WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-New York, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * Chairman Garbarino: Schumer Shutdown Undermines Our Homeland Security Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY) issued the following statement on how Senate Democrats' government shutdown will impact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): "Senate Democrats' decision to shut down the government in order to score cheap political points--while no more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CLARKE ISSUES STATEMENT ON TRUMP SHUTDOWN * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke issued the following statement: "From the moment Donald Trump took office, he and his administration have been on a relentless crusade to make this nation less affordable, less equitable, and less like the America we love with all our hearts. This ongoing government shutdown is simply the culmination of those efforts so far. The American people  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Espaillat and Assemblymember Gibbs Condemn Trump Administration Halting Vital Funding for New York City Infrastructure * WASHINGTON, DC \- Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and New York State Assemblymember Eddie Gibbs issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration's efforts to freeze funding for New York City transit and infrastructure, including vital support for the Gateway Project and Second Avenu more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Lawler Urges Responsibility As Shutdown Looms, Declines Salary * Washington, D.C.- 9/30/25... Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) sent a letter to the House Chief Administrative Office requesting that his congressional salary be withheld in the event of a government shutdown. In his letter, the lawmaker wrote: "In the event of a government shutdown, I am requesting that my salary be withheld until the shutdown is over. If our pa more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN LEADS 25 HOUSE DEMOCRATS IN REJECTING TRUMP'S MESSAGE TO FLAG OFFICERS, WARNS OF DANGEROUS, UNCONSTITUTIONAL MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS: PRESIDENT CROSSED "BRIGHT RED LINE" * Congressman Pat Ryan Leads 25 House Democrats in Rejecting Trump's Message to Flag Officers, Warns of Dangerous, Unconstitutional Military Deployments Against U.S. Citizens: President Crossed "Bright Red Line" Addressing a group of more than  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Tenney's Statement on Democrat-Led Government Shutdown * Washington, DC -- Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) After Senate Democrats blocked a clean Continuing Resolution (CR) to extend the funding deadline, the federal government officially shut down. Congresswoman Claudia Tenney issued the following statement: "House Republicans did our job. We passed a clean, bipartisan continuing resolution to keep the government open, prote more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Estes Withholds Pay During Democrat-Induced Shutdown * U.S. Congressman Ron Estes (R-Kansas) announced his request to have his congressional salary withheld due to the government shutdown, caused by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and his Democrat colleagues. The announcement follows Democrats' refusal to vote for the same clean funding bill they supported during the previous administration. During the last government shutdown in 2019, Representative more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Laura Gillen, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillen Statement on GOP Shutdown * WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) released the following statement after Republicans refused to negotiate a bipartisan federal funding package: "First, Republicans threw our health care system into crisis with their Big Bad Bill that will make health care more expensive for millions of Americans. Next, they refused to even negotiate at all to craft a bipartisan spending bill and chose  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand Releases Statement On Infrastructure Funding Pullback * Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee, released the following statement on the Trump administration's decision to withhold $18 billion in infrastructure funding from New York City for the Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 and the Hudson Tunnel Gateway project: "The Trump admin more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand Statement On Government Shutdown * Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released the following statement on the government shutdown: "Today, President Trump and congressional Republicans proved that they would rather shut down the government than make Americans' health care more affordable. The reality is, working families are struggling in President Trump's America. Over the last eight months, the American people have more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-New York, issued the following statement: * * * House Republicans Block Plan To Keep Government Open, Lower Health Care Costs * Constituent update on the harm a shutdown poses to NY-13 working families, our economy, and our national security. Dear Constituent, I wanted to contact you about a potential government shutdown and my ongoing work to protect vital services. Unfortunately, extreme conservatives are trying to force a shutdown, which would begin on October 1, to further Donald Trump's more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * JEFFRIES, SCHUMER STATEMENT ON THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer released the following statement: After months of making life harder and more expensive, Donald Trump and Republicans have now shut down the federal government because they do not want to protect the healthcare of the American people. Democrats remain ready to find a bipartisan  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * JEFFRIES, SCHUMER STATEMENT ON THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer released the following statement: After months of making life harder and more expensive, Donald Trump and Republicans have now shut down the federal government because they do not want to protect the healthcare of the American people. Democrats remain ready to find a bipartisan path forward to reopen the more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * JEFFRIES, SCHUMER STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RETALIATION * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer released the following statement: Donald Trump is once again treating working people as collateral damage in his endless campaign of chaos and revenge. By blocking billions of bipartisan infrastructure dollars for the Gateway Tunnel and Second Avenue Subway, Trump more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * JEFFRIES, SCHUMER STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RETALIATION * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer released the following statement: Donald Trump is once again treating working people as collateral damage in his endless campaign of chaos and revenge. By blocking billions of bipartisan infrastructure dollars for the Gateway Tunnel and Second Avenue Subway, Trump isn't hurting Democrats-- more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Lawler Demands Hochul Take Immediate Action to Deliver Justice For Child Sexual Abuse Survivors * Washington, D.C. - 10/1/25... Last week, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) called on Governor Kathy Hochul to take immediate and decisive action to ensure survivors of child sexual abuse in New York finally receive the justice they were promised under the Child Victims Act (CVA) in a letter condemning the state's failure to enforce the CVA and protect sur more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Lawler Strongly Opposes Trump Admin's Move to Cut Transit and Counter-Terror Funding to NY * Washington, D.C. - 10/1/25... The office of Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) released the following statement regarding recent reports of federal funding reductions negatively impacting New York: "Congressman Lawler strongly opposes these harmful cuts, which undermine, amongst other things, our counterterrorism efforts and critical infrastructure projects i more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON CNBC: "HEALTHCARE IS NOT AN EXTRANEOUS ISSUE. IT IS A CENTRAL ISSUE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE." * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box, where he affirmed Democrats' commitment to protecting the healthcare of the American people in the face of the reckless Republican-caused healthcare crisis. BECKY QUICK : We just heard from House Speaker Mike Johnson about the pot more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA: "REPUBLICANS HAVE SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE TO WORKING-CLASS AMERICANS" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on ABC's Good Morning America where he emphasized that Democrats are ready to find a bipartisan agreement that funds the government in a way that improves the quality of life and protects the healthcare of t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA: "REPUBLICANS HAVE SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE TO WORKING-CLASS AMERICANS" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on ABC's Good Morning America where he emphasized that Democrats are ready to find a bipartisan agreement that funds the government in a way that improves the quality of life and protects the healthcare of the American people. GEOR more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON THE HOUSE STEPS: "HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE ON DUTY. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE ON VACATION." * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Democrats held a press event to make clear that as opposed to their Republican colleagues, Democrats are in Washington and ready to work to find a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown and save the healthcare of the American people. Leader Jeffries: It's a high honor and a distinc more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON ATTACK ON REPORTERS IN NEW YORK CITY * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security has been shamefully corrupted to focus more on bullying Americans than defending national security. Today a violent assault by masked agents at the 26 Federal Plaza facility in New York City ended with a journalist carried away on a stretcher-his only cri more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES TELLS RALLY: "WE ARE IN THIS FIGHT UNTIL WE WIN THIS FIGHT" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke at the Healthcare over Billionaires Rally at the Capitol where he made clear that House Democrats will continue to stand up on behalf of the health, safety and well-being of the American people and fight back against the extreme MAGA Republican assault on healthcare. LEADER JEFFRIES : Ar more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES TELLS RALLY: "WE ARE IN THIS FIGHT UNTIL WE WIN THIS FIGHT" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke at the Healthcare over Billionaires Rally at the Capitol where he made clear that House Democrats will continue to stand up on behalf of the health, safety and well-being of the American people and fight back against the extreme MAGA Republican assault on healthcare. LEADER JEFFRIES : Are you here to fight for th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "OUR VIEW WILL CONTINUE TO BE CANCEL THE CUTS, LOWER THE COST, SAVE HEALTHCARE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's The Briefing with Jen Psaki and CNN's NewsNight with Abby Phillip to emphasize that Democrats are fighting to protect the healthcare of the American people in the face of a reckless Republican government shutdown. LEADER JEFFRIES ON MSNBC'S THE BRIEFING more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "OUR VIEW WILL CONTINUE TO BE CANCEL THE CUTS, LOWER THE COST, SAVE HEALTHCARE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's The Briefing with Jen Psaki and CNN's NewsNight with Abby Phillip to emphasize that Democrats are fighting to protect the healthcare of the American people in the face of a reckless Republican government shutdown. LEADER JEFFRIES ON MSNBC'S THE BRIEFING WITH JEN PSAKI: JEN PSA more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "THE REPUBLICAN HEALTHCARE CRISIS IS IMMORAL IN NATURE AND DEMOCRATS ARE FIGHTING HARD TO REVERSE IT" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference with Whip Clark and Chairman Aguilar where he emphasized that Donald Trump and Republicans have shut down the government instead of working with Democrats who are in Washington, DC and ready to work to find a bipartisan agreement a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "THE REPUBLICAN HEALTHCARE CRISIS IS IMMORAL IN NATURE AND DEMOCRATS ARE FIGHTING HARD TO REVERSE IT" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference with Whip Clark and Chairman Aguilar where he emphasized that Donald Trump and Republicans have shut down the government instead of working with Democrats who are in Washington, DC and ready to work to find a bipartisan agreement and lower healthcare costs. more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Grace Meng, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * MENG STATEMENT ON GOP GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) released the following statement on the government shutdown effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2025: "As of 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2025, the federal government entered a shutdown, because the GOP majority - which controls the House, Senate, and White House - allowed funding for the federal government to lapse. This shutdown was completely avoidable. For  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Nadler Statement on Trump Administration Freezing $18 Billion in NYC Infrastructure Funds * Today, Representative Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) released the following statement on the Trump administration freezing $18 billion for Hudson tunnel and Second Avenue subway projects: "The Trump Administration is shamefully freezing funding for two of the most critical infrastructure projects in the nation because Democrats refused to rubber-stamp a plan tha more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * On The First Day Of A Republican-Led Government Shutdown, Gillibrand Discusses The Need For Negotiations To Lower Health Care Costs And Reopen The Government * 20 million Americans -- including at least 1.6 million New Yorkers -- will see a sudden increase in their health insurance costs if health care subsidies are not extended Today, on the first day of a Republican-led government shutdown, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a vi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, ranking member of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, issued the following statement condemning the hateful, violent threats against Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's life: "Rep. Jayapal's commitment to nonviolence was met with an Arizona Republican's threat of execution. "It is as disgraceful as it is dangerous. "Left unchecked, this hatred put more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gregory W. Meeks Statement on the Republican Government Shutdown * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) issued the following statement: "President Trump and Congressional Republicans have knowingly shutdown the government in order to preserve the disastrous healthcare cuts and make life more expensive for hardworking families. "While Democrats were here in Washington ready to negotiate a deal that protects health car more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * STATEMENT FROM CONGRESSMAN JOE MORELLE ON REPUBLICANS' DECISION TO SHUT DOWN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT * (Washington, D.C.)--Today, Congressman Joe Morelle released the following statement in response to Republicans' decision to force a government shutdown: "I am deeply frustrated. President Trump and Republican leaders continue to prioritize tax breaks for their billionaire friends above the needs of working Americans. Because of the president, more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Velazquez Statement on the Federal Government Shutdown * WASHINGTON- Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) released the following statement regarding the shutdown of the federal government: "Republicans have shut down the federal government, walking away from their duty to the American people to advance a cruel agenda. Instead of staying in Washington to negotiate, they left town, taking a vacation while millions of Americans face more PR