WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin, Wyden Call out Trump Admin for Lying About Social Security Taxes * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) led a group of their colleagues in demanding that the Social Security Administration (SSA) stop peddling lies about the Republican reconciliation bill using the agency's email platform, which reaches tens of millions of Americans. The Repu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Castor Presses Trump Administration to Release Illegally Withheld Local Education Funds for Students and Educators * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) pressed U.S. Secretary of Education Lisa McMahon and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought to immediately release more than $6 billion in federal education funds, including $398 million for Florida public schools  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on July 16, 2025: * * * Chair Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Confirmation Hearing on Labor, Health Nominees U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today's hearing on three Trump administration nominees at the National Labor Relations Board, more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on July 16, 2025: * * * Chair Cassidy, Britt Lead Senate Republicans Calling for End to Biden's Project Labor Agreements U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Katie Britt (R-AL) led 20 Senate Republican colleagues requesting the Trump administration rescind Bi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Chairwoman McClain and Rep. Barr Introduce the Defend Girls Athletics Act * WASHINGTON-- Today, House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) and Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) introduced the Defend Girls Athletics Act. The legislation protects the integrity of women's sports by ensuring that only females are allowed to compete in female athletic programs at federally funded schools. The bi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Cole Releases Updated FY26 Subcommittee Allocations House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) today released updated subcommittee allocations for Fiscal Year 2026, which reflect fiscal responsibility and President Trump's commitment to restoring strength, making America safer, and refocusing the federal government agencies on more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Abraham Hamadeh, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Hamadeh Delivers Dozens of Defense Bill Wins for Arizona's Troops, Bases, and Industry * WASHINGTON D.C. - This week, Congressman Abraham J. Hamadeh successfully led the charge for Arizona's military communities, installations, and defense industrial base--delivering dozens of wins in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), during the bill's 13-hour marathon amendment proc more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Johnson's Statement on Supreme Court's Ruling on Dismantling of Department of Education * WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along partisan lines this week allowi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Nellie Pou, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Congresswoman Pou Joins New Jersey Colleagues Demanding Education Funding Restoration Money held hostage by Trump admin vital to Garden State * Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) today joined her Democratic colleagues in the New Jersey congressional delegation in demanding the release of nearly $7 billion for K-12 and adult education being held hostage by the Trump administration. more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn, Cruz, Babin Bill to Make Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Renaming Permanent Passes House * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Congressman Brian Babin (TX-36) released the following statements after their Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act, which would codify President Trump's Executive Order renaming the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge near Houst more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Estes Op-ed Celebrates Historic Legislation to Restore Foundational Values and Support Families * U.S. Congressman Ron Estes (R-Kansas) published an op-ed in the Daily Wire on why the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act is the most pro-family, pro-life piece of legislation in American history. " The Big Beautiful Bill Act is unquestionably one of the most pivotal pieces of tax legislation to ever be passed in more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 16, 2025: * * * Grassley-Led HALT Fentanyl Act Becomes Law President Donald Trump today signed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act into law, permanently classifying illicit, fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I. The bipartisan and bicameral legislation was led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Healt more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Demand Vought, McMahon Stop Blocking Funding for Afterschool Programs, K-12 Schools Across America * ~ 32 senators demand Trump admin stop blocking funding signed into law by President Trump in March and end freeze that has sent districts scrambling just weeks out from the new school year ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Patty Murray (D- more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on July 16, 2025: * * * House & Senate Education Leaders Statement on Trump Admin Illegally Moving Department of Education Programs to DOL as Part of Its Efforts to Dismantle the Department Today, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce; Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), House Appropr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Scott and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Make Child Care More Affordable * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Representative Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), Ranking Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) in introducing the Child Care more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski, Colleagues Advocate for Critical Education Funding * Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joined her colleagues in a letter to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Russell Vought, asking him to faithfully implement the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Full-Year Continuing Resolution Act, and release the funds. The legislation included funding for Supporting Ef more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Murray, Scott, Colleagues Reintroduce Child Care for Working Families Act--Democrats Advocate for Affordable Child Care While Trump & Republicans Blow Up Debt on Billionaire Tax Cuts and Attack Head Start and Federal Child Care Programs * As Republicans deliver fresh tax breaks for billionaires and kick Americans off their health care, Democrats continue their fight to help families find and affo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Ocasio-Cortez Advocates for Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Support for New Parents and Infants * Washington, D.C. \- Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) continued to fight against major cuts to maternal and infant health programs during a hearing with the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. In the last few months, Representative Ocasio-Co more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- 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 Health Subcommittee Legislative Hearing Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing on "Legislative Proposals to Maintain and Improve the Public Health Workforce, Rural Health, and Over-the-Counter Medicines:" While  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Omar Opening Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing on the Future of Workplace Safety * WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Ilhan Omar (MN-05) delivered the following opening statement at a Workforce Protections Subcommittee hearing entitled, "Safe Workplaces, Stronger Partnerships: The Future of OSHA Compliance Assistance." "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to our witnesses for being here t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Mark Harris, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Harris and Sen. Blackburn Lead Fight to Repeal the NEA Congressional Charter * WASHINGTON, DC -- On Wednesday, Representative Mark Harris (R-NC) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the National Education Association Charter Repeal Act to revoke the congressional charter of the nation's largest teachers union. Last week, the NEA voted to fight against President "Trump's embrac more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. John McGuire, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * Rep. McGuire Votes for Committee Passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act U.S. Representative John McGuire (VA-05), voted for the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) through the House Committee on Armed Services. This NDAA enhances peace through strength, reforms defense acquisition, improves servicemembers' quality of life, expedites more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen, Cortez Masto Demand Trump Administration Release Nearly $7 Billion for K-12 Education * Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) joined Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) in a letter to the U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon demanding answers over the Trump administration's decision to withhold nearly $7 billion in federal funding for K-12  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senate & House Education Leaders Statement on Trump Admin Illegally Moving Department of Education Programs to DOL as Part of Its Efforts to Dismantle the Department * ICYMI : Murray, DeLauro, Scott, Baldwin Call on Department of Education to Immediately Cease Illegal Plan to Transfer Career and Technical Education Program Responsibilities to Labor Department Washington, D.C. -- Today, Vice Cha more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 16, 2025: * * * Senate & House Education Leaders Statement on Trump Admin Illegally Moving Department of Education Programs to DOL as Part of Its Efforts to Dismantle the Department ICYMI: Murray, DeLauro, Scott, Baldwin Call on Department of Education to Immediately Cease Illegal Plan to Transfer Career and Technical Education Program Responsibi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Stefanik Advances Historic Results for Fort Drum, Rome Labs, Upstate New York, the North Country, and America in the National Defense Bill * Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, voted to advance the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 out of the Committee. "Today,  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Introduces Dr. Brian Christine of Mountain Brook in Senate HELP Hearing * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) introduced Dr. Brian Christine during his nomination hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP). President Trump nominated Dr. Christine of Mountain Brook, Alabama to be Assistant Secretary for Health at the Departmen more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Van Orden Applauds Committee Passage of FY26 National Defense Authorization Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Navy SEAL veteran Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after voting to pass the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) out of the House Armed Services Committee: "Under the Biden administration, the world was a much mor more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 16, 2025: * * * Warren Delivers Remarks at Exchequer Club on State of Economy Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, delivered a speech at the Exchequer Club on the state of the economy, the bipartisan tradition of hollowing out the more PR