WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * After Courtney, Amo, Magaziner, Unions Urge Opposition, House Votes Down Measure to Further Delay Offshore Wind Energy Projects * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, Congressman Gabe Amo (RI-01), Ranking Member of the Science, Space, and Technology Environment Subcommittee, and Congressman Seth Maga more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Arrington Celebrates Passage of Defense Bill, Record Funding for Dyess Air Force Base * WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) celebrated House passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which provides $892.6 billion to strengthen America's military, improve quality of life for service members, and eliminate billions in wasteful spending. Additionally, the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Advances Ocasio-Cortez, Malliotakis Bill To Support Parents and Infants * Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) gave remarks on legislation, led alongside Representative Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), that supports maternal and infant health programs during a markup in the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Ezell Applauds House Passage of the FY'26 National Defense Authorization Act * Congressman Mike Ezell (MS-04) released the following statement after voting in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) earlier this week, which passed the House by a vote of 231-196 : " This year's National Defense Authorization Act restores what our military should be focused on: strength, accountabi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Statement on Defiance of Bipartisan Cooperation, Departure of Decades of Precedent on ENR Committee, Opposition to FERC Nominees * WASHINGTON -- In his opening statement during a business meeting on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to consider pending nominations and legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, criticized  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Rachel Greszler, a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance at the Heritage Foundation, from a Sept. 3, 2025, hearing entitled "Protecting Older Americans: Leveling the Playing Field for Older Workers": * * * My name is Rachel Greszler. I am a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance at The Heritage Foundation and a visiting fellow in workforce at the Economic Policy In more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party and House Committee on Education and the Workforce issued the following majority staff report on Sept. 11, 2025, entitled "Joint Institutes, Divided Loyalties - How the Chinese Communist Party Exploits U.S. University Partnerships to Empower China's Military and Repression": * * * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over the past two years, the Select Committee on the Chinese Communi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * House-Passed National Defense Legislation Codifies 15 of President Trump's America First Executive Orders * WASHINGTON -- The House-passed FY26 National Defense Authorization Act includes many crucial elements of President Trump's Peace Through Strength agenda. In addition to modernizing our defense capabilities, instituting key quality of life improvements, and an expansion of DO more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * In Senate Floor Speech, Cantwell Takes DOE Secretary To Task Over Wavering Hanford Cleanup Commitment * 09.12.25 The Trump Administration sent mixed signals on a promise to finally fire up Hanford's Waste Treatment Plant on Oct. 15 after 23 years of construction - risking $24 billion, 3,000 local jobs, and a longstanding federal promise to clean up the site's nuclear waste; Cantwell reviewed more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Stands Up to Protect Energy Cost Savings from Illegal Trump Rule * East Hartford, CT - Following the Trump Administration's covert move to illegally deny tax credits for energy efficient home improvements, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) wrote to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent demanding immediate IRS compliance with the law before homeowners face an erroneous tax increase. The Ener more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairwoman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * MURKOWSKI, SCHATZ LEAD OVERSIGHT HEARING TO EXAMINE TRIBAL ENERGY PROGRAMS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA), and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Vice Chairman, held an Oversight Hearing entitled: "Unleashing Indian Energy - Examining Federal Programs  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Pfluger Applauds House Passage of NDAA * WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) secured major wins in the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed the House this week. The NDAA is the legislative vehicle that authorizes policies, programs, and spending for the Department of War. As a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, fighter pilot with nearly two decades of more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Horsford & Gomez: Despite Republican Claims, Big Ugly Tax Law Does Not End Clean Energy Tax Credit * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Steven Horsford (NV-04) and Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) led Congressional Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee in a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner, Scott Bessent, demanding the agency publicly affirm that the Energy Eff more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * SCHATZ, MURKOWSKI LEAD OVERSIGHT HEARING TO EXAMINE TRIBAL ENERGY PROGRAMS AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Committee, held an Oversight Hearing titled: "Unleashing Indian Energy - Examining Feder more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2025: * * * Sen. Budd, Commerce Committee Colleagues Highlight Need to Bolster U.S. leadership in AI Innovation Hearing with OSTP Director Kratsios outlines Trump administration's AI strategy * At yesterday's Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness hearing titled "AI've Got a Plan: America's  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 9/5/2025-9/12/2025 Fighting for Kids' Online Safety Protections *  [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) a co-author of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) with U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), delivered an opening statement at a hearing Blackburn convened in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Colleagues Demand Reinstatement of Critical Wildfire Preparedness Program * Washington D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he has joined colleagues from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to question the Trump administration's sudden elimination of the Women in Wildfire (WIWF) Bootcamps program and demand its reinstatement. This year alone, the U.S. has experienced 48,458  more PR