WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Escalates Attacks on Fed Independence, Senate Democrats Raise Alarms About Nominee's Dangerous Plan to Keep White House Post While Serving on Fed's Powerful Board of Governors * WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to erode the independence of the Federal Reserve and push the nation's central bank to prioritize his own political interests, President Trump is seeking to install his White House ec more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin, Colleagues Demand Trump's VA Drop Near Total Abortion Ban * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined a group of her colleagues in demanding the Trump Administration's Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rescind their dangerous new proposed rule to reinstate a near-total ban on abortions and abortion counseling, including for veterans who have been raped or whose pregna more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn Pushes to Rescind Biden Rule Promoting Abortion On-Demand at VA Facilities * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter with a group of his congressional colleagues to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins urging him to rescind an unconstitutional Biden-era rule promoting abortion services at VA facilities: The Senators and Representatives wrote: "VA facilities shou more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Booker Lead Judiciary Democrats In A Letter To Attorney General Bondi On Politicization Of Antitrust Enforcement Activity At DOJ * In the letter, the Senators cite extreme departures from DOJ processes that led to the proposed settlement in Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, Inc. CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking M more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Call Out Trump Administration's Wrongful Targeting of DACA Recipients * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 39 Senate Democrats to press U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on the Trump Administration's wrongful targeting of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in its cruel mass  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Call Out Trump Administration's Wrongful Targeting of DACA Recipients * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 39 Senate Democrats to press U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on the Trump Administration's wrongful targeting of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in its cruel mass de more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Call Out Trump Administration's Wrongful Targeting of DACA Recipients * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 39 Senate Democrats to press U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on the Trump Administration's wrongful targeting of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in its cruel mass de more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Stanton, Gallego, Ansari Urge Trump to Prevent Removal of Arizona Mother and Business Owner * In separate occasions in August, Sen. Kelly and Rep. Stanton visited the Eloy Detention Center in Arizona and met with Kelly Yu Today, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and Representative Greg Stanton, alongside Senator Ruben Gallego and Representative Yassamin Ansari, urged President Donald Trump, Attorney more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- 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 Committ more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Statement on August Jobs Report * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today issued the following statement on the terrible August jobs report : "Nobody wants to see these kinds of dismal job numbers. But the way to improve them isn't to deny them, fake them, fire the statistician, or claim they'll be different in a year -- it's to change course. Stop the chaos and the tariff-driven infl more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * SENATOR ALSOBROOKS WITH CHRIS HAYES: "TRUMP HAS WRECKED OUR ECONOMY" * WASHINGTON, DC - In case you missed it, tonight, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) joined Chris Hayes on All In with Chris Hayes to discuss Trump's unmitigated disaster with our economy, plummeting jobs numbers, deeply unserious nominees, and the chaos and danger RFK Jr. is causing to the American people.  WATCH FULL INTE more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 8/29/2025-9/5/2025 * Demanding Action to Prevent Gun Violence Tragedies U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined gun violence prevention advocates to call on Congress to pass his commonsense gun violence prevention legislation to avert further tragedies like the one at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis last week.  The Assault Weapons Ban more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray on Reporting Revealing E.J. Antoni as Disturbed and Hateful, Conspiracy-Driven Man * ICYMI : Senator Murray Slams E.J. Antoni as Obvious Partisan Hack, Threat to American Economy and Unfit to Lead BLS Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the follo more PR