WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Barr Introduces Defend Girls Athletics Act to Hold Schools Accountable for Refusing Trump Transgender EO * Washington, D.C.-- Today, U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY) introduced legislation that reinforces and codifies President Trump's Executive Order prohibiting biological boys from participating in girls' sports. The Defend Girls Athletics Act ensures the Trump Administration can fully enforce the  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Joins Colleagues in Demanding Trump Administration Release Nearly $7 Billion for K-12 Education & Afterschool Programs * [Hartford, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought and U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon demanding the immediate release of nearly $7 billion in funding for K more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker, NJ Democrats Demand ED Release Funding for K-12, Adult Education Funding * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) led his Democratic colleagues in the New Jersey delegation in a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought and Department of Education (ED) Secretary Linda McMahon to demand clarity regarding the Trump Administration's unlawful de more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Alina Polyakova, president and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis, from a June 18, 2025, hearing entitled "NATO Summit 2025: An Assessment of Transatlantic Security Cooperation": * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, Distinguished Members of the Committee: It is an honor to address you today on a critical matter of US national security and foreign policy. I should note that the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Clark, Murray, Scott, Democrats Reintroduce Child Care for Working Families Act * As Republicans deliver fresh tax breaks for billionaires and kick Americans off their health care, Democrats continue their fight to help families find and afford child care ***WATCH PRESS CONFERENCE HERE WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), V more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Gonzalez Demands Trump Administration Release Nearly $7 Billion in Key Funds for Public Schools * Over $50 million withheld from school districts in TX-34 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced that he joined 149 House Democrats to call on the Trump Administration to release nearly $7 billion in previously Congressionally appropriated federal funding more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Cruz, Cornyn, Babin Bill to Make Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Renaming Permanent Passes House * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Congressman Brian Babin (R-TX-36) released the following statements after their Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives and now heads to the President's desk. This bill woul more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro Statement on Supreme Court Clearing Path for Destruction of Public Education * Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a statement in response to the Supreme Court allowing for mass layoffs at the Department of Education, clearing the path for President Trump's plan to end public education in the United States: "President Trump has made clear that he is not on the side of more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * FACT SHEET: MORE THAN $90 BILLION IN INVESTMENTS ANNOUNCED AT SENATOR MCCORMICK'S PENNSYLVANIA ENERGY AND INNOVATION SUMMIT * Pittsburgh, PA - Top executives in energy and AI, leading global investors, key representatives in labor and trade, and top government officials have joined Senator Dave McCormick and President Donald J. Trump at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Peter Rough, a senior fellow and director of the Center on Europe and Eurasia at Hudson Institute, from a June 18, 2025, hearing entitled "NATO Summit 2025: An Assessment of Transatlantic Security Cooperation": * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, distinguished members of the Committee: thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. * * * Europe's Strategic Backdrop Europe  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Mullin for the Daily Wire: "How The One Big, Beautiful Bill Sustains And Saves Medicaid" * "Today, roughly 35 million Americans are living below the poverty line. Over 70 million people are on Medicaid." Washington, D.C. - On Monday, The Daily Wire published U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin's (R-OK) op-ed detailing how President Trump's 'One, Big, Beautiful Bill' will protect and strength more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King on Potential Recissions Legislation: 'Checks and Balances Essentially have Melted Away' * WASHINGTON, D.C.-- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) today spoke on the Senate floor to speak on the Senate floor against the 'Recissions Package' currently being considered. This legislation aims to remove Congressionally-approved funding from critical public services including, but not limited to, the Co more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Litigation Task Force Statement on Supreme Court's Decision on Department of Education House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08), leaders of the Litigation Task Force, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled to allow the Trump Administration to resume efforts more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Pallone Opening Remarks at Subcommittee Markup of the SCORE Act Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee markup of H.R. 4312, the Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Enforcement (SCORE) Act: W more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Raskin's Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on Providing Affordable Relief for Small Businesses and Working Families Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust hearing more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Scott Opening Statement at Hearing on Antisemitism Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott delivered the following remarks at today's full committee hearing entitled "Antisemitism in Higher Education: Examining the Role of Faculty, Funding, and Ideology." "Thank you, our witnesses, for being with us tod more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Scott Statement on SCOTUS Greenlighting the Mass Firing of Education Department Employees Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration's request to temporarily pause an order by a federa more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. McBride Joins Bipartisan Effort to Address Nursing Shortage, Support Health Care Workforce * Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representative Sarah McBride (D-DE) joined Reps. Young Kim (R-CA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), and Don Bacon (R-NE) to introduce the National Nursing Workforce Center Act, a bipartisan and bicameral bill to address national nursing workforce shortages by supporting state more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Republicans Move Forward with Funding Bill that Raises Utility Bills and Energy Prices, Slashes Resources for National Parks Harmful Bill Guts Resources for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Arts to Line the Pockets of Polluters * During this morning's House Appropriations Subcommittee markup of the 2026 Interio more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 14, 2025: * * * Republicans Raise Utility Bills and Energy Prices in 2026 Interior, Environment Funding Bill Harmful Bill Guts Resources for the Environmental Protection Agency, National Parks, and the Arts to Line the Pockets of Polluters * Today, House Republicans released the draft fiscal year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related A more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen Joins Amicus Brief Opposing Trump's Unconstitutional Dismantling of Department of Education * Trump's Dismantling Of Department Of Education Puts In Jeopardy Critical Funding For Schools, Will Lead To Worse Outcomes For Students WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) has joined her colleagues in Congress in filing an amicus brief in a lawsuit urging a federal court to stop Donald Tru more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Scott Statement on SCOTUS Greenlighting the Mass Firing of Education Department Employees * As originally released by the Committee on Education & Workforce, Democrats (link is external) WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration's request to tem more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Scott, Murray Reintroduce Child Care for Working Families Act * As Republicans deliver fresh tax breaks for billionaires and kick Americans off their health care, Democrats continue their fight to help families find and afford child care. WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, and Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Ap more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Scott, Murray Reintroduce Child Care for Working Families Act As Republicans deliver fresh tax breaks for billionaires and kick Americans off their health care, Democrats continue their fight to help families find and afford child care. * Today, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Educ more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Senator Collins' Statement on Rescissions Package U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on her vote against discharging the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) rescissions package. "The rescissions package has a big problem - nobody really knows what program re more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Stefanik, Vernikov Demand Gov. Kathy Hochul Fire CUNY Chancellor Rodriguez for Failing to Hold Faculty Members Accountable for Alarming Rise of Antisemitism on Campus * Washington, D.C., - Today, House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, alongside NYC Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, demanded Gov. Kathy Hochul fire CUNY Chancellor Felix Rodriguez after Tuesday's House Committee on Educati more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Schumer, Sanders Urge ED Secretary McMahon to Reverse Interest Hike on Student Loan Borrowers Amid Rising Costs * ED will increase the student loan balances of eight million Americans by $300/month on average. Senators: "You should immediately reverse this policy so that millions of borrowers are not forced to pay billions of dollars in unnecessary interest charges." Text of Le more PR