WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * AP: Moreno Pushes Trump's Agenda on Drugs and Trade in Colombia Homecoming WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) spoke to theAssociated Press about his CODEL to Latin America. Excerpts can be found below. "When Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno visits Colombia this week as part of a three-nation tour of Latin America, it will be something of a homecoming." "Moreno has emerged more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Benjamin Kohlmann, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower and reserve affairs, from a July 31, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, and Distinguished Senators of the Armed Services Committee: It is an honor and a privilege to appear before you as President Trump's nominee to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and R more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * At SW WA Daycare, Cantwell & Local Stakeholders Warn That Skyrocketing Health Insurance Costs Will Hurt Family Budgets * 08.11.25 Cantwell calls on Senate leadership to reverse 50-50 vote driving premiums up CAMAS, WA - Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Wraps Up First Week of "Fighting for Wisconsin Families" Tour * WISCONSIN - On Saturday, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) wrapped up her first week of her "Fighting for Wisconsin Families" tour, making nearly a dozen stops in Milwaukee, Brown, Door, Lincoln, Sawyer, and Ashland counties. Baldwin met with parents, workers, seniors, and small business owners to hear firsthand how the Trump more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Barr: Trump will clean up DC, just like the Border * Washington, D.C.-- Today, President Donald Trump announced he would invoke Section 740 of the Home Rule Act and placing the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control. He also announced the deployment of National Guard troops to DC to restore order. Following this announcement, U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY) released the following state more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker Statement Condemning Trump's Decision to Deploy National Guard and Federalize D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump federalizing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and deploying the National Guard in the District of Columbia more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Cassidy Joins Secretary McMahon in Baton Rouge for Roundtable on Improving Child Literacy, Touts Louisiana's Success Earlier today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) joined Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Dr. Cade Brumley, and other education le more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Katherine Scarlett, President Trump's nominee to be chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, from a July 23, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Good morning, Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for holding today's hearing. I am honored to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee for Chair of the Council on Environmental Qu more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Comer Praises President Trump's Efforts to Crack Down on Crime and Lawlessness in D.C. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement praising President Trump's efforts to curb crime, restore law and order in Washington, D.C., and protect the safety of residents an more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Chairman Guthrie Issues Statement Regarding CBO Coverage Update from the One Big Beautiful Bill Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued the following statement regarding the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest coverage update on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (O more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Chairmen Guthrie, Palmer, and Joyce Investigate California's Unlawful Implementation of an EV Mandate Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, and John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), Chairman of the Subcommitt more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Deluzio Celebrates Unfreezing of $500,000 EPA Grant to Support Community-Driven Projects in Upper Ohio River Valley * CARNEGIE, PA -- Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio celebrated his successful push to get the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to unfreeze $499,970 in awarded federal grant funding to local nonprofits New Sun Rising, RiverWise, and The Mon Water Project. The  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Vince Fong, R-California, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Fong Helps Facilitate Wildlife Conservation Efforts in Indian Wells Valley * RIDGECREST, Calif. - Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) is celebrating a new agreement between the Ridgecrest chapter of Quail Forever and the Bureau of Land Management that allows local volunteers to help maintain critical wildlife water sources on public lands in the Indian Wells Valley. These water collection sy more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Ivey Provides Statement on President Trump Calling National Guard * Congressman Glenn Ivey provided the following statement in response to President Trump calling in the National Guard for an assault on a former DOGE employee. On January 6, rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol and assaulted the police while Trump stalled on calling in the National Guard. Now, when a former DOGE staffer is  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Jonathan L. Jackson Decries Trump's Federal Takeover of D.C. Police, Citing Dark History of Military Occupation of Black Communities * WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Congressman Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL) today expressed strong opposition to President Donald Trump's decision to place the Washington, D.C. Police Department under federal control and to deploy the National Guard in response to rec more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Keith Self Introduces Bill to Improve Oversight of SNAP and Nutrition Outcomes * Congressman Keith Self introduced the SNAP Study Act of 2025. This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit an annual report to Congress on the state of food security and diet quality in the United States. The report would also analyze how legislative and executive changes to the Supplemental Nu more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Jefferson Van Drew, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Van Drew Celebrates Historic Federal Takeover of the ACHA by HUD * Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Van Drew celebrated the official federal takeover of the Atlantic City Housing Authority (ACHA) by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). "This is truly a historic moment," said Congressman Van Drew. "Federal takeovers of local housing authorities are inc more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Betty McCollum Statement on Deployment of National Guard in Washington, D.C. * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Monday morning, President Trump announced that he would deploy the D.C. National Guard and assign Attorney General Pam Bondi to oversee the federalized Washington Metropolitan Police Department. In response to this authoritarian crackdown, Congresswoman Betty McCollum issued the fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Crow, Colorado House Democratic Delegation Statement Following Oversight Visit of Aurora ICE Facility * AURORA -- On Monday, August 11, Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06) and Colorado's Democratic House delegation conducted an oversight visit of the GEO ICE facility in Aurora.Click here to watch full video. (link is external) This visit is part of Crow's longstanding commitment to provide oversight o more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Dems Decry Trump HHS Hypocrisy After Adding New Red Tape to Medicare * Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Ami Bera (CA-06) led a group of 17 House Democratics in raising concerns about the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) adding new red tape to traditional Medicare that will delay care and worsen health outcomes. This comes on the heels of an announcement a week pri more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Alexander Vaden from a July 30, 2025, hearing entitled "Review of the USDA Reorganization Proposal": * * * Chairman Boozman, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for your invitation to discuss the U.S. Department of Agriculture's July 24, 2025 memorandum regarding planned optimization, consolidation, and r more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Michael T. Powers, President Trump's nominee to be deputy under secretary of Defense, from a July 31, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, distinguished members of the Committee, good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today as the nominee to serve as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller. It is an honor to be considered for this  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Amy E. Henninger, President Trump's nominee to be director of operational test and evaluation, from a July 31, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, and esteemed members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today, and for your consideration of my nomination to serve as the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. I am deeply honor more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Donalds Stands With President Trump And Cabinet Officials: Work To Make Our Nation's Capital Safe Again Begins * WASHINGTON - This morning, President Donald Trump took sweeping action to make our nation's capital safe again. President Trump first signed a Presidential Memorandum to restore law and order in the District of Columbia. The Memorandum directs Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to mobil more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * E&C Democrats to Zeldin: Stop Lying About Inflation Reduction Act Funding and Immediately Release Obligated Money Democrats point to Committee Republicans' own words as proof the Trump Administration efforts are illegal * Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Elfreth Joins National Capital Region Delegation Condemning President Trump's Police Actions In The District Of Columbia * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), joined U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (VA-08), Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), Eugene Vindman (VA-07), and April McClain Delaney ( more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * ENR Ranking Member Heinrich Releases Data on Trump Administration Actions that Hike Up Energy Costs Donald Trump and Republicans' Big Bad Bill for Billionaires will raise utility costs by 9-18% across the nation. * Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the U.S. Energy and Natural  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Jeffrey Hall, President Trump's nominee to be assistant administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance at the Environmental Protection Agency, from a July 23, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Good morning, Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and distinguished members of this committee. It is my honor to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release: * * * Ernst, Miller-Meeks, Loeffler Tout Importance of Driving Innovation in the Heartland CORALVILLE, IA - U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), and Small Businesses Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler toured Perspective Therapeutics, one  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following written testimony by Linda Stevenson, chief information officer of Fisher-Titus Medical Center, from a July 9, 2025, hearing entitled "Securing the Future of Health Care: Enhancing Cybersecurity and Protecting Americans' Privacy": * * * Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and members of the Committee, my name is Linda Stevenson, and I am the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Fisher-T more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham Applauds President Trump's Efforts to Bring Law, Order and Safety to D.C. * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement on President Donald Trump's efforts to bring law, order and safety to our nation's capital, Washington, D.C. "I completely and totally support President Trump's efforts to bring law, order and safety to our nation's capit more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer, National Capital Region Delegation Statement On Trump's Police Actions In The District of Columbia * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Don Beyer (VA-08), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), Eugene Vindman (VA-07), and April McClain Delaney (MD-06) today issued the following statemen more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON DONALD TRUMP'S TAKEOVER OF DC POLICE * Today, House Dem ocratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: The Trump administration has consistently broken the law and violated the Constitution to further the personal and political agenda of a wannabe king. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and cowardly Republicans have done nothing t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Leger Fernandez, Democratic Women's Caucus Demands ICE Address Dangerous Impersonators that Assault Women; Demands Clear Identification To Protect Women * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Monday August, 11, Chair Leger Fernandez and The Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) led by DWC Reproductive Task Force Co-Chair and Liaison Judy Chu (CA-28) and DWC Members Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) and Nydia Velazq more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Senate Democrats in Requesting Report on Looming Health Insurance Impacts Following Republican Cuts to Medicaid and Premium Tax Credits * Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and a group of Senate Democrats in re more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Senate Democrats in Requesting Report on Looming Health Insurance Impacts Following Republican Cuts to Medicaid and Premium Tax Credits * Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and a group of Senate Democrats in re more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- 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 Congr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Lummis Welcomes Trump Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to Kemmerer, Touts Wyoming Coal * Kemmerer, WY - Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) on Thursday welcomed U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer to Kemmerer, Wyoming to tour the Kemmerer Coal Mine and discuss Wyoming energy and jobs. "It's always an honor to welcome Trump administration leaders to Wyoming to meet the hardworking men and more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Moskowitz Leads More Than 70 Colleagues Urging Transparency from FEMA's Nonprofit Security Grant Program for Florida Houses of Worship * WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23) led more than seventy of his colleagues urging the Trump Administration to reinstate longstanding information-sharing around the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). Administered by the Federal Emergenc more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * National Capital Region Delegation Statement On Trump's Police Actions In The District Of Columbia * U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (VA-8), Steny Hoyer (MD-5), Jamie Raskin (MD-8), Jennifer McClellan (VA-4), Glenn Ivey (MD-4), Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), Sarah Elfreth (MD-3), Eugene Vindman (VA-7), and April McClain Delaney (MD-6) today issued the following statement on President Trump's announcement t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * National Capital Region Delegation Statement On Trump's Police Actions In The District Of Columbia * August 11, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (VA-8), Steny Hoyer (MD-5), Jamie Raskin (MD-8), Jennifer McClellan (VA-4), Glenn Ivey (MD-4), Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), Sarah Elfreth (MD-3), Eugene Vindman (VA-7), and April McClain Delaney (MD-6) today issued the follow more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSrep) -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * New CBO Analysis Confirms Republicans' Big Ugly Law Steals from the Poor, Gives to the Ultra-Rich A new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms that President Trump's Big Ugly Law overwhelmingly benefits the ultra-rich, while working Americans pay the price. The report makes clear that the Big Ugly Law steals  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Rep.) -- Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., issued the following news release: * * * Norton Statement After President Trump Federalizes D.C. Police and Activates D.C. National Guard * WASHINGTON, D.C. - After President Trump announced that he is federalizing D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), for the first time in history, and activating the D.C. National Guard (DCNG) to address crime in the District, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the de more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Rep.) -- Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., issued the following news release: * * * Norton, Van Hollen Will Reintroduce Bills to Grant D.C. Full Control Over Its National Guard, Police as Trump Calls in D.C. National Guard and Federalizes D.C. Police * WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) announced that they will reintroduce their legislation to grant the District of Columbia full control over the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Ohio Seniors Join Congresswoman Beatty to Defend Social Security's Promise As It Approaches 90 * COLUMBUS, OH - Today, in anticipation of Social Security's 90th anniversary on August 14th, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) hosted "Seniors Are Serious About Social Security", a panel conversation with local senior service providers, and Social Security advocates. Highlighting the importance of Social  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Jamie Raskin's Statement on President Trump's Unprecedented Takeover of Local Police in Washington, D.C. Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced he would federalize the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- 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 Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi Condemns Reported Nvidia, AMD Revenue-Sharing Deal With Trump Administration As "Dangerous Misuse of Export Controls" Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Betwe more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Robert Garcia Statement on President Trump's Pathetic Attempt At Distracting The American Public By Militarizing Washington, D.C. Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after President Trump announced the depl more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Statement on President Trump's Russia Sanctions Deadline Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on President Trump's deadline for imposing additional sanctions on Russia. "Yet again, President Trump has apparently let President Putin more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following testimony opening statement from a July 9, 2025, business meeting to consider the nominations of Usha-Maria Turner to be assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and David Wright to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: * * * Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll speak very briefly to Ms. Turner. This administratio more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: Trump's Deployment of National Guard Troops to D.C. is Alarming, Misguided & Unsupported by the Facts * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after President Trump announced his plan to place the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under direct federal control and deploy the National Guard to the streets of Washington, DC, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Service more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Hinson Op-Ed: President Trump's Leadership Delivered Historic Childcare Improvements * WASHINGTON -- Rep. Ashley Hinson (IA-02) recently published an op-ed in The Hill highlighting how Republicans delivered historic tax relief for American families and generational investments in childcare through the One Big Beautiful Bill. "Under President Trump's leadership, Republicans h more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Hoyle Statement on President Trump Federalizing D.C. Police Department and Deploying National Guard in D.C. * : August 11, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) released the following statement after President Trump announced he was federalizing the D.C. police (Metropolitan Police Department) and deploying the D.C. National Guard: "Let's be clear: this decision h more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * No Tax on Tips: $1,300 Tax Cut for Waitresses, Not Billionaires The One, Big, Beautiful Bill offers new hope and relief for tipped workers through no tax on tips. Created by President Trump, this tax relief helps workers who were particularly harmed by the Biden Administration's cost of living crisis. "No tax on tips helps fulfill President Trump's vi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Linda T. Sanchez, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sanchez, colleagues call for transparency in Congo critical minerals agreement * WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sanchez (D-Calif.) and 51 of her Democratic colleagues called on President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to address serious concerns over the administration's secretive negotiations with the Democratic Republic of Congo regar more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Scott Statement on Trump Takeover of DC Police * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement: "President Trump's plan to federalize Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department and deploy the National Guard against Washingtonians has no legal or factual justification. President Trump claimed crime is out of control in Washington, in spite of more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * New CBO Analysis Confirms Republicans' Big Ugly Law Steals from the Poor, Gives to the Ultra-Rich A new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms that President Trump's Big Ugly Law overwhelmingly benefits the ultra-rich, while working Americans pay the price. The report makes clear that the Big Ugly Law steals from working fa more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Moreno's One Big Beautiful Bill Tour Hits 18 Counties Across Ohio in 3 Days WESTLAKE, OHIO - In case you missed it, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) spent the week talking to Ohioans about President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, including No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, making the Trump tax cuts for working families permanent, strengthening Medicaid and the creation of the rural hospital fund, and a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Senate Banking Democrats Demand Agencies Provide More Rigorous Analysis of Impacts of Easing Key Wall Street Safeguard, Call for Extension of Comment Deadline Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and ten of her Dem more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening statement from a July 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Constructing the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill: Stakeholders' Perspectives": * * * "Thank you for joining us this morning and welcome to our three great witnesses that we have. This hearing is second in a two-part series of hearings that we are having to help guide the dev more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: We're Going to Make America Healthy Again * Senator Marshall Joins Newsmax to Discuss the MAHA Commission Report, The Texas Redistricting Fight, and Securing the Border Wichita - On Monday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Newsmax's Wake Up America to discuss the Make America Health Again Commission report, the fight over Texas's redistricting efforts, and wh more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Stefanik Supports President Trump's Law and Order Directive in Washington, D.C., Rips NY's Cashless Bail * Saratoga, N.Y. - Today, House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik released the following statement: "I strongly support President Trump's law and order directive in Washington, DC. Just like DC, New York's failed cashless bail law fuels devastating crime that harms law-abidin more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * This Week: Lujan Holds Events Across Northern and Central New Mexico * Lujan Visits Taos, Santa Fe, Espanola, Albuquerque, and Santa Ana Pueblo Holds Town Hall, Listens to Constituent Concerns, and Highlights Work on Behalf of New Mexicans New Mexico - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) concluded a series of events across New Mexico this week, holding a town hall in Taos and meeting with he more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by David W. Denton Jr., President Trump's nominee to be general counsel of the U.S. Navy, from a July 31, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Reed, and distinguished members of the Committee, good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today and for your consideration of my nomination to be the General Counsel of the Department of the Navy. I am deeply  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Norton Will Reintroduce Bills to Grant D.C. Full Control Over Its National Guard, Police as Trump Plays Dictator with Law Enforcement in the District * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) announced that they will reintroduce their legislation to grant the District of Columbia full control over the D.C. National Guard and the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, ranking member of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Velazquez Demands Answers from SBA on DOGE Access to Sensitive Systems Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee, has sent a letter to SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler raising serious concerns over the agency's decision to grant expedited access to sensitive SBA systems for operatives tied more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Vindman Joins National Capital Region Delegation Colleagues in Condemning Trump's Police Actions in the District of Columbia * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representatives Eugene Vindman (Va.-07), Don Beyer (Va.-08), Steny Hoyer (Md.-05), Jamie Raskin (Md.-08), Jennifer McClellan (Va.-04), Glenn Ivey (Md.-04), Suhas Subramanyam (Va.-10), Sarah Elfreth (Md.-03), and April McClain Delaney (Md.-06) toda more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Warnock, Colleagues Urge Governor Kemp to Deliver Summer Meals to Hungry Kids * Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock and Rep. Lucy McBath led colleagues from Georgia's congressional delegation in a letter to Governor Brian Kemp urging immediate action to feed vulnerable GA kids next summer More than 1.1 million low-income children in Georgia are eligible for the Summer EBT program administrated  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: On CBS' Face The Nation, Kelly Pushes for Pressure on Putin, Shares Stories from Eloy ICE Detention Facility * In case you missed it, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly sat with Margaret Brennan on CBS's " Face the Nation" over the weekend to talk about the war in Ukraine and the Trump administration's immigration policies. Kelly pushed back on the idea of sanctions relief for Putin and called out the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Dave Min, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Rep. Min Calls Out Republican Hypocrisy on NewsNation * Washington, D.C. -- On Sunday morning, Representative Dave Min (CA-47) stood up for Orange County, calling out Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans' hypocrisy and dysfunction. He appeared on NewsNation's The Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt (link is external) where he slammed Republicans for their partisan politicking, and firmly co more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Demands Documents on Transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell to Minimum-Security Bureau of Prisons Facility Convicted sex trafficker and Jeffrey Epstein associate was transferred without explanation after unusual visit by Trump's Deputy Attorney General  * Late last week, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, sent a letter to Fed more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Presses Trump Administration on Rural Oregon Counties' Concerns over Republican Budget * Senator's letters to Forest Service and BLM follow counties' justifiable worries over budget impact on local roads, schools, law enforcement and more Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today pressed the Trump administration to clarify that the bill congressional Republicans passed at the president's d more PR