WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * ALONGSIDE HUDSON VALLEY STUDENTS, CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN LEADS CHARGE TO PREVENT TRUMP FROM DISMANTLING CRITICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM * Alongside Hudson Valley Students, Congressman Pat Ryan Leads Charge to Prevent Trump from Dismantling Critical Education Program Federal Impact Aid helps fund school districts that lose tax revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt federal property, such as military insta more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Administration Decimates Research Funding At Universities, Durbins Meets With Southern Illinois University Leaders * June 25, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with Dan Mahoney, President of Southern Illinois University (SIU), and Austin Lane, Chancellor of SIU Carbondale (SIUC), to discuss maintaining research funding as the Trump Administra more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Celebrates 3 Years of Gun Violence Reduction Under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act * WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday celebrated the third anniversary of his landmark Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), the first comprehensive gun safety legislation passed in three decades. The bill made significant investments in our background check system, b more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Garcia, Waters, Green, and Pressley Reintroduce Downpayment Toward Equity Act in Honor of Homeownership Month * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In celebration of National Homeownership Month, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Al Green (D-TX), and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) announced the r more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on June 26, 2025: * * * Senate HELP Committee Votes to Approve President Trump's Education, Labor Nominees WASHINGTON - Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to advance eight of President Trump's nominees at the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Com more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray Calls on White House to Reverse Reported Hiring of Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theorist Lyn Redwood to CDC * ICYMI : Murray Calls for Kennedy to Reinstate Fired ACIP Members or Delay Meeting Until New Members Appropriately Vetted; Calls Out Elevation of Conspiracy Theorist like Redwood ICYMI : At HELP Hearing, Senator Murray Presses CDC Nominee on Commitment to Scientific Integrity, Vacc more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray Statement on SCOTUS Ruling Against Planned Parenthood in Medina v. PPSAT * ICYMI : Murray, Congressional Democrats File Amicus Brief Supporting Planned Parenthood South Atlantic in Medina v. PPSAT ICYMI : Senator Murray Statement on Ruling that Republicans Can't Block Marketplace Plans from Covering Abortion Care in Budget Reconciliation Bill In Murray-led forum for Dobbs anniv more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: 'An Assault on Knowledge' | Pingree Condemns GOP Cuts to Library of Congress * Today, during the full Appropriations Committee markup of the Legislative Branch funding bill for Fiscal Year 2026, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) condemned House Republicans' proposed cuts to the Library of Congress, which she says threatens the preservation of our nation's history and culture. "This i more PR