WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * After Trump's Cuts, Pingree Leads Bipartisan Effort to Restore Local Food Lifelines * Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a longtime farmer and member of the House Agriculture Committee, led a bipartisan group of her colleagues in introducing the Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act to boost the purchasing and distribution of local food. The bill, co-led by Representatives Rob Bres more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Assistant Minority Leader Neguse Leads Lawsuit Against Trump-Vance Administration for Blocking Lawful Oversight of Federal Immigration Detention Facilities * Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse led a dozen individual members of the U.S. House of Representatives in suing the Trump-Vance administration, challenging its unlawful obstruction of congressional oversight more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Calls for Large-Scale Increase of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza and Diplomatic Efforts to End the War * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined 43 of her Senate colleagues to express unified alarm about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, call for the large-scale expansion of humanitarian aid, and urge the Trump Administration to resume diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Barr Introduces Bold Package to Revitalize and Reset Kentucky Coal * Washington, D.C.-- This week, U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY-06) unveiled a comprehensive legislative package aimed at rejuvenating and securing the future of Kentucky coal. These proposals would unlock new domestic markets for coal-based materials and strengthening American energy and national security. "Coal once powered 50% of more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Statement on the Confirmation of Emil Bove to Serve as a Judge on the Third Circuit * [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the Senate voted 50-49 to confirm Emil Bove, President Trump's former personal defense attorney, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: "Emi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker, Kim Statement on Confirmation of Emil Bove * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) issued the following statement: "Emil Bove's confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a blow to the guiding principles of judicial independence and impartiality. During his confirmation pr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * BOST JOINS PRESIDENT TRUMP AT WHITE HOUSE FOR VA HOME LOAN BILL SIGNING * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) joined President Trump at the White House today for a bill signing ceremony for the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act. The new law, a priority for Bost as chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, creates a VA partial claim program empowering veterans who have fallen  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Bresnahan Leads Bipartisan Legislation to Put Local Food on Local Tables * WASHINGTON, DC: Today, U.S. Representatives Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) led a bipartisan group of his colleagues in introducing the Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act to boost the purchasing and distribution of local food. The bill will help build stronger connections between local producers, and community food pr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * BUDZINSKI IN WASHINGTON TIMES: OUR VETERANS DESERVE HEALTH RESOURCES THEY CAN COUNT ON * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This morning, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) published an opinion piece in The Washington Times discussing ways to improve health resources for veterans. The piece highlights the importance of centering veterans' voices and how the Trump administration's layoffs and research cuts a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Budzinski Joins in Introducing Legislation to Help Food Banks, Schools Purchase Local Food * SPRINGFIELD, IL -- Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers to introduce the Local Farmers Feeding Our Communities Act to boost the purchasing and distribution of local food. By restoring the Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) and Local Food for Schools (LFS) more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito: The OBBB Delivers Tax Relief for West Virginians * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The One Big Beautiful Bill prevents what could have been the largest tax increase in history for working- and middle-class Americans. By permanently extending and expanding on the successful Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), passed during President Trump's first term, Senate Republicans are delivering on their pr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Delivers Floor Speech Calling for Affordable Flood Insurance * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor highlighting the urgent need for Congress to prevent the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) from expiring on September 30 th and ensuring it remains affordable for the homeowner, accountable to the taxpayer, and sustainable for  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Joins President Trump at White House, Applauds Effort to Modernize Health System to Put Patients First * (Click here to see President Trump shout out Senator Cassidy at the event) WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined President Trump at the White House promoting the administration's ne more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Casten, 92 House Democrats Demand Oversight Into Humanitarian Efforts in Gaza Amid Starvation Crisis * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) led 92 House Democrats in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding an investigation into the ownership structure and operation of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a private, unqualified U.S.-linked aid organization at the c more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Castro Statement on Illegal Texas Congressional Map * July 30, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) released the following statement on the illegal Texas congressional map: "This proposed Texas Congressional map is illegal and a direct violation of the Voting Rights Act. Governor Abbott is subverting the political will of Texans so that national Republicans can inte more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Capito Delivers Floor Speech on Need for Bipartisan Permitting Reform Legislation * To watch Chairman Capito's floor remarks, click here or the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered remarks on Senate Floor outlining the need for comprehensive, bipartis more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Chairman Capito Delivers Floor Speech on Need for Bipartisan Permitting Reform Legislation Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered remarks on Senate Floor outlining the need for comprehensive, bipartisan reforms to o more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Approves Dr. Rand Paul's Bipartisan Risky Research Review Act U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), announced that his bipartisan Risky Research Review Act has passed out of committee following a successful markup. The legislation, which es more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Crow Sues Trump Administration for Denying Access to Aurora's ICE Detention Facility * AURORA -- Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06) today announced that he is suing the Trump Administration after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unlawfully denied him access to the Aurora ICE Detention Facility. This denial violated (link is external) federal law, which grants Members of Congre more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Kennedy Calls on Trump Administration to Reverse Efforts to Weaken ATF and Federal Gun Regulations * BUFFALO, NY - Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) led 47 of his colleagues in sending a letter to Acting ATF Director Daniel Driscoll and Attorney General Pam Bondi urging the Trump administration to reverse harmful efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to weaken th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Maxwell Frost Blasts Florida Attorney General's Threats to Remove Orange County Government Officials Over Immigration Enforcement * ORLANDO, FL -- Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) issued a statement slamming Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, for threatening to remove Orange County Commissioners and Mayor Jerry Demings, after Orange County leaders rejected a prop more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSMAN MORELLE CONDEMNS DISMANTLING OF AFGHAN ALLIES VISA PROGRAM * (Rochester, N.Y.)--Today, Congressman Joe Morelle joined veterans and advocates to strongly condemn the Trump Administration's decision to shut down Operation Enduring Welcome and the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE)--two federal programs designed to resettle Afghan nationals who supported U.S. military and d more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Sorensen Leads Dozens of Lawmakers in Effort to Improve Social Security Amidst Trump Administration Cuts to Essential Services * Congressman Sorensen Led More Than 30 Democrats in a Letter to Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano Demanding Answers for Customer Service Failures Millions of Americans are Struggling to Access Benefits Because They are Unable to Sp more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. David Valadao, R-California, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Valadao Builds Local Partnerships to Help Feed Our Communities * WASHINGTON - Congressman David Valadao (CA-22) joined Reps. Rob Bresnahan (PA-08), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), and Josh Riley (NY-19) in introducing the Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act. This bipartisan bill would allow states, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to establish cooperative agreements  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Veasey Statement on Republican Racist Redistricting Plan * Fort Worth, TX - Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) released the following statement on the proposed congressional map by Republican lawmakers: "Let's be clear - this map is racist, it's illegal, and it's part of a long, ugly tradition of trying to keep Black and Brown Texas from having a voice. What Donald Trump and Greg Abbo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Claudia Tenney Responds to Declassified Report Confirming Russia Collusion Hoax Was Fabricated by Obama-Era Officials * Oswego, New York--Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) issued the following statement in response to the newly declassified House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) Majority Staff Report, which details how senior Obama-era intelligence officials man more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Escobar Statement on Texas Redistricting Proposal * Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) released the following statement on the current Texas redistricting map proposal. "Republicans, at the behest of Donald Trump, have engaged in a mid-decade redistricting that will impact federal representation for urban communities in Texas, including El Paso. The current proposed map strips  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia Joins 92 House Democrats in Demanding Oversight of Humanitarian Efforts in Gaza Amid Starvation Crisis * MEDIA CONTACT: Joseph Guzman 202-355-8084 joseph.guzman@mail.house.gov (link sends email) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) joined 92 House Democrats in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding an investigation into the owne more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia Statement on DHS Threats to DACA Recipients * MEDIA CONTACT: Joseph Guzman 202-355-8084 joseph.guzman@mail.house.gov (link sends email) HOUSTON, T.X. - Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) released the following statement following Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims that recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) are not protected fro more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia Statement on Proposed Texas Congressional Maps * MEDIA CONTACT: Joseph Guzman 202-355-8084 joseph.guzman@mail.house.gov (link sends email) HOUSTON, T.X. - Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) released the following statement in response to the proposed redistricting maps in Texas: "The new redistricting maps out of Austin are exactly what we believed they wou more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Tenney Unveils 2025 Tax Plan to Lower Costs for Families and Small Businesses * Oswego, New York--Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today unveiled her 2025 Tax Plan to lower costs for families, protect small businesses and family farms, and expand opportunity across New York's 24th District. As a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, Tenney helped craft President Trump' more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Coons, Schumer, Murray, Shaheen, Reed, Warner, Schatz, Kaine, Duckworth, Kelly, Bennet, Slotkin, Kim release joint statement to raise alarm about President Trump's steep concessions to Beijing * WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Senate Defense Appropriator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Appropriations Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Senate Foreign Rela more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn Blasts Democrats for Slow-Walking Trump Nominees, Undermining American People * WASHINGTON - Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) blasted Senate Democrats for their historic slow-walking of Pres. Trump's nominees and for undermining the will of the American people and expressed his view that Senate Republicans will need to consider taking steps to speed up confirmations should Democrats n more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton to Greer: Investigate Jack Smith for Election Interference * Contact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 July 30, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to Acting Special Counsel Jamieson Greer requesting an investigation into whether former Special Counsel Jack Smith violated federal law by using political actions to influence the 2024  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Cramer Applauds Repeal of Endangerment Finding * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding. The finding, issued in the first year of the Obama administration, concluded current and proje more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines in Foreign Relations Subcommittee: We Need to End America's Dependence on Russia's Critical Minerals * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Jonathan Pratt, the Senior Bureau Official at the Bureau of African Affairs, and Scott Woodard, the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Economic Growth, Energy, and Environment in a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing. Daine more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Speaks in Support of William Mercer as Federal Judge for the District of Montana in Senate Judiciary Committee * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke in support of William Mercer at his nomination hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mercer has been nominated by President Trump to serve as United States District Judge for the District of Montana. Watch Daines' remarks H more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * DeGette Statement Following OMB Attempt to Slash NIH, Biomedical Research * DENVER, CO -- Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01), Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following statement after the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reversed course on directing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to only use appropriated dollars for salaries, admin more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro Statement on ICE Detention of New Haven Student * Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro released a statement in response to the detention (link is external) of an 18-year-old student at Wilbur Cross High School, Esdras R., by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): "The Trump Administration is cracking down on families who are part of our community. It is shameful and cruel. "They  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Meets with Illinois Teachers to Discuss Support for Schools as Donald Trump Guts the Department of Education * July 29, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) met with Illinois members of the American Federation of Teachers to discuss how we can better support our state's schools as the Trump Administration works to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, i more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Statement On Senate Confirmation Of Emil Bove To Serve As A Lifetime Circuit Court Judge * July 29, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Emil Bove's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: "Mr. Bove's primary q more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * Durbin Statement On Senate Confirmation Of Emil Bove To Serve As Lifetime Circuit Court Judge U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Emil Bove's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Warnock Reintroduce John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act * July 29, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Reverand Raphael Warnock (D-GA), along with U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and all other Senate Democrats, today reintroduced  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * Durbin, Warnock Reintroduce John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Reverand Raphael Warnock (D-GA), along with U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and all other Se more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Applauds President Trump for Signing Legislation to Keep Veterans in their Homes * HULL, IOWA - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) issued the following statement praising President Trump for signing into law the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act : "I thank President Trump for signing into law the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, which will help keep veterans in their homes and alleviat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Gallego's Shadow Wolves Bill Passes Committee Unanimously Senator Also Advances Legislation to Ban Stock Trading by Public Officials * Today, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously voted to advance Senator Ruben Gallego's (D-AZ) Shadow Wolves Improvement Act, a bipartisan bill to strengthen border security and expand career opportunities for Na more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego, Colleagues Call for Large-Scale Expansion of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza and Resumption of Diplomatic Efforts to Secure a Ceasefire and End the War Senators lay out needed humanitarian and diplomatic next steps in letter to Middle East Special Envoy and Secretary of State after latest round of ceasefire talks faltered last week * * * Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined 38 Senators expressing more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego, Kelly, Stanton, Ansari Call on Trump Administration to Preserve Federal Support for College Readiness Programs in Arizona Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), along with Representatives Greg Stanton (AZ-04) and Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) called on the Trump administration to reverse its decision to abruptly cancel grants to support low-income and first-generation colleg more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Gluesenkamp Perez in the NYT: "It's My Job to Reflect My Community's Sentiment That This is a Problem" * This month, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) joined The New York Times to discuss her proposal to set ethics standards for Members of Congress experiencing mental decline and memory loss. This Democrat Wants Cognitive Standards in Congress. Her Colleagues Disagree. Annie Kar more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley: Exhaustive Efforts to Vet Emil Bove's Nomination Prove He's Fit for the Job * WASHINGTON - Ahead of the Senate's vote on the nomination of Emil Bove to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released an exhaustive overview of his work to thoroughly vet Bove's nomination in light of three whistleblower allegation more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Votes Against Advancing Trump's Nominees for DOI and DOE * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, voted no on the nominations of Lanny Erdos to be the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Audrey Robertson to be the U.S. Departme more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Heinrich Votes Against Advancing Trump's Nominees for DOI and DOE U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, voted no on the nominations of Lanny Erdos to be the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Director of the Office of Surface Mining  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Call for Large-Scale Expansion of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza & Resumption of Diplomatic Efforts to Secure a Ceasefire & End the War * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 42 Democratic senators in writing to the Trump Administration to express alarm about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and call for a large-scale expansion of huma more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Call for Large-Scale Expansion of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza & Resumption of Diplomatic Efforts to Secure a Ceasefire & End the War * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 42 Democratic senators in writing to the Trump Administration to express alarm about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and call for a large-scale expansion of humani more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Call for Large-Scale Expansion of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza and Resumption of Diplomatic Efforts to Secure a Ceasefire and End the War * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined 43 of her Senate colleagues in expressing unified alarm about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, called for the large-scale expansion of humanitarian aid, and urged the Trump Adm more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following commentary to the Courier Journal on July 29, 2025: * * * Here's the Truth: The One Big, Beautiful Bill Actually Strengthens Medicaid "Earlier this year, President Trump tasked Congress with developing a bill that enacts his domestic policy agenda and kickstarts the American economy. "This piece of legislation, known as the One Big, Beautiful Bill, was signed into law more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyle, Wyden, Merkley: Federal Disaster Relief Coming to Southern Oregon Flooding Recovery * UPDATE 7/29 | 4:45PM PT: Merkley, Wyden, and Hoyle have been informed that FEMA denied Governor Kotek's Major Disaster Declaration request to provide support to eligible individuals and households in Coos, Curry, and Douglas counties through the Individual Assistance (IA) program. Additionally, FEMA denied the O more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Daines Op-ed in the WSJ: A Peace Deal for Armenia and Azerbaijan * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines penned an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal explaining the historic potential of a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan and hisinvolvement in the matter. Excerpts from his piece are below. A Peace Deal for Armenia and Azerbaijan Senator Steve Daines The Wall Street Jou more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Dave Min, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Orange County Register: Rep. Dave Min Leads New Anti-Corruption Task Force * Irvine, CA -- In a new interview (link is external) with the Orange County Register, Rep. Dave Min (CA-47) discussed his role as Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus's Fighting Corruption Task Force. As Chair, Rep. Min is working to bring back trust in government, saying " We have to restore people's confiden more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * ICYMI: SENATORS CURTIS AND PADILLA JOIN PBS NEWSHOUR TO DISCUSS WILDFIRES AND BIPARTISANSHIP In a PBS NewsHour segment yesterday, Senator John Curtis (R-UT) appeared alongside Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) to discuss their bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act, transparency in government, and how Senators can work on bills across the aisle. The bipartisan legislation would combat catastrophic wi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: The Countdown is on for Huge Health Insurance Price Increases Following Republican Passage of Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" * IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Donald Trump and Republicans' "One Big Beautiful Bill" contains the most significant and devastating cuts to healthcare in American history, ripping away coverage from 15 million Americans, slashing Medicaid, and allowing for the expiration  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * In Aftermath of Tsunami Alert, Cantwell Thanks First Responders & NOAA: "Those Warnings Were Made Possible Because Of The Incredible Work of NOAA Employees" * 07.30.25 Tsunami warning comes on the heels of Cantwell's letter to Trump calling for more NOAA investments in ocean data collection, emergency alert systems WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell thanked first responde more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * In Speech On Senate Floor, Durbin Makes His Case Against Nomination Of Emil Bove To Serve Lifetime Position On Federal Bench * July 29, 2025 Ahead of Mr. Bove's confirmation vote, there are now three troubling whistleblower complaints against the nominee WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered a speech  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * In Speech On Senate Floor, Durbin Makes His Case Against Nomination Of Emil Bove To Serve Lifetime Position On Federal Bench Ahead of Mr. Bove's confirmation vote, there are now three troubling whistleblower complaints against the nominee * Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Jud more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Mark Messmer, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * Indiana Rep. Mark Messmer Joins EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Energy Secretary Chris Wright in Initiating the Repeal of Radical Obama-Biden Climate Policy INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Today, Indiana Representative Mark Messmer (R-IN) joined Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to celebrate EPA's announcement to repeal an unscien more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Applauds Committee Passage of Bipartisan Legislation, Including Bill to Improve Access to Care in Rural Communities * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded the committee passage of the Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act, bipartisan legislation Kaine introduced to reauthori more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, posted the following news release: * * * Kaptur, Murray Ask GAO to Look Into Energy Department's Decision to Steer Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Away from Wind, Solar In Defiance of Spending Law Toledo, OH -- Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Mu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Senate Democrats Call for Large-Scale Expansion of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza and Resumption of Diplomatic Efforts to Secure a Ceasefire and End the War * Senators lay out needed humanitarian and diplomatic next steps in letter to Middle East Special Envoy and Secretary of State after latest round of ceasefire talks faltered last week Today, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) joined a broad group of Dem more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy champions resolution encouraging NATO members to meet their five percent defense spending commitments * WASHINGTON - Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today introduced a resolution urging North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries to fulfill their commitments to spend five percent of their GDP on defense. He emphasizes the import more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * Kim, Booker Statement on Confirmation of Emil Bove Today, U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: "Emil Bove's confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a blow to the guiding principles of judicial independence and impartiality. During his confirmation process, it more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Leads Senate Resolution Affirming Importance of Prevention Task Force that Guides Medical Best Practices * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) are introducing a Senate Resolution affirming support for the forty-year-old federal task force charged with guiding medical best practices across the United States. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force ( more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release: * * * Krishnamoorthi and Meeks to Trump Administration: Export Controls Should Not Be Bargaining Chips in China Trade Talks Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Com more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * LaHood, Colleagues Praise Trump Administration for Trade Deal with the EU * Peoria, Illinois - Today, Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) - Co-Chair of the Digital Trade Caucus - led a letter alongside his colleagues to President Trump, congratulating him on reaching a landmark deal with the European Union (EU) and asking him to continue holding the EU accountable to its commitments in addressing its  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Landsman Lays Out Comprehensive Plan to Rebuild America and Fix What's Broken * Cincinnati, OH -This week, Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH-01) announced he released his "Pledge to America" - an op-ed laying out a clear blueprint for his Democratic colleagues to fix what's broken and deliver for hardworking Americans. Landsman shared a vision for his Democratic colleagues in a newly published op-ed f more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Landsman, Ruiz, Kelly, and Dingell Introduce Legislation to Repeal One Big Beautiful Bill's Hospital Cuts * Cincinnati, OH - This week, Representatives Greg Landsman (D-OH-01), Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25), Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), and Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06), introduced commonsense legislation to repeal a provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill that cuts hospital funding. Representatives Landsman, Ruiz, Kell more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Slams Latest Trump Attack on Social Security * East Hartford, CT - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the Trump Administration's attempt to cut phone service (link is external) at the Social Security Administration (SSA), their second one this year. "Earlier this year, the Trump Administrat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Latest Interior Moves Will Restore Balanced Management in Alaska's Petroleum Reserve * Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Congressman Nick Begich (all R-AK) today expressed their strong support for the Department of the Interior's (DOI) rescission of three policy documents released by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at or near the end of the last administration.  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Latest Interior Moves Will Restore Balanced Management in Alaska's Petroleum Reserve * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska), today expressed their strong support for the Department of the Interior's (DOI) rescission of three policy documents released by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at or near the end of the last administration.  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON HISTORIC LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: Over the last several months, the Trump administration has repeatedly and unlawfully blocked Members of Congress from carrying out oversight of potential abuses in our immigration detention system. Today, Democrat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON HISTORIC LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: Over the last several months, the Trump administration has repeatedly and unlawfully blocked Members of Congress from carrying out oversight of potential abuses in our immigration detention system. Today, Democratic Members of Congress are more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Leading National Security Dems Alarmed by Trump's Steep Concessions to China * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Senate Armed Services Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI ) joined Ranking Senate Defense Appropriator Chris Coons (D-DE), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Appropriations Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA), and several othe more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Merkley Demand Public Release of Epstein Files * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) have launched an effort to direct the U.S. Department of Justice to publicly release all files related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. Senators Lujan and Merkley introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act to ensure  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Lummis Applauds EPA Reconsideration of Destructive Obama-Era Endangerment Finding * Washington, D.C. - Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) today applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to reconsider the destructive 2009 Endangerment Finding, an Obama-era decision that allowed the government to overregulate and destroy American energy communities and drive up costs for hardworki more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell Introduces Kentuckian at Judicial Nomination Hearing * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today before members of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary in support of S. Chad Meredith, of Lexington, President Trump's nominee to serve as a district judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky: "Mr. Chairman more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * MEDIA ADVISORY: Welch to Push for Vote on Bipartisan CANADA Act Ahead of August 1 Tariff Deadline * CANADA Act would exempt U.S.-owned small businesses from tariffs imposed on Canada WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of the August 1 s t tariff deadline, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, will push for a vote on his bipartisan Creating Access to Necessary American-Can more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Members of Congress Sue Trump-Vance Administration for Blocking Lawful Oversight of Federal Immigration Detention Facilities * Washington, D.C. - A dozen individual members of the U.S. House of Representatives have sued the Trump-Vance administration, challenging its unlawful obstruction of congressional oversight that the members have sought to conduct at federal immigration detention facilit more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Lujan Demand Public Release of Epstein Files * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and New Mexico's U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan launched an effort to direct the U.S. Department of Justice to publicly release all files relating to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. Merkley and Lujan introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act to provide full transpar more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Mark Messmer, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Messmer and Indiana Federal, State, and Agriculture Leaders Celebrate New USDA Hub in Indianapolis Rep. Mark Messmer (R-IN) joins the Indiana congressional delegation, Indiana state officials, and Hoosier agriculture leaders in celebrating the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) decision to redistribute core operations from Washington, D.C., to five hub locations around the United States, includi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Mullin to Host Next Telephone Town Hall on Thursday 7/31 * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) will host his next live telephone town hall event tomorrow, Thursday, July 31 st at 5pm CT. During the call, Mullin will provide a quick legislative update, including highlights from the recent passage of President Trump's 'One, Big, Beautiful Bill' before taking live questions fro more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, 38 Colleagues Call for Large-Scale Expansion of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza and Resumption of Diplomatic Efforts to Secure a Ceasefire and End the War * WASHINGTON --U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today joined 38 of their Senate colleagues in expressing unified alarm about the h more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Murray, Schiff, Schatz, Schumer, Rosen Join 39 Senate Democrats in Calling for Large-Scale Expansion of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza and Resumption of Diplomatic Efforts to Secure a Ceasefire and End the War * ICYMI : Murray, Van Hollen, Welch, 18 Senators Call for Answers on Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, Press Administration to Cease Funding GHF Senators lay out needed humanitarian and diplomatic  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Murray, Smith Introduce New Bill to Restore Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood * Bicameral legislation to reverse "defund" Planned Parenthood provision in Republicans' reconciliation bill is endorsed by Planned Parenthood & more than 125 original cosponsors Senator Murray has led the fight in the Senate against Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, offered an amendment to strip  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Successfully Pushes Trump to Release Illegally Withheld Funds for New Mexico Students and Teachers * N.M. Delegation: "With the delayed release of this funding right as classes begin, schools are left scrambling to prepare. Our kids' schools never should have been placed in this position." "We will remain vigilant to ensure the Trump Administration upholds its duty to distribut more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * New Hampshire Congressional Delegation Marks 60th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), alongside U.S. Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), released the following statement marking the 60 th anniversary of the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid: "On this momentous 60 th year  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Padilla, Schiff Statement on Trump's Power Grab to Keep Partisan U.S. Attorney in Place * Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) issued the following statement after President Trump initiated a plan to circumvent the Senate advice and consent process to keep political ally, Bill Essayli, as top prosecutor for the Central District of California:  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * NH Delegation Marks 60th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid * Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Senator Maggie Hassan (NH), and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) released the following statement marking the 60 th anniversary of the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid: "On this momentous 60 th year of Medicare and Medicaid, we should be recognizing the  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Ocasio-Cortez Statement on Senator Sanders' Resolutions to Block Weapons Transfers to the Israeli Government * Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) released a statement urging the Senate to pass Senator Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) resolutions (link is external), which would block the Trump Administration's proposed sale of 1,000-pound bombs, joint direct  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Ocean County Leader article on passage of Smith bill'Bill passes U.S. House to name Toms River VA Clinic after WWII hero' * By the Ocean County Leader July 30, 2025 The Veterans Administration clinic in Toms River is a step closer to being named after Leonard G. "Bud" Lomell, a World War II hero. On July 21, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to name the Hooper Avenue clinic in ho more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * On 60th Anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare, Congressman Amo Visits Providers Hit Hard by Trump's Big, Ugly Law * RIVERSIDE, RI - TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI), member of the House Budget Committee, toured the East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP) Family Health Care- Riverside to discuss with Medicaid providers how President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans' Big, Ugly Law will d more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * On 60th Anniversary of Medicare & Medicaid, Reed Seeks to Repeal Health Care Cuts in Trump's 'Big, Ugly Betrayal' * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, on the 60th anniversary of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined Democratic colleagues in introducing new legislation to repeal the health care cuts in President Donald Trump and Republicans' 'Big, Ugly Betrayal' tax and budget law  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * On Anniversary of Medicare And Medicaid, Warner & Kaine Introduce Bill to Repeal Health Care Provisions in Republican 'Big, Ugly Bill' * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, on the 60th anniversary of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, (both D-VA) introduced legislation to repeal the health care p more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * On Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, Warner and Kaine Introduce Bill to Repeal Health Care Provisions in Republican "Big Ugly Bill" * WASHINGTON - Today, on the 60th anniversary of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, (both D-VA) introduced legislation to repeal the health care prov more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * On Senate Floor, Warren Warns Democrats About Dangers of Voting for Funding Bills While Republicans Use Tricks to Claw Back Bipartisan Funds, Trump Breaks Law * "I'm asking my Republican colleagues to grow a spine and stand up for Americans instead of bowing down to their pretend-king. And I'm asking my Democratic colleagues to join me in using the power we have to fight back." Video of  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * On the 60th Anniversary of the Creation of Medicaid and Medicare, Lujan, Leader Schumer, and Senate Democrats Introduce Legislation to Reverse Devastating Health Care Cuts in Republicans' Budget Betrayal * WATCH HERE : Senator Lujan Delivers Floor Speech on Effort to Reverse Devastating Health Care Cuts in Republicans' Budget Betrayal Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Leads Call for Investigation Into Trump Administration Violations of Hatch Act in Partisan Push for Racial Gerrymandering * Senators blast White House and DOJ for pressuring Texas and other states to redraw congressional districts to protect Republican House majority WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administra more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff Statement on Trump's Power Grab to Keep Partisan U.S. Attorney in Place * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) issued the following statement after President Trump initiated a plan to circumvent the Senate advice and consent process to keep political ally, Bill Essayli, as top prosecutor for the Central District of California: "Th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Pallone Warns New Republican Law Will Strip Health Coverage from NJ Seniors * NJ 6th District Congressman join local seniors in Piscataway to condemn devastating cuts to Medicare and Medicaid PISCATAWAY, NJ - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joined seniors at the Piscataway Senior Center to condemn a newly signed Repu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Statement on Opening New Corridors for Humanitarian Aid in Gaza * Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement on opening new corridors for humanitarian aid in Gaza: "Since the brutal attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, I have never wavered in my support for our steadfast democratic ally and the need for security, stability, and peace in more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Statement on VA Home Loan Program Reform Act Becoming Law * Legislation will support veterans left facing foreclosure following Trump's abrupt cancellation of the VASP program and increase resources to end veteran homelessness Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (HVAC) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * President Trump signs Kennedy, Cortez Masto bill to help Louisianians recover from natural disasters * WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed into law Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)'s bipartisan Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act, which will provide relief for taxpayers in states that have issued state-level disaster declarations. "I'm grateful to Preside more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * President Trump Signs Van Orden Bill to Reduce Veterans Homelessness Into Law * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Trump signed Congressman Derrick Van Orden's (WI-03) VA Home Loan Program Reform Act into law. This legislation establishes a permanent partial claims program within the VA Home Loan Program, bringing VA in line with other federal agencies that lend money for homes and replaci more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Hoyer Statement on the Cancellation of the IRS Direct File Program * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member of the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement today after reports (link is external) that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has cancelled the Direct File program: "Interna more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi Issues Statement on Reported Blocking of President Lai Ching-te's Transit Through the U.S. By Trump Administration Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Presses Commerce Secretary On Trump Administration's Decision to Ease AI Export Controls to China Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick regarding the Administration's recent d more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Press for Large-Scale Expansion of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza & Resumption of Diplomatic Efforts to Secure a Ceasefire and End the War * WASHINGTON, DC - Forty U.S. Senators, including Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), are expressing unified alarm about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, imploring the Trump Administration to step up its role in addressing starvation in  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Denounces Trump's Attempt to End Climate Regulation Under the Clean Air Act * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Trump Administration took steps to revoke a scientific 'endangerment finding' that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. Without the endangerment finding, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would be left more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Helps Advance Bipartisan Housing Affordability Bill * WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. has an estimated shortage of nearly 5 million homes, according to the Brookings Institution, and construction costs -- which are impacted by tariffs -- continue to skyrocket and raise the price of housing. In an effort to increasing the supply of housing nationwide, expand economic opportunity, and strengthen co more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * RELEASE: Gottheimer Helps Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Promote Artificial Intelligence Innovation in Financial Services * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, July 30, 2025, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), alongside House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (AR-2), Reps. Richie Torres (NY-15) and Bryan Steil (WI-1), and Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Thom Till more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Dan Goldman Convenes Boro Park Leadership Roundtable With Elected Officials, Law Enforcement, and Community Groups to Address Rise in Antisemitic Incidents * Goldman Joined by Assemblymember Eichenstein, State Senator Sutton, Councilmember Felder, as well as NYPD, BPJCC, ADL, and Other Stakeholders View Pictures of the Roundtable and Visit Here (link is external) Brooklyn, N.Y. - Congres more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Dan Goldman's Statement on Joining Lawsuit Demanding Trump Administration Allow Access to Immigration Detention Facilities * Read the Lawsuit Here (link is external) "For months, masked, unidentified ICE agents have been illegally detaining hundreds of non-violent, law-abiding immigrants and holding them for days or weeks in federal facilities in my district without beds, showers, sufficie more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Doggett's Statement on Republicans' Gerrymandering Scheme * Contact: Alexis Torres (link sends email) Washington, D.C.-- Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) released the following statement: "Trump is taking a hatchet to chop up Austin and our state with the sole objective of maintaining his one-man rule. This is designed to eliminate accessibility, accountability, and a stron more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: * * * Rep. Gomez Joins Lawsuit Against Trump-Vance Administration Over Blocked Oversight Access of Detention Facilities * WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) alongside a dozen individual members of the U.S. House of Representatives, filed the first lawsuit by members of the House of Representatives against the Trump-Vance administration, challenging its unlawfu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Kelly honors Butler County leaders as latest "Community Champions" * BUTLER, PA -- During a ceremony on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) named Bill Bellis and Ken Laughlin as the latest Community Champions of Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District. Both men were courteous and professional during multiple visits to their properties by Rep. Kelly, the Task Force on the Attempted Assa more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Kelly Promises Fight for Medicaid Isn't Over, Speaks Out With Healthcare Advocates * CHICAGO - U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) stood alongside fellow Members of Congress from Illinois, Citizen Action/Illinois and healthcare advocates to oppose Republican cuts to Medicaid. Today marks 60 years since Medicaid has been established, a bleak birthday after President Trump gutted the popular healthcare more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Mike Levin, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Mike Levin, Health Leaders & Patients Expose Devastating Medicaid Cuts That Threaten Access to Health Care * July 29, 2025 Rep. Levin, health leaders & patients discuss impacts of devastating Medicaid cuts View full press conference here Vista, CA -- On the eve of the 60th anniversary of Medicaid becoming law, Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49), health leaders, and patients condemned deep Medicaid  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Ohio, issued the following commentary to the Canton Repository: * * * Why I introduced 'Faith and Defiance Day': Remembering Trump assassination attempt I think everyone can agree that we live in a very sensationalized time. Social media has amplified even the smallest events and trends into headline news. We're constantly bombarded with stories heralding the end of the world, so it's easy to look past the truly generational and transformative mome more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Troy Carter Statement on Saving Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, Despite Trump Admin's Efforts to Cut Hurricane Forecasting Data * NEW ORLEANS, LA - Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement: "Today, I am pleased to report that the Trump Administration has heeded our warnings and reversed course on its plan to cut crucial hurricane forecasting sa more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Troy Carter Statement on Trump Rescinding EPA's Longstanding Endangerment Finding * NEW ORLEANS, LA - Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement after the Trump Administration moved to reverse the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) longstanding "endangerment finding," the scientific finding that climate pollution harms human health and the environment u more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Kelly, Barragan, Clarke Lead Letter to RFK Jr., Demanding Answers on Health Data Given to ICE * WASHINGTON - U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly (IL-02), Yvette Clarke (NY-09) and Nanette Barragan (CA-44) led a letter with 30 other Members of Congress to U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. to demand he cease sharing private, identifiable information of Medicaid enrollees with the Department of Homelan more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Rounds Reintroduces Legislation Supporting AI Innovation in Financial Services * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representatives French Hill (R-Ark.), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) today reintroduced bipart more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Democrat Blocks Five Bipartisan Local Law Enforcement Bills * WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) on the Senate floor to request unanimous passage of seven bipartisan law enforcement bills, which were passed out of the Judiciary Committee by a unanimous voice vote in May as part of Police Week. Sen. C more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * Senate Democrat Blocks Five Bipartisan Local Law Enforcement Bills Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) on the Senate floor to request unanimous passage of seven bipartisan law enforcement bills, which were passed out of the Judiciary Committee by a unanimous voice more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * Senator Blunt Rochester Joins Senate Democrats in Calling for Large-Scale Expansion of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza and Resumption of Diplomatic Efforts to Secure a Ceasefire and End the War Senators lay out needed humanitarian and diplomatic next steps in letter to Middle East Special Envoy and Secretary of State after latest round of ceasefire talks faltered last week * U.S. more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Eric Schmitt Applauds Senate Confirmation of Emil Bove * Bove will serve as a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement celebrating the confirmation of Emil Bove as a federal judge for the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals: "Emil Bov more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hassan and Colleagues Call for Large-Scale Expansion of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza and Resumption of Diplomatic Efforts to Secure a Ceasefire and End the War * Senators lay out needed humanitarian and diplomatic next steps in letter to Middle East Special Envoy and Secretary of State after latest round of ceasefire talks faltered last week Washington, D.C. - Senator Maggie Hassan and  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: The USDA is Coming to Kansas City * Senator Marshall Questions Deputy Secretary of Agriculture About the USDA Reorganization Washington - On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), questioned Deputy Secretary of Agriculture,The Honorable Stephen Alexander Vaden, during a recent Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry hearing focused on the recen more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: We're Not Tired of Winning * Senator Marshall Joins the Brian Kilmeade Show to Discuss Trump Trade Deals, the MAHA Movement, and Democrats Obstructing Confirmations Washington - On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Brian Kilmeade on The Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox News Radio to discuss President Trump's historic trade deals and what they mean specifi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray Remarks on Trump Administration Sowing Chaos at Social Security Administration and VA, Hurting Seniors & Veterans * Murray : "Here's the thing to understand about the Trump administration: these people have the wrong incentives and the wrong priorities. They will never admit a mistake--and they will always pick a fight. They care more about getting a pat on the head from Donald T more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray Slams Trump Admin for Choking Off Lifesaving NIH Medical Research * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on reports today that President Trump's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is now explicitly preventing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from spending funding Congr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Rosen Denounces Trump's Unconstitutional Attempt to Appoint Sigal Chattah as Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump ignoring the Constitution and bypassing Congress to appoint Sigal Chattah as the Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada: "This is an  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Statement of Intelligence Vice Chairman Warner on Confirmation of Joe Kent to Lead NCTC * WASHINGTON - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-VA) released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted 52-44 to confirm Joe Kent to head the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC): "In May, Congress received clear written evidence that Mr. Kent, while serving more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune: The Only Thing Democrats Are Confirming Is Their Trump Derangement Syndrome * Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke at a press conference with Senate Republican leadership: Thune's remarks below (as delivered): "Well, good afternoon, everyone. "As you all know, we are spending a good amount of our time and energy he more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Paul D. Tonko, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Tonko Demands DHS Restore Funding for UAlbany Mesonet Weather Detection Program * ALBANY, NY -- Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20), along with Representatives John Mannion (NY-22) and Joe Morelle (NY-25) today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem urging the Trump Administration reverse its decision to terminate funding for the Exploiting Mesonet for Emergency more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Stops Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge Federal Land Grab * Muleshoe, TX - Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) celebrated the Trump Administration Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to cancel the Land Protection Plan for the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, ending the Biden's Administration's landgrab that would have expanded the refuge by over 10,000% and infringed more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Vice Ranking Member Amo Applauds Partnership to Deliver Humanitarian Aid, Blasts Trump's Failure to Keep Aid Promises to Starving Kids and American Producers * PROVIDENCE, RI - Today, House Foreign Affairs Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) thanked Edesia Nutrition and Ocean State Job Lot's initiative in sending Rhode Island-made therapeutic food to aid severely malnourished children in South Suda more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Stansbury, Neguse, Larson, Johnson Fight to Protect Social Security * Legislation would restore trust in the Social Security Administration in the face of DOGE cuts WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) with Assistant Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02), Representative John B. Larson (CT-01), and Representative Julie Johnson (TX-32) introduced the Hands Off Our Social Se more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner and Colleagues Release Joint Statement to Raise Alarm about President Trump's Steep Concessions to Beijing * WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.), Ranking Senate Defense Appropriator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Appropriations Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Rank more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner Joins Legislative Effort to Publicly Release Epstein Files * WASHINGTON - U.S. Se n. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today joined his colleagues in introducing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, legislation directing the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to publicly release all files relating to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. "President Trump promised transparency and accoun more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Call for Large-Scale Expansion of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza and Resumption of Diplomatic Efforts to Secure a Ceasefire and End the War * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, (both D-VA) and a group of 37 Senate colleagues expressed unified alarm in a letter to Trump Administration officials about the hu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Warnock Statement on CDC Director Vote * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released the following statement on President Trump's nomination for CDC Director: "I voted 'NO' on Dr. Monarez's nomination to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I'll always put my constituents and the interest of Georgians first, and it is clear that this admini more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Markey, Merkley, Whitehouse Press Top Trump Officials on Rising Electricity Prices for Americans * Consumers face higher electricity prices than when Biden left office, despite Trump campaign promise to cut energy and electricity prices in half Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), joined by Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), an more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Markey, Merkley, Whitehouse Press Top Trump Officials on Rising Electricity Prices for Americans * Consumers face higher electricity prices than when Biden left office, despite Trump campaign promise to cut energy and electricity prices in half Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), joined by Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley ( more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Davids Sounds Alarm on President Trump's Cuts to Cancer Research * Last week, administration asked U.S. Supreme Court to allow research cuts KANSAS CITY, KS -- Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited the University of Kansas Medical Center to speak directly with doctors, researchers, and public health advocates about the urgent need to protect medical research funding. She sounded the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Jim Costa, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: On Medicaid Day of Action, Rep. Jim Costa Sounds the Alarm on Deep Cuts to Valley Clinics and Hospitals * FRESNO, Calif. - On Medicaid Day of Action, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) and healthcare leaders from United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley warned of the devastating impacts the so-called " One Big Beautiful Bill (link is external) " will have on clinics, hospitals, and patients more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla Joins Colleagues in Push for Restoration of Voting Rights Act Amid Partisan Attempts to Racially Gerrymander Texas * WATCH : Padilla advocates for sweeping voting rights legislation ahead of Voting Rights Act 60th anniversary WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and California's former  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Demands Action and Accountability for Mass Starvation in Gaza: "It's a war crime to starve a population to get what you want from your enemy." * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) last night spoke on the Senate floor about the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, and the need for the United States to take immediate action. He condemned Hamas, pushed for a ceasefire, and de more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Whistleblowers Laud Grassley's Advocacy for Transparency and Accountability * WASHINGTON - On National Whistleblower Day, whistleblowers helped by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) expressed their gratitude for his tireless advocacy. Grassley is the co-founder and co-chair of the Whistleblower Protection Caucus. In March, the Department of Treasury promoted Internal Revenue Se more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Votes No on Bove, Blasts Sham Confirmation Process * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after Senate Republicans voted to confirm Emil Bove to serve as a United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit: "This sham, hide-the-ball confirmation process is a new low f more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Grassley Lead Bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Justice Grant Reauthorization Act * Grant program comes from Whitehouse's bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Pr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Wyden, Warren Introduce Pick Up After Your DOGE Act * New bill would protect Americans' privacy and the security of the government's most sensitive data systems after DOGE infiltration Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today introduced the Pick Up After Your DOGE Act, legislation requiring a comprehensive  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Calls for Investigation Into Reported Diversion of Resources From Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Investigations By Department of Homeland Security * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called for an immediate investigation of reports the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has drastically diverted resources away from investigations into serious crimes against children,  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Wyden Statement on Trump Plan to Privatize Social Security Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after reports that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlined how a provision in the Republican budget bill will operate as a backdoor tool to privatize Social Security. "Calling this a f more PR