WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * "It Is Those Who Can Least Afford It Who Are Going To Be Hit The Hardest"-- In Speech on Senate Floor, Cantwell Shows How GOP's Budget Sells Out the American People * 06.29.25 Cantwell: From kicking 17 million Americans off Medicaid & other health insurance to effectively cancelling state AI protections, the budget proposed by Congressional Republicans is a cash grab for corporations & the ri more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * "The Character of the Country is on the Line" Warnock Calls for GOP to Protect 16 Million Americans Who Risk Losing Health Care * Watch the full floor speech HERE Senator Reverend Warnock: "Your health care is about to go up. Your hospital might close because they're cutting these clean energy tax cuts, your utility bills are about to go up. And so I have a question tonight, who voted for th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Carter Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Health Hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Congressman Buddy Carter (GA-01), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing titled The Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Huma more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Griffith Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Environment Hearing on the Beneficial Use of Coal Ash Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing titled A Decade Later: A Review of Congressional Action, Environmen more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on June 29, 2025: * * * Crapo: One Big Beautiful Bill Delivers Historic Tax Relief, Achieves Record Savings Washington, D.C.--Ahead of Senate debate on President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over tax policy and federal health care programs, explained the bill prevents massi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: In Senate Floor Speech Ahead of Reconciliation Vote, Shaheen Decries Republican Megabill as "Largest Transfer of Wealth from the Poor to the Rich in a Single Bill in History", Urges Colleagues to Vote No * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke on the Senate floor tonight to highlight the devastating im more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Whitehouse Spotlights Provision in Trump's Beautiful-for-Billionaires Bill that Will Ship American Jobs Overseas * Washington, DC - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, published an op-ed on Friday in U.S. News & World Report highlighting a tax provision in the Republican reconciliation package that incentiv more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Files Amendments to Dangerous Republican Budget Megabill * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, announced his amendments to President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans' budget megabill in an attempt to thwart the legislation's most catastrophic impacts. The partisan proposal--which Republicans are ramming through Congress usin more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * New Analysis: Senate Tax Bill Drives Deficit Reduction by Igniting Economic Growth U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on a new analysis from the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) showing the Senate tax legislation will create more than $2 trillion in deficit reduction thanks to per more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders on the Worst Bill in Modern U.S. History * WASHINGTON, June 29 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today gave remarks on the floor of the Senate opposing President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" which is a gift to the billionaire class while causing massive pain for working families. Sanders remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched HERE : M. President: more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on June 30, 2025: * * * Republicans' Reconciliation Bill Delivers Permanent Tax Relief to Idaho Washington, D.C.--Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, Chairman of the powerful U.S. Senate Finance Committee, is leading legislation to prevent the largest tax hike in history that would primarily fall on families and businesses making less than $400,000 per year. The Senate Finance Com more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz: Republicans Are Ripping People Off, Plunging Country Into Energy Crisis To Cut Taxes For Billionaires * WASHINGTON - During a debate on the Republican tax bill, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) condemned the bill's provisions to gut clean energy which will raise people's energy bills by more than a hundred dollars starting next year and make blackouts and power outages more common across more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Introduces Amendments to Improve Republican Budget Reconciliation Bill, Keep Costs from Skyrocketing * **Congressional Republicans' budget reconciliation bill would slash Medicaid and food assistance benefits for tens of thousands of Granite Staters** (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a top member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, is offering multipl more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune: A Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity for American Safety, Strength, and Prosperity * Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune's remarks below (as delivered): "Thank you, Mr. President. "Mr. President, we're going to vote here real soon on a bill that's been worked on f more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Sen. Schiff Blasts Republicans' Bill to Prioritize Billionaires Over Hard-Working Americans, Exposes Major Cuts to Vital Programs * "We can give, instead of take. We can build, instead of tear down. We can recapture once again the sense of possibility in this country." Washington D.C. -- U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) spoke on the Senate floor to highlight how President Donald Trump  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Highlights How Republicans' Cruel Tax Bill Hurts Working Americans to Help the Ultra-Wealthy: "It's going to inflict bipartisan pain." * Health care, community hospitals, food assistance, jobs are on the line WASHINGTON, D.C. - Late last night, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate floor to reveal how Republicans' disastrous tax and spending bill will force millions of working A more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Senate Republicans' Legislation Delivers for American Workers, Businesses Washington, D.C.--The Senate Finance Committee's legislation prevents a more-than $4 trillion tax hike and makes the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent, giving American families and businesses the certainty they need to invest and plan for the future. Individuals and organ more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Blasts Republican "Death Sentence" for American Clean Energy, Warns of Imminent Utility Bill Hike Washington, D.C. -- Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the energy tax policy changes Republicans proposed in the latest version of their reconciliation bill: "In the middle of the night, ju more PR