WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * "It's despicable and downright wrong": Whip Emmer slams Democrats as their government shutdown reaches day 28 * WASHINGTON Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) joined House Republican leadership on day 28 of the Democrat government shutdown to once again reiterate their calls for Democrats to stop playing political games and reopen the government. Click here or above to watch W more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Across WA, Head Start Programs Serving Over 3,000 Pre-K Students Threatened By Looming Nov. 1 Shutdown Deadline * Head Start relies on federal support to provide free childcare, health, & nutrition services to 15k kids across the state - but due to the shutdown, grant funding is about to run out for around 1/5 of them Cantwell: "For many of those parents, losing childcare means missing work."  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * After Bovino Appears In Court In Chicago, Durbin Again Denounces "Operation Midway Blitz" As Wreaking Havoc On Illinois Communities * "Video footage shows the agents' recklessness, their seeming disregard for the court order, and their ongoing violations of due process," Durbin said of federal agents acting under "Operation Midway Blitz" WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Senate Votes on Trump Tariffs, Senator Murray Calls on Republicans to End Trump's Taxes on Middle Class; Lays Out Painful Consequences of Trump's Reckless Trade War in WA * Murray : "People across Americaacross party lines, across economic backgrounds, and across nearly every divide imaginableare now speaking out... The time has come to hold President Trump accountable for raising prices more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Alford, Colleagues Urge Administration to Urgently Secure Soybean Deal with China, Use Tariff Revenue to Make Farmers Whole * Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) led a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins urging the administration to urgently finalize the reported deal to open Chinese markets to U.S. soybean producers and swiftly implement President Trump's more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Alsobrooks, Van Hollen, Elfreth Introduce Legislation to Pause Student Loans for Federal Workers, Contractors, and Military * WASHINGTON, DC - As reported in The Baltimore Sun, Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.-03) released legislation, The Shutdown Student Loans for Feds Act, that would require the Department of Education to pa more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Joins Over 200 House Democrats in Urging USDA to Take Immediate Action to Fund SNAP * WASHINGTON, DC - Last week, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) joined Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), House Committee on Agriculture Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02), and 211 House Democrats in sending a letter urging U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to use contingency reserve dollars to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Ansari Leads Colleagues in Urging Secretary Rubio to Address Politicization of Human Rights Reports * WASHINGTON - Today, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), alongside her colleagues Representatives Jim McGovern (MA-02), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.), Andre Carson (IN-07), Emily Randall (WA-06), and Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) sent a letter to Secretary Rubio expressing deep concern over recent chan more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * At Hearing, Experts Confirm Costly Toll of Trump Cuts at NIH and FDA, Senator Murray Blasts Trump for Upending Biomedical Research Grants & Canceling Clinical Trials * Senator Murray : "Since President Trump took office and Secretary Kennedy was confirmed, the Trump administration has terminated $2.3 billion in life-saving research that was funded by the NIH. They tried to cut billions more from  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Calls on President Trump to Immediately Release Available SNAP Funds * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following statement calling on President Trump and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately release critical Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November. President Trump and the USDA have the ful more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Calls on Trump Administration to Reverse Course on Harmful Plan to Import Beef from Argentina * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and a group of her colleagues are calling on the Trump Administration to reverse course on its harmful and undeveloped plan to import more beef from Argentina, which will harm American ranchers. "We write in strong opposition to the Adminis more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Ballard Shipbuilder Joins Cantwell for Hearing on Reviving Commercial Maritime Industry * 10.28.25 The U.S. is falling behind on shipbuilding In 2022, the U.S. had only 5 commercial ocean-going ships under construction. China had 1,794. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, was joined by more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Barrett Leads Bipartisan Effort to Protect Selfridge A-10s from Early Retirement * Washington, D.C. Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) today sent a bipartisan letter to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees urging them to protect the squadron of A-10 fighter jets at Michigan's Selfridge Air National Guard Base from early retirement. He was joined by 13 of his 14 colleagues in Michigan's congre more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Questions White House Ballroom Contractors on Participation in Construction Project, Terms of Involvement * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, wrote a letter to the lead architect, construction firm, and engineering firm working on President Donald Trump's White House ballroom projec more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Bresnahan Introduces Keep WIC Working Act to Protect WIC Funding During Government Shutdown * WASHINGTON, DC: Yesterday, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) introduced H.R. 5836, the Keep WIC Working Act, legislation to ensure the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) remains fully funded and operational during any lapse in federal appropriati more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Budd Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Advocating for U.S. Tobacco Farmers Ahead of President Trump's Trade Meeting with China * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Representative David Rouzer (R-N.C.-07) led their colleagues in sending a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging President Trump to prioritize flue-cured tobacco in his trade negotiations with China ahead of his meeting  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CARIBBEAN CAUCUS CO-CHAIRS CLARKE AND WATERS CONDEMN TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ILLEGAL MILITARY STRIKES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC OCEAN * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Caribbean Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued the following statement: "In the strongest possible terms, we condemn the Trump Administration's unilateral and unlawful military strikes aga more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Jeanne M. Lambrew, director of health care reform and a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, from an Oct. 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Modernizing Health Care: How Shoppable Services Improve Outcomes and Lower Costs": * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on health care shopping and its impact on cost more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Comer Blasts Democrats for Smears Against President Trump, Urges Them to Reopen the Government * WASHINGTONToday, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) to discuss more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Chairmen of Senate and House Armed Services Committees: We Strongly Oppose the Pentagon's Decision to Scale Back the U.S. Troop Presence in Romania * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement expressing concern with the Pent more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Suhas Subramanyam and Ranking Member Robert Garcia Investigate Trump Administration's Truth Social and X Private Messages and Records * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Suhas Subramanyam and House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia sent records retention requests to the CEOs of Truth Social and X (formerly Twitter) to aid their investigation into the Trump admini more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Brown Calls Out Trump's SNAP Shutdown: Cruel, Callous, Careless, Immoral, and Illegal * Washington, DC Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) spoke today (link is external) at a press conference hosted by Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) on Trump's illegal SNAP shutdown. (link is external) The Trump Administration has announced they will suspend Supplemental Nutrition Assistan more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Dean Urges Trump Administration to Remain Committed to Ceasefire and Long-Term Peace * WASHINGTON, D.C. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led 90 Members of Congress in a letter to President Trump in support of the ceasefire in Gaza and urging sustained American leadership to achieve further diplomatic breakthroughs. The Member more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Lateefah Simon, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Simon joins California Democratic Lawmakers in Blasting Trump's Unlawful Energy Project Cuts, Call for Nearly $8 Billion to be Reinstated * OAKLAND, CA - Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) joined Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, Chair of the California Democratic Delegation, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18), and 26 other Democratic California lawmakers in denouncing  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut Leaders Join Attorney General William Tong to Announce Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Plan to Unlawfully Suspend SNAP Benefits * Hartford, CT - Today, Connecticut leaders joined Attorney General William Tong to announce a lawsuit (link is external) against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Secretary Brooke Rollins for unlawfully suspending the Sup more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Sponsors Two Bills to Ensure Nevadans Don't Go Hungry on November 1st * Washington, D.C. - Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) has joined two bills - one led by Democrats, the other led by Republicans - to ensure that families still have access to Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if the government shutdown stretches beyond the end of the month. Th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Calls for Expanded Market Access for Montana Beef Producers in Senate Finance Committee Hearing * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Julie Callahan, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs and Commodity Policy, in a Senate Finance Committee hearing. They discussed the need to expand market access for farmers and ranchers and protect America's beef in more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Davids Calls on Trump Administration to Reverse Argentina Bailout, Protect Kansas Ranchers * Today, Representative Sharice Davids demanded (link is external) President Trump and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins rethink their decision to spend $20 billion to bail out Argentina and increase beef imports from the country. She says bipartisanship is achievable, but not "while federal policies un more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Democrats Admit the Truth: Their Shutdown is About "Leverage," Not the American People * WASHINGTON Democrats in Congress have now voted 14 times to keep the government closed. Since the shutdown began, Democrats have cycled through excuses and lies first claiming that they didn't cause it, then it was about "health care," then it was about "Trump." But over time, they've admitte more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Democrats Admit the Truth: Their Shutdown is About "Leverage," Not the American People * WASHINGTON Democrats in Congress have now voted 14 times to keep the government closed. Since the shutdown began, Democrats have cycled through excuses and lies first claiming that they didn't cause it, then it was about "health care," then it was about "Trump." But over time, they've admitted what this is r more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter, Wyden, Merkley, and Bonamici Secure Release of Portland Mother After Months of Unlawful ICE Detention * PORTLAND, OR Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) announced that Jackie Merlos has been released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody following her prolonged and illegal detent more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Delivers Opening Statement In Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing, Debunking Republicans' Claims That Political Violence Only Comes From The Left * October 28, 2025 Durbin: "there is no room for political violence in Americaever. Not from the right or from the left" WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, deliv more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Questions Former Biden Administration DHS Witness Who Specialized In Reducing Violent Extremism During Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing On Political Violence * October 28, 2025 Mr. Braniff served as Director of the Center for Prevention Programs under Biden; Trump Admin cut the entire program WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Sen more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Slams Republicans For Having No Plan To Reduce Health Care Costs For Americans * October 29, 2025 In his speech on the Senate floor, Durbin described the massive increase in insurance premiums American families will face next year WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today delivered a speech on the Senate floor demanding that congressional Republicans work wit more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth, Join Merkley In Calling For CBO Probe Into Cost Of Trump's National Guard Deployment To American Cities * October 28, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) in leading several of their Senate colleagues in calling on t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak hosts roundtable with ranchers to discuss meeting increased demand * McKenzie, ND Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) today brought together ranchers, market experts, and state ag leaders at Black Leg Ranch near McKenzie, N.D., for a roundtable discussion on meeting increased demand for American beef. "North Dakota ranchers are problem solvers," Fedorchak said. "They're innovati more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego Joins Colleagues in Demanding Transparency and Urging Trump Administration to Stop Hiding Premium Hikes from American Families * WASHINGTON - Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined 27 senators in a joint letter calling on the Trump Administration to immediately open "window-shopping" for Americans that use Healthcare.gov to purchase health insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego on The Moment with Jorge and Paola Ramos: "Be more authentic" * WASHINGTON - Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined The Moment with Jorge and Paola Ramos to talk Latino voters, immigration, Democrats' path forward, authenticity, and the American Dream. Watch the conversation here in English with Spanish subtitles and read excerpts below: On authenticity and trust in politics: Gallego: "I more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * GILLIBRAND SLAMS RFK JR. FOR PURGING STAFF ON FRONTLINES OF OPIOID CRISIS * U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is slamming the Trump administration for needlessly firing federal employees who work on the front lines of America's opioid crisis. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has now terminated more than 100 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAM more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Questions Trade Representative Nominees on Need to End the Biden Phosphate Duties, Push China to Drop Non-Tariff Barriers * WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee as well as a lifelong family farmer, questioned two nominees for the U.S. Trade Representative's office about the need to support Iowa farmers, including  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Urges Trump Administration to Make Air Travel More Affordable and Transparent, Not Less * WASHINGTON \- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and 13 Senate Democrats to send a letter urging U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy to recons more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Condemn Republicans for Refusing to Pay All New Mexico Federal Workers, Contractors, & Service Members During Trump's Shutdown * Senate Republicans blocked Democrats' legislation to pay all federal workers during Trump's shutdown WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) released the following statements after Senate Republicans blocked Democ more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Lead Call for Trump Administration to Reverse Course on Favoring Beef from Argentina * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) led a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer calling out the Trump Administration's harmful plan to increase beef imports from Argentina, which will help foreign interests at the expense of Ne more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Bipartisan Senators Vote to End Trump's Tariffs on Brazil, Lower Prices for Consumers * This week, Democrats will force another two votes to end Trump's reckless trade war WASHINGTON - Last night, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper voted to end President Trump's reckless 50% tariffs on Brazil. The resolution, which will terminate the emergency declaration the White House has used t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI Video: Blumenthal Slams Republicans for Health Care Premium Price Hikes During Senate Floor Speech * In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal delivered a speech on the Senate floor last night calling out Republicans for refusing to join Democrats in protecting affordable health care by extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits.  Last week, more than 15,0 more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Haley Stevens Fights to Make Sure High Costs Don't Haunt Michigan Families This Season * MI Congresswoman Haley Stevens moves to lower grocery prices and push back on Trump's reckless trade policies that are making food and candy more expensive WASHINGTON, D.C. - ICYMI: Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens is tackling rising grocery prices due to Trump's chaotic tariffs. From candy to kit more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Senator Markey Op-Ed on MSNBC: "I'm a U.S. Senator. 'House of Dynamite' Exposes a Brutal Truth." * New START Treaty with Russia expires in 100 days, after which there will be no agreed limits on U.S. and Russian nuclear forces for the first time in decades Read the full piece on MSNBC Washington (October 28, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a co-chair of the bicameral more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Agricultural Competition, Durbin Criticizes Trump Administration For Prioritizing South America Over American Farmers * "[President Trump's] tariffs on China, even as they change from one week to the next, are bad news for Illinois farmers and good news for Brazilian farmers...Farmers need help. No amount of financial relief can replace lost markets, es more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, Durbin Questions Fertilizer And Seed Companies About High Costs For Illinois Farmers * October 28, 2025 In today's Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing, Durbin advocated for Illinois farmers, telling the fertilizer industry "your prices are killing them." WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judici more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by F. Vincent Vernuccio, president of the Institute for the American Worker, from an Oct. 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Labor Law Reform Part 2: New Solutions for Finding a Pro-Worker Way Forward": * * * Good Morning. My name is F. Vincent Vernuccio and I am President of Institute for the American Worker (I4AW). I4AW is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to championing wor more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. John James, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * James Proposes Law to Ensure TSA and FAA Pay During Government Shutdown * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative John James (MI-10) introduced the Keep America Flying Act to the U.S. House of Representatives. This legislation would provide back and ongoing pay for essential Federal Aviation Administration and Transportation Security Administration employees during the current government shutdown. J more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Judiciary Democrats Expand Probe, Demand DOJ Officials Reject President's Corrupt Demand for $230 Million Payout * As Trump Demands That His Former Defense Attorneys Now Leading DOJ Carry Out His "Blatantly Illegal" Plan, Members Urge Them to Recuse and Avoid Potential Civil, Criminal Liability WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Zoe Lofgren, senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined Committee  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Paul, Klobuchar, Warner, & Schumer Announce Upcoming Vote on Bipartisan Legislation to Challenge Trump's Tariffs on Canada * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rand Paul (R-KY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Mark R. Warner (D-VA), as well as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), announced that the Senate will vote this evening on their legislation to undo President Don more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Paul, Schumer, Shaheen, & Wyden Legislation Challenging Trump's Tariffs on Brazil Passes Senate * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate voted 52-48 to pass bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) to challenge President  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Walkinshaw, & Warner Introduce Resolution to Commemorate Seventh Anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's Murder * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), U.S. Representative James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11), and U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) introduced a resolution commemorating the seventh anniversary of journalist and Northern Virginia resident Jamal Khashoggi's murder, which was  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly Statement on Trump Administration's Failure to Release SNAP Benefits * Today, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly released the following statement after the Trump administration's U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it would not use available funds to continue Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November: "Millions of Americans are already struggling with higher gro more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MSNBC: "THE ADMINISTRATION IS CLEARLY TRYING TO WEAPONIZE HUNGER" * Yesterday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's The Last Word, where he highlighted that Democrats will continue fighting to protect the healthcare and nutritional assistance of the American people from Republicans who continue to weaponize them. LAWRENCE O'DO more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MSNBC: "THE ADMINISTRATION IS CLEARLY TRYING TO WEAPONIZE HUNGER" * Yesterday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's The Last Word, where he highlighted that Democrats will continue fighting to protect the healthcare and nutritional assistance of the American people from Republicans who continue to weaponize them. LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: Leading off our dis more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS THE MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT A SINGLE AMERICAN GOES HUNGRY" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press availability, where he emphasized that while Donald Trump and Republicans are choosing to rip nutritional assistance and healthcare from the American people, Democrats will continue to fight to end th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Julia Letlow, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Letlow Advocates for Louisiana Soybean Producers * WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a letter (link is external) to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, Congresswoman Julia Letlow thanked the Trump Administration for working to open up trade markets while highlighting the ongoing need for new market access for soybean producers. "I commend the Administration's ongoing successes negotiating fair trade ag more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Leads Entire Senate Democratic Caucus in Effort to Stop Trump Administration from Illegally Withholding Funding for Nutrition Assistance Programs That Feed American Families * President Trump: "We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible and bad for them like cutting vast numbers of people out. Cutting things they like, cutting programs they like." The Trump administration more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Senate Republicans Blocking Effort to Keep Nutrition Assistance Programs Running During Trump Shutdown * PHOTO: USDA's Now-Deleted Guidance Confirming Its Authority to use Available Funds During a Shutdown Lujan Led Entire Senate Democratic Caucus in Effort to Stop Trump Administration from Illegally Withholding Funding For SNAP VIDEO : Lujan on the Senate Floor Highlighti more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Trump Administration's Decision to Reverse Their Own Position and Illegally Withhold Food Benefits from Americans * Trump : "I hate to tell you, but we are cutting Democrat programs" Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, issued  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Lead Call for Trump Administration to Reverse Course on Favoring Beef from Argentina * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer calling out the Trump Administration's harmful plan to increase beef imports from Argentina, which will help foreign interests at the expense of New  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Urge Trump's USDA to Immediately Release November SNAP Benefits Amid Republican Shutdown * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Amy Klobuchar, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden Backing Bills to Stand Up for Federal Workers During Republican Shutdown * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden said today they joined their Senate colleagues to co-sponsor two bills to pay all federal employees, federal contractors, and servicemembers during the ongoing Republican-led government shutdown. "President Trump and Congressional Republicans do more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks Calls on President to Reopen the Keystone Pipeline, Bring Back 8,000+ Jobs * WASHINGTON, D.C. Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump urging the administration to reopen the Keystone XL Pipeline and restore thousands of good-paying American energy jobs lost under the Biden Administration. "Reopening the Keystone XL Pipeline is more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton Calls Out Trump Administration for Refusing to Fund SNAP Ahead of November 1 Deadline During Visit to Local Food Bank in Salisbury * SALISBURY, MA \- Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) visited Our Neighbors' Table in Salisbury today to tour the facility, meet with staff and volunteers, and speak about the urgent crisis facing millions of families across the country with the Supplemental  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * New Hampshire Congressional Delegation Urges Trump Administration to Reinstate Cancelled Energy Funding * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside U.S. Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), are urging Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought to reinstate a $5 more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * NEW: Jack Smith Subpoenaed Records for Over 400 Republican Targets As Part of Arctic Frost * WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today made public 197 subpoenas former Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team issued as part of the indiscriminate election case against President Trump. Smith's case began at the Biden Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Schiff, Padilla, and Senate Democrats Take Action to Stop Trump Administration from Illegally Withholding Funding for Nutrition Assistance Programs * President Trump: "We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible and bad for them like cutting vast numbers of people out. Cutting things they like, cutting programs they like." The Trump Administration is required by law to use b more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sen. Schiff, Senate Democrats Demand Answers on Financing of President Trump's White House Ballroom * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is leading Senate Democrats in launching a new push for answers into the financing of President Trump's White House ballroom, which includes private donations from individuals and corporations whose business interests are directly impact more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Oversight Committee Releases Report on the Biden Autopen Presidency * The report exposes Biden's decline, the White House cover-up, and invalid executive actions signed by autopen; Chairman Comer sends referrals to the DOJ and D.C. Board of Medicine WASHINGTONToday, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a staff report titled " The Biden Autopen Presidency: Decline, Delusi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Colleagues Warn Trump May Declare Election-Related National Emergency After White House Hires Prominent Election Denier to Reexamine 2020 Election Results * Senators: Kurt Olsen's appointment seems "to be part of a scheme to convince the President to attempt a national emergency declaration to illegally claim unconstitutional federal powers over state and local election administration."  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff, Senate Democrats Take Action to Stop Trump Administration From Illegally Withholding Funding for Nutrition Assistance Programs * President Trump: "We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible and bad for them like cutting vast numbers of people out. Cutting things they like, cutting programs they like." The Trump Administration is required by law to use billions i more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Wyden Lead Colleagues in Slamming RFK Jr. for Purging Staff on Frontlines of Opioid Crisis Letter follows mass layoffs from Trump Administration during ongoing Republican government shutdown *  WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), co-founder of the bipartisan Senate Mental Health Caucus, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) led 15 Democratic Senate colleagues in slamming Departmen more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Peters & Slotkin Join Senate Democrats in Introducing Legislation to Stop Trump Administration from Withholding Michiganders' Food Assistance U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Elissa Slotkin (MI) joined Senate Democrats in introducing legislation to prevent the Trump Administration from withholding available funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplementa more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Seek to Boost Social Security Benefits for Seniors * WASHINGTON, DC - The Trump Administration announced the latest Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) this month: a paltry 2.8 percent increase that is unlikely to keep pace with the cost of surging healthcare premiums and other price hikes fueled by President Donald Trump's irresponsible tariff policies and tax laws  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Seek to Boost Social Security Benefits for Seniors * As older Americans struggle to keep pace with rising expenses, Reed & Whitehouse say Congress must fix flawed COLA formula that is shortchanging today's retirees and weight it more to factor in health care costs WASHINGTON, DC - The Trump Administration announced the latest Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment ( more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Backs Bipartisan SNAP Patch to Prevent First Ever SNAP Lapse in History * WASHINGTON, DC - With billions of federal dollars available to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the ongoing government shutdown, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) says a failure by the Trump Administration to disburse these funds would be immoral, indefensible, and unlawful. Senato more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Barragan Alerts Californians on How Republicans' Shutdown Will Run Out SNAP Funds * 28 October 2025 Contact: Jin.Choi@mail.house.gov San Pedro, C.A. Today, Congresswoman Nanette Barragan (CA-44) held apress conference at the Toberman Neighborhood Center to sound the alarm for Californians on SNAP food assistance funds running out at the end of the week, due to Donald Trump and Republ more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Craig Joins Minority Leader Jeffries, Ranking Member DeLauro to Demand Trump Administration Follow the Law, Fund SNAP for 42 Million Americans Through November * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representative and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture Angie Craig joined House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations Rosa DeL more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Craig, Assistant Leader Neguse Host Press Conference on Trump Administration's Refusal to Fund SNAP * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representative and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture Angie Craig and Assistant Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) hosted a press conference on the Trump Administration's deliberate suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. R more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Doggett: Republicans refuse to continue SNAP food assistance for 42 million Americans * Contact: Alexis Torres (link sends email) Washington, D.C. Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration falsely asserting the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not have legal authority to utilize contingency funds for Novemb more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Brad Knott, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Knott Advocates for Tobacco Farmers Ahead of President Trump's Meeting with China * JOHNSTON COUNTY, NC - Congressman Brad Knott (NC-13) joined Senator Ted Budd in sending a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging President Trump to prioritize flue-cured tobacco in his trade negotiations with China ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi.Read more about the effort here (link is external more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN DAY 28: Senator Murray Blasts Republicans for Ignoring Families Being Priced Out of Health Insurance, Refusing to Join Democrats at the Negotiating Table to Reopen Government * AP : 6 in 10 Americans are "extremely" or "very" concerned about their health costs going up in the next year WATCH : Senator Murray's Remarks Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D- more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen Votes to Pass Bipartisan Bill To End Trump Tariffs on Brazil * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) voted to pass bipartisan legislation to end Donald Trump's tariffs on Brazil, which are raising costs on everyday essentials like coffee. This bipartisan legislation challenges Trump's claim he can impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPPA) on billions more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Linda T. Sanchez, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sanchez: Finally, one chamber of Congress shows backbone on tariffs, stands up to Trump * WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda T. Sanchez issued the following statement after the Senate voted last night to terminate President Trump's tariffs on Brazilian imports: "It's about time one chamber of Congress stood up to President Trump and reclaimed our constitutio more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise Calls Out Schumer for Abandoning American People for Radical Base * Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-Fla.) to call out Democrats for inflicting painful suffering on the Amer more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise Calls Out Schumer for Abandoning American People for Radical Base * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-Fla.) to call out Democrats for inflicting painful suffering on the Amer more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement on Oct. 28, 2025, at a hearing entitled "Pressure Cooker: Competition Issues in the Seed & Fertilizer Industries": * * * Today, the Judiciary Committee turns its attention to a problem Iowa farmers talk to me about at the kitchen table and at the co-op. This time of year, farmers are going in to buy the basics they need to plant and harvest a crop - but th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following remarks on Oct. 28, 2025, urging his colleagues to terminate tariffs on essential items from Brazil: * * * Wyden Slams Trump Slapping Blanket Tariffs on Essential Items from Brazil I rise to support my colleagues Senator Kaine and Senator Paul on their joint resolution to terminate Donald Trump's order placing blanket tariffs on products Americans buy from Brazil. I'll start  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Judiciary Democrats Probe Trump $230 Million Settlement Claims Before Justice Department * The Senators highlight another attempt by Trump to weaponize his power for personal financial gain, as well as the inescapable conflicts of interest at DOJ in assessing these claims WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Trump's Regulatory Rollback: Saving Americans $907 Billion and Counting" at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 5, 2025, at 428A Russell Senate Office Building: Witness Panel 1 * The Honorable Casey B. Mulligan, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C. * * * Original text here: https://www.sbc.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=05 more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Alsobrooks Puts Republicans On Record For Ignoring FBI Security Concerns * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, at the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Business Meeting, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) stood up to Republicans trying to jam through Committee a partisan resolution, breaking with years of precedent, for the relocation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarter more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Applauds Trump Admin for Major Soybean Trade Win with China * Washington - On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), issued a statement praising President Trump, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer for successfully negotiating the purchase of three U.S. soybean cargoes by China's state-owned COFCO, the first C more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: Democrats Are About To Elect a Literal Communist * Senator Marshall Joins The David Webb Show to Discuss the Democrats' Trump Derangement Syndrome, The Schumer Shutdown, and Trump's China Strategy Washington - On Monday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined The David Webb Show to discuss the Democrats' extreme Trump Derangement Syndrome, the ongoing Schumer Shut more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Peters' Legislation to Bolster Great Lakes Fishery Research and Management Passes Committee Bill Advances with Bipartisan Support Amid Trump Administration's Efforts to Reduce Staffing at Great Lakes Science Center Headquartered in Michigan * Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) to bolster Great Lakes fishery research and management efforts has passed the Sena more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt Blasts Biden FBI's Spy Campaign: 'We Should Have Watergate Style Hearings for Months' * Operation Arctic Frost Targeted RAGA During Schmitt's Tenure as Chairman WASHINGTON Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) joined Senate Republican colleagues in a press conference to strongly denounce the Biden administration's weaponization of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to tar more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt on the Pain of Schumer's Shutdown, Left-Wing Political Violence * Schmitt Calls for Antifa Networks to be Designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations WASHINGTON Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) joined Fox News' Faulkner Focus to discuss the pain the government shutdown is causing the American people, the disturbing rise of politically motivated violence, and the need to d more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Kelly and Young Statement on Commerce Subcommittee Shipbuilding Revitalization Hearing * Today, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Todd Young (R-IN), lead sponsors of the SHIPS for America Act, released the following statement after the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries held a hearing on the importance of revitalizing America shipbuilding: "Today's more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Smith Calls on Trump Administration to Reverse Plan to Expand Argentine Beef Imports Today, Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, joined Congressman Greg Steube (FL-17) and other Republican Members of the Committee in writing to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson G more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson on Day 29 of the Democrat Shutdown: Democrats Have Some Soul Searching to Do * WASHINGTON On Day 29 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson held a press conference alongside House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and House GOP Leadership to provide another civics lesson to Democrats and media members who refuse to acknowledge that 60 votes are require more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson on Day 29 of the Democrat Shutdown: Democrats Have Some Soul Searching to Do * WASHINGTON On Day 29 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson held a press conference alongside House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and House GOP Leadership to provide another civics lesson to Democrats and media members who refuse to acknowledge that 60 votes are required to pass the cl more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Jonathan S. Hartley, an economics doctoral candidate at Stanford University, from an Oct. 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Labor Law Reform Part 2: New Solutions for Finding a Pro-Worker Way Forward": * * * Thank you, Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and Members of the Committee. My name is Jon Hartley. I'm an economist and currently an economics PhD candidate at Stanford  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Mike Thompson, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * THOMPSON, NEAL, WAYS & MEANS DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE BILL TO RESTORE HISTORIC RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENTS * LEGISLATION WILL REINSTATE THOMPSON'S TAX CREDITS THAT BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS INTO THE U.S. ECONOMY. Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy Mike Thompson (CA-04), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Richard E. N more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune to Schumer's Shutdown Senators: This Isn't a Political Game, It's People's Livelihoods * 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, thank you. "Reserving the right to object. "Let me just point out, if I might, that we are  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune: Schumer Shutdown Day 29 * 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, we're now in day 29 of the Democrat government shutdown. "And I say that because it is a Democrat shutdown. "Now, the Democrats are out there publicly sa more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Chaotic Asia Trip Underscores Importance of Haley Stevens' Unearth America's Future Act * While Trump continues his reckless trade policy, MI Congresswoman Haley Stevens' bold plan aims to lower costs, create jobs, and protect Michigan workers and manufacturers Washington, D.C. This week, President Donald Trump is in Asia continuing his reckless trade policy, and doing nothing to reduce  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber of Commerce - World's Largest Business Org - Endorses Cantwell's Bipartisan Trade Review Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world's largest business organization, called on Congress to pass the Trade Review Act of 2025 in an open letter to members of the U.S. Senate. "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce ('the Chamber') urges Congress to pass legislation to reclaim more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Katie Britt Votes to Confirm Eddie LaCour as District Judge for Northern District of Alabama * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Edmund "Eddie" LaCour to be a district judge for the Northern District of Alabama by a vote of 51-47. Senators Britt and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Eddie LaCour, and LaCour's more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Katie Britt, Colleagues Call for Charlie Kirk To Be Honored As an American Hero * WASHINGTON, DC U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and 13 other Republican senators nominating Charlie Kirk to be included in the National Garden of American Heroes for his historic contributions to the nation and American democracy. The Garden of American Heroes is a scu more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Statement on Unprecedented, Partisan Committee Action on FBI Headquarters * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Republicans' decision to override years of precedent and approve a wholly partisan prospectus for the relocation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters without  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Capito Joins BloombergTV * To watch Senator Capito's interview, click here or on the image above. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of Senate Republican leadership, joined BloombergTV's "Balance of Power" to discuss the ongoing shutdown. HIGHLIGHTS: ON VICE PRESIDENT VANCE AT REPUBLICAN POLICY LUNCH: "It's always productive to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner and Colleagues Press Sec. Kennedy for Hard Numbers on How Many Families Will be Pushed into Medical Debt-Induced Bankruptcy by Trump's Health Care Cuts * WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and 21 of his Senate colleagues sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressing him for answers about how many families will be pushed into  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Schumer, Health Influencers Sound Alarm on Government Shutdown * Video of Press Conference (Youtube) Washington, D.C. Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) hosted a press conference alongside health care creators in the U.S. Capitol to sound the alarm on the government more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Hickenlooper Calls Trump's Bluff on "America First" Agenda, Highlights Republicans' Health Care Crisis * As Trump sends $40 billion to Argentina and parades around Asia during government shutdown, Hickenlooper focuses on health care, cost of living for Americans Hickenlooper: "Instead of spending $40 billion dollars to lower health care costs for 20 million Americans - President Trum more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Leads Senate Judiciary Democrats in Demanding Answers from DOJ on Trump's Military Actions in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean * WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today led every Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat in demanding answers from the more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Urges Senate to Stop Trump's Unconstitutional Attacks in the Caribbean Sea: "It's not up to the President to determine if we go to war--it's up to Congress." * W ASHINGTON, D.C. - In remarks from the Senate floor this week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, questioned the legality of the President's recent military actions more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Emmer: "Democrats have contradicted themselves at every turn" * WASHINGTON Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) joined House Republican leadership on day 29 of the Democrat government shutdown to call out the Democrats' hypocrisy as they continually refuse to reopen the government. Click here to watch Whip Emmer's remarks. Whip Emmer: "The Democrats have no leader, no vi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Thomas Beck, senior adviser at the Workplace Policy Institute, from an Oct. 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Labor Law Reform Part 2: New Solutions for Finding a Pro-Worker Way Forward": * * * Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to offer a few observations about labor-management relations and labor law. The remarks I  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Colleagues Slam Trump Administration for Increasing Costs of Air Travel * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he has joined Senate colleagues to urge the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to reverse its decision to roll back consumer protections for airline passengers in Oregon and nationwide that built on the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act and kept costs low. Specifi more PR