WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Congressman Greg Casar Leads Call For Free, Fair, Transparent Elections In Ecuador WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Greg Casar (TX-35) alongside Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Congressman Jonathan Jackson (IL-1) led 14 members of Congress in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling for him to support a free and fair electoral process in Ecuador. Ecuador's  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia Reintroduces Resolution to Honor Civil Rights Icon with National 'Dolores Huerta Day' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, on the 95th birthday of legendary labor and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29) reintroduced a resolution to designate April 10 as "Dolores Huerta Day" in her honor. The resolution celebrates Huerta's l more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Deluzio, Jayapal, Ryan, Craig Launch Monopoly Busters Caucus WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representatives Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Pat Ryan (NY-18), and Angie Craig (MN-02) are today launching the Monopoly Busters Caucus, a new caucus with nine Founding Members to fight corporate power and promote a pro-worker, pro-consumer, and pro-small business economic agenda. "Monopoli more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Mike Levin, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Democratic Lawmakers Call for Transparency on Member Stock Trading During Trump's Economic Chaos, Demand Ban be Considered by House April 10, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- Today, Democratic Representatives Mike Levin (CA-49), Joe Neguse (CO-02), Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and David Min (CA-47) penned a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson requesting tha more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Democratic Lawmakers call for Transparency on Member Stock Trading During Trump's Economic Chaos, Demand Ban be Considered by House Washington, D.C. -- Today, Democratic Representatives Joe Neguse, Seth Magaziner, Mike Levin, Steven Horsford, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and David Min penned a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson requesting that he call on every member of the House of Repr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Evans, House & Senate Colleagues Reintroduce 'Poverty-Busting' Bills to Expand Earned Income Tax Credit & Child Tax Credit WASHINGTON (April 11, 2025) - Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) and House and Senate colleagues have reintroduced what Evans calls "poverty-busting" legislation to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. Evans is sponsoring the House bill to expand the EI more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Jesus Garcia, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Garcia, Nadler Lead Colleagues in Opposing Attempted Firings of FTC Commissioners, Urging FTC to Address Nationwide Affordability Crisis WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (IL-04) and House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (NY-12) and 53 of their colleagues sent a letter to President Trump and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson strongly more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyle, Jayapal, Khanna Demand Answers Over Unauthorized Military Strikes in Yemen by Trump Administration For Immediate Release: April 9, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representatives Val Hoyle (OR-04), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and Ro Khanna (CA-17), are expressing major concerns over the lack of Congressional approval for U.S. military strikes in Yemen. "The U.S. Constitution is clear: Congress hold more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Huffman, Velazquez, Ocasio-Cortez, and Hernandez Press DOE to Deploy Renewable Energy Funds for Puerto Rico Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Pablo Jose Hernandez (D-PR) urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate solar installations under Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund's (PR-ERF) programs, w more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Huffman, Velazquez, Ocasio-Cortez, and Hernandez Press DOE to Deploy Renewable Energy Funds for Puerto Rico Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Pablo Jose Hernandez (D-PR) urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate solar in more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, Deluzio, Ryan, Craig Launch Monopoly Busters Caucus WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Pat Ryan (NY-18), and Angie Craig (MN-02) are today launching the Monopoly Busters Caucus, a new caucus with nine Founding Members to fight corporate greed and promote a pro-worker, pro-consumer, and pro-small business economic agenda. "Something is wrong more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, Khanna, Hoyle Demand Answers Over Unauthorized Military Strikes in Yemen by Trump Administration WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ro Khanna (CA-17), and Val Hoyle (OR-04) are expressing major concerns over the lack of Congressional approval for U.S. military strikes in Yemen. "The U.S. Constitution is clear: Congress holds the sole power to authorize offensive  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, Schakowsky, Espaillat, Panetta Introduce Legislation to Protect Immigrant Survivors of Violence WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) today introduced the Working for Immigrant Safety and Empowerment (WISE) Act to protect immigrant survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and gender-bas more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, Thompson, Raskin, Escobar Call on Trump to End the Detention of Immigrant Families WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, Bennie Thompson (MS-02), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Veronica Escob more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, Welch Raise Alarm Over Escalating Violence in West Bank, Assault of Hamdan Ballal WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) are raising the alarm over escalating violence in the West Bank, especially following the violent assault of Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, an Oscar-winning co-director of the documentary, No Other Land. The l 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 10 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Magaziner Calls for Transparency on Congressional Stock Trading Surrounding Trump's Tariff Announcement, Demands Ban be Considered by House WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Joe Neguse (CO-02), Mike Levin (CA-49), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), and David Min (CA-47) wrote a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson requesting that he call more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Grace Meng, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * MENG-ELECTED OFFICIALS ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT ON FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS FOR FLOODING QUEENS, NY - Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) and other elected officials from Queens issued the following joint statement on the Trump Administration's decision to revoke federal money to address flooding in Queens, in particular cuts to the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. The ele more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Nadler Leads New York Delegation Letter Requesting Full State Funding for MTA Capital Plan WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Dean of the New York Congressional Delegation, led a letter signed by members of New York's delegation to Governor Kathy Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, requesting full funding of the $ more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Nadler, Kennedy, Meng Lead New York Delegation in Push to Reverse Trump Administration's Elimination of Critical Disaster Mitigation Funds WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representatives Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Tim Kennedy (NY-26), and Grace Meng (NY-06) led a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Senior Official Performing the Duties of FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton urging the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Ocasio-Cortez, Casar, Jackson Lead Call For Free, Fair, Transparent Elections In Ecuador Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) alongside Congressman Greg Casar (TX-35) and Congressman Jonathan Jackson (IL-1) led 14 members of Congress in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling for him to support a free and fair electoral pr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Ocasio-Cortez, Dingell and 42 Colleagues Send Letter to the Administration Highlighting Damage to U.S. Health Care System Caused by Trump's Failed Immigration Policy Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-06) led 42 House Democrats in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Ocasio-Cortez, Nadler Lead NY Congressional Delegation in Requesting Meeting with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy After Cuts to NY State Health Funding Washington, D.C. - Today Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) led New York's entire Democratic Congressional delegation in writing to Department of Health and Human Servic more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Pocan, Blumenthal Introduce Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Resolution WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced a resolution to recognize April 10 as National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. While HIV/AIDS affects people of all backgrounds, prevention is key for young people, who are the group of people living with  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Raskin, Jayapal, Thompson, Escobar Call on Trump to End the Detention of Immigrant Families WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, Bennie Thompson (MS-02), Ranking Membe more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Rep. Gregory W. Meeks Joins New York Congressional Delegation in Request to Meet HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy on Cuts to NY State Health Funding WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) joined all 19 Democratic Members from New York in sending a letter, led by Reps. Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), to the U.S. Department of Heal 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

EL PASO, Texas, April 12 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release on April 11, 2025: * * * Representatives Escobar, Jayapal, Thompson, Raskin Call on Trump to End the Detention of Immigrant Families Today, U.S. Representatives Veronica Escobar (TX-16); Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee; Bennie Thompson (MS-02), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security; and Jamie Raskin (MD-08), R more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Meng, and Local Electeds Issue Joint Statement on Federal Funding Cuts for Flooding QUEENS, NY - Today, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Grace Meng (NY-06) and other elected officials from Queens issued the following joint statement on the Trump Administration's decision to revoke federal money to address flooding in Qu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * RYAN, JAYAPAL, DELUZIO, CRAIG LAUNCH MONOPOLY BUSTERS CAUCUS Ryan, Jayapal, Deluzio, Craig Launch Monopoly Busters Caucus The Monopoly Busters Caucus will Fight Corporate Greed and Promote a Pro-Worker, Pro-Consumer, Pro-Small Business Agenda WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representatives Pat Ryan (NY-18), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), and Angie Craig (MN-02) are today launching the Monopol more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * Velazquez and Ramirez Press Rubio for Answers on Human Rights Abuses at El Salvador Mega-Prison WASHINGTON- Today, Congresswomen Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) and Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL) led 21 House Democrats in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding answers and accountability for the transfer of individuals from U.S. custody to the Terrorism Confinement Center more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Velazquez, Ocasio-Cortez, Huffman, and Hernandez Press DOE to Deploy Renewable Energy Funds for Puerto Rico WASHINGTON -Today, Representatives Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), and Pablo Jose Hernandez (D-PR) urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate solar installations under Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund's (PR-ER 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 10 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * While Trump, Republicans, RFK, Jr. Dismantle HHS, Pressley, Warren Re-Introduce Bill to Confront Racism as a Public Health Crisis Anti-Racism in Public Health Act Would Require Federal Government to Actively Develop Anti-Racist Health Policy Bill Text (PDF) WASHINGTON - Today, with Trump and Republicans continuing their coordinated attack on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and RFK, more PR