WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Chair Walberg Praises Trump for Putting Students First, Right-Sizing ED * Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following statement in support of the Trump administration's announcement to put students first by right-sizing the Department of Education: "The past few decades have made one thing clear: the status quo is broken. As the bureaucracy swelled, l more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2025: * * * Chair Walberg Praises Trump for Putting Students First, Right-Sizing ED Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following statement in support of the Trump administration's announcement to put students first by right-sizing the Department of Education: "The past few decades have made one more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2025: * * * Chairman Walberg Holds Hearing on Innovation in Higher Education Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI), delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "The Future of College: Harnessing Innovation to Improve Outcomes and Lower Costs": "Good morning and welcome to more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2025: * * * DeLauro Statement on Trump Administration Renewed Attempts to Dismantle Department of Education Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement regarding the Trump administration's renewed attempts to dismantle the Department of Education: "I strongly oppose the Tr more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Demand Answers on Unlawful Head Start Funding Delays Worsened by Trump's Shutdown * Earlier This Year, GAO Found That Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Head Start Funds Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), one of only two Head Start Alumni to Serve in the U.S. Senate, sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secre more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2025: * * * House Health Leaders Urge Trump Administration to Stop Health Insurance Companies from Improperly Denying Claims Today, House health leaders urged the Trump Administration to tackle wrongful claim denials by group health plans and insurance companies and secure coverage for working people under the Employee Retirement more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Warnock, Merkley Lead Colleagues in Demanding Answers on Unlawful Head Start Funding Delays Worsened by Shutdown * Earlier This Year, GAO Found That Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Head Start Funds Lujan and Warnock are the Only two Head Start Alumni to Serve in the U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Jeff Merkl more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Warnock, Merkley Lead Colleagues in Demanding Answers on Unlawful Head Start Funding Delays Worsened by Shutdown * Earlier This Year, GAO Found That Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Head Start Funds Lujan and Warnock are the Only two Head Start Alumni to Serve in the U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Jeff  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Applauds House Vote to Release Epstein Files, Continues Push for Accountability * As a Survivor of Sexual Abuse, Pressley Spent the Day Centering Survivors on Capitol Hill WASHINGTON - Today, following her YES vote on a House resolution to release the Epstein files, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued the following statement applauding its passage and renewing her push for Congre more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Scott Remarks at Hearing on Innovation in Higher Education Without Accountability Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott delivered the following remarks at today's full committee hearing entitled "The Future of College: Harnessing Innovation to Improve Outcomes and Lower Costs." "Thank you, Mr. Chairma more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Scott Statement on ED Offloading Core Responsibilities Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, issued the following statement after the Department of Education (ED) announced it signed six additional interagency agreements. "The Trump Administration cannot close a fed more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support, issued the following opening statement on Nov. 18, 2025, at a hearing entitled "Leaving the Sticky Notes Behind: Harnessing Innovation and New Technology to Help America's Foster Youth Succeed": * * * (As Prepared for Delivery) I appreciate the Chairman's continued focus on children and families that experience foster care, and I look forward to working more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Simpson Cosponsors Bill to Codify President Trump's Executive Order Reestablishing Presidential Fitness Test in Schools * WASHINGTON Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson cosponsored the Make America's Youth Healthy Again Act - a bill that codifies one of President Trump's executive orders reestablishing the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and Reestablishing the Presidential Fitne more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Summer Lee Condemns Trump Administration's Move to Dismantle Department of Education * WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18, 2025 Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration dismantling (link is external) major components of the U.S. Department of Education through interagency agreements: "The Trump Administration's latest effor more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Summer Lee Launches Investigation into DOJ for Dropping Corporate Criminal Cases with Trump Connections * WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18, 2025 Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement, launched an investigation into the Department of Justice (DOJ) for its concerning failure to fully prosecute large corporations that have violated more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Summer Lee Statement on Vote to Release Epstein Files * WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18, 2025 Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) released the following statement in response to the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act in the House of Representatives: "Today's passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act puts every Representative on record and brings us one step further to pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Sanders to Democratic Senators: Now is the Time to Address America's Health Care Crisis In a Dear Colleague letter, Sanders calls on Democrats to unify behind six broadly supported reforms * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Sanders to Democratic Senators: Now is the Time to Address America's Health Care Crisis In a Dear Colleague letter, Sanders calls on Democrats to unify behind six broadly supported reforms * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to his Democratic colleagues urging them to come together around common sense h more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: President Trump, House Republicans Continuing to Reverse Biden's Failed Policies * 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.), House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), and Congressman Nick Begich (R-Alaska) to di more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: President Trump, House Republicans Continuing to Reverse Biden's Failed Policies * 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.), House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), and Congressman Nick Begich (R-Alaska) to di more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Applauds Trump Admin for Returning Education to the States * On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), released the following statement praising the Trump Administration's most recent effort to eliminate unnecessary federal education bureaucracy and return education funds where they are most beneficial - the states.  "I applaud Secretary McMahon for her efforts to more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2025: * * * Senator Murray Statement on Trump's Latest Steps to Keep Illegally Dismantling the Department of Education - Abandoning Students Nationwide Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a senior member and former chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HE more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * The Leader's Floor Lookout: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 * Here's what to watch for on the House Floor today: Reversing Biden's Lock-Up of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska In 2022, Biden's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) replaced a 2020 Trump Administration plan for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) with one that shuts down domestic energy production on the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren on Education Department Dismantling: Trump is Waging an Illegal Assault on Public School Kids * McMahon previously admitted to Warren that she did not have the authority to dismantle the Department of Education Washington, D.C. \- Today, in reaction to news that Secretary McMahon plans to further dismantle the Department of Education by moving multiple parts of the agency to other more PR