WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CCBWG ANNOUNCES NEW CO-CHAIRS TO LEAD CAUCUS IN 120TH CONGRESS * WASHINGTON, DC - Last week, Congresswomen Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), announced that Representatives LaMonica McIver (NJ-10), Lateefah Simon (CA-12) and Shontel Brown (OH-11) will take up the mantle as new Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls (CCBWG) in the 120th Congress. Despite more than 430 register more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CLARKE, WELCH, VAN HOLLEN REINTRODUCE BICAMERAL BILL TO CREATE 70% RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE STANDARD BY 2036, SPEED U.S. CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION * Legislation would establish ambitious energy standard to rapidly reduce emissions and achieve up to 100% renewable energy generation by 2046 WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) joined U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) in reintroducing the bi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Meeks Issues Statement on Trump Allowing Ethiopia Executive Order to Expire September 21, 2026 Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement today after President Trump allowed Executive Order 14046, "Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons With Respect to the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis in Et more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * READOUT: Meeks Meets with Vietnamese President To Lam September 21, 2026 New York City -- Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, met with Vietnamese President and Communist Party General Secretary To Lam on the sidelines of UN General Assembly High-Level Week. Ranking Member Meeks underscored 31 years of U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic relations a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * READOUT: Meeks Meets Yemen Delegation on Sidelines of UN General Assembly September 21, 2026 New York City -- Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, met with Dr. Abdullah Al-Alimi Bawazir, member of the Presidential Leadership Council; Ambassador Jamila Ali Raja, Ambassador to the United States; and other Republic of Yemen officials, on the more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Watson Coleman Condemns Trump Administration Attempts to Hijack N.I.H. Research Grants * September 21, 2026 Yesterday, the New York Times reported that White House officials were attempting to make massive cuts to research grants at the National Institutes of Health, conflicting with months of denials from NIH officials. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), who sits on the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education su more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. John Mannion, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Representative John Mannion Cosponsors the 'Keep the Lights Local Act' to Prohibit Foreign Ownership of American Utilities and Keep Ratepayer Dollars Invested at Home * SYRACUSE, NY - Representative John W. Mannion (NY-22) today announced that he is cosponsoring H.R. 5487, the Keep the Lights Local Act, legislation to prohibit foreign ownership of American public utilities. The bill would help protect ratepayers, strengthen accountability, and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following letter with Reps. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Attorney General Todd Blanche: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 17, 2026 The Honorable Marco Rubio Secretary Department of State 2201 C St more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Laura Gillen, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Gillen, Van Drew and Kean, Jr. Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Lower Commuting Costs for Working Americans * #The Lowering Commuting Costs Act would create the first personal tax deduction of more than $4,000 a year for commuting costs WASHINGTON, DC -Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04) alongside Congressman Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ-02) and Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-07) introduced the bipartisan Lowering Commuting Costs Act to more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Ahead of UN General Assembly: "Oligarchy is ascending and democracy is in retreat... Working together, that must change." September 21, 2026 NEW YORK, Sept. 21 -- On the eve of the United Nations General Assembly, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) delivered a major foreign policy address today at the historic Riverside Church in New York City -- where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his Beyond Vietnam speech and where Ne more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER CELEBRATES GE AEROSPACE $225 MILLION INVESTMENT IN AEROSPACE RESEARCH CENTER, CREATING 75 NEW, GOOD-PAYING JOBS IN CAPITAL REGION * Major New Investment Upgrades Research Equipment And Modernizes Infrastructure To Support Next-Gen Aerospace Research Schumer Has Long History Of Supporting GE's Growth And Boosting Upstate New York As Leader In Aerospace Technology Research Schumer: The Sky Is The Limit For  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER STANDS WITH NEW YORK CENTERS AGAINST PROPOSED FEDERAL CHANGES TO HEAD START THAT THREATEN PROGRAMS SERVING ROUGHLY 40,000 NEW YORK CHILDREN * New York Providers Warn That Federal Changes Could Weaken Head Start Programs And Put Essential Services For Families At Risk Schumer Leads Senate Democrats Against Changes That Could Lower Head Start Quality Standards And Hurt New York Families Schumer: Head Start more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Thomas Suozzi, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Suozzi To Be Recognized as First Democratic Member of Congress To Be Awarded U.S. Chamber's "Advocate for American Business" Award * GLEN COVE, NY -Congressman Tom Suozzi (NY-03) was recognized today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with its "Advocate for American Business" Award during a stop of the Chamber's national Free Enterprise Express Opportunity Tour at Standard Bots in Glen Cove. U.S. Chamber Executive Vice President and Chief Policy O more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Paul D. Tonko, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Tonko Demands Answers on Buffalo Detention Center Expansion * WASHINGTON, DC -In a follow-up to his August visit to the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, U.S. Congressman Paul D. Tonko today is demanding answers and transparency on facility operations, namely on the facility expansion announced earlier this year. The first letter -sent to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin, as well as the Acting Direct more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Ro Khanna, D-California, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release: * * * Transcript of Ranking Member Ro Khanna's Remarks at Asia Society on U.S.-China AI Agreement Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting September 21, 2026 NEW YORK - Today, Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, delivered remar more PR