WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * As Home-Heating Season Approaches, Senator Markey Joins Colleagues to Urge Trump Admin to Swiftly Release LIHEAP Funding * Letter Text (PDF) Washington (September 18, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) this week joined Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in a bipartisan push for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release funds for the Low-Income Home Energy A more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth, Schumer Call on Airlines to Guarantee That Emergency Medical Kits Aboard Their Commercial Planes Include Life-Saving Epinephrine * September 18, 2026 #The Senators' push comes after the FAA proposed a rule that wouldn't require epinephrine delivery methods designed for self-administration on every flight, jeopardizing passenger safety [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)-Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Commer more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Following New Reports of Pentagon Covering Up More Troop Casualties in Iran War, Duckworth and Ryan Call on Congress to Pass Their Bill to Ban Pentagon from Manipulating Casualty Records * September 18, 2026 #The lawmakers' call comes after the Washington Post reported that 22 servicemembers have been killed in the Iran War, not 18 servicemembers as the Pentagon previously disclosed [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Following new reportsThis link or tab. more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand, Colleagues Demand Answers From Hegseth On Cost Of Iran War * Pentagon Greatly Underestimates Cost of Iran War to Taxpayers and Families U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined 45 of her colleagues, nearly the entire Democratic caucus, in sending a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth demanding a full accounting of the costs of the ongoing war with Iran. The letter  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Booker "Blasts" FBI Director Kash Patel, Drawing Praise for Demanding Accountability at Committee Hearing * WASHINGTON, DC-In case you missed it, earlier this week U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, "grilled" FBI Director Kash Patel at a committee hearing and called him an "embarrassment to the agency," drawing widespread praise for "laying out the degree to which he is not qualified" for the role more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Kelly Blasts Trump Admin for Caring More About Appearances Than Accountability as New Images Emerge of Iran War Damage * "We have 18 dead Americans. We have 700 injured. For what? For higher gas prices and diesel prices for farmers and gas prices for the American people." In case you missed it, on MS NOW's The Briefing with Jen Psaki, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly blasted President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for caring more more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Slotkin, Colleagues Demand Answers from Hegseth on Cost of Iran War * This week, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and a group of their colleagues demanded Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for a full accounting of the costs of the ongoing war with Iran. In their letter they also criticized the Department of Defense for withholding basic budget information from Congress and the American public even as U.S. casualties and taxpa more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Livestream Tuesday: Blumenthal & Robert Garcia to Receive Public Testimony on Fatal Shootings by Federal Immigration Agents * [WASHINGTON, DC] - On Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM ET, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and U.S. Representative Robert Garcia (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will hold a bicamer more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Condemns Trump Administration for Concealing Costs of Iran War * WASHINGTON, DC -This week, press reports indicated that at least four more American servicemembers have died in the Iran war than are acknowledged in the Pentagon's public casualty database. The disclosure comes as the Pentagon informed Congress this week that the war has now cost at least $44 billion, an estimate that still excludes the cost of repairing damaged U.S. bases.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Demand Investigation into Trump Administration Voter Data Misconduct * Oregon senators seek "thorough and objective" investigation into new whistleblower disclosure revealing DHS officers were directed to illegally access sensitive voter data and create law enforcement records based on unreliable data compiled with "supplemental magic" WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today demanded the U.S. Department of H more PR