WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Leads Discussion with Rhode Island Blue Economy Manufacturers about Supporting Industry in Washington * Newport, RI - YESTERDAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) hosted business leaders from Rhode Island Blue Economy manufacturers and Rhode Island Commerce to discuss what he's doing in Congress to counter Trump's anti-business policies, including arbitrary tariffs and cuts to foundational science re more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Wraps Up "Fighting for Wisconsin Families" Tour After Nearly 45 Stops * WISCONSIN - This week, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) wrapped up the fourth and final week of her "Fighting for Wisconsin Families" tour, making nearly 45 stops across Wisconsin talking to families about the issues impacting their communities - including the housing and child care affordability crises, Republicans' more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Wendell Potter, president of the Center for Health and Democracy, from a July 31, 2025, hearing entitled "Making Health Care Affordable: Solutions to Lower Costs and Empower Patients": * * * Sixteen years have passed since I first testified before the Senate as a former health insurance executive. I warned lawmakers back then about the business practices of the increasingly co more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Kennedy Leads 37 House Democrats in Demanding Release of CDC Public Health Funds * Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) led a coalition of 37 House Democrats in demanding that the Trump Administration immediately release nearly $300 million in frozen public health grants through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This oversight effort comes as the CDC under Trump has more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following written testimony by Adam Gaffney, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, from a July 31, 2025, hearing entitled "Making Health Care Affordable: Solutions to Lower Costs and Empower Patients": * * * Thank you, Chairman Cassidy, ranking Senator Sanders, and all of the members of the HELP Committee for the opportunity to speak to an issue that affects effectively every American: un more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Colleagues Reintroduce Child Care for Working Families Act * Heinrich & Lujan fight for affordable child care while Trump & Republicans attack Head Start & cut federal child care programs to give massive tax handouts to billionaires WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), one of only two Head Start graduates to serve in the Senate, joi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Colleagues Reintroduce Child Care for Working Families Act * Heinrich & Lujan fight for affordable child care while Trump & Republicans attack Head Start & cut federal child care programs to give massive tax handouts to billionaires WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), one of only two Head Start graduates to serve in the Senate, joine more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Patrice Onwuka, director of the Center for Economic Opportunity at Independent Women's Forum, from a July 17, 2025, hearing entitled "Freedom to Work: Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers": * * * Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to appear today. My name is Patrice Onwuka, and I am the director of the Center more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Brian J. Miller, an associate professor of medicine and business at Johns Hopkins University, from a July 31, 2025, hearing entitled "Making Health Care Affordable: Solutions to Lower Costs and Empower Patients": * * * Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and distinguished members of the Committee: My name is Brian Miller, and I practice hospital medicine at the Johns Hop more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: It's Clear Trump Wants a Government Shutdown and is Refusing to Follow the Law He Signed * WASHINGTON, DC -- President Donald Trump is once again seeking to override Congress on bipartisan spending laws and is putting the country on a path to a federal government shutdown later this fall. In an attempted end-run around Congress' funding power, the Trump Administration is trying to use a "p more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Nancy Mace's Bill Puts An End To Political Agendas In Military Schools * (Washington, D.C., August 28, 2025) -- Congresswoman Nancy Mace (SC-01) introduced the No Woke Indoctrination of Military Kids Act to ensure schools overseen by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) focus on education, not political agendas. The legislation prohibits the teaching or promotion of Criti more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Aug. 28, 2025: * * * Sanders Demands Bipartisan Investigation into Firing of CDC Director Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today called for a bipartisan congressional investigation into the recent firing of Centers for Disease Control and Preve more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray Statement on Trump's Latest Rescission Request * Murray : "No lawmaker should accept this absurd, illegal ploy to steal their constitutional power to determine how taxpayer dollars get spent." Trump asks Congress to claw back billions in bipartisan national security investments--and incorrectly insists that the timing of his request allows him to zero out the funds unilaterally  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2025: * * * Senator Murray Statement on Trump's Latest Rescission Request Murray: "No lawmaker should accept this absurd, illegal ploy to steal their constitutional power to determine how taxpayer dollars get spent." Trump asks Congress to claw back billions in bipartisan national security investments--and incorrectly insists that the timing more PR

MONTEVALLO, Alabama, Aug. 30 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Adam Marr, director of operations at the Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition, from an Aug. 22, 2025, field hearing entitled "Separating Fact from Fiction: Exploring Alternative Therapies for Veterans' Mental Health": * * * Introduction: Who I Am and Why This Matters Senator Tuberville, thank you for the honor of testifying at this field hearing on Alternative Therapies. My more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren on Trump's Illegal Pocket Recissions Play * Washington, D.C. - Following news that Donald Trump plans to use the illegal "pocket recissions" tactic to claw back roughly $5 billion in congressionally-approved funding for foreign aid programs, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: "After slashing health care for millions of Americans to finance ta more PR