, Huffman, Castor, Booker, Reed, and Padilla Lead Charge to Block Trump's Dangerous Offshore Drilling Plan * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-New Jersey), U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and S more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Adam Smith, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Smith statement on Trump's Withdrawal from the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement * SEATTLE, WA. - Today, Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.) released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced a withdrawal from the historic agreement between the federal government and the Six Sovereigns - the Nez Perce Tribe, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation,  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER: TRUMP'S "BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL" COULD SPELL "BIG" ENERGY PRICE HIKES & "BIG" JOB LOSSES FOR BUFFALO; STANDING AT ONE OF WESTERN NY'S LARGEST HOME SOLAR INSTALLERS, SENATOR REVEALS HOW GOP PLAN... * Buffalo Clean Energy Biz Like Solar Liberty Were Boosted By Federal Clean Energy Incentives - But Now Face Major Issues For Future Of Business Under GOP Job-Killing  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER: UNDER GOP PLAN, ENERGY TAX HIKES COULD DECIMATE ROCHESTER'S #1 FASTEST-GROWING BUSINESS, DRIVE UP COSTS FOR ROCHESTER FAMILIES & SMALL BIZ; STANDING AT HOME WITH NEWLY-INSTALLED SOLAR PANELS,... * Rochester's GreenSpark Solar, Named Rochester's #1 Fastest-Growing Business & A Rochester Top Workplace, Has Already Been Forced To Lay Off 20 Workers Due To GOP Cl more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following opening statement from a June 12, 2025, confirmation hearing. The nominees are Ben DeMarzo and Craig Trainor to be assistant secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, Jovan Jovanovic to be chairman of the Ex-Im Bank, Francis Brooke to be assistant secretary of the Treasury, and David Peters to be assistant secretary of Commerce. * * * I want  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following opening statement from a June 12, 2025, confirmation hearing. The nominees are Ben DeMarzo and Craig Trainor to be assistant secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, Jovan Jovanovic to be chairman of the Ex-Im Bank, Francis Brooke to be assistant secretary of the Treasury, and David Peters to be assistant secretary of Commerce. *  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Jacob S. Helberg, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of State for economic growth, energy and the environment, from a June 10, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished Members of this Committee: It is the honor of a lifetime to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee for Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following written testimony by Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins from a June 11, 2025, hearing on the agency's accomplishments: * * * Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Craig, and distinguished members of this Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you to highlight what the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has accomplished since the start of the new administration. President Donald J. Trump said it more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Murray, Heinrich Statement on Trump Firing NRC Commissioner Hanson Washington, D.C.--After Trump fired Commissioner and former Chair Chris Hanson from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an independent agency created by Congress that is charged with ensuring the safe use of radioactive materials, Sen more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 16, 2025: * * * Whitehouse, Murray, Heinrich Statement on Trump Firing NRC Commissioner Hanson Washington, D.C.--After Trump fired Commissioner and former Chair Chris Hanson from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an independent agency created by Congress that is charged with ensuring the safe use of radioactive materials, Senator Whit more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Yale Budget Lab Finds Bottom 80% Of U.S. Households Lose Under Trump/Republican Agenda * Last week during a hearing by the House Committee on Ways and Means, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent responded to questioning about deficit effects of H.R. 1 by Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) by suggesting that the bill would be fully offset through revenue raised by tariffs imposed on other countries by President Trum more PR