WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Chairman Cruz Announces Hearing for Transportation Nominees U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing to consider nominees to the Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority at 2:15 PM EST on Wedn more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * NC Congressional Democrats Call on USDA to Fund SNAP Benefits in November * WASHINGTON, DC Today, North Carolina Representatives Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Valerie Foushee (NC-04), and Don Davis (NC-01) led a letter calling on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to use "all available contingency funds and statutory transfer authority" to fu more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Ross, Kiley Lead Lawmakers in Opposing Commerce Proposal to Tax Patent Holders * Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Congressman Kevin Kiley (CA-06), members of the House Judiciary Committee, led their colleagues in expressing their serious concerns about the Department of Commerce's reported plans to impose valuation-based fees on patent holders. From the Research Triangle to Calif more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis Introduces Discussion Draft on Legislation to Ban Politically Motivated De-banking * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced a discussion draft of the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking Act, legislation that seeks to prevent the denial of banking services for politically motivated reasons. Specifically, the legislation guards against both regulator and financial ins more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis: Democrats Must End the Shutdown * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement on the status of the ongoing government shutdown: "It is impossible to negotiate in good faith when one side holds the entire federal government hostage, and political extortion cannot be the new precedent. Senator Schumer has boxed himself in, and Democrats are fin more PR