WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Meets With Illinois Higher Education Leaders To Discuss Impact Of "Operation Midway Blitz" And Meeting The Moment For Their Students * October 22, 2025 The meeting follows the Trump Administration's militarized immigration enforcement activities and National Guard deployment to Chicago WASHINGTONToday, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) met with the University of Illinoi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand Demands Immediate Reversal Of Trump Administration Firing Of Workers Who Support Students With Disabilities * The Trump Administration Has Fired Hundreds Of Workers Who Support Students With Disabilities This Action Will Decrease The Quality Of Education For The 500,000+ Students With Disabilities In New York Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) blasted the Trump admin more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Blast Latest HHS Firings, Underscore How Cuts Will Harm New Mexicans' Health, Weaken Response to Fentanyl Crisis & Maternal Mortality * WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (H more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * Krishnamoorthi Warns Trump Administration Visa Crackdown Threatens U.S. Economic Competitiveness and Hands Global Talent Edge to the Chinese Communist Party Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Stra more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Andre Carson, D-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Carson, Leger Fernandez Introduces Every Child Deserves a Head Start Act to Protect Early Learning Programs Amid Trump Shutdown * As the Trump shutdown continues to threaten childcare and early education across the nation, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03), and Reps. Andre Carson (IN-07) and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) introduced the Every Child Deserves a Head Start Act, a bill to permane more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2025: * * * REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN DAY 23: As Window Shopping Opens in WA, Senator Murray Joins WA State Health Benefit Exchange CEO, Washingtonian to Discuss Exploding Health Care Costs Today, on the 23rd day of the Republican shutdown, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a senior member and f more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Republicans Reject Bill to Pay Federal Workers, Military, Contractors During GOP Shutdown * VIDEO IS AVAILABLE HERE WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate pushing for passage of the True Shutdown Fairness Act, legislation he introduced alongside Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-MD), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and a number of colleag more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Probes Private Student Loan Servicer Amid Trump Administration's Erosion of Private Student Borrower Protections "Goal's past work for NCSLT, paired with the Trump Administration's recent litigation dismissals and new legislation, have significant implications for the financial health of students and families  more PR