WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * After GOP Spending Bill Slashes Student Loan Limits for Nurses, PTs, OTs, and More, Kennedy and Colleagues Introduce LEAP Act to Level Playing Field for Healthcare Professionals * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26), alongside Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-2) and Rep. Shomari Figures (AL-2), introduced the Loan Equity for Advanced Professionals (LEAP) Act. This legislation corrects a di more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * As Prices Soar Like Santa's Sleigh This Holiday Season, Gillibrand Calls On Trump Administration To Stop Tariffs, Promote Affordability * Key Holiday Items Are 26% More Expensive This Year, Causing Families To Pinch Pennies During The Season Of Giving Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a virtual press conference to call on the Trump administration to ease the economic pain b more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Berkeley Lab's Big Science Stories of 2025 In 2025, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) led groundbreaking research in artificial intelligence, microelectronics, quantum science, and biomanufacturing. Berkeley Lab scientists also learned more about dark energy, discovered a fascinating new molecule, and helped advance geothermal energy systems, to name j more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSMAN JOE MORELLE HONORS LUCIEN MORIN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES * (Washington, D.C.)Today, Congressman Joe Morelle announced he delivered remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives in honor of Lucien Morinan Army Veteran, Monroe County's first elected county executive, a transformational leader for our communitywho passed away in September at the age of 104. His remarks, ava more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Lawler Expands Definition of Professional Degrees in New Bill * Washington, D.C. - 12/17/25... Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) introduced the Professional Student Degree Act, a bill that amends the Higher Education Act to define "professional degree" and lists the graduate programs which meet the criteria. The Working Families Tax Cut legislation modified the annual federal stud more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN RELEASES INITIAL SURVEY RESULTS ON IMPACTS OF TRUMP'S MASSIVE HEALTH CARE CUTS ON HUDSON VALLEY FAMILIES, ESCALATES FIGHT TO EXTEND LIFE-SAVING ACA TAX CREDITS * Congressman Pat Ryan Releases Initial Survey Results on Impacts of Trump's Massive Health Care Cuts on Hudson Valley Families, Escalates Fight to Extend Life-Saving ACA Tax Credits Because of Trump and Congressional Repu more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Tenney Reintroduces Bipartisan Essential Caregivers Act to Protect Long-Term Care Residents * Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) re introduced the House companion to the bipartisan, bicameral Essential Caregivers Act alongside Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), ensuring residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities are never again cut off from their lov more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Digital Health Company and Medical Practice Indicted in $100M Adderall Distribution Scheme A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned an indictment yesterday charging a California company for its participation in a years-long scheme to illegally distribute Adderall over the internet, conspire to commit health care fraud in connection with the submission of false and fraudulent c more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has proposed to change the designation of restricted airspace over Fort Drum, New York, to operate on a continuous basis throughout the year. The proposal seeks to update the status of restricted area R-5201 to align with actual military usage patterns. Current regulations for R-5201 designate the airspace as continuous from April 1 through Sept. 30. From Oct. 1 through March 31, the restriction more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand Introduces Bill To Confirm Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Land Claim Settlement Agreement * Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduced legislation to authorize, ratify, and confirm the settlement agreement between the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council, the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, New York State, Franklin County, St. Lawrence County, the Town of Fort Covington, the Town of Bom more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand, Colleagues Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Effort To Oppose New Limits On Student Loans For Nurses * Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), along with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), joined a bipartisan group of over 140 lawmakers to sound the alarm over a proposed framework by the U.S. Department of Education to declassify nursing degrees more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand, Schumer Announce Unanimous Senate Passage Of Bill To Establish The Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park * Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer announced unanimous Senate passage of S. 3490, which included the bipartisan Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park Establishment Act. The passed bill also included  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand, Schumer Highlight $5 Million Authorization For University Of Rochester In Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Bill * Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced that they have secured a $5 million authorization for the University of Rochester's short-pulsed lasers research in the National Defense Authoriz more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks' Floor Debate Remarks on War Powers Resolution to Prohibit Hostilities Against Venezuela * Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the floor during debate on House Concurrent Resolution 64, a War Powers Resolution Rep. McGovern introduced to proh more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Shaheen Secures Repeal of Caesar Act Sanctions on Syria in Annual Defense Bill Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, secured a provision to repeal Caesar sanctions on Syria in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar, Capito Introduce Bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Scam Prevention Act * WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced the bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Scam Prevention Act, which would prohibit the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to impersonate any person with the intent to defraud. Last year, Americans lost nearly $2 billion in s more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Lawler Signs Additional Discharge Petition to Force Vote on Enhanced Premium Tax Credits * Washington, D.C. - 12/17/25... Today Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17), released the following statement after signing a third discharge petition to force a vote on the House floor to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits. "With House leadership refusing to bring any proposal to the more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES AHEAD OF VOTE ON GOP HEALTHCARE BILL: "REPUBLICANS NEED TO BRING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TAX CREDIT EXTENSION BILL TO THE FLOOR TODAY" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke on the House Floor, emphasizing that House Republicans have a responsibility to join House Democrats in protecting Americans' healthcare after he received 218 signatu more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES AHEAD OF VOTE ON GOP HEALTHCARE BILL: "REPUBLICANS NEED TO BRING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TAX CREDIT EXTENSION BILL TO THE FLOOR TODAY" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke on the House Floor, emphasizing that House Republicans have a responsibility to join House Democrats in protecting Americans' healthcare after he received 218 signatures on his discharge petit more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON HISTORIC LAWSUIT RULING * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries issued the following statement: Throughout this year, Donald Trump has repeatedly obstructed Members of Congress from carrying out oversight of abuses in our immigration system. Today's decision preserves the ability of Congress to assert our constitutional responsibi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON HISTORIC LAWSUIT RULING * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries issued the following statement: Throughout this year, Donald Trump has repeatedly obstructed Members of Congress from carrying out oversight of abuses in our immigration system. Today's decision preserves the ability of Congress to assert our constitutional responsibility to serve as a check-a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2025: * * * Meeks Issues Statement Following Briefing with Secretaries Rubio & Hegseth Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a statement following the committee's bipartisan classified briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on U.S. milit more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Meeks' Floor Debate Remarks on War Powers Resolution to End Military Strikes on Vessels Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the floor during debate on House Concurrent Resolution 61, a War Powers Resolution he introduced that would e more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Meeks' Floor Debate Remarks on War Powers Resolution to Prohibit Hostilities Against Venezuela Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the floor during debate on House Concurrent Resolution 64, a War Powers Resolution Rep. McGovern intro more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Meeks, Mast Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Condemning Antisemitic Hanukkah Shooting in Australia Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Brian Mast (R-FL), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning the Dec more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Meeks, Smith, Himes, Thompson, Crow & Omar Issue Statement Following House War Powers Resolution Vote Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select C more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Grace Meng, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * MENG, GOLDMAN LEAD HOUSE BIPARTISAN TASK FORCE FOR COMBATING ANTISEMITISM MEMBERS IN LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER ALBANESE FOLLOWING THE DEADLY ANTISEMITIC BONDI BEACH ATTACK * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Dan Goldman (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Dan Meuser (R-PA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX), Ted Lieu (D-CA), and Chri more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 -- The New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * MTA Approves Option to Purchase 100 New Clean Diesel Buses Purchase Builds on Recent Arrival of New Clean Diesel Buses in the Bronx New Buses Enhance Bus Operator Safety With Full Driver Enclosure * The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board today approved exercising an option to purchase 100 new clean diesel buses to retire older buses in the f more PR

ALBANY, New York, Dec. 18 -- The New York State Education Department issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Regents Actions In 30 Professional Discipline Cases And 2 Restoration Petitions The Board of Regents announced disciplinary actions resulting in the surrender of 10 licenses and 2 registrations, and 18 other disciplinary actions. The penalty indicated for each case relates solely to the misconduct outlined in that particular case. In addition, the Board acted upon 2 r more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Operation Riptide: Highly Migratory Species Enforcement Levels the Playing Field for Law-Abiding Fishermen NOAA Fisheries' Office of Law Enforcement led "Operation Riptide," a 2-day multi-state operation targeting highly migratory species enforcement in July 2025. Agents and officers from NOAA, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and New York Department of Environmental C more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Ocasio-Cortez Calls Out Pattern of Corruption Behind Trump and Republican Efforts to Ban States from Regulating AI * Washington, D.C. \- Today, during a hearing in the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) highlighted the pattern of corruption behind both Republicans' efforts to pass a 10-year more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Goldman, Members Of Congress Win Relief in Lawsuit Demanding Trump Administration Allow Access to Immigration Detention Facilities * COURT DECISION PAVES WAY FOR GOLDMAN TO CONDUCT OVERSIGHT VISITS AT 26 FEDERAL PLAZA Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Dan Goldman (NY-10) announced that he and 11 colleagues have successfully halted ICE's unlawful policy of blocking members of Cong more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Bob Onder, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Onder's Self-Insurance Protection Act Passes the House * Contact: Brooke Morgan (link sends email) (Washington, D.C.) - Tonight, the House passed H.R. 6703, the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, which includes Congressman Bob Onder's bill, H.R. 2571, the Self-Insurance Protection Act. This legislation ensures that employers who choose to self-insure retain access to a critical fin more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Goldman, Meng Lead House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism Members in Letter to Australian Prime Minister Albanese Following Deadly Antisemetic Bondi Beach Attack * Bipartisan letter reaffirms unwavering support for Australian Jewish community and calls on Australia to implement measures to combat rising antisemitism. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Dan Goldman (D-N more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Just-Passed National Defense Bill Authorizes $119 Million In Funding For Capital Region Projects - Including NY Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry "Rainbow" Division Headquarters & Watervliet Arsenal * Current 42 nd Infantry Division HQ Armory Built in 1971 Has Long-Been Running Out Of Space, As Well As The Technology & Infrastructure Needed To Maintain Modern US more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:23-cv-05708; E.D.N.Y. filed July 28, 2023) involving Mina Tadrus: * * * On December 12, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a final consent judgment in the SEC's civil enforcement action against Mina Tadrus. The SEC's complaint, filed on July 28, 2023, alleged that, since at least September 2020, Tadrus and an entity he controlled, Tadrus Capital  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Passes Shaheen-Shaped Annual Defense Bill with Significant National Security and New Hampshire Priorities * **A top member of the Armed Services Committee, Shaheen built on her years-long legacy of securing key New Hampshire priorities, as well as measures that address America's top security challenges and place important guardrails on the Trump Administration** (Washington, DC) - T more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Paul D. Tonko, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Tonko, Blumenthal Reintroduce Bill to Go After Cyber Grinch Bots Snatching Up Toys this Holiday Season * WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20), and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), today reintroduced their Stopping Grinch Bots Act, legislation which cracks down on cyber Grinches using bot technology to buy up entire inventories of popular goods only to resell them at exorbitant p more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. International Trade Commission issued the following news release: * * * USITC Institutes Section 337 Investigation of Certain Low-Profile Microwave-Hood Combination Products * News Release 25-126 Inv. No(s). 337-TA-1467 Contact: Claire Huber, 202-205-1819 The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) voted to institute an investigation of certain low-profile microwave-hood combination products. The products at issue in the investigation are described  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Velazquez Secures Major Wins for Cooperative Housing and Strengthens Public Housing Oversight in New York * WASHINGTON Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) secured key provisions in H.R. 6644 the Housing for the 21st Century Act to expand access to affordable housing through cooperative ownership models while strengthening Congressional oversight to protect tenants in federally moni more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Warren Seeks Records on Whether Big Banks Secretly Sold Americans' Mortgages to "Zombie" Debt Collectors, Leading to Foreclosures U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, sent a letter to the independent, nationwide monitor o more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * With Epstein File Deadline Approaching, Wyden Leads Democrats Demanding to Know Why DOJ Has Never Questioned Epstein's Core Trafficking Henchmen According to Wall Street Journal Reporting, Epstein's In-House Lawyer and Accountant, Key Accomplices in His Trafficking Operation, Have Never Been Questioned in Connection with Any Criminal Invest more PR