WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Ansari at Munich Security Conference: "We Need to Offer Bold, Big Changes for the Future" * WASHINGTON - Over the weekend, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), the first Iranian American Democrat and youngest woman in Congress, attended the Munich Security Conference, emphasizing the need for bold leadership to move past the chaos and instability caused by the Trump Administration. "Young pe more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Goldman Introduce Legislation to Protect Against Political Prosecutions * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Dan Goldman (D-NY) introduced new legislation to enact guardrails to prevent the Trump Administration and future Administrations from misusing the justice system to target or coerce political opponents. "Under President more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Brown and Beatty Lead Letter to HUD Opposing Rollback of Fair Housing Anti-Discrimination Enforcement * Washington, DC - Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) have submitted an official public comment letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner in strong opposition to HUD's proposed rule to eliminate the "disparate impact more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "A Review of Broadband Deployment Funding at the Department of Commerce": * * * Chairman Moran, Ranking Member Van Hollen, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for having me here today. I appreciate your leadership and partnership with the Department of Commerce and NT more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Don Davis Co-Leads Bipartisan SAFE CATTLE Act to Protect Agriculture and Rural Communities * WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Representatives Don Davis (NC-01), Ronny Jackson (TX-13), Harriet Hageman (WY-At Large), and Darren Soto (FL-10) introduced H.R. 7466, the Safeguarding America's Food Economy and Controlling Agricultural Threats to Livestock and Enterprises Act, or SAFE CATTLE Act. This more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Glenn Ivey's Statement on the Deadly Minneapolis Shooting by ICE Agent * Washington, DC - "The news out of Minneapolis today is heartbreaking. A woman is dead after being shot by an ICE officer during a federal enforcement operation, and behind every headline is a person: a life cut short, a family now living a nightmare, and a community left searching for answers. My prayers are with h more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Escobar Joins House and Senate Democrats in Amicus Brief Supporting Solar for All Program * Last week, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) joined over 80 House and Senate Democrats - led by Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (TX-7) and Emanuel Cleaver II (MO-5), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) - in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. District Court for the District of Columb more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Luz Rivas, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Luz Rivas Introduces Bill to Help Multigenerational Households Afford Accessibility and Safety Upgrades to Homes * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) introduced the Multigenerational Family Tax Credit Act of 2026, a bill that will help families afford making necessary upgrades to their homes to accommodate their aging parents. "The Trump Administration's affordability  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman McCollum & Ranking Member Raskin Highlight Political Retribution Against Minnesotans by Immigration Agents * On Thursday, Congresswoman Betty McCollum and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons to express concern over a pa more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Goldman, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Protect Against Political Prosecutions * Washington, D.C. \- U.S. Representative Dan Goldman (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Prohibiting Political Prosecutions Act, new legislation to enact guardrails to prevent the Trump Administration and future administrations from misusing the justice system to target or coerce poli more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Statement on Passing of Reverend Jesse Jackson * Civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2026. In response to his passing, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "Today is a sad day as Virginians and Americans mourn the significant loss of a civil rights icon, Reverend Jesse Jackson. His life of exceptional servi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Higgins', Kennedy's Legislation to End Government Payments to Deceased People Signed into Law by President Trump Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) witnessed President Trump sign their legislation, the Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, into law in the Oval Office yesterday. This bill allows the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) to share its Dea more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: On BBC Newsnight, Kelly Defends Free Speech and Calls Out Trump's Damage to U.S. Alliances * In case you missed it, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly spoke with BBC Newsnight 's Victoria Derbyshire last night about President Donald Trump's record of going after institutions, journalists, members of Congress, and anyone that doesn't agree with him. Kelly made clear he will not be intimidated by Trump's more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: U.S. Senator Katie Britt Joins Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday * '[Democrats] fly across the globe to talk about national security when they voted to defund ours, and the American people aren't going to have it' WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream to discuss ongoing Department of Homeland Security Appropriations funding negotiations more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON PBS: "ICE HAS BEEN TARGETING LAW-ABIDING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND BRUTALIZING AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE." * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on PBS NewsHour, where he reiterated that Democrats will not provide any additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security without bold, transformational and meaningf more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON PBS: "ICE HAS BEEN TARGETING LAW-ABIDING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND BRUTALIZING AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE." * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on PBS NewsHour, where he reiterated that Democrats will not provide any additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security without bold, transformational and meaningful changes in the law that more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "WE NEED TO GET THIS SITUATION TURNED AROUND SO WE CAN BRING THE AMERICAN DREAM TO LIFE FOR EVERYONE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference with Rep. Brad Schneider and local leaders in Illinois, where he emphasized that Americans are struggling under the Trump economy and that Democrats are committed to lowering the h more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- 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. 17 -- Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Malliotakis Slams Mamdani's Proposed Property Tax Hike * (NEW YORK, NY) -Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis released the following statement following New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's proposal to increase NYC's property taxes for the first time in more than two decades. "As a House Ways and Means Committee Member, I fought to increase the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction and deliver t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Maryland Congressional Delegation Holds Meeting to Discuss Future of NASA, Maryland's Role in Space Innovation * WASHINGTON - Yesterday, members of Maryland's Congressional Delegation met with NASA officials and stakeholders to discuss protecting and supporting Maryland-based efforts to advance American leadership in space science and innovation. They received updates on and discussed the importance  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Rob Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Menendez Presses New Jersey State Investment Council on Palantir Investments * Today, Congressman Rob Menendez pressed the New Jersey State Investment Council on the State's investment of $130,000,000 in pension funds in Palantir Technologies Inc. ("Palantir") shares. Palantir has profited from expansive federal contracts supporting the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") and Immigration and more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Michigan Democrats to President Trump: "Timely Opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge is Critical" * Letter Follows Trump's Recent Threat to Block Opening of New US-Canada Border Crossing WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Gary Peters (D-MI), and U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6), Haley Stevens (D-MI-11), Hillary Scholten (D-MI-3), Kristen McDonald Riv more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks Secures $1 Million for Lee County Career Center * MONTROSE, IA - Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks has announced that $1 million in Community Project Funding she secured for the Lee County Career Center has been signed into law. Funding for this project will be used to build out and equip the Lee County Career Center for the mutual benefit of Lee County and southeast Iow more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks Secures $6 Million to Restore Burlington's Historic Cascade Bridge * BURLINGTON, IA - In a press conference with city, county, and state leaders, Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks today announced that $6 million in Community Project Funding she secured for the City of Burlington's Cascade Bridge Project has officially been signed into law. The funding will replace the de more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton Signs Bicameral Letter Urging HHS To Examine Impact of Immigration Enforcement On Child Care Workforce * Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) joined other lawmakers in sending a bicameral letter to Alex J. Adams at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The letter urges HHS's Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to examine how recent immigration policies and enforcemen more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Durbin, Senate Democrats Sound Alarm on Dramatic Increase in Deaths in Immigration Detention * In letter to Noem and Lyons, Senate Democrats cite 30+ deaths since the start of the Trump Administration with concern over continued expansion of immigration detention WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, joi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff, Whitehouse, Colleagues Investigate EPA's "Fait Accompli" Repeal of Bedrock Climate Safeguard * Senators to Zeldin: "Presidential policy preferences do not give EPA carte blanche to bypass statutory mandates to engage in good faith with sound science and public input in favor of predetermined outcomes." WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Californina, 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 Feb. 17, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Khanna Blasts Trump for Violating Long-Standing Taiwan Policy, Demands Clarification On Tuesday, Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Bob Onder, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Onder Introduces the Curtailing Agency Reach and Bureaucracy Overreach on Net-Zero (CARBON) Act * February 17, 2026 Contact: Brooke Morgan (link sends email) (Washington, D.C.) - This past week, U.S. Congressman Bob Onder introduced H.R. 7554, the Curtailing Agency Reach and Bureaucracy Overreach on Net-Zero (CARBON) Act, to restore the original congressional intent of the Clean Air Act (CAA) more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Salazar, Diaz-Balart, Gimenez, and Malliotakis Call for Indictment of Raul Castro * Today, Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar joined Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart, Carlos Gimenez, and Nicole Malliotakis in sending a letter (link is external) to President Donald J. Trump urging the Department of Justice to formally reopen the criminal investigation into Raul Castro's role in the 1996 state-spons more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER, STANDING WITH ROCHESTER SURVIVORS & ADVOCATES, ANNOUNCES NEW LEGISLATION -- IN HONOR OF EPSTEIN VICTIMS -- TO END FEDERAL STATUTE-OF-LIMITATIONS BARRIER THAT LETS ABUSERS ESCAPE AND DENIES... * Virginia's Law, Named In Honor Of Epstein Victim, Will Eliminate Federal Statute Of Limitations That Let Criminals Like Jeffrey Epstein Run Out The Clock To Escape Pro more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul S. Atkins from a Feb. 12, 2026, hearing on the oversight of the agency: * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, and Members of the Committee: It is an honor to testify before you today. Thank you for this opportunity to discuss the work of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission./1 Nine months ago, I returned to the SEC wi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Gillibrand Statement On Restoration Of Gateway Funding * Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee, released the following statement after the Trump administration disbursed an initial $30 million tranche of federal funding Friday evening and announced plans to restore additional funding for the Gateway Hudso more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (TNSrpt) -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Trahan Unveils Report Outlining Bipartisan Path to Update the Privacy Act * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) released a new staff report titled Privacy, Trust, and Effective Government: A Bipartisan Blueprint for Modernizing the Privacy Act. The report was developed following extensive stakeholder input submitted in response to a Request for Information (RFI) T more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime and Fisheries, released the following testimony by U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Kevin Lunday from a Jan. 29, 2026, hearing entitled "The Fleet We Funded: Assessing Coast Guard Force Laydown on the Heels of Historic Investment": * * * Chairman Sullivan, Ranking Member Blunt Rochester, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Thomas Suozzi, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Wake up, Long Island! Wake up, New York! Climate Change is Real. * Glen Cove, NY- Today, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-Long Island, Queens) held a press conference to call out the Administration's revocation of the 'Endangerment Finding' that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare-a move widely seen as a major setback to U.S. efforts to combat the climate crisis. "We are here with a ver more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Statement on Trump's CFTC Preempting State Regulation on Prediction Markets * Washington, DC \- United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement on Commodity Future Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair, Mark Selig's, announcement that the CFTC will preempt state regulation on prediction markets: "President Trump's CFTC Chair is trying to strip states of more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Leads Senate Democrats' Investigation into EPA's Decision to Disregard Health Impacts in Air Pollution Standards Senators warn the agency's move risks families' health and could sacrifice more than $40 billion in public health gains to cut costs for polluters * Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Membe more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Travels to Kyiv to Express Congressional Support for Ukraine's Fight for Freedom * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) yesterday travelled to Kyiv, Ukraine to express support from the U.S. Congress and help Ukraine and its leaders achieve victory against Russia's brutal and unjust invasion. While in Ukraine, the senators met  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Senate Democrats Investigate EPA's "Fait Accompli" Repeal of Bedrock Climate Safeguard U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), led 41 Senators in launching an investigation into Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Z more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued the following testimony by Thomas M. Johnson Jr., co-chair of the issues and appeals practice at Wiley Rein LLP, and former general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "We Interrupt This Program: Media Ownership in the Digital Age": * * * Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the invitation to testify today. I more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2026: * * * WYDEN AND ALSOBROOKS UPDATE REPORT CHRONICLING HARMFUL ACTIONS RFK JR. HAS TAKEN IN LAST 365 DAYS In an over 70-page report, the Senators detail 365 days of RFK Jr.'s higher costs, chaos, and corruption * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md. today updated a report detailing how in more PR