WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Durbin & Schneider Visit Naval Station Great Lakes, Locked Out By DHS * September 05, 2025 [NORTH CHICAGO, IL] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) to visit Naval Station Great Lakes amid President Trump's plans to support U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers and his threats to deploy the military to Chicago. "Th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Announces NDAA Amendment To Protect The Baltic Security Initiative * September 05, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chair of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus, introduced a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2026 to shore up support for his Baltic Security Initiative as the Trump Administration aims to suspend the program. "The Baltic nations are essential NAT more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Announce NDAA Amendments To Increase Oversight As President Trump Threatens To Deploy Military, ICE To Chicago * September 05, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), a combat Veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today an more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth, Schneider Visit Naval Station Great Lakes, Locked Out By DHS * September 05, 2025 NORTH CHICAGO -- U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) to visit Naval Station Great Lakes amid President Trump's plans to support U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers and his threats to deploy the military to Chicago are immine more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Estes Recaps District Visits * Last week, U.S. Congressman Ron Estes (R-Kansas) made visits throughout the 4th District. He covered parts of the district from Caldwell to Andover and back to Wichita. Representative Estes met with many local businesses, toured manufacturing facilities, and met with constituents. He shared the pro-family, pro-worker provisions in the historic working families tax cut, passed by Republicans and signed by President Donald  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Senator Markey, Former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Slam Trump Administration's Reckless and Irresponsible Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric, Dangerous Public Health Policies * Markey releases tracker to keep public informed of RFK Jr.'s dangerous actions Senator Markey, Dr. Walensky, health care workers, and experts outside of Codman Square Community Health Center in Dorchester Boston (September 6, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Ma more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Warnock Calls on President Trump to Fire Secretary Kennedy Following Turmoil at CDC * In Thursday's Senate Finance Committee hearing, Senator Reverend Warnock grilled Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy on his incompetent leadership overseeing the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Secretary Kennedy's incompetence has impacted chronic disease and cancer research, harmed efforts to protect serviceme more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan To Secretary Kennedy: It's Clear You're Not Listening To Qualified Experts * Washington, D.C. - Today, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) pressed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on ignoring well-established science and endangering the health of the American people. Prior to the Finance Committee hearing, Senator Lujan joined all Finance Commi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Salinas Conducts Oversight Visit of Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility * Portland, OR - Today, Congresswomen Andrea Salinas (OR-06) visited the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland to question ICE officials and hold them accountable for their detention and treatment of her constituents as well as to exert her congressional authority to conduct oversight of ICE facilities. "I visited the ICE facil more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Reverend Warnock Statement on Bryan County Immigration Raid * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released the following statement on the immigration raid in Bryan County. "Following this raid, we need answers. " The Trump administration owes Georgia and the country an explanation as to how this raid, which separated children from working parents, advances the President's stated immigration prior more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Signs Reed's Bill to Crack Down on Abusive Mortgage "Trigger Leads" & Stop Unwanted Spam * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Trump signed into law U.S. Senator Jack Reed's (D-RI) legislation to ban abusive "trigger leads," a practice where credit bureaus sell mortgage applicants' data without consent, leading to a flood of unwanted calls, texts, and messages. The bipartisan Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, co-authored by Senators Reed a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Norton File Bills to Grant D.C. Full Control Over Its National Guard, Police * This week, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) reintroduced their legislation to grant the District of Columbia full control over the D.C. National Guard and the Metropolitan Police Department, as the Trump Administration has asserted federal control over the D.C. police department and kept its National  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Wyden Hearing Statement on Robert Kennedy Creating a Health Care Calamity As Prepared for Delivery As the Committee gathers today, the United States is in the midst of a health care calamity. The largest cuts to health care in the history of the nation are approaching like an avalanche. Last week, most of the senior leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were fired or resigned after ref more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Wyden Opposes HHS and USTR Nominees As Prepared for Delivery I'd just like to say a few words before the Finance Committee votes on three more nominees later today. I'm going to start off with Michael Stuart, who is nominated to be General Counsel of HHS. The health department's top lawyer is responsible for calling balls and strikes and making sure the department follows the law. Something that Robert Kenn more PR