WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker Statement on Vote to Keep Government Open, Protect New Jerseyans Health Care * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement after voting to advance a short-term CR that would protect New Jerseyans health care: "Today, Democrats put forward a short-term government funding bill that would begin to address the damage Trump's failed policies have i more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn Bills to Combat Fentanyl Crisis Head to President's Desk * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his Halting the Epidemic of Addiction and Loss (HEAL) Act, which would expand access to new opioid overdose reversal agents in addition to naloxone by updating guidance and grant language from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and his Impro more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Senator Markey, Leader Schumer Slam "Federal Censorship Commission" Under Chairman Brendan Carr * Watch: Markey, Schumer, advocates call out Trump admin's censorship Washington (September 19, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today slammed Federal Communications C more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET REPUBLICANS DIVIDE US OR DISTRACT US FROM THE MISSION OF PROTECTING THE HEALTHCARE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's PoliticsNation where he made clear that House Democrats will continue to fight back against Republican efforts to rip away healthcare from the American people. AL SHARPTON: Here with m more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Political Weaponization of the FCC * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, issued the following statement: "President Trump and FCC Chair Carr made it clear: fall in line or be silenced. And it's not just late-night TV. This administration is silencing free speech, targeting universities and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Vote to Keep the Government Open, Address Looming Health Care Affordability Crisis * Trump : "Don't even bother dealing with them" Vought : "The appropriations process has to be less bipartisan" Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after Senate Republicans voted against Congressional Democrats' proposal to keep the governme more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Quigley Votes No on Republican Continuing Resolution * Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on his vote against the Republican continuing resolution: "Since Trump assumed office, he has unilaterally cut programs funded by Congress that my constituents in the Illinois Fifth District rely on. Programs to f more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: Trump Raising Social Security Retirement Age Would be a "Massive Betrayal of Americans" * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed today hit back against President Trump's Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano's admission that the Trump Administration is considering raising the retirement age for American workers. Reed stated: "The Trump Administration's DOGE er more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: Trump's Weakness Emboldens Putin to Expand Dangerous Incursions into NATO Countries' Airspace * WASHINGTON, DC -- Three Russian fighter jets breached Estonian airspace today in what appears to be the third significant attempt by the Russian military this month -- following previous drone incursions into Poland and Romania -- to test NATO's eastern border. After this brazen provocation by  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Republicans Reject Bill to Prevent Trump's Health Care Price Hikes & Extend Government Funding * WASHINGTON, DC - Despite the fact that Republicans have a majority in the U.S. Senate, Senate Democrats got a majority of Senators to support the Democratic proposal to avoid a federal government shutdown today - but the measure still fell short. Forty-five Senate Republicans voted against a  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Risch, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan REPO Implementation Act * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Senate Ranking Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), and Jim Risch (R-ID), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the REPO Implementation Act of 2025, bipartisan legislat more PR