WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * As President Trump Fires Staff of Family Planning Program, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Congresswoman Dina Titus, and Congresswoman Sharice Davids Lead Effort Urging Administration To Reinstate Workers * Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-28), Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-03) led 100 of their D more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Delivers Speech Calling for End to Schumer Shutdown as SNAP Benefits Hang in the Balance * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor slamming Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer for the negative effects of the Schumer Shutdown, including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits running out, leaving nearly 800,000 Lou more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Chair Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Hearing on Delivering Lifesaving Cures to Patients, Maintaining American Competitiveness U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today's hearing on how we can better deliver lifesa more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Chair Cassidy, Senate Republicans Hail Charlie Kirk as an American Hero, Support Nomination for National Honor U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led 14 Republican senators nominating Charlie Kirk to be included in the National Garden of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2025: * * * Chairman Walberg Issues Statement in Support of Trump Administration's PSLF Rule Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following statement on the Trump administration's Public Service Loan Forgiveness rule: "As the name suggests, Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) was intended to h more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Chesapeake Bay Democrats Condemn Trump Administration's Proposed Firings at Bay Office * "Terminating these employees is a direct attack on the decades-long work to preserve the Chesapeake Bay." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) led Congressional Democrats representing the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in wri more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Joins Alsobrooks, Van Hollen, Elfreth to Introduce Legislation to Pause Student Loans for Federal Workers, Contractors, and Military * Washington (October 29, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) to introduce legislation, The Shutdown Student Loans for Feds Act, more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Mullin Laments Day 30 of the Schumer Shutdown Ahead of Critical Nov. 1st Funding Cliff * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) released the following statement marking Day 30 of the Schumer Shutdown. As a reminder, Oklahomans are facing a critical funding cliff on Saturday, November 1 st, 2025 after Senate Democrats blocked the thirteenth bipartisan attempt to re-open t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Cantwell Asks Again: Where is Chairman Carr? Senator delivers opening statement at second Republican hearing on government attacks on the First Amendment--featuring anyone but key witness * U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportat more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen, Cortez Masto Demand Trump Administration End Extreme and Dangerous Immigration Enforcement Activities Near Schools * WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) joined Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Senate colleagues in demanding the Trump Administration take immediate action to ensure the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stops conducting a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Scott Statement on the Trump Administration Politicizing Public Service Loan Forgiveness * As originally released by the Committee on Education and Workforce, Democrats (link is external) WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Department of Education released a final rule (link is exter more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Scott Statement on the Trump Administration Politicizing Public Service Loan Forgiveness Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Department of Education released a final rule restricting access to Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). "Pu more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2025: * * * Senator Blunt Rochester Introduces Bill to Reimburse States for Funding SNAP During the Republican Shutdown U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today introduced the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits and Compensation for Keep-Up (SNAP BACK) Act. The bill would retroactivel more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Discusses Ways to Ensure America Continues Leading in Biotech Innovation * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) spoke with Lowell Schiller, Nonresident Senior Scholar at the USC Schaeffer Institute, John Crowley, President and CEO of Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and Josh Makower, Yock Family Professor of Medicine and of Bioengineering at Stanford Universi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following written testimony by William B. Feldman, a health policy researcher at the University of California, from an Oct. 23, 2025, hearing entitled "The 340B Program: Examining Its Growth and Impact on Patients": * * * Summary of major points 1. Reform of the 340B Drug Pricing Program is needed. * The program was created in 1992 to help safety net hospitals stretch scarce federal resources in pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Warren, Sanders, Colleagues Sound Alarm on Trump Executive Order Exposing Americans' Retirement Plans to Risky Private Markets and Crypto "This is dangerous and could lead to financial harm for millions of Americans as the cost of groceries, health care, and housing continues to skyrocket." * U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * WATCH: Pressley, DWC Demand Trump Administration Unlock SNAP Funding to Feed Women, Children, & Families * "The harm of this Republican shutdown and this administration's policy choices is layered, and it's going to reverberate throughout our schools and communities for years to come." Video (YouTube) WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and the Democratic Women's Caucu more PR