WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on July 31, 2026: * * * Banking Democrats Statement on Trump Administration Move to Gut Community Reinvestment Act U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Committee members Jack Reed (D-RI), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Mary.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Rev. Raphael Warnock, Andy more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * Heinrich Pushes for ENR Committee to Protect Public Lands in Markup, Fact-Checks Record on Trump Admin Actions that Remove Protections for Chaco Canyon During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee business meeting to consider pending legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, criticized legislation that  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on July 31, 2026: * * * Chairman Mast Statement on Venezuela Negotiations Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement ahead of negotiations between Venezuela's opposition and the interim authorities scheduled to begin August 1. "Thanks to President Trump and the support of the United States, Venezuela now stands at the cusp of a free, democratic future that would have more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Raskin Launches Investigation into Trump Scheme to Sell Insider Access to His Own Truth Social Posts Trump Media Plan Launching August 1 Will Charge Wall Street $100,000/Month for Early Access to President's "Truths" - Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, launched an investigation into Trump Media & Technology Group's plan to sell Wall S more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Lummis Fox News Op-ed - Washington's Grizzly Bear Power Grab is Finally Coming to a Long-Overdue End Cheyenne, WY - Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) published an op-ed this week in Fox News highlighting the Trump administration's proposal to return grizzly bear management to Wyoming and other Greater Yellowstone states, arguing that the federal government should recognize decades of successful state-led c more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- 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 statement on July 31, 2026: * * * Moolenaar: Trump Administration Cracks Down on CCP Slave Labor, Strengthens UFLPA Entity List Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China made the following statement regarding the Department of Homeland Security updating the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List: "Today's action by the Trump ad more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * Peters Report Finds Trump Administration Has Dismantled Critical Counterterrorism Infrastructure and Weaponized What Remains Against Political Opponents, Leaving Americans Vulnerable to Terror Threats U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new report detailing how more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Richard Blumenthal Demand Answers About ICE Training After Killing by ICE Officer in Maine Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Richard Blumenthal, Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, demanded answers from the Federal Law Enforcem more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * Ranking Members Raskin, Jayapal Demand ICE Agents Wear Functional Body Cameras Judiciary Democrats Slam DHS for Lawless Conduct, Lack of Accountability Amid Deadly ICE Encounters - Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, sent a letter d more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Raskin, McBath Lead Judiciary Democrats in Strongly Objecting to ATF's Efforts to Get Rid of Gun Safety Regulations Judiciary Democrats Warn Sweeping Rollbacks Would Weaken Background Checks, Remove Anti-Gun Trafficking Guardrails, and Undermine Public Safety - Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Lucy McBath, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * Rep. Sykes Joins House Democrats' Discharge Petition to Block $1.8 Billion Trump Slush Fund U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) joined the full House Democratic Caucus in signing onto a discharge petition from Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08). This petition will force a vote on the No Corrupt Agreements Requiring Taxpayer Expenditures Benefitting Lawbreakers and Assort more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Murkowski Urge Secretary Rubio to Address the Impact of the Ebola Outbreak in East Africa on Women and Infants Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the State Department to take swift action more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * Smith, Missouri Delegation Sends Letter Urging Swift Approval of Governor's Disaster Declaration Request Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08), along with members of Missouri's Congressional Delegation, sent a letter to President Trump today supporting Governor Mike Kehoe's request for a major disaster declaration following the catastrophic flooding that struck southern Missouri from July 9 through July 11, 2026. "We write in strong suppo more PR