WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act, originally introduced by Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Kentucky, on June 8, 2026, has been analyzed by the Congressional Research Service. The bill aims to enhance the delivery of special education and related services for children and youth with sensory disabilities, including those who are blind or visually impaired and those who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafdisabled, or deafblind. This legislation is driven by the pressing need for tailored educational methodologies that addr more ST

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici, Sykes, Chu, DelBene Demand Oversight of Moms.gov * WASHINGTON, DC [6/8/2026] - Today Congresswomen Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Judy Chu (CA-28), and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) led 83 of their colleagues in conducting oversight of the recently-launched Moms.gov. Moms.gov launched in May with the purported goal of offering guidance to expectant mothers, but the website instead features potentially harmful information about more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Julia Brownley, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Brownley, Warren, Merkley, Pressley, Carson Lead 60+ Lawmakers in Urging Trump Administration to Immediately Address Largest Student Loan Default Crisis on Record * Washington, DC -Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Calif.), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Congressman Andre Carson (D-Ind.), along with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), led 61 members of Congress in pressing the Department of Educatio more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 12, 2026: * * * Ranking Members Scott and Sanders Lead Democrats' Opposition to Trump Effort to Halt Pay Increases and Benefits for Head Start Teachers House Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders led 69 Congressional Democrats in demanding that the U.S more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * New Report Details Ocasio-Cortez's Two Housing Bills Would Deliver 235,000 Affordable Homes and 31,000 Jobs a Year to New York * Joint research from The Action Lab, NYU Urban Democracy Lab, and the Climate and Community Institute finds that the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act and the Homes Act would solve New York's housing crisis while creating tens of thousands of union jobs New York, N.Y. - A major new report released today  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Ocasio-Cortez Proposes Bill to Limit Compensation for Representatives of Medicare Advantage Organizations * WATCH HERE (link is external) Washington, D.C. \- Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) discussed her new bill (link is external) to limit the compensation that may be paid to agents and brokers by for-profit health insurers with Medicare Advantage plans in the Health Subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Ocasio-Cortez, Velazquez Oppose Status Bill That Would Enshrine Puerto Rico's Colonial Condition * WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) longtime leaders of congressional efforts to decolonize Puerto Rico, issued the following joint statement opposing the status legislation introduced today by Resident Commissioner Pablo Jose Hernandez Rivera: "During the last three Congresse more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 9, 2026: * * * Rep. Sykes Bonamici, Chu, DelBene Demand Oversight of Moms.gov On Monday, U.S. Representatives Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Judy Chu (CA-28), and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) led 83 of their colleagues in conducting oversight of the recently-launched Moms.gov. Moms.gov launched in May with the purported goal of offering guidance to expectant mothers, but the website instead features potentially harmful information ab more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Velazquez, Ocasio-Cortez Oppose Status Bill That Would Enshrine Puerto Rico's Colonial Condition * WASHINGTON -Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), longtime leaders of congressional efforts to decolonize Puerto Rico, issued the following joint statement opposing the status legislation introduced today by Resident Commissioner Pablo Jose Hernandez Rivera: "During the last three Congresses, we have  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Merkley, Pressley, Carson Lead 60+ Lawmakers in Urging Trump Administration to Immediately Address Largest Student Loan Default Crisis on Record * Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), along with Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Andre Carson (D-Ind.), led 62 members of Congress in pressing the Department of Education (ED) to immediately address the more PR