WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * "It's Not About Them, and It's Not About Me, It's About the People We Represent:" Warnock Urges Colleagues to Come Together to End Shutdown * ***WATCH HERE Washington, D.C. - Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) urged his Senate colleagues to come together and work towards an agreement to re-open the government and restore expiring health care premium tax cred more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * At SW WA Daycare, Cantwell & Local Stakeholders Warn That Skyrocketing Health Insurance Costs Will Hurt Family Budgets * Cantwell calls on Senate leadership to reverse 50-50 vote driving premiums up CAMAS, WA - Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined South more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn Introduces "Respect the Chief Act" to Ensure Military Bases Display Current Commander-in-Chief Portraits * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced the Respect the Chief Act following reported failures to display portraits of President Trump, Vice President Vance, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on chain-of-command boards at U.S. military bases. This leg more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Continues to Demand End to Shutdown, Echoes Call from President Trump to Make Health Care Affordable for Families * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), delivered remarks on the U.S. Senate floor calling on Democrats to end the shutdown and for Congress to work together on real solutions to make health care affordable for families. Specifically, Cassidy criticized the Enhanc more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Delivers Floor Speech to Demand End to Shutdown, Call for Action to Lower Health Costs for American Families * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), delivered remarks on the U.S. Senate floor calling on Democrats to end the shutdown and for Congress to work together on real solutions to lower health insurance costs for families. Specifically, he offered an alternative to the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines on Fox Business: Schumer's Plan is Nonsense * "Democrats Are Shutting Down the Entire Government Because of Subsidies That Were Always Meant to Expire" U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox Business to discuss how Chuck Schumer is using Obamacare as political leverage to hold the government hostage. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on how Schumer is using Obamacar more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * DMV SENATORS CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR CIVIL SERVANTS, INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO PAUSE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS FOR FEDERAL WORKERS * November 7, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC - As covered tonight in Punchbowl News, Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced the Federal Worker Mortgage Forbearance Act. This bill would require 90 days of mortg more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Gallego at Crooked Con: Talk About What Matters, Affordability * WASHINGTON - At Crooked Con today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) spoke about how Democrats can win back working-class voters by focusing the party's message on issues that matter, and rebuilding trust by showing up everywhere and talking to everyone. In a conversation with Crooked co-founder and former presidential speechwriter Jon Lo more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Statement on New Mexico Legislature's Special Session to Fund Additional Food Benefits for New Mexicans Amid Trump's Shutdown * WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Or more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES VOWS TO FIGHT ON * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: House Democrats have consistently maintained that bipartisan legislation that funds the government must also decisively address the Republican healthcare crisis. For seven weeks, Democrats in the House and Senate have waged a va more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES VOWS TO FIGHT ON * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: House Democrats have consistently maintained that bipartisan legislation that funds the government must also decisively address the Republican healthcare crisis. For seven weeks, Democrats in the House and Senate have waged a valiant fight on behalf of t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Sen. Sullivan Reiterates Call to End Government Shutdown on KTUU * WASHINGTON In an appearance on Alaska's Political Pipeline on Alaska's News Source on Thursday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) again called for his Senate Democratic colleagues to vote for the clean, bipartisan continuing resolution (CR) to open the government in order to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * In Response to Warren and Democratic Senators, Trust for the National Mall Refuses to Answer Questions About Possible Corruption Involving Trump's Ballroom * "If the Trust for the National Mall has become a tool for favor-seeking between billionaires and the President of the United States, the American people deserve to know." Washington, D.C. In a response to an October letter from U.S. S more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Blasts Supreme Court Green Light for Trump to Deny SNAP Benefits * East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) blasted the Trump Administration's Friday night emergency appeal and Supreme Court order allowing the President to block the release of funding (link is external) for SNAP benefits. Yesterday, Governor Lamont announced that Connecticut SNAP recipients will receive the more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON CNN: "THEY ARE INTENTIONALLY WITHHOLDING SNAP BENEFITS FROM PEOPLE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on CNN's First of All, where he made clear that Democrats remain ready, willing and able to find a bipartisan spending agreement that protects the healthcare of the American people and ends the Trump-Republican shutdown. VICTO more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON CNN: "THEY ARE INTENTIONALLY WITHHOLDING SNAP BENEFITS FROM PEOPLE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on CNN's First of All, where he made clear that Democrats remain ready, willing and able to find a bipartisan spending agreement that protects the healthcare of the American people and ends the Trump-Republican shutdown. VICTOR BLACKWELL: Joining us no more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MEET THE PRESS: "DONALD TRUMP NEEDS TO GET OFF THE GOLF COURSE AND GET BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, emphasizing that Democrats remain ready to sit down with Republicans to end their government shutdown and protect the healthcare and nutritional assistance of the Americ more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MEET THE PRESS: "DONALD TRUMP NEEDS TO GET OFF THE GOLF COURSE AND GET BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, emphasizing that Democrats remain ready to sit down with Republicans to end their government shutdown and protect the healthcare and nutritional assistance of the American people, but Republicans more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Trump Administration Only Partially Funding SNAP Despite Having Legal Authority and Funds to Fully Fund Program * 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 the following statement after the Trump administration announced it would more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Trump Administration Only Partially Funding SNAP Despite Having Legal Authority and Funds to Fully Fund Program * 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 the following statement after the Trump administration announced it would more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Statement on New Mexico Legislature's Special Session to Fund Additional Food Benefits for New Mexicans Amid Trump's Shutdown * WASHINGTON 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, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Approp more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Statement on New Mexico Legislature's Special Session to Fund Additional Food Benefits for New Mexicans Amid Trump's Shutdown * WASHINGTON 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, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Approp more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley: Immediate Action Needed to Reopen Federal Government & Provide One-Year Extension of Health Care Tax Credits * Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement on a path forward to immediately reopen the government and guard Americans from devastating increases in health care costs: "Now is the time to break the impasse and immediately reopen the g more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Moreno Seeks Updates from DOJ on Obama-Era Cleveland Consent Decree * WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) penned a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting an update on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) reexamination of Obama-era consent decrees, including the City of Cleveland's. "President Trump and the Department of Justice are finally freeing police departments nationwide fr more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton Issues Statement on Plan to Introduce FARE Act This Week in House of Representatives * SALEM, MA - Today, Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) issued the following statement regarding his plan to introduce the Fair Aviation in Restrictions and Emergencies (FARE) Act this week in the U.S. House of Representatives. "As the Republican shutdown drags on, one thing has been made painfully clea more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * New Mexico Delegation Urges Interior Secretary Burgum to Reverse Course, Protect Chaco Canyon * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. House Natural Resources Co more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * New Mexico Delegation Urges Interior Secretary Burgum to Reverse Course, Protect Chaco Canyon * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. House Natural Resources Co more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Jim Costa, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Costa Statement on Federal Appeals Court Denying President Trump's Bid to Halt SNAP Funding * FRESNO, Calif. \- Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21), senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, released the following statement in response to a federal appeals court denying President Trump's bid to halt SNAP funding. "No family in my district or across the nation deserves to have their food acce more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 10/31/2025-11/7/2025 * Sounding the Alarm on the Republican Health Care Crisis [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) led fellow Democratic Senators in speaking on the Senate Floor about the health care crisis facing millions of Americans due to Republicans' refusal to extend enhanced premium tax credits for Affordable Care Act (ACA) p more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Lujan Sets the Record Straight on the Republican Government Shutdown and Trump Administration Dismantling of Independent Agencies * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, set the record straight on the Republican government shutdown and questioned three nominees to key transportation boards about thei more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Lujan Sets the Record Straight on the Republican Government Shutdown and Trump Administration Dismantling of Independent Agencies * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, set the record straight on the Republican government shutdown and questioned three nominees to key transportation boards about thei more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey, Entire Massachusetts Delegation Demand Trump Administration Halt Firing of National Park Staff Trump plans to eliminate 60+ positions in NPS Northeast Regional Office  * Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today led the full Massachusetts delegation Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Richard Neal ( more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: Every Day I'm More Convinced We Need to End the Filibuster * Senator Marshall Joins Fox News to Discuss The Proposed Schumer Shutdown Deal & Ending the Filibuster Washington - On Friday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Laura Ingraham on Fox News' The Ingraham Angle to discuss the proposed Democrat deal to end the Schumer Shutdown and the pros and cons of keep more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: Our Healthcare Plan Will Turn Patients Into Consumers Again * Senator Marshall Joins NewsNation to Discuss The Schumer Shutdown, the ACA, & The Filibuster. Washington - On Sunday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation's The Hill Sunday to discuss the current proposal to open the government, the Republican alternative to the UnAffordabl more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: The Big Winner of Obamacare Has Always Been Large Insurance Companies * Senator Marshall Delivers Remarks on Day 39 of the Schumer Shutdown Washington - On Saturday,U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate, calling out Senate Democrats for their refusal to end the Schumer Shutdown, bringing attention to the abject failures an more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Statement on Republicans' Inadequate Proposal to Pay Federal Workers During Shutdown * Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding their vote against Republicans' inadequate proposal to prevent federal workers, servicemembers, and contractors from financial harm during Trump's shutdown: "Every federal wor more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Takes to Senate Floor in Support of Democratic Counter Offer to Reopen Government * Democratic proposal would reopen government and extend health care tax credits for one year while paving path to lower health costs over the long-term Video of Floor Speech (YouTube) Washington, D.C. Following Minority Leader Schumer's unveiling of a new Democratic proposal to reopen the governmen more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Sen. Schiff Calls Out Donald Trump's Refusal to Address Rising Health Care Costs, Demands Republicans Accept Compromise to End the Shutdown on ABC * "What the president is revealing, once again, more than eight years after he came down that golden escalator they still don't have a health care plan. They're still back to what Trump once called "concept of a plan." And in the middle of a shut more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark on GOP Shutdown: "Irresponsible Coupled with a Huge Serving of Cruelty" * MALDEN, MA - Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined MSNBC's Velshi to discuss Republicans' reckless government shutdown and the devastating impact it is having on working families across the country. Below are excerpts from the conversation: On Republicans' Refusal to Protect Health Care:  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Colleagues Slam Trump Ballroom "Vehicle for Politicized Fundraising, Influence Peddling, and Donor Access" * Lawmakers press National Park Service, Trust for the National Mall, on role in possible corrupt access to, and favor-seeking from, Donald Trump and his administration Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and four colleagues today pressed National Park Service Comptroller Jes more PR