WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific released the following testimony by Lynn Kuok, chair in Southeast Asia studies at the Brookings Institution, from a June 10, 2025, hearing entitled "Building Bridges, Countering Rivals: Strengthening U.S.-ASEAN Ties to Combat Chinese Influence." ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations. * * * Chairwoman Young Kim, Ranking Member Ami Bera, distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you fo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following testimony by Jennifer A. Abruzzo, senior advisor to the president at the Communications Workers of America, from a June 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Restoring Balance: Ensuring Fairness and Transparency at the NLRB." NLRB is the National Labor Relations Board. * * * I appreciate the opportunity to speak with the subcommittee today about the vital importance of p more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Jesus Garcia, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Garcia, Head Start Advocates Join to Demand Answers about Head Start Office Changes * CHICAGO - Today, Congressman Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (IL-04) joined by Gads Hill Center CEO Mariana Osoria, Dawn Delgado, Director of Early Learning at Metropolitan Family Services and Viviana Vergara, Home Visiting Supervisor and parent advocate at El Hogar del Nino, held a press conference to discuss the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Rudy Yakym, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Guest Opinion: One Big Beautiful Bill, explained * U.S, Rep. Rudy Yakym - Elkhart Truth One Big Beautiful Bill... but what does it actually do? And, more importantly, what does it not do? Two weeks ago, House Republicans passed the One Big Beautiful Bill. The bill is now in the Senate for review and will then hopefully be sent to President Trump's desk. The One Big Beautiful Bill isn't some bloa more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Democrats Defend NIH Grants Against Trump Administration's Unlawful Termination * Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Litigation and Response Task Force led 152 House Democrats in filing an amicus brief challenging the Trump Administration's illegal and devastating cuts to life-saving medical research grants at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The brief defends more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Democrats Defend NIH Grants Against Trump Administration's Unlawful Termination * Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Litigation and Response Task Force led 152 House Democrats in filing an amicus brief challenging the Trump Administration's illegal and devastating cuts to life-saving medical research grants at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The brief defends Congress's Article I auth more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following testimony by Roger King, senior labor and employment counsel at the HR Policy Association, from a June 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Restoring Balance: Ensuring Fairness and Transparency at the NLRB." NLRB is the National Labor Relations Board. * * * Chairman Allen, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to agai more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following testimony by F. Vincent Vernuccio, president of the Institute for the American Worker, from a June 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Restoring Balance: Ensuring Fairness and Transparency at the NLRB." NLRB is the National Labor Relations Board. * * * Good Morning. My name is F. Vincent Vernuccio and I am President of Institute for the American Worker (I4AW). I4AW is  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Johnson Protects Women's Sports at U.S. Military Service Academies * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced the Protection of Women in Sports at Military Academies Act to prohibit biological males from competing in women's sports at United States military service academies. "This is not a new concept - biological males and females should compete on separate  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- 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 18 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following testimony by Aaron Solem, staff attorney at the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Inc., from a June 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Restoring Balance: Ensuring Fairness and Transparency at the NLRB." NLRB is the National Labor Relations Board. * * * Chairman Allen, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and distinguished subcommittee members: Thank you for the o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Scott Statement on GAO Ruling that Administration Illegally Withheld Funds from IMLS * As originally released by the Committee on Education and Workforce, Democrats (link is external) WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Government Accountability Office (link is external) (GAO) decisi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Velazquez Urges Labor Secretary to Reverse Cuts to Puerto Rico Job Corps Centers * WASHINGTON- Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) led a letter urging U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to reverse the Trump administration's decision to phase out operations of contract operated Job Corp centers nationwide by the end of June 2025. The letter focuses on the devastating impact th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Hickenlooper Calls Republicans' Budget Plan "Fiscal Madness" on Senate Floor * Hickenlooper: "Their lavish tax bill gives more to the top earners while taking away from the Americans with the least." Republicans' national budget will increase prices for Coloradans, gut critical services, and balloon the national debt to bankroll tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy WASHINGTON - Today, U.S more PR