WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on July 14, 2026: * * * Durbin Statement On Fatal ICE Officer Shootings In Houston And Maine U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the fatal shootings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers: more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden's bill to extend lobster, right whale moratorium earns green light from Natural Resources Committee * WASHINGTON -The House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday approved a proposal by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) to extend until 2035 protections for Maine's lobstermen from new regulations related to the North Atlantic right whale. The committee advanced H.R. 9436, the Northeast Lobstermen Protection Act, to the House floor in a bipar more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * In Key Nomination Hearing, King Challenges Potential Intelligence Head on Ability to Avoid Political Pressure * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, during a key hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) questioned the potential lead Intelligence official on his ability to resist political pressure. In his exchange with Office ofDirector of National Intelligence (ODNI) nominee Jay Clayton, King stresse more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Ramirez Statement on DHS's Expansion & Consolidation of Police State * Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, released the following statement after reports that the ICE agent involved in the murder of Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero, a 26-year-old father, in Maine was recently hired from the Department of Vete more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Mullin's Statement on ICE Shootings in Maine and Texas * In the last week alone, ICE has shot and killed two more people on our streets - neither of whom were targets of their operations. The inhumanity and racism from the Trump Administration and his rogue assassins are making our communities less safe. ICE cannot be trusted, and Americans deserve independent investigations into these heinous shootings and the agents who break the law  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 14, 2026: * * * Sen. Collins Questions Justices Kagan and Barrett on Supreme Court Budget At a hearing to review the 2027 budget request for the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett on the Court's response to a heightened threat environment, residential security funding more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, King Urge DOJ to Cooperate with Maine Law Enforcement in Biddeford Shooting Investigation * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today requested that the Department of Justice (DOJ) collaborate with Maine state and local law enforcement as authorities investigate yesterday's fatal shooting in Biddeford involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel. In a letter to Acting U.S. Attorney more PR