WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Alsobrooks Responds to RFK Canceling Vaccine Funds - Demands for His Immediate Firing "RFK continues to prove he's a threat to the health and well-being of every American citizen." - Senator Alsobrooks * Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) reiterated her call on RFK to resign or be fired immediately in response to news that he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects - including more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Shri Thanedar Introduces Bill Ending Qualified Immunity for ICE Agents * Washington, DC --Today, Congressman Shri Thanedar introduced the Ending Qualified Immunity for ICE Agents Act (HR TBD), legislation that aims to hold U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents accountable by ending their qualified immunity protections. The bill comes amid growing alarm over ICE's expan more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. J. Luis Correa, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * CORREA, BICAMERAL COLLEAGUES URGE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE ARRESTS, DETENTION, AND DEPORTATION OF U.S. CITIZENS * SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Today, Representative Lou Correa (D-CA) joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), along with Representative Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), in leading 49 Congressional Democrats in writing to the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Deluzio Celebrates $3.4 Million Federal Grant for Early Childhood Education & Family Support * CARNEGIE, PA -- Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) celebrated the award of $3,398,648 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funds to the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center. This grant will support the Center's Early Head Start program and Child Care Partnerships (link is ex more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * Huffman, Colleagues Sound Alarm on Trump Order Whitewashing American History in National Parks Today, Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) led 12 Democratic colleagues on a letter demanding answers from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum over the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to rewrite American hist more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * Labor Leaders Demand Oversight Hearing on the Abrupt Firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Today, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, and Ranking Member Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), reque more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Sanders, Schumer Lead Push to Reverse Trump Administration's Attempt to Withhold Immigrants' Access to Vital Programs and Services * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Minority Leader Chuc more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen Tours PBS Reno After Trump Cuts Funding for Public Broadcasting * RENO, NV - Today, in Reno, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) toured the facilities at PBS Reno and thanked staff for their important work educating and informing families across Northern Nevada, including many rural communities. The station reports essential public safety information, including weather forecasts, to more than 540,000 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Scott Statement on Latest Trump Administration Attack on Veterans Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Workforce, issued the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it would terminate collective bargaining agreements for most VA bargaining- more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 8/1/2025-8/8/2025 * [Hartford, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) traveled to Plymouth, Massachusetts to visit Zia S., an Afghan interpreter who was arrested by masked ICE Agents after a routine biometrics appointment for his Green Card. Zia worked as a translator and cultural advisor contractor for American forces at Camp Mike Spann in Mazar-e-S more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Ashley Brooke Moody, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * Senator Moody and Education Secretary McMahon Highlight Educational Wins in the One Big Beautiful Bill, Expansion of School Choice for Students Nationwide TAMPA, Fla.--Today, following the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill that will deliver historic tax cuts, major economic investments, increased national security, and expanded school choice, Senator Ashley Moody joined Secr more PR