WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Nov. 5, 2025: * * * Chair Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Hearing on Apprenticeships, Strengthening American Workforce 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 to best support apprenticeships to strengthen America's wo more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand, Colleagues Slam Trump Administration For Proposing Illegal Move That Harms Students With Disabilities * Senators press Department of Education to stop efforts to shut down enforcement and administration of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Students with disabilities make up 15% of public school enrollment Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) slammed the T more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2025: * * * Historic Failure: Democrats Responsible for Longest Government Shutdown Ever Today, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) released the following statement as the Democrat-led shutdown reaches the unprecedented milestone of becoming the longest in American history: "Chuck Schumer needed primetime content to pass the progres more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Senator Blunt Rochester Publishes Op-Ed with Delaware Insurance Commissioner Sounding Alarm on Higher Premiums Wilmington, Del. - U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro sounded the alarm about higher health insurance premiums in a new op-ed in Bay to more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- 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 Nov. 4, 2025: * * * Krishnamoorthi Calls on Trump Administration to Halt Deep Cuts Threatening U.S. Science and Innovation Leadership Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and th more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree, King Lead 70+ Members in Bicameral Push to Reinstate Automatic Work Authorization Extensions * Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Senator Angus King (I-Maine) led more than 70 Members of Congress in condemning the Trump Administration's decision to end the automatic extension of employment authorization documents (EADs) for individuals who have filed timely renewal applications. In more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Republicans are Working to Help Constituents Impacted by the Democrat Shutdown While Democrats continue their theatrics, forcing government employees to work without pay for a full month and risking programs like SNAP and WIC, Republicans have been working hard to help the people impacted by this prolonged, unnecessary shutdown. Appropriators are having fac more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Blast Trump Administration for Illegally Ending Program to Help Students with Disabilities * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today said they are joining their colleagues in pressing the Trump administration on its illegal efforts to shut down the Department of Education's administration and enforcement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) more PR