WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Smith Introduce Bicameral Legislative Package to Bolster Childhood Nutrition Programs [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tina Smith (D-MN) today introduced a pair of bicameral bills aimed at improving access to nutritious meals for children in child care settings by making critical updates to the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The CACF more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Joins Colleagues in Letter Demanding Answers, Return of Maryland Father Wrongfully Deported to El Salvador [Hartford, CT] - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and 24 of his colleagues wrote to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tedd Lyons urging them to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a father wh more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker, Wyden, Cortez Masto, Padilla Seek Watchdog Investigation of Potential Trump Admin. Violations of Taxpayer Privacy Laws WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, (D-OR), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) wrote to the acting Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration seeking an investigation into report more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman Helps Introduce Bipartisan Measure to Support Full Benefits for Disabled Veterans WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and 40 of their colleagues in reintroducing the bipartisan Major Richard Star Act. The bill allows combat-injured veterans with fewer than 20 years of military service to receive the full retirement benefi more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 10 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 9, 2025: * * * Written by Bill Glahn Feeding Our Future: Keith Ellison caught on tape! Keith Ellison, Minnesota's Attorney General, can clearly be heard pledging his support to individuals who would soon become his family's campaign donors and later Feeding Our Future criminal defendants. His r more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 6 [Category: BizMedia] -- CNN posted the following news: * * * CNN TO HOST LIVE TOWN HALL WITH SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS April 6th, 2025 CNN's Town Hall Airs Live Wednesday, April 9 Moderated by CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper Town Hall to Air Live at 9pmET on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Espanol Washington, DC - (April 6, 2025) - CNN will host a live Town Hall with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) at 9pmET on Wednesday, April 9 from Washington, DC. The Town Hall  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 7, 2025: * * * Congressional Democrats Demand McMahon Reverse Abrupt Policy Change Halting Funding for Schools Nationwide Top authorizers and appropriators press Trump's Department of Education for details about its' abrupt halt of funding for state governments and school districts that adds a bureaucratic hurdle to reimbursement an more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Cut Taxes for Working Americans ***VIDEO AVAILABLE*** Video of the Senator's remarks at a press conference introducing this critical legislation is available here. Video download is available here. Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) led 43 of their Senate colleagues in introduci more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on April 7, 2025: * * * DeLauro, Scott, Murray, Sanders, Baldwin Demand McMahon Reverse Abrupt Policy Change Halting Funding for Schools Nationwide Top appropriators and authorizers press Trump's Department of Education for details about its abrupt halt of funding for state governments and school districts that adds a bureaucratic hurdle to reimbu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Democrats Demand McMahon Reverse Abrupt Policy Change Halting Funding for Schools Nationwide Top authorizers and appropriators press Trump's Department of Education for details about its' abrupt halt of funding for state governments and school districts that adds a bureaucratic hurdle to reimbursement and will harm student recovery following the pandemic. As originally released by the Committee more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Colleagues To Demand Answers, Return Of Maryland Father Wrongfully Deported To El Salvador April 08, 2025 "When the Administration makes a mistake as severe as sending an individual with protected status to a foreign prison, it cannot simply shrug off responsibility and allege that there is nothing it can do to reunite him with his wife and child, who are American citiz more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Colleagues To Demand Answers, Return Of Maryland Father Wrongfully Deported To El Salvador WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today joined U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and 22 Senators in wr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 7, 2025: * * * Durbin, Sanders Call On Trump To Release Ozturk, Khalil, & All Those Targeted For Political Activities Protected By First Amendment WASHINGTON - Following the arrests of Rumeysa Ozturk, Mahmoud Khalil, and reports of numerous other students, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary C more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Senate Democrats Demand Answers On Dismantling Of U.S. Refugee Admissions Program WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee; and Peter Welch (D-VT), Ranking Member of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand Joins 178 Colleagues In Introducing Bill To Raise Federal Minimum Wage To $17 By 2030 U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduced the Raise the Wage Act alongside 32 of her colleagues in the Senate and 146 members of the House of Representatives. This bicameral legislation would raise the minimum wage to $17 for all workers and gradually eliminate subminimum wages for tipped workers more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Introduces Legislation to Save Lives, Protect Communities from Gun Violence Heinrich's GOSAFE Act and BUMP Act would protect communities from gun violence, while safeguarding Americans' constitutional right to own a firearm for legitimate self-defense, hunting, and sporting purposes WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced his Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic F more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Join Senate Democrats in Demanding Trump Rescind Illegal Executive Order Threatening Federal Employee Collective Bargaining Agreements Washington, D.C. - Wednesday, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in urging President Donald Trump to rescind his March 27 executive order to end collective bargaining agreeme more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Join Senate Democrats in Demanding Trump Rescind Illegal Executive Order Threatening Federal Employee Collective Bargaining Agreements Washington, D.C. - Wednesday, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in urging President Donald Trump to rescind his March 27 executive order to end collective bargaining agreeme more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Join Senate Democrats in Demanding Trump Rescind Illegal Executive Order Threatening Federal Employee Collective Bargaining Agreements Washington, D.C. - Wednesday, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in urging President Donald Trump to rescind his March 27 executive order to end collective bargaining agreeme more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * In Open Letter to the American Public, Senate Democrats Warn Against Republican Cuts to Health Care to Pay for Tax Handouts for Billionaires As Republicans Consider Budget Measure to Fast Track Health Care Cuts, Democrats Urge Americans to Stand Up and Speak Out Washington, D.C. - Senate Democrats sent an open letter to the American publ more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * In Open Letter to the American Public, Wyden, Merkley, Senate Democrats Warn Against Republican Cuts to Health Care to Pay for Tax Handouts for Billionaires As Republicans Consider Budget Measure to Fast Track Health Care Cuts, Democrats Urge Americans to Stand Up and Speak Out Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - Senate Democrats sent an open letter to the American public today, warning f more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine & Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Protect Communities from Gun Violence WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and his Senate colleagues introduced the Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion (GOSAFE) Act and the bipartisan Banning Unlawful Machinegun Parts (BUMP) Act, two pieces of legislation that will help protect communities from gun violence by limiting large capacity a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine & Colleagues Raise Concerns Regarding Closure of 35 Mine Safety and Health Administration Offices WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wrote to Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer regarding the proposal from the "Department of Government Efficiency" to close 35 Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) fi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly Backs Efforts to Cut Taxes for Parents, Working Americans Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and 43 of their Senate colleagues introduced the American Family Act and the Tax Cut for Workers Act to give millions of working Americans a much-needed tax break and permanently expand the Child Tax Credit. Together, these bills would lower costs and delive more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $17 by 2030, Benefitting Nearly 22 Million Americans Today, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) joined a group of his colleagues in introducing the Raise the Wage Act, bicameral legislation to ensure American workers earn a living wage, drive economic growth, and reduce income inequality by raising the minimum wage to $17 for all workers. Last year, nearl more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Labor Leaders Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage The Raise the Wage Act of 2025 would gradually raise the minimum wage to $17 by 2030 and give roughly 22 million Americans a long-overdue raise. As originally released by the Committee on Education and Workforce, Democrats (link is external) WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), House Committee on Education and more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * Labor Leaders Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage WASHINGTON - Today, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, and Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, introduced the Raise the Wage Act of 2025. According more PR

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Padilla, Warnock Lead Group Demanding Reversal of Mass Firings of Head Start, Office of Child Care Employees Lujan and Warnock are the only two Head Start alumni to serve in the U.S. Senate Senators to Secretary Kennedy: "The termination of staff is alarming and will compound the challenges already facing these programs and services...with no clear planning nor considerations for how ear more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Padilla, Warnock Lead Group Demanding Reversal of Mass Firings of Head Start, Office of Child Care Employees Lujan and Warnock are the only two Head Start alumni to serve in the U.S. Senate Senators to Secretary Kennedy: "The termination of staff is alarming and will compound the challenges already facing these programs and services...with no clear planning nor considerations for how ear more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Padilla, Warnock Lead Group Demanding Reversal of Mass Firings of Head Start, Office of Child Care Employees Lujan and Warnock are the only two Head Start alumni to serve in the U.S. Senate Senators to Secretary Kennedy: "The termination of staff is alarming and will compound the challenges already facing these programs and services...with no clear planning nor considerations for how ear more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Join Domestic Care Workers from Across the Country for a Town Hall WASHINGTON, April 10 - As the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress plan massive cuts to Medicaid, which supports home care for millions of seniors and Americans with disabilities, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HEL more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden Get Behind Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined colleagues to reintroduce the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bicameral legislation to guarantee the right of public sector employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively in states more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden Reintroduce Legislation to Guarantee Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Proceedings Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined colleagues in reintroducing the Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2025, legislation to provide unaccompanied children with legal representation in court when they appear in proceedings before an immigr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden Reintroduce Legislation to Guarantee Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Proceedings Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined colleagues in reintroducing the Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2025, legislation to provide unaccompanied children with legal representation in court when they appear in proceedings before an immigrati more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, 35 Senators Introduce Bicameral Legislation To Guarantee Union Rights For Public Workers WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 35 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bicameral legislation t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, Connecticut Delegation Demand McMahon Reverse Abrupt Policy Change Halting Funding For Schools Nationwide WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03) and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05) joined 71 members of Congress in sending a letter  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Murray, Sanders, DeLauro, Scott, Baldwin Demand McMahon Reverse Abrupt Policy Change Halting Funding for Schools Nationwide Top appropriators and authorizers press Trump's Department of Education for details about its' abrupt halt of funding for state governments and school districts that adds a bureaucratic hurdle to reimbursement and will harm student recovery following the pandemic Washington more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on April 7, 2025: * * * Murray, Sanders, DeLauro, Scott, Baldwin Demand McMahon Reverse Abrupt Policy Change Halting Funding for Schools Nationwide Top appropriators and authorizers press Trump's Department of Education for details about its' abrupt halt of funding for state governments and school districts that adds a bureaucratic hurdle to reimbursemen more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * New England Senators Demand Answers on Reports White House May Eliminate Regional FEMA Office WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined all ten of their Senate colleagues representing New England states in seeking answers about reports that the Trump Administration is considering eliminating certain Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regiona more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders Statement on Trump Tariff Announcement WASHINGTON, April 9 - After Trump posted o n social media yet another change to his sweeping global tariffs, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement: As someone who strongly opposed disastrous unfettered free trade deals with China, Mexico and other low-wage countries, I understand that we need trade policies that ben more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders, 30 Senate Colleagues Demand Trump Reinstate Workers Providing Critical Heating Assistance to Americans WASHINGTON, April 11 - After President Donald Trump and Elon Musk arbitrarily fired every worker in the office that helps working class families with children and seniors on fixed incomes stay warm in the winter and cool in the summer, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders, Scott, 174 Colleagues Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $17 by 2030, Benefitting Nearly 22 Million Americans WASHINGTON, April 8 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, alongside 32 colleagues more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * PHOTOS & VIDEO: Hirono, Norcross Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively ~ Photos and video of press conference are available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and U.S. Representative Donald Norcross (D-NJ) reintroduced the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bicameral legislation to guarantee t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Back Bill to Cut Taxes for Working Americans WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to target tax relief to workers, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today joined Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and 42 of their Senate colleagues in introducing the Tax Cut for Workers Act to give millions of working Americans a much-needed tax break. In stark contrast t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Seek Answers & Return of Maryland Father Wrongfully Deported to El Salvador WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Justice admitted the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia -- a father who was living legally in the United States under protected status -- was an "administrative error." Mr. Garcia, 29, who fled El Salavador in 2006 and migrated to the U.S. in 2011, is married with a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Seek to Raise Federal Minimum Wage to $17 by 2030 WASHINGTON, DC - The last time the federal minimum wage was raised it was July of 2009 - Barack Obama had just been elected president, iPads hadn't come out yet, and the world was experiencing a global recession. Since then, corporate profits have risen as has the costs of goods, but the federal minimum wage -- which is supposed to more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Lee, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage **For Immediate Release** SummerLeePress@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 8, 2025 -- Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12), a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce joined Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03)and Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pe more PR

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Sanders, 30 Senate Colleagues Demand Trump Reinstate Workers Providing Critical Heating Assistance to Americans WASHINGTON, April 11 - After President Donald Trump and Elon Musk arbitrarily fired every worker in the office that helps working class families with children and seniors on fixed incomes stay warm in the wint more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Sanders, Scott, 174 Colleagues Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $17 by 2030, Benefitting Nearly 22 Million Americans WASHINGTON, April 8 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-Va.), Ranking Member o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following floor remarks on April 9, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. President refers to the presiding officer of the Senate at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. President, I am delighted that, today, the U.S. Senate is going to confirm Governor Mike Huckabee to be our U.S. Ambassador to Israel. Governor Huckabee is a fierce friend to one of our closest allies. He is the right leader to have this very important job more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Markey Joins Sen. Hirono, Rep. Norcross in Introducing Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to join Unions, Bargain Collectively Washington (April 8, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today joined Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Representative Donald Norcross (D-NJ) in re more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Moran Joins Colleagues in Reintroducing Legislation to Expand Telehealth Access WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) joined a bipartisan group of 60 senators in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. The CONNECT for Health Act will expand coverage of telehealth services through Medicare, make COVID-19 telehealt more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Coons, colleagues send letter demanding answers, return of Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and 23 other senators wrote to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons urging them to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Blunt Rochester join in introducing bill to fully fund special education WASHINGTON - Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.) joined in introducing the IDEA Full Funding Act, legislation to ensure Congress finally fulfills its commitment to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Fifty years ago, Congress passed IDEA to ensure that  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Gillibrand, Wyden Lead A Group Of 21 Senators In Demanding That The Trump Administration Stop Their Attacks On Social Security Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Senator Ron Wyden, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, led a group of 21 senators in a letter calling on the Trump administration and the so-calle more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia released the following testimony by Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi from an April 1, 2025, hearing entitled "Censorship-Industrial Complex: The Need for First Amendment Safeguards at the State Department": * * * On March 14, 2016, Barack Obama signed executive order 13721, "Developing a New Integrated 'Global Engagement Center' To Support Government-wide Counterterrorism Communications Activities Direc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Joins Hirono, Norcross in Introducing Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and U.S. Representative Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) in reintroducing the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bicameral legislation to guarantee the right of public s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Leads 24 Colleagues in Letter Demanding Answers, Return of Maryland Father Wrongfully Deported to El Salvador Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and 24 Senators wrote to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tedd Lyons urging them to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a father who was living legally, under protecte more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Murray, Sanders, Baldwin Demand Answers on Trump, RFK Jr. Ripping $12 Billion Away from Communities to Tackle Public Health Threats, Opioids Crisis, & More U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) in a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robe more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Vermont Congressional Delegation Calls on HHS to Reinstate Fired Workers and Protect Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) LIHEAP provides heating assistance for more than 26,000 Vermonters WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Vermont Congressional Delegation, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-At Large) called on the Department more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner & Kaine Join Colleagues in Letter Emphasizing Immense Harm Shuttering Department of Education will have on Students with Disabilities WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, (both D-VA) joined 19 of their senate colleagues in writing to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to emphasize the detrime more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Colleagues Question HHS Secretary RFK Jr. on Decision to Fire Workers Tasked with Protecting Coal Miner Health and Safety WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), joined by U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushing back on his decision to gut the National Institute of Oc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, & Colleagues Question HHS Secretary RFK Jr. on Decision to Fire Workers Tasked with Protecting Coal Miner Health and Safety WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushing back on his decision to gut the National Institute of Occupat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Demand Answers and Return of Maryland Father Wrongfully Deported to El Salvador WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined 23 of their Senate colleagues in urging U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a father who was more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Wyden Launch Investigation into Google, Microsoft Partnerships with AI Developers Anthropic, OpenAI "We are concerned that corporate partnerships within the AI sector discourage competition, circumvent our antitrust laws, and result in fewer choices and higher prices for businesses and consumers using AI tools." Text of Letter to Google/Anthropic (PDF) | Text of Letter to Microsof more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins Van Hollen, 23 Senate Colleagues in Letter Demanding Answers, Return of Maryland Father Wrongfully Deported to El Salvador WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and 23 Senators in writing to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tedd Lyons urging them to return Ki more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Leads Bicameral Letter Raising Alarm Over Escalating Violence in West Bank, Assault of Hamdan Ballal Ballal is an Oscar-winning co-director of the documentary No Other Land WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) today led 29 of their bicameral colleagues in raising the alarm over escalating violence in the West Bank. In a letter  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Leads Every Northeastern Senator in Bipartisan Request for Answers on Reports White House May Eliminate Regional FEMA Office WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led 11 of his Northeastern colleagues in requesting answers from President Trump on reports that the White House is considering a proposal to eliminate certain Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) regional  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Padilla, Durbin Lead Colleagues in Demanding Answers on Dismantling of U.S. Refugee Admissions Program Senators to Secretaries Rubio and Noem: "These actions undermine America's longstanding commitment to humanitarian protection and place thousands of vulnerable individuals--many of whom served alongside U.S. armed forces--at grave risk" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D- more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Co-Sponsors Bills Aimed at Protecting Communities from Gun Violence Legislation would save lives while safeguarding Americans' constitutional right to own firearms Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today announced he is co-sponsoring two bills that would protect schools and communities from mass gun violence while underscoring Americans' constitutional right to own firearms for legitimate more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Bonamici, Salinas Join Colleagues Demanding McMahon Reverse Abrupt Policy Change Halting Funding for Schools Nationwide Lawmakers press Trump's Department of Education about its abrupt halt of funding for state governments and school districts that adds an unnecessary hurdle to reimbursement and will harm students following the pandemic. Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., w more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Bonamici, Salinas Join Colleagues Demanding McMahon Reverse Abrupt Policy Change Halting Funding for Schools Nationwide Lawmakers press Trump's Department of Education about its abrupt halt of funding for state governments and school districts that adds an unnecessary hurdle to reimbursement and will harm students following the pandemic. Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with U.S more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Wyden, Cortez Masto, Warren, Padilla Seek Watchdog Investigation of Potential Trump Admin. Violations of Taxpayer Privacy Laws New Request for Investigation Comes as Treasury Secretary Agrees to Leak Millions of Protected Records to DHS, Multiple Senior IRS Officials Announce Intent to Leave Agency Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Commit more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Salinas, Pingree, Tokuda Lead Colleagues in Slamming Trump Administration for Censoring Agricultural Research Crucial to Rural Communities Leaked Agricultural Research Service memo contains a sweeping list of banned words, including "climate," "affordable housing," and "safe drinking water." Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas, D-Ore., Che more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Wyden, Whitehouse Lead Colleagues in Demanding Answers on DOGE's Access to the Sensitive National Child Support Database The Federal Parent Locator Service Holds Identifying Information of All Working Americans, Whether or Not They Pay Child Support Career HHS employees were silenced, ignored, and even potentially purged for refusing to more PR