WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker, Durbin Demand Answers Following Trump Administration's Removal of DOJ Antitrust Chief Gail Slater, Warn of Political Interference in DOJ's Lawsuit Against Live Nation/Ticketmaster * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, and Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker, Durbin Demand Answers on Trump Administration's Removal of DOJ Antitrust Chief Gail Slater * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, and Dick Durbin, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi after Assistant Attorney Ge more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen Introduces Resolution to Censure Trump for Racist Post Depicting the Obamas * WASHINGTON, DC -Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced a resolution to condemn and censure President Donald Trump for a social media post shared on February 5 that included a racist image portraying former President Barack Obama and former Fir more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen Votes Against Republican Bill to Nationalize Elections and Make it More Difficult to Vote * WASHINGTON, DC -Last night, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), senior member of the Judiciary Committee, voted against the so-called "SAVE America Act", a Republican bill that advances President Trump's call to "nationalize elections". The SAVE America Act would impose new documentary proof-o more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (Rep.) -- Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgin Islands, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSWOMAN PLASKETT CONDEMNS REMOVAL OF HISTORICAL MARKERS IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK * St. Croix, USVI \- Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett (D-USVI) denounced a sweeping Trump Administration directive targeting historical markers at national parks nationwide-a campaign that has reached the Virgin Islands National Park, where signs and exhibits documenting the territory's more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Diaz-Balart, Salazar, Gimenez and Malliotakis Make the Case for Indicting Raul Castro * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26), Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Carlos A. Gimenez (FL-28), and Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump asking that his administration consider indicting Raul Castro for his involvement in the 1996 shootdown o more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Foster Statement on DHS Shutdown * Washington, DC -Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) released the following statement after funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lapsed and the agency shut down: "Trump and Kristi Noem's DHS is out of control. From aggressive operations across Illinois to the killing of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, the path forward is clear: DHS must be hel more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly Applauds Maritime Action Plan, Urges Passage of SHIPS for America Act * Arizona Senator Mark Kelly released the following statement on the Maritime Action Plan published today and directed under President Trump's executive order titled "Restoring America's Maritime Dominance," signed on April 9, 2025: "As an author of the SHIPS for America Act, I've believed for a long time that revitalizing o more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson, Neal Condemn ICE Infiltration at Social Security * East Hartford, CT - Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (MA-01) released a joint statement following reporting from WIRED (link is external) that the Trump Administration is instructing Social Security workers to hand over appointmen more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MS NOW: "WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE IN THIS FIGHT UNTIL WE WIN THIS FIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MS NOW's Velshi, where he made clear that House Democrats will not support any legislation that allows Donald Trump and Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security to use taxpayer dollars  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MS NOW: "WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE IN THIS FIGHT UNTIL WE WIN THIS FIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MS NOW's Velshi, where he made clear that House Democrats will not support any legislation that allows Donald Trump and Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security to use taxpayer dollars to brutalize and kill Amer more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Merkley Introduce Legislation to Stop Grocery Price Gouging and Lower Costs for Americans * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026, legislation that bans corporations from leveraging new  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Wyden Demand Accountability After IRS Admits Improper Disclosure of Taxpayer Data to ICE * Padilla and Wyden sound alarm that IRS errors improperly exposed private taxpayer information to ICE WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, de more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Ramirez, Velazquez Introduce Resolution Calling for an End to the Monroe Doctrine * Washington, D.C. \- Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) joined Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (NY-07) to announce the introduction of H.Res.1056 (link is external), the New Good Neighbor Act. The resolution called for the annulment of the Monroe Doctrine and the establishment of a "New Good Neighbor" polic more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Salinas, Senator Merkley Host Press Conference Promoting ICE Accountability Legislation * Click here (link is external) for a full recording of the event Woodburn, OR - Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) held a joint press conference in Woodburn, OR, to share the stories of victims of ICE overreach and to promote their recently introduced bi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 2/6/2026-2/13/2026 * Slamming Violent & Invasive ICE Tactics [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), yesterday pressed Todd Lyons, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), on a policy memo he wrote authorizing federal immigration agents to enter more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Markey Urge Trump's CBP to Reverse Course on Proposed Rule to Collect Social Media History from Visitors to the United States * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., said today they are urging Donald Trump to reverse the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol's (CBP) dangerous proposed rule that would require visitors eligible for visa-free travel to the U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young Applauds White House Maritime Action Plan, Urges Passage of SHIPS for America Act * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) today applauded after the Maritime Action Plan released this afternoon by the Trump Administration, as directed under President Trump's executive order titled "Restoring America's Maritime Dominance," signed on April 9, 2025: "I am grateful to President Trump and hi more PR