WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, Rep. Jim Banks introduced the American Students First Act, legislation to prohibit the Education Department from allowing illegal immigrants to participate in the TRIO program, a collection of eight federally funded and administered college prep programs for low-income Americans, first generation college students, and students with disabilities. You can find the full bill text here an  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China--and Indiana's U.S. Senator Todd Young announced their Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act today passed the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The bicameral, bipartisan bill strengthens the United States' policy to promote dialogue between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Dalai La  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released a staff report today finding that state attorneys general misused their Medicaid investigative and consumer protection authorities to persecute teens and adults seeking transgender health care, harming patients and causing a spike in LGBTQIA+ teens and adults seeking crisis mental health servic  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Last night, the United States Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) to commemorate and support the goals of World Quantum Day, which is recognized annually on April 14th. The resolution highlights the importance of the quantum mechanics that are part of the technologies use  more