WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * After Republicans Passed The Largest Healthcare Cut In History And On The 60th Anniversary Of The Creation Of Medicaid And Medicare, Ranking Member Merkley, Leader Schumer, And Senate Democrats Introduce Legislation To Reverse Devastating Healthcare Cuts In Republicans' "Big, Ugly Betrayal" After Republicans passed legislation earlier this month that woul more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * As New Wave of Tariffs Go into Effect, Senator Murray, WA Businesses, Econ Experts Highlight How Trump's Trade War is Raising Costs for American Families & Hurting Businesses * Reuters : Trump gets tariffs; Americans get price hikes Association of Washington Business : Bumps to international trade hit hard in Washington Washington state is one of the most trade-dependent states in the country, more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell Delivers Opening Statement at July 30 Markup U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, delivered the following opening statement at the July 30, 2025, Full Committee Markup: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I want to first acknowledge, as yo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Delivers Floor Speech Blasting Democrats for Holding Up Trump Nominees * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor blasting Senate Democrats for undermining the Senate's standard operating procedure to slow walk President Donald Trump's nominees. "Americans want Congress to work," said Dr. Cassidy. "But the reason they have so low expe more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Hill Responds to President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets Report House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets published its 180-day Report pursuant to the President's January Executive Order, "Strengthening American  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN PARTNERS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS TO BRING C.A.R.E.S. VAN TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENTS ACROSS THE HUDSON VALLEY * Congressman Pat Ryan Partners with Local Law Enforcement Departments to Bring C.A.R.E.S. Van to National Night Out Events Across the Hudson Valley Ryan's Constituent Advocacy Resources Empowerment Services (C.A.R.E.S.) Van brings assistance with federal a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego and Homeland Security Democrats Push Justice Department to Produce Epstein Files In Absence of Transparency from the Trump Administration and Action from Congressional Republicans, Committee Democrats Assert Oversight Authority * Senator Gallego (D-AZ), Democratic members of the Homeland Security and Governmental Security Committee, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are press more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen FBI Whistleblower Protections Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-founder and co-chair of the Whistleblower Protection Caucus, today introduced the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act. Grassley's legislation is cosponsored by S more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Grassley Opens Hearing on Judicial Nominations for the First and Ninth Circuit, Eastern Kentucky and Montana District Courts Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Nominations Hearing Wednesday, July 30, 2025 Last night, I was surprised to see President Trump on Truth Social go after more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley: Exhaustive Efforts to Vet Emil Bove's Nomination Prove He's Fit for the Job 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 th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven Statement on USDA Purchase of $50 Million in Dry Beans * USDA Secretary Announces $230 Million in Section 32 Purchases WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement after U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the U.S. Department of Agric more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following commentary to the Washington Times: * * * Protecting Medicare and Medicaid for Years to Come Sixty years ago, on July 30, 1965, in my home state of Missouri, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments of 1965, creating the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The signing ceremony was a bipartisan event, attended by Missouri's own, former President Harry S more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH PRAISES TRUMP ADMIN. ACTION TO OVERTURN BIDEN VA-FUNDED ABORTIONS RULE * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today issued the following statement praising President Trump for acting to repeal a Biden-era rule that turned Veterans Affairs hospitals into abortion clinics: "I am incredibly grateful to President Trump and V more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Congressman Crow on Real Time with Bill Maher * LOS ANGELES -- Congressman Jason Crow joined Real Time with Bill Maher (link is external) for a wide-ranging discussion on his work to lower costs for Coloradans, what the Democratic Party needs to do differently, and the importance of holding Donald Trump accountable.Watch the full episode of Real Time with Bill Maher here (link is external). C more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Labor Department Skirts Senators' Questions on Inflation Data Just hours after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released a disappointing jobs report, President Trump announced he was firing the agency's chief. The decision is part of a broader pattern of the administration manipulating economic data. Last month, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) led colleagues in demanding answ more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Major Public Broadcasting Shutdown Announcement Following GOP Funding Cuts * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, issued the following statement in response to the announcement from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) that it will begin shutting down operations after Congre more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Acts to Preserve Bipartisan Funding Agreements in Congress * Washington, D.C. - As the Senate considers bipartisan legislation to set funding for a portion of the federal government, Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley offered an amendment to reaffirm that bipartisan funding agreements made by Congress cannot be undone by the Administration or partisan maneuvers in Congress. Merkley offered an ame more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal Introduce Bill to Authorize Community Refugee Resettlement After Trump Cuts * WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced the Community-Based Refugee Reception Act, a bill to permanently authorize community refugee sponsorship and resettlement services as an additio more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Non-Partisan Watchdog: President Trump and Russ Vought Continue to Steal from America's Students and Schools Today, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a decision finding that the Department of Energy violated the Impoundment Control Act. After investigating delayed awards for the Department of Energy's Renew Amer more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Bills Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee met for a full committee markup to consider its draft fiscal year 2026 Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations acts. "These are not the bills I w more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Approves First Three Appropriations Bills with Key RI Projects * WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Senate today voted 87-9 to approve three key appropriations bills for fiscal year 2026: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (Ag); Military Construction-Veterans Affairs (MilCon-VA); and Legislative Branch (Leg. Branch). Collectively, the appropriations  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Western Caucus Senators Praise EPA's Endangerment Finding Review * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, 11 Senate Western Caucus Members praised the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that they will review the 2009 Endangerment Finding. The Endangerment Finding was a flawed Obama-era policy that unleashed excessive federal regulation on American energy sectors and imposed financial more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt Blasts Obstructionist Democrats on the Senate Floor * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) blasted Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats for their historic obstruction and delay of President Donald Trump's highly-qualified nominees. Watch the full floor speech HERE. *** Original text here: https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/senator-schmitt-blasts-obstructi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt Discusses the Brutal Attack in Cincinnati, Radical Judges on Fox News * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) joined Fox News' Ingraham Angle to discuss the brutal attack in downtown Cincinnati and radical, activist judges that are openly defying the law in order to obstruct President Trump's agenda. Watch the full interview HERE Senator Schmitt on the Brutal Attack in Do more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Slotkin Statement on Senate Votes to Block Arms Sales to Israel Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin released the following statement regarding the two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval regarding the sale of weapons to Israel. "Last night I unfortunately missed a vote series on two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval regarding the sale of weapons to Israel. "I have struggled with this Joint Resoluti more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release: * * * SST Committee Leaders Seek Answers Regarding the Biden Administration's Troubling DOE Lending History Today, leaders of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee sent letters to the Department of Energy's (DOE) Deputy Secretary James Danly and Acting Inspector General Sarah Nelson requesting a formal briefing with staff from DOE's L more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Thompson Statement on President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets Report House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) released the following statement following the release of the White House's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets Report (https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-the-presidents-working more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Applauds Trump Administration's Reversal of Illegal, Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Policy at the VA * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) issued a statement following the Trump administration's reversal of the illegal, taxpayer-funded abortion policy imposed under the Biden administration at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Senator Tuberville has been sounding the  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, urged his colleagues to pass legislation to curb President Trump's "catastrophic trade war." In a speech prepared for delivery, Wyden highlighted how tariffs are raising costs for American consumers and battering U.S. businesses, and he pushed to rein in the president's use of emergency powers. * * * Here is the text of the statement: I rise to support my colleagues who are seeking to free America more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Call for Restoration of Voting Rights Act * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., said today they have joined Senate colleagues in reintroducing legislation that would update and restore critical safeguards of the original Voting Rights Act of 1965 that federal court rulings have eroded in recent years. "Six decades after Congress passe more PR