WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * As President Trump Illegally Terminates Renewable Energy Initiative and $250 Million Investment in Harris County, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver Lead Effort Demanding Administration To Reverse Decision * On Friday, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) led 100 of their Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to Environmental P more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- 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. 27 -- 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. 27 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Gallego Joins Meet the Press * WASHINGTON - Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) sat down with NBC's Kristen Welker on Meet the Press yesterday to talk the latest on the ongoing Republican-led government shutdown and Democrats' fight to keep costs from rising for 24 million Americans, Trump's illegal and reckless military strikes in the Caribbean, and the president's ' main priority ' right now, des more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Calls on Trump Administration to Restore Illegally Rescinded Solar for All Funding * East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) demanded the immediate restoration of funding for Solar for All, a program Congress authorized through the Inflation Reduction Act that Larson helped author and pass in 2022. In August, the Trump Administration illegally rescinded $62.5 million in more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Mrvan Statement on Indiana Special Legislative Session on Redistricting * Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan released the statement below on the announcement of a special legislative session on redistricting. "As working families are facing skyrocketing energy costs, the loss of health care and food assistance programs, rising local taxes, and cuts to public safety, it is unsurprising that more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn Calls on Administration to Deliver Certainty for Iowa Soybean Producers * Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer urging swift, coordinated action to restore access to foreign soybean markets and strengthen domestic demand amid a worse more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Joins Hayes, Craig, 211 House Democrats Urging USDA to Take Immediate Action to Fund SNAP "For far too many veterans, seniors, and children, SNAP benefits are the difference between having food or not." * Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) joined Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, Congresswoman Angie Crai more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Summer Lee Joins Lawmakers in Pressing Trump Admin. to Reinstate Furloughed Federal Workers at Agencies Unaffected by Republican Shutdown, Resume Their Pay * PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 27, 2025 Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) joined over 60 of her colleagues in the Senate and House urging the Trump Administration to immediately reinstate any furloughed employees of agencies funded entirel more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following commentary: * * * Thune: Schumer Shutdown Day 27 * Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune's remarks below (as delivered): "Mr. President, 'There is a time and a place to debate health care, just like there is a time and place to debate energy policy and immigration and education - but not, not, w more PR