WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * October 16, 2026 Ranking Member Robert Garcia Statement Following Unannounced Oversight Visit to Adelanto ICE Detention Facility Adelanto, CA -- Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement after conducting an unannounced oversight visit to the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcemen more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 17 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following text of a radio address: * * * The First Graduating Class of the Alfond Grant October 16, 2026 Hello, this is Governor Janet Mills, and thank you for listening. We all hear about the Alfond Foundation--the Alfond generosity--but Harold Alfond was an uncommon man. He was a product of the Great Depression, and in 1939, he was a 25 year old when he was on his way to the Skowhegan Fair, and he picked up a hitchhiker who told him about an abandoned shoe factory for sale  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Hirono, Senate Colleagues Press Trump Administration on Illegal Reallocation of Funding for Minority Serving Institutions * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representatives Grace Meng (D-N.Y.-06), Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.-13), and Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.-09), pressed U.S. Department of Education (ED more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Visits Sargent Corporation in Orono * Click HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos. ORONO, ME - U.S. Senator Susan Collins visited Sargent Corporation in Orono yesterday, where she met with employee-owners and company leadership and toured their facility. Sargent is a fully employee-owned construction company specializing in site preparation and infrastructure projects, including utilities, airports, and energy developm more PR