WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of FSOC Meeting, Reed Presses Bessent to Review Emerging Cracks in the Credit Markets * WASHINGTON, DC - As concerns about private credit and systemic stress on the U.S. economy intensify, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary and Chair of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC)  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Ansari Delivers Floor Speech Demanding Independent Investigation Into Haitian Asylum Seeker's Death in Arizona ICE Custody * WASHINGTON - Today, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) delivered a floor speech calling for a full, independent investigation into the death of Emmanuel Clifford Damas, a Haitian asylum seeker who died in ICE custody after reportedly being denied adequate medical care  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * At Hearing, Warren Blasts Trump Administration's Flip-Flopping on Iran War, Alienating U.S. Allies * Warren: "It is not only an embarrassment when the President begs, and our allies say no, it is a national security threat because our enemies take note of that." Warren: "Trump has alienated many of our allies, and those costs are becoming clear." Video of Exchange (YouTube) Washingt more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin, Moreno Call on Trump Admin to Open Investigation into Heavy Equipment Manufacturers, Protect American Jobs * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Bernie Moreno (R-OH) called on the Trump administration to protect American manufacturing jobs by opening a Section 232 investigation into the offshoring of heavy equipment manufacturing, primarily by Case New Holla more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Barrett: How Washington Turned 'Real' Infrastructure Into an Ideological Wish List of Nonsense * In case you missed it, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) wrote an op-ed in the Washington Times today discussing the failures of the Biden administration's $1.2 trillion approach to infrastructure that prioritized climate activism over fixing America's aging roads and bridges. In this op-ed, Barrett highl more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Alsobrooks Introduce Bill to Extend WIC Eligibility for New Moms * [Hartford, CT] -Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) introduced the Extending WIC for New Moms Act, a bicameral bill to expand eligibility and support mothers and infants into the postpartum and breastfeeding periods through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Statement on CRA Vote to Overturn Trump VA's Abortion Ban * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released the following statement on a failed vote to strike down the Trump Administration's abortion ban at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which prohibits abortion counseling and care for more than 462,000 w more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on March 25, 2026: * * * Blumenthal Statement on CRA Vote to Overturn Trump VA's Abortion Ban Senate Republicans voted to ban abortion care for veterans in cases of rape, incest, or health endangerment * Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released the following statement on a failed vote to strike d more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * BREAKING: Senate Republicans Block TSA Funding for 10th Time in 3 Weeks * For the 10th time in three weeks, Senate Republicans block TSA funding Washington, D.C. - Senate Republicans today blocked TSA funding for the 10th time in three weeks. This afternoon, Senate Republicans blocked an attempt This is an external link from Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) to pay TSA personnel. Last night, Senate R more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Cornyn, Blackburn, Husted Introduce Bill to Unleash Domestic Investments for U.S. Companies * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Jon Husted (R-Ohio) introduced the Ensuring Better Interest Treatment and Deductibility (EBITDA) Act. The legislation builds on the Working Families Tax Cuts  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Chairman Mast, HFAC, Advances Chip Security Act Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced the Chip Security Act, a measure to prevent the illicit smuggling of advanced AI chips to foreign adversaries as part of a full committee markup. "If we're going to export advanced AI chips, we need confidence that they don't end up in  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Chairman Rick Scott Applauds CMS Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Strengthen America's Medical Supply Chains Yesterday, Chairman Rick Scott sent a comment letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz applauding CMS's advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to strengthen the U.S. domesti more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Chairman Walberg Holds Hearing on Espionage in U.S. Universities Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI), delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "U.S. Universities Under Siege: Foreign Espionage, Stolen Innovation, and the National Security Threat": "Domi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Chairman Westerman Welcomes U.S. Rep. Downing to Committee This week, U.S. Rep. Troy Downing (R-Mont.) was appointed to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "I'm excited to welcome Representative Downing to the House Committee on Natural Resourc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Eric Sorensen Fights for Cost Transparency for Illinois Farmers * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers to introduce the Fertilizer Transparency Act to help provide Illinois farmers with more certainty and better information about fertilizer prices. This legislation would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a mandato more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- 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  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Kennedy Presses for Accountability Amid GOP's DHS Shutdown, Slams Republican Refusal to Reform ICE * WASHINGTON, D.C. - At a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing yesterday, Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) underscored that the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown is a direct result of President Trump and Congressional Republicans' refusal to negotiate in  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn, GOP Colleagues Call On Trump Administration to Reinstate the Protect Life Rule * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with Senators Ted Budd (R-NC), Steve Daines (R-MT), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jim Risch (R-ID), Jim Banks (R-IN), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), sent a letter led by Senator Todd Young (R-IN) encouraging the Trump administration to reinsta more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. J. Luis Correa, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * CORREA CALLS TO TACKLE IMMIGRATION BACKLOG * DOGE cuts severely impacted processing capabilities of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services WASHINGTON -Today, U.S. Representatives Lou Correa (CA-46) and Dan Goldman (NY-10) announced that they led 124 of their colleagues in a letter to the House Appropriations Committee to request $700 million for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Servic more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Calls Out Trump's Harmful Energy Policies that are Raising Americans' Costs * ***VIDEO AVAILABLE FTP for TV stations of her remarks is available here. Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) called out the Trump Administration's harmful energy policies that are killing American jobs, jacking up energy prices, and hurting our growing solar and wind indus more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Proposes Bill to Lower Costs for American Families * The American Homes First Act would invest an additional $1 Billion into LIHEAP, which is one of the most successful energy cost-reducing programs available to working families Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced legislation to invest an additional $1 Billion into the Low-Income more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Alsobrooks, Hagerty Introduce Deposit Insurance Legislation * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), and Cindy Hyde-Smith introduced the Main Street Depositor Protection Act, bipartisan legislation that would allow the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton to Bessent: Temporarily Allow On-Road Use of Red Diesel to Help Arkansas Farmers * Contact: Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 March 26, 2026 Washington, D.C. -Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging a temporary suspension on federal penalties for on-road use of red diesel fuel. Arkansas farmers are required to buy taxed highway diesel wh more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * DeLauro on House Floor: "TSA administrator confirmed yesterday that DHS made the decision not to pay TSA workers." House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks during debate on the House Floor: Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to this twice-doomed legislation. Wh more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Deluzio, Lawmakers Demand FTC Take Action to Prevent War-Related Price Gouging as Prices Soar * WASHINGTON, D.C. - As prices for gasoline, fertilizer, and other products skyrocket following President Donald Trump's war in Iran, Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17), U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT.), and Ed Markey (D-MA) and fellow Representative Jan Schakowsky ( more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter, Welch Reintroduce Bicameral Bill to Decommission Offshore Oil and Gas Wells, Platforms, and Pipelines * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure, today joined U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), alongside U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter (D- more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Doggett Condemns Trump Lifting Sanctions on Russian Oil Giants Responsible for Child Trafficking * Washington, D.C.- Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), an active member of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus and Helsinki Commission, denounced the Trump regime's shocking complicity in the trafficking of Ukrainian children and retaliation against researchers who revealed this latest outr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Doggett, Schakowsky Introduce Brand New "Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act" * Washington, D.C.- Today, Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Co-Founder & Co-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Aging and Families, filed brand new legislation to establish comprehensive mandatory minimum nurse staffing standards i more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Calls On Senate To Honor Sheridan Gorman's Memory By Working To Fix Our Broken Immigration System * March 25, 2026 Durbin: "Sadly, even our best efforts on a bipartisan basis won't bring back the victims, like Sheridan. But we can honor their memory by absolutely working together in a good faith effort to prevent tragedies like this in the future. I'm ready to try again." WASHINGTO more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Honors The Late Robert Mueller During A Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting * March 26, 2026 Durbin: "Given his contempt for Robert Mueller, it is no surprise that President Trump would pick the current leader of the FBI-Kash Patel. By any measure, Kash Patel does not have the experience, judgment, or temperament of Robert Mueller." WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Durbin Honors The Late Robert Mueller During A Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered an opening statement during today's Senate Judiciary Committee executive business meeting honoring the late former Fede more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Questions Durham County Sheriff About The Impact Of Trump's Mass Deportation Campaign On Local Law Enforcement * March 25, 2026 WASHINGTON - During today's Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Clarence Birkhead, Sheriff of Durham County, North Carolina, about the Trump Admin more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Announces Sale of D.C. Building * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Edward Forst to announce that GSA's Regional Office Building in D.C. has been sold, which will save taxpayers over $700 million. The sale is a result of years of Ernst's work. She has called out empty government buildings and has been the chief ad more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand, Colleagues Press For Answers On AI Companies' Engagements With DOD * Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee, joined five Senate Democratic colleagues in pressing six generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) companies for answers regarding their engagements with the Department of Defense (D more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand, Schumer Continue To Press Secretary Kennedy On World Trade Center Health Program Staff Cuts * This week, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) launched a new effort to press U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to quickly address the staff cuts and administrative delays at the World Trade Center Health Pro more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Gooden Bill Targeting CCP Espionage, IP Theft Advances to House Floor * WASHINGTON - Today, the House Judiciary Committee advanced legislation from Congressman Lance Gooden (TX-05) to combat Chinese Communist Party (CCP) espionage and intellectual property (IP) theft. The bicameral Protect America's Innovation and Economic Security from the CCP Act passed out of committee by a vote of 14-9, clearing  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Grothman Introduces House Companion to Cruz's COMPETE Act to Expand Affordable Health Coverage Options * Today, Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) introduced the House companion to Senator Ted Cruz's (R-TX) Competition and Openness in Markets to Promote Efficiency, Transparency, and Enhanced Affordability (COMPETE) Act, legislation to expand access to affordable health insurance options for fami more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Join Push to Stop Department of Education's Weaponization of Civil Rights Investigations * Senators demand Education Department drop politicized investigations as tool of partisan agenda, expose dismantling of protections for students Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and 13 o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Blunt Rochester, McIver Lead Colleagues in Introducing Working Women's Bill of Rights * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), and U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), along with Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), led 16 of their colleagues in introduc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * House Committee Passes Chip Security Act Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed bipartisan legislation to curb the smuggling of American semiconductors to foreign adversaries. The Chip Security Act was introduced last year as a direct response to bipar more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following opening statement on March 25, 2026, at a hearing entitled "Tokenization and the Future of Securities: Modernizing Our Capital Markets": * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Democrats on this Committee support innovation, helping companies raise capital, and strengthening investor confidence in our financial markets. That has never been a question. New technolog more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Jayapal Introduce Legislation to Block Trump from Attacking Cuba * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) are today introducing the Prevent an Unconstitutional War in Cuba Act to block President Trump from using any federal funding to use mil more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Kim, Bera, Kamlager-Dove Share Recommendations for State's Burma Review * Washington, D.C. \- Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Young Kim and Ami Bera, Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee; and Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Ranking Member of the South and Central Asia S more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES ACT TO SHORE UP SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY LENDERS * Bipartisan Legislation Offers FDIC Deposit Insurance to Enhance Financial Stability for Community & Mid-sized banks, Credit Unions WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Wednesday signed as a primary sponsor of bipartisan legislation to strengthen small and mid-sized lenders like community banks  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Ashley Brooke Moody, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * ICYMI Senator Moody Lambasts Democrats Over Continued DHS Shutdown Senator Ashley Moody this week took to the Senate Floor to demand Democrats stop their partisan antics and end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. "We are now in week six of the ongoing DHS Shutdown because my Democrat colleagues want wide open borders and no deportations of anyone, period.  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI Video: Trump Judicial Nominees Refuse to Answer Blumenthal's Question: Who Won the 2020 Election? * [WASHINGTON, DC] - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), yesterday pressed Sheria Clark, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina; Kathleen Lane, President Trump's nominee to serve as U.S. District Jud more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Warren Slams Trump Considering Raising the Retirement Age: "Americans Aren't Buying It and We Will Keep Fighting Back" * Warren: "I'm all for older Americans working longer if they want to work longer. But let's not confuse wanting to work with being forced to work because the Trump administration is taking a sledgehammer to Social Security" Social Security Expert: Raising retire more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Jimmy Patronis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI:Congressman Patronis' Op- Ed in The Washington Times: Protect America's 'Warrior Roads' * IN CASE YOU MISSED IT... Congressman Patronis' Op- Ed in The Washington Times: Protect America's 'Warrior Roads' Congressman Patronis' Op-Ed "Protect America's 'Warrior Roads'" Congressman Jimmy Patronis, The Washington Times March 26, 2026 FULL LINK HERE... Northwest Florida may be one of  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-California, issued the following news release: * * * Issa notes Trump USPTO achievements, urges utilization of PTAB to achieve Administration's vision and policy goals * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48), Senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee and Chairman of its Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, presided today over that subcommittee's hearing entitled "Oversight  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, Warren, Boyle, 45+ Lawmakers Renew Push for Wealth Tax on Ultra-Millionaires and Billionaires * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Representative Brendan F. Boyle (D-Pa.), led over 45 lawmakers in reintroducing the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act, legislation that would apply a wealth tax to fortunes above $50 million. Accordin more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Judiciary Committee Advances Bipartisan Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, Additional Legislation and Two U.S. Marshals The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, led by Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), by a vote of 19-3. Xylazine is a highly toxic veterina more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Larsen Demands Trump Admin Mobilize All Options to Prepare for Upcoming Wildfire Season * Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) joined twelve of his colleagues from Washington and Oregon in a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Dr. Neil Jacobs expressing their con more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Votes Against $10 Billion Blank Check for ICE * Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against Republicans' funding bill that would give $10 billion in new funding for ICE, with no new restraints to rein in ICE's lawlessness. Last weekend, President Trump rejected a bipartisan proposal, led by Rosa DeLauro, to fund all agencies at the Department of Homeland Securit more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES FLOOR REMARKS AGAINST REPUBLICAN BILL FUNDING ICE BRUTALITY * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke on the House Floor against House Republicans' DHS funding bill that prioritizes ICE brutality over the American people and in support of legislation that pays our TSA agents and reforms Donald Trump's mass deportation machine. LEADER JEFF more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES FLOOR REMARKS AGAINST REPUBLICAN BILL FUNDING ICE BRUTALITY * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke on the House Floor against House Republicans' DHS funding bill that prioritizes ICE brutality over the American people and in support of legislation that pays our TSA agents and reforms Donald Trump's mass deportation machine. LEADER JEFFRIES : I rise today in str more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Lee Sounds Alarm on Pro-Abortion United Nations Nominee * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today urged that the United States veto the nomination of pro-abortion radical Dr. Michelle Bachelet to the position of United Nations Secretary General (UNSG). In a bicameral letter with support from a large congressional coalition, Lee and his colleagues outline Bachelet's extreme promotion for abortion a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Ted Lieu, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Lieu Review: Standing Up for You * Dear neighbor, American consumers are being hurt by rising inflation, rising gas prices, and diesel prices topping $5 for only the second time in U.S. history. This week, however, Trump's Director of the National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett, said that hurting consumers is "the last of our concerns." Trump's decisions over the past year have already hurt every more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Votes Against Confirmation of Senator Markwayne Mullin for Secretary of Homeland Security * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting against the confirmation of Senator Markwayne Mullin to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS): "New Mexicans deserve steady, responsible leadership at the Department o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Kim Introduce Legislation to Support Student Success through Early Childhood Education * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), one of only two Head Start graduates to serve in the Senate, and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) introduced the Creating Early Childhood Leaders Act, legislation to bolster early childhood education training for school admin and leaders and help them lay the more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Lummis Introduces Legislation to Codify Trump's Nuclear Baseload Energy Executive Orders Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) today introduced the Strengthening American Nuclear Energy Act of 2026, legislation that codifies four of President Trump's executive orders on nuclear energy into law, locking in the Trump administration's pro-nuclear agenda and ensuring it cannot be undone b more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- 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, March 27 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Meeks, Jayapal Introduce Legislation to Block Trump from Attacking Cuba U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) are today introducing the Prevent an Unconstitutional War in Cuba Act to block President Trump from using any federal fund more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Meeks, Kim, Bera, Kamlager-Dove Share Recommendations for State's Burma Review Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Young Kim and Ami Bera, Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee; and Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Ranking Member of the South and C more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Moreno, Baldwin Call for Offshoring Investigation, Targeted Tariffs to Revitalize Manufacturing Today, Senators Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick calling for a Section 232 investigation into the offshoring of American jobs to Mexico by heavy equipment manufacturers. The senators also called for upcoming renegotiations to the United Sta more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Murray, Warren, Ocasio-Cortez, Scott Establish Child Care for America Working Group to Lower Costs, Deliver Child Care for Every American Family * As momentum for child care grows across country, Democrats lead charge in Congress Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), longtime leaders on child care, along with Representatives Alexandria Ocasio- more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Natural Resources Committee Considers Hageman Bill to Unleash Coal Production in the Powder River Basin * Washington, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources considered Rep. Hageman's bill to remove barriers to new coal leasing in Wyoming's Powder River Basin (PRB). Fourteen years of sustained attacks on American coal production have halted new leases in the Powder River  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * New Dems Hear from Small Businesses on the Harmful Impacts of Tariffs * Yesterday, New Dem Vice Chair for Outreach Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and New Dem Trade Task Force Chair Don Beyer (VA-08) hosted a roundtable discussion on how small businesses have been hurt by the Trump Administration's sweeping tariffs. Vice Chair Carbajal and Rep. Beyer, who is a member of the Ways & Means Committee and the Jo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sens. Schiff and Merkley Demand Extension of Ethics Guardrails on Trump EPA Chemical Appointees, End to Conflicts of Interest * Senators urge Trump appointees to end all communication with their previous chemical industry employers to ensure the agency is serving the American people instead of private corporate interests Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), memb more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn, Wasserman Schultz Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Access to Fertility Services * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representatives Zach Nunn (IA-03) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) today introduced the Helping to Optimize Patients' Experience (HOPE) with Fertility Services Act, bipartisan legislation to expand access to infertility diagnosis, treatment, and fertility services for Americans seeking to sta more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Ocasio-Cortez, Scott, Murray, Warren Establish Child Care for America Working Group to Lower Costs, Deliver Child Care for Every American Family * Washington, D.C. - Today, longtime leaders on child care Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Bobby Scott (VA-03), along with U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), established a new working group as t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * On The Senate Floor, Durbin Urges The Release Of Political Prisoners In The UAE, Azerbaijan, China, Tunisia, & Equatorial Guinea * March 25, 2026 WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) highlighted the plight of political prisoners in five nations and called for their immediate and unconditional release. These political prisoners have bee more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Lawmakers Call on Trump Administration to Extend Public Comment Period for Revised Western Oregon Forest Plan * New BLM proposal would open up millions of acres of Western Oregon forests to new commercial timber production Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley, and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Val Hoyle, Andrea Salinas, Janelle Bynum and Maxine Dexter this week  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Lawmakers Call on Trump Administration to Extend Public Comment Period for Revised Western Oregon Forest Plan * New BLM proposal would open up millions of acres of Western Oregon forests to new commercial timber production Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley, and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Val Hoyle, Andrea Salinas, Janelle Bynum and Maxine Dexter this week cal more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Oversight Committee Releases Memorandum Exposing Reckless Sanctuary Policies' Impact on Public Safety and Taxpayers Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a staff memorandum that analyzes how policies that shield criminal illegal aliens from federal immigration enforcement threaten publ more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Pallone on Anniversary of Telecommunications Act: Trump Admin and FCC Chairman Carr are Undermining Act's Bipartisan Goals Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today's Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, "The Telecomm more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Pallone: Republicans Reversing Progress on Overdose Crisis Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing on "Policies to Protect Our Communities from Illicit Drug Threats:" After more than two decades of an overdose cr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley, Min Introduce Bill to Provide Oversight on Deaths Caused by ICE Legislation Requires DHS Evidence in ICE-related Injuries and Deaths be Turned Over to Congress, Including Body Cameras, Incident Reports Pressley Has Stood in Vigorous Defense of Immigrant Communities in MA 7 th and Nationwide, Fighting to Bring Detained Neighbors Home *  WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07 more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following written testimony by Joshua Miller, director of Congress Watch at Public Citizen, from a March 18, 2026, hearing entitled "Sunshine Week: Bringing Secret Government Spending to Light": * * * Madam Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on transparency and reducing government spending. My name is Joshua Miller, and I serve as Director of Congress W more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Angie Craig Introduces Fertilizer Transparency Act Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) introduced the bipartisan Fertilizer Transparency Act. "President Trump's tariffs and war with Iran have increased fertilizer costs even as farmers lose markets and commodity prices remain low, p more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Boyle Slams OMB Director Vought for Dodging Budget Committee At today's House Budget Committee hearing, Ranking Member Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) slammed Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought for continuing to dodge testifying before the Committee 15 months into the Congress. Boyle argued that more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Heinrich Offers Solutions to Energy Affordability Crisis Worsening Under Trump Administration * WASHINGTON - During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the state of the power grid, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee's Ranking Member, delivered opening remarks, explaining the steps that can be taken to lower energy costs for  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Heinrich Offers Solutions to Energy Affordability Crisis Worsening Under Trump Administration During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the state of the power grid, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee's Ranking Member, delivered opening rem more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Hoyer: This Ill-Conceived Effort to move the FBI into the Reagan Building is Indicative of the Dysfunction that Exists at GSA * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member of the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered opening remarks at the during the House Committee on Appropriations Oversight Hearing more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Tillis Introduce Bipartisan BLOCK PUTIN Act to Hold Hungarian Government Enablers of Russia Accountable Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the bipartisan Barring Leverage and Obstructio more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Ami Bera, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Bera Presses Trump Official on U.S. Extended Deterrence Commitments to South Korea * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, pressed the State Department on the strength of U.S. extended deterrence commitments to the Korean Peninsula and the status of security cooperation with the Repub more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Estes, Sen. Capito Introduce Bill to Unleash Domestic Investments for U.S. Companies * Today, U.S. Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kan.) introduced the Ensuring Better Interest Treatment and Deductibility (EBITDA) Act. The legislation builds on the Working Families Tax Cuts Act 's-also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill-pro-growth policy by restoring globally competitive interest deductibility standards and un more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Kelly votes no on DHS funding * WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement after voting against a bill that does not rein in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection: "For the third time, Speaker Johnson has prolonged a Department of Homeland Security shutdown instead of meeting with Democrats to pass a funding bill that would more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Nancy Mace Reaffirms Her Position Against U.S. Ground Troops In Iran * WASHINGTON, D.C. (Mar. 25, 2026) - Today, Congresswoman Nancy Mace doubled down on her stance against boots on the ground in Iran following a House Armed Services Committee briefing on the ongoing conflict. "We will not support any effort to put U.S. troops on the ground in Iran," said Congresswoman Mace. "The Washin more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Neguse Presses Trump Administration for Answers on Deteriorating Forest Service Trail Conditions * Washington, D.C. - Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse, Ranking Member of the Federal Lands Subcommittee, joined over 20 colleagues in demanding answers from the Trump Administration on deteriorating Forest Service trail conditions due to insufficient maintenance by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS),  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Adelita S. Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Reps. Grijalva, Tlaib, Lee Launch People's Environmental Justice Caucus Today, Congresswoman Adelita S. Grijalva (AZ-07), Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12), officially launched the People's Environmental Justice Caucus, a new congressional caucus focused on advancing policies that center community leadership and address environmenta more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Summer Lee, Tlaib, Grijalva Launch People's Environmental Justice Caucus * WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26, 2026 -Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12), Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) officially launched the People's Environmental Justice Caucus, a new congressional caucus focused on advancing policies that center community leadership and add more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Republican Cuts Are Wrecking Health Care for American Families February Tally of Layoffs, Closures and Harms to the American Health Care System Reveals Looming Crisis Following Republicans' Record Cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Commi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Salinas, Hoyle Lead Ten Colleagues in Demanding Trump Administration to Mobilize all Options to Prepare for Upcoming Wildfire Season * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Congresswoman Val Hoyle (OR-04) led ten of their colleagues from Oregon and Washington in a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum; U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Sc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: Democrats are Siding with Illegal Immigrants Over the American People * Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Newsmax's Wake Up America to discuss TSA agents struggling to make ends meet as Democrats vote to withhold their paychecks and keep the Department of Homeland Security shut down to appease their radical base. Click here or the image above t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: Democrats are Siding with Illegal Immigrants Over the American People * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Newsmax's Wake Up America to discuss TSA agents struggling to make ends meet as Democrats vote to withhold their paychecks and keep the Department of Homeland Security shut down to appease their radical base. Click here or the image above more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Schakowsky, Doggett Unveil Brand New Bill to Establish Mandatory Nursing Home Staffing Standards * Full Text of Bill (PDF) | Bill Summary (PDF) WASHINGTON - Today, Reps. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Co-Founder & Co-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Aging and Families, and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, filed brand new legislation more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Scott Statement on ED Leaving LBJ Headquarters After 40 Years Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Department of Education (ED) announced that the Trump Administration will turn ED's Lyndon B. Johnson headquarters build more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Scott, Ocasio-Cortez, Murray, Warren Establish Childcare for America Working Group to Lower Costs, Deliver Childcare for Every American Family As momentum for childcare grows across country, Democrats lead charge in Congress * Today, House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Republican Cuts Are Wrecking Health Care for American Families February Tally of Layoffs, Closures and Harms to the American Health Care System Reveals Looming Crisis Following Republicans' Record Cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House En more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: The Democrats Are Paralyzing Our Country * Senator Marshall Joins The Scott Jennings Show Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined The Scott Jennings Show on the Salem News Channel to discuss the Democrats' backing out of a deal to fund DHS, the consequences of defunding TSA, how Democrats weaponized the government during Operation Arctic Frost, and Pre more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Senators Alsobrooks and Warren Investigate Venezuela Bond Trading After Trump's Illegal Military Action Sparks Big Investor Gains "We seek to better understand the extent to which insiders may have obtained any information regarding the Administration's plans in Venezuela, and whether they used this information to inform their trading activity." * As reported this morning  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Baldwin, Schumer, Wyden Lead Colleagues in Demanding Trump Admin Abandon Plan that will Increase Costs and Kick Millions Off the Affordable Care Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) led 14 of their colleagues in demanding that the Trump Administration reverse course on its harmful proposed rule for Affordable Care more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Markey, Merkley Reintroduce Legislation to Restrict Saudi Access to Nuclear Weapons Technologies * Bill Text (PDF) Washington (March 25, 2026) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), co-chairs of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, today reintroduced the No Nuclear Weapons for Saudi Arabia Act, legislation that would mandate th more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Ossoff, Durbin Launch Investigation into Abuse Allegations at "Alligator Alcatraz" * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is investigating allegations of abuse at the so-called "Alligator Alcatraz" detention site that he says may rise to the level of torture. Sens. Ossoff and Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, launched an inquiry with Homeland Security  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Schiff and Merkley Demand Extension of Ethics Guardrails on Trump EPA Chemical Appointees, End to Conflicts of Interest * Senators urge Trump appointees to end all communication with their previous chemical industry employers to ensure the agency is serving the American people instead of private corporate interests Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), member of the more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Introduces Legislation to Reform Crop Insurance, Save Taxpayers More Than $40 Billion * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies (Ag-FDA) Subcommittee, is introducing legislation to reform the federal go more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Shaheen, Schumer, Reed, Warner, Warren Statement on Trump Administration Decision to Ease Iran Oil Sanctions Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Democratic Leader, Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Servic more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * STATEMENT: On Trump Administration Move to Limit Health Care Choice for Seniors U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released a statement on the news that the Trump administration is reportedly considering the automatic enrollment of seniors in Medicare Advantage plans. "Automatica more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Takes Action to Ban Dangerous Abortion Drug * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) in introducing the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act to withdraw approval of the dangerous mifepristone abortion drug and to empower women who were harmed by taking the drug to sue its manufacturers. "It's a shame that the federal governmen more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Katie Britt Joins The National Report on Newsmax * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined The National Report on Newsmax to discuss the Democrat-led shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and call to pass Senator John Kennedy's (R-La.) No Shutdown Paychecks to Politicians Act. On the Senate staying in Washington to end Democrats' DHS shutdown and fu more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT: LEADER JEFFRIES REMARKS AT JANUARY 6 PLAQUE COMMEMORATION * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries joined colleagues for a ceremony to commemorate the installation of the plaque honoring the bravery of the law enforcement officers who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.LEADER JEFFRIES : We are here to recognize the heroism of th more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT: LEADER JEFFRIES REMARKS AT JANUARY 6 PLAQUE COMMEMORATION * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries joined colleagues for a ceremony to commemorate the installation of the plaque honoring the bravery of the law enforcement officers who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. LEADER JEFFRIES : We are here to recognize the heroism of the hundreds of dedicated more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Lujan Takes to Senate Floor to Fight Back Against Trump's Voter Suppression Bill * WATCH Senator Lujan's Floor Speech HERE Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) took to the Senate floor to speak out against President Trump and Republicans' anti-voter SAVE Act. Senator Lujan highlighted the legislation's harmful impact on New Mexicans and Americans across the co more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * VIDEO: Pressley Demands Consumer Protections in Digital Finance, Condemns Trump Profiteering * "As we innovate, we should not exploit and leave communities behind, and we should not let Trump continue to make money and put our economy at risk by changing or not enforcing the laws created to protect consumers." Video (YouTube) WASHINGTON - Yesterday, in a Financial Services Committee hearing on more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * VIDEO: Pressley Slams GOP for Denying TSA Workers Pay, Highlights Project 2025 Plot to Privatize, De-Unionize TSA * Pressley Demands Pay, Dignity for TSA Workers as Agency Shutdown Reaches 40 Days Pressley Co-Led Congressional Stop Project 2025 Task Force Video (YouTube) WASHINGTON - Today on the House floor, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Founder of the Stop Project 2025 Task For more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Vindman Introduces Bill to Restore Crucial Funding for Sickle Cell Disease Research * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Representative Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) introduced legislation to restore staff and funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Sickle Cell Data Collection (SCDC) program, which was once the nation's only public health surveillance system dedicated to collecting comprehens more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Vought Concedes; Boyle Secures OMB Hearing Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought agreed to testify before the Committee on April 15th. "After ducking the Budget Committee for over a ye more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner Blasts Trump Administration Payment to Mike Flynn * WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement: "The Department of Justice's reported decision to pay out more than a million of the taxpayer's dollars to Michael Flynn is as outrageous as it is indefensible. This is someone who pleaded guilty to l more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Warren Seeks Answers from Trump's Fed Chair Nominee Warsh on His Record Prioritizing Wall Street Over American Families "Your record as a Governor should disqualify you from a promotion, but President Donald Trump has vowed that 'anybody that disagrees with' him 'will never be the Fed Chairman' - a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Warren Statement on Trump Financial Regulators' Giveaway to Morgan Stanley Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, issued a statement on today's announcement from the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corpo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Hawley Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Limit Stock Buybacks in Defense Contracting Following President Trump's Executive Order * The bill would implement key directives of President Trump's EO Bill One-Pager (PDF) | Bill Text (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the bipartisan Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense C more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Jayapal, Boyle, 45+ Lawmakers Renew Push for Wealth Tax on Ultra-Millionaires and Billionaires * New analysis shows that wealth tax would generate over $6 trillion in revenue that could lower costs for families through programs like universal child care, free community college, Medicare expansion, and more Bill One-Pager (PDF) | Bill Text (PDF) | Bill Score (PDF) Washington, D more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Murray, Ocasio-Cortez, Scott Establish Child Care for America Working Group to Lower Costs, Deliver Child Care for Every American Family * As momentum for child care grows across country, Democrats lead charge in Congress Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), longtime leaders on child care, along with Representatives Alexandria O more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla Blasts Republicans' False Narratives About Sanctuary City Policies * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, slammed Republicans' lies about sanctuary city policies during a Constitution Subcommittee hearing. He denounced Republicans for deflecting from the Trump Administration's failure to adh more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Outlines Dangers of SAVE America Act: "We cannot advance a bill that will disenfranchise voters." * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, took to the Senate floor to outline the dangers of Republicans' voter disenfranchisement bill, the SAVE America Act. In his remarks, Senator Welch read letters from Vermo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Speaks on Americans' Dwindling Support for Trump's Deadly War in Iran: "In a democracy, public backing for a war is not optional." * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) spoke on the Senate floor and emphasized how President Trump's $200 billion request for funding to support his war of choice in Iran will drive up costs for American families, farmers, and small business owners. more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Dexter Reintroduce Bicameral Bill to Decommission Offshore Oil and Gas Wells, Platforms, and Pipelines * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure, today joined U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), alongside U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter (D-O more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark on Republicans' TSA Shutdown: "Let's End This Insanity" * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) spoke on the House Floor and called for an end to the Republican TSA shutdown. Below is a transcript of her remarks: "The Republican TSA shutdown has dragged on now for over a month. Officers haven't been paid in weeks. Hundreds have walked off the job beca more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following written testimony by Justin R. Goodman, senior vice president of White Coat Waste, from a March 18, 2026, hearing entitled "Sunshine Week: Bringing Secret Government Spending to Light": * * * Good afternoon, Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey, and distinguished members of the Committee. I am the Senior Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy at the nonprofit, non-partisan government wa more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Whitehouse, Leader Schumer, and Senate Democrats Spotlight How Climate Change Drives Up Household Costs for American Families Trump's fossil fuel donors put heavy burden on family budgets--from home insurance to utility bills, grocery prices, and health costs * U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young Leads Effort to Prevent Taxpayer Funded Abortions * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) led a letter encouragingthe Trump Administration to reinstate the Protect Life Rule, which would ensureTitle X family planning funds cannot be used to provide abortions or abortion referrals. U.S. Senators Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho),  more PR