WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Schiff Lead Bipartisan Amicus Brief in Support of Law Firms Challenging Trump Administration's Coercive Executive Orders * [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today filed an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, and Susman Godfrey, which are challenging the Trump Administration's Executive Orders targeting  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Chairman Cassidy Expands Child Care Fraud Investigation U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, expanded his efforts to protect American families and taxpayers' dollars by rooting out the widespread fraud in federal child care funding. Cassidy previously investigated Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Homeland Security Democrats Demand Answers on Former DHS Advisor Lewandoski's Alleged Federal Bribery and Ethics Violations U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and his Democratic committee colleagues are demanding answers following reports that former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advisor more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lujan Named as James Beard Foundation Impact Award Honoree * Washington, D.C. - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, was named a 2026 James Beard Impact Award honoree for his work fighting hunger in New Mexico and across the country. Senator Lujan released the following statement after b more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Firing of Pam Bondi * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement in response to the firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi: "As Attorney General, Pam Bondi failed the American people. She refused to uphold the rule of law, maintain DOJ's independence from political influence, and provide transparency and justice for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein's heinous crimes. Her firing is deser more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on President Trump's Announcement on Iran War * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on President Trump's announcement on the Iran War: "President Trump didn't have a plan going into this war, and there's still no credible plan to end it now. The American people did not ask for this conflict, Congress did not authorize it, and this administration has never laid out a clear strat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: One Year of President Trump's Tariffs Have Driven Up Costs and Made Life More Expensive for New Mexicans * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of President Trump's sweeping tariffs that have hurt hardworking New Mexicans and Americans across the country: "One year ago, President Trump's so-called 'Liberation Day' i more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Statement on Trump FY27 Budget Proposal * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on President Trump's proposed $1.5 trillion FY2027 defense budget: "This budget tells you everything you need to know about what the Republican Party really stands for: unlimited taxpayer dollars for war and handouts to billionaires, and not a penny left over to help the American families who can't afford to more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Responds to Trump Administration's New Actions to Undo Protections for the Greater Chaco Region * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) released the following statements regarding the Trump administration's new actions to eliminate pr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Statement on Trump's FY 2027 Budget Proposal * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump announced his official Fiscal Year 2027 budget request: "Donald Trump has raised the cost of housing, groceries, and health care, taken our country into war, and now he's asking families to foot the bill for his disastrous agenda. "W more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Opposes Trump's Unjustified Defense Budget Increase * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Trump Administration proposed raising the fiscal year 2027 defense budget by 50 percent, to $1.5 trillion, a figure that includes some $350 billion that Trump wants Republicans to pass on a party-line vote outside the annual defense authorization and appropriation process, which means less oversight and fewer strings attached. U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement on April 2, 2026, on Attorney General Pamela Bondi: * * * Pam Bondi's tenure as Attorney General will be remembered for her unprecedented politicization and weaponization of the Department of Justice. Whether by illegally obscuring the Epstein files, mass firing apolitical staff, or directing the Department of Justice to target Donald Trump's political opponents, Bondi has been unfailin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * SCHNEIDER STATEMENT ON THE PRESIDENT'S FAILURE TO DEFINE AN ENDGAME IN IRAN * LINCOLNSHIRE, IL - Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and co-founder and co-chair of the Abraham Accords Caucus, released the following statement in response to President Trump's address to the nation on the war in Iran: "Five weeks after starting his war against Iran, President Trump finally addressed the American people  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following commentary on April 2, 2026, to The Baltimore Sun: * * * ICYMI - ALSOBROOKS: TRUMP OWES MARYLANDERS A TARIFF REFUND In case you missed it, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) authored an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun marking one year since President Trump's Liberation Day and highlighting how Trump's tariffs have hurt Marylanders. Read the full op-ed here (https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/04/01/alsobrooks-trump-tariffs/) or below. TRUMP OWES MARYLANDERS A REFUND  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Cantwell Statement on Federal Judge Blocking Trump's Executive Order to Cease Federal Funding for PBS and NPR U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, issued the below statement regarding the ruling by a federal judge that blocks President Trump's 2025 Executive Order to cease federal funding fo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 3/27/2026-4/3/2026 * Slamming Trump Cuts Making it More Difficult to File Taxes [Hartford, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined advocates to slam cuts by the Trump Administration that are making filing taxes more challenging this year. Last fall, the Trump Administration announced it was ending the free Direct File program following pressure from commercial tax preparation software compa more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray on President Trump Once Again Proposing to Zero Out Funding for Howard Hanson Dam * ICYMI : Senator Murray on President Trump's FY27 Budget Request Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on the release of President Trump's fiscal year 2027 budget request, which proposes $0 in funding for the Howard Hanson Dam. "I'm not surprised one bit  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Statement on Trump Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Proposal * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and lead Democrat on the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration's initial proposed budget for fiscal year 2027: "Donald Trump's budget proposal reflects what the American people have come to  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Elfreth Urge Trump Administration to Accelerate Adjustments to Recent Flight Path Impacting Communities Near BWI Airport * Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (all D-Md.) called on the Trump Administration's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expedite efforts to address the impacts that Maryland communities near Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Mar more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Walkinshaw Slams Trump Budget for Freezing Federal Pay and Slashing Funding for Key Agencies * Washington, D.C. \-Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), Co-Chair and Founder of the Federal Workforce Caucus, slammed President Trump's FY2027 budget request for freezing civilian federal employee pay while slashing funding for key federal agencies. "For 15 months, the Trump administration has attacked federal employees through reckless  more PR