WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Democrats Issue Statement on State Department's Partial Production of Venezuela Oil Deal Documents October 2, 2026 Washington, DC -- Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Joaquin Castro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, along with all Democratic Members of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand, Colleagues Introduce Bicameral Legislation To Depoliticize Military Promotions * U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined a bicameral group of colleagues to introduce the Military Officer Promotion Integrity Act. This bill would protect qualified military officers from being arbitrarily removed from promotion consideration for ideological or political reasons by establishing c more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Meeks Criticizes Rubio's Burma Policy Review After Junta Kills at Least 50 Civilians October 2, 2026 Washington, DC -- Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after a Burmese military airstrike on a market in Kyauktaw, Burma reportedly killed at least 50 civilians and injured another 58. The strike came as the Tr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (TNSbrep) -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Meeks, Shaheen, Jacobs, Merkley Issue Statement on Troubling GAO Report on Status of Trump Admin's Foreign Assistance October 2, 2026 Washington, DC -- Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Representative Sara Jacobs, Ranking Member of the Africa Subc more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following letter with co-signers to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on the U.S.-North American Blue Energy Partners agreement text: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 30, 2026 The Honorable Marco Rubio Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 - The Honorable Pete Hegseth Secretary of Defense U.S. Department of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on redirecting foreign military financing to Latin America: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 30, 2026 The Honorable Marco Rubio Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 Secretary Rubio, We are writi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Salinas, Sen. Booker Lead Eight Lawmakers in Calling on RV Industry to Remove Deforestation-Linked Timber from Supply Chains * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06), alongside Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) led eight Members of Congress in a letter urging the nation's leading recreational vehicle manufacturers to adopt more sustainable supply chain practices and shift their sourcing of hardwood away from producers that cont more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, ranking member of the House Administration Committee, issued the following letter with Reps. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, and Robert Garcia, D-California, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, to President Trump on the legality of taxpayer-funded television advertisement and federal election rules: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 25, 2026 The Honorable Donald Trump Pres more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * WTAS: Grassley Has "Done the Republic a Service" in Exposing Jack Smith's Weaponized Investigations * BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Last week, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released new bombshell records exposing former Special Counsel Jack Smith's weaponized investigations targeting President Trump, members of the media and thousands of everyday Americans. Here's what they're saying about Grassley's oversight: New Y more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * 10.05.2026 WTAS: Grassley Has "Done the Republic a Service" in Exposing Jack Smith's Weaponized Investigations BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Last week, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released new bombshell records exposing former Special Counsel Jack Smith's weaponized investigations targeting President Trump, members of the media and thousands of everyday Americans. Here's more PR