WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of America 250th Anniversary, Senator Murray Celebrates this Historic Milestone and Delivers Patriotic Message to Washington State * Murray : "So as we celebrate America 250-and there's a LOT to celebrate-remember: it IS patriotic to stand up for our freedoms and our values. You better believe I'm proud to be an American. Here's to another 250 years of America." WATCH: Senator Murray Delivers Patriotic Message to Washington State Washin more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Cramer, Gillibrand Discuss Roosevelt's Legacy in Government at TRPL Fireside Chat * MEDORA, N.D. - As part of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library (TRPL) grand opening celebration, U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) participated in a fireside chat today in the library's auditorium. The auditorium's panoramic views overlooking the national park named in Teddy Roosevelt's honor was a fitting backdrop to the sen more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, issued the following remarks on June 24, 2026, at a markup of fiscal 2027 Defense funding bill: * * * Thank you very much, Chairman Cole. I want to start by again thanking the majority and minority staff: Jennifer, Jason, and Ed on the minority side, and Taylor, Keri Lyn, Gina, Colleen, Max, Ariana, Jackie, Daniel, and both Adams. And, I would also like to thank my personal staff, Ben Peterson, and my Military Fellow fr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand Calls To Ban Trump And Elected Officials From Issuing Memecoins * Following new reporting on President Trump's personal financial disclosures -which show that his single largest source of income in 2025, $636 million, came from issuing a memecoin - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand renewed her call for Congress to bar all elected officials, and their spouses, from issuing or sponsoring their own digital assets. Under the proposal Sen more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following opening remarks on June 5, 2026, at a Homeland Security Subcommittee markup of the fiscal 2027 U.S. Department of Homeland Security funding bill: * * * Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I too am so appreciative of your work and the work of Ranking Member Cueller in getting this bill to where it is. There obviously are serious differences with the bill which we will address, and look forward to the opportunity more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following opening remarks on June 5, 2026, at a Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies markup of the fiscal 2027 appropriations bill: * * * Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and Chairman Cole it is good to be here this morning dealing with the Labor-HHS appropriations bill. I think it is the center of whatever the Congress does with regard to the overall lives of people in this nat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following opening remarks on June 24, 2026, at a markup of the fiscal 2027 Defense funding bill: * * * Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And Chairman Calvert, Ranking Member McCollum. Thank you, thank you for your work together in bringing forward this bill today. I also want to say a thank you at the outset to the subcommittee staff for their work on this bill. Jennifer Chartrand, Jason Gray, and Ed Etzkorn on the minori more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Boyle Statement on SCOTUS Ruling Trump Cannot Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled that Trump does not have the power to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook: "Today's decision confirms that Donald Trump's attempt to fire Governor Cook based on fabricated allega more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 (TNSbrep) -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on July 2, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Huffman Releases Report on How Trump Hijacked America's 250th Birthday to Enrich Himself, Sell Access, and Harvest Americans' Data Whistleblower accounts and internal documents reveal how the White House captured a beloved national charity, deceived donors out of their money, and sold access to the President - Today, House Natural Resources Committ more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: The Politico article below, titled "Trump cashed in big on crypto. Trump-loving crypto traders are still struggling." * The Politico article below, titled "Trump cashed in big on crypto. Trump-loving crypto traders are still struggling," speaks for itself. You can access the article by clicking the link here. *** Original text here: https://algreen.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-politico-article-below-titled-trump-cashed-big-crypto-trump more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON NPR: "DONALD TRUMP IS DESTROYING THE COUNTRY IN REAL TIME" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, where he made clear that upon the 250th anniversary of our nation's founding, Democrats are focused on lowering the high cost of living, protecting access to healthcare, cleaning up corruption and winning back the House of Representatives to hold Donald Trump a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON NPR: "DONALD TRUMP IS DESTROYING THE COUNTRY IN REAL TIME" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, where he made clear that upon the 250th anniversary of our nation's founding, Democrats are focused on lowering the high cost of living, protecting access to healthcare, cleaning up corruption and winning back the House of Representatives to hold Donald Trump and Republicans accountable more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Pushes Trump Administration to Release Affordable Housing Construction Funds * Washington, D.C. - As President Trump continues to slow-walk a bipartisan housing affordability bill that already passed through Congress, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) is teaming up with U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and several colleagues in urging the president to unlock community development tools and promptly release $750 million in federal housing co more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL REPORT: How Washington Republicans Betrayed Working Families * WASHINGTON, DC - One year after Republicans in Congress passed Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the office of Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released a report outlining the legislation's impact on Nevada. The extreme partisan bill, which Republicans forced through Congress in the middle of the night with no Democratic votes, gives a tax cut worth more than $1 trilli more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Angie Craig, Agriculture Democrats Emphasize Importance of USMCA In a letter led by Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02), members of the House Agriculture Committee urged the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and USDA to listen to agricultural stakeholders and bipartisan lawmakers on the importance of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The letter follows President more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 (TNSletter) -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, with 51 co-signers issued the following letter to President Trump on the expiration of Jones Act waiver: * * * Here is the text of the letter: June 30, 2026 President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: We appreciate your longstanding support and attention to the challenges facing our domestic shipping industry. We write to respectfully request that the current Jones Act waiver be allowed to expire as sche more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Sullivan Welcomes Presidential Pardon for Wasilla Diesel Mechanic Unjustly Prosecuted by the EPA * Spurlock's Shop was Target of Armed EPA Raid in 2022 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA -U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee, today welcomed an announcement that Mackenzie "Mac" Spurlock, a diesel mechanic and small business owner from Wasilla, has received a presidential pardon after being convicted  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner & Kaine: One Year Later, Virginia Families Are Paying the Price For Trump's Billionaire Tax Giveaway * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Trump-Vance administration's billionaire tax giveaway megabill becoming law, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the following statement highlighting the devastating impact the law has had on Virginia families: "One year ago, President Trump and Republicans more PR