WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence released the following testimony by Oren Segal, senior vice president of counter-extremism and intelligence at Anti-Defamation League, from a June 11, 2025, hearing entitled "The Rise of Anti-Israel Extremist Groups and Their Threat to U.S. National Security": * * * For more than a century, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) has worked to combat antisemitism and hate in all forms. Today, ADL is a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Scott Cameron, acting assistant secretary for water and science at the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation, from a June 11, 2025, hearing entitled "A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation": * * * Thank you, Chairman Kennedy, Ranking Member Murray, and more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, D-Massachusetts, acting ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Democrats Urge Chairman Comer to Subpoena DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to Answer for Violent Assault of Sen. Padilla Washington, D.C. (June 13, 2025)-- Today, Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Ac more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Hernandez Call on Trump Administration to Maintain Funding for Puerto Rico Energy Resilience * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Resident Commissioner for Puerto Rico Pablo Jose Hernandez (D-P.R.) led 19 Members of Congress in a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright calling on the Trump Administration to reverse its  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Ezell, Miller-Meeks Introduce the Unleash America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources Act * Representatives Mike Ezell (MS-04) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) introduced H.R. 4018, the Unleash America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources Act, legislation that codifies President Trump's Executive Order 14285 to support and expand domestic seabed mineral development. The bill str more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 18, 2025: * * * Heinrich Slams Trump Energy Department Budget Request and Mismanagement, Stresses Need for Affordable, Domestic Sources of Energy 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 Ener more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH ADVOCATES FOR MISS. DEFENSE FACILITIES IN LONG-RANGE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PLANNING * Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Reviews FY2026 DoD Military Construction Request VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Advocates for Mississippi Defense Facilities in Long-Term Defense Budget Planning. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today sought assurances that the U.S. Dep more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff Condemn Trump Administration Decision to Terminate $3.7 Billion in Clean Energy Grants, Urge DOE to Reinstate Them * Senators Padilla and Schiff: "These unlawful terminations represent a significant setback for American energy independence, and they undermine California and America's leadership in the globally competitive clean energy industry." "These grants were provided throu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on June 18, 2025: * * * Pallone Calls for Bipartisan Investigation into Secretary Kennedy's Actions to Restrict Access to Vaccines Top Democrat Requests Bipartisan Investigation into Kennedy's Actions as well as an Oversight Hearing on Vaccine Panel Chaos * Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to Cha more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. George T. Whitesides, D-California, issued the following news release on June 17, 2025: * * * Rep. George Whitesides Demands Answers on Planned Quartz Hill Post Office Closure from Postmaster General QUARTZ HILL, CA - Today, Rep. George Whitesides (CA-27) sounded the alarm on the potential closing of the Quartz Hill Post Office, demanding answers from Postmaster General David Steiner on the scope, reasoning, and impact of this decision. "Closing a local, profitabl more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government released the following testimony by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent from a June 11, 2025, hearing entitled "A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Department of the Treasury": * * * Chair Hagerty, Ranking Member Reed, and members of the subcommittee--I'm grateful to join you today. Treasury is committed to working with Congress to improve our nation's finance more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Wagner Supports President Trump's Efforts to Prevent a Nuclear Iran * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) and Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) led a letter to President Donald J. Trump supporting his efforts to prevent a nuclear Iran and protect American citizens worldwide. You can read an excerpt from the letter below and the full letter here. The Members said: "In light of the rec more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Scott Urge EPA to Reinstate Funding for Cancelled Community Resilience Grants * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner, Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin urging the agency to reverse its decision to terminate two major Community Change Grants in Virginia. The cancelled gra more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Scott Urge EPA to Reinstate Funding for Cancelled Community Resilience Grants * $40M in funding would have supported projects to reduce flood risk, improve energy efficiency, and support economic development in Virginia WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner, Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Admin more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla Delivers Floor Speech Following His Forcible Removal From DHS Press Conference * WATCH : Padilla: "If this Administration is this afraid of just one Senator with a question, colleagues, imagine what the voices of tens of millions of Americans peacefully protesting can do." "If that is what the Administration is willing to do to a United States Senator for having the [audacity] to more PR