WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) announced he would be delivering commencement addresses to the graduating Class of 2024 at three historically Black universities throughout the South this May. The Senator, an alum of Atlanta's Morehouse College, will serve as the featured commencement speaker at Albany State University (Albany, GA), as well as Tennessee State University (Nashville, TN)  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: SAN ANTONIO - Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a longtime Congressional leader in the effort to expand access to health care for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, released the following statement praising the Biden administration's action to remove the prohibition that prevented DACA recipients from enrolling in coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace: "Over the   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release: Congressman Pat Ryan Announces May Schedule for C.A.R.E.S. Van Events Constituent Advocacy Resources Empowerment Services (C.A.R.E.S.) Van's May events will bring assistance with federal agencies to communities across NY-18 Today, Congressman Pat Ryan announced the schedule for the May events for his mobile office, the Constituent Advocacy Resources Empowerment Services (C.A.R.E.S.) Van. The Van, staffed by hig  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Hartford, CT - Today, the Connecticut Congressional Delegation announced $28,650,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to help Connecticut identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water. "The Connecticut Congressional delegation worked together to secure significant investments in upgrading our state's clean water infrastructure through the Bipartisan Infra  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) joined U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and the entire Senate Republican conference in sending a letter to President Biden calling for his administration to withdraw its support for two international agreements being considered at this month's World Health Assembly (WHA) that would grant greater authority to the dysfunctional World Health Organization (WHO) and potentially   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: [AURORA, IL] - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL-11) announced a $1,499,110 grant for the Quad County Urban League as part of the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) YouthBuild Program, a community-based pre-apprenticeship program that provides job training and educational services for 16 to 24 year-olds who left school without a  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor highlighting next week's Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Dream Deferred: The Urgent Need to Protect Immigrant Youth." The hearing will emphasize the urgent need for Congress to pass legal protections for noncitizens who were brought to the United States as children. "Dreamers are young peop  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio celebrates Bon Tool, a small locally-owned business in Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District, for receiving the Small Business Administration's (SBA) 2024 Exporter of the Year award for the Mid-Atlantic region, Pennsylvania region, and the Western Pennsylvania region. Bon Tool produces over 8,000 varieties of specialty hand tools and sells them around   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after introducing the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act. This bill would combat radical bail policies by ensuring judges and prosecutors know a defendant's criminal history and bring accountability to bail bonds. Specifically, the bill would allow state and local jurisdictions to use Byrne grant f  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release: Following Recommended Decision in Central Hudson Rate Case, Congressman Pat Ryan Again Demands That the Public Service Commission Deny Any Rate Increase, Hold Additional Public Hearings Central Hudson entered into litigation with the PSC over its rate case in January; yesterday, the Administrative Law Judges assigned to the case recommended a partial rate increase. Ryan has repeatedly called on PSC to deny th  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), along with Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), today met with Biden administration officials about federal student aid issues and challenges the FAFSA asset question has posed for farm families. Education Department attendees included Rich Cordray, Chief Operating Officer for the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), and Melanie St  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a grant of $1,002,963 to the Clinch Valley Community Action Head Start program. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released the following statement: "Clinch Valley Community Action is an important advocate for early education programs serving the Counties of Bland, Smyth, Tazewell and Wythe." "This $1,002,963 grant from HHS will cove  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled "A Hearing with the President of EcoHealth Alliance, Dr. Peter Daszak" to examine EcoHealth Alliance's (EcoHealth) use of U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). This hearing also served to hold Dr. Daszak pub  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions released the following testimony by Mairin Mancino, senior advisor for policy at the Peterson Center on Healthcare, from a hearing on April 16, 2024, entitled "ERISA's 50th Anniversary: the Path to Higher Quality, Lower Cost Health Care." ERISA is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. * * * Chairman Good, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and distinguished members of the C  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Shane Liermann, deputy national legislative director of Disabled American Veterans, from an oversight hearing on April 11, 2024, entitled "U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026": * * * Chairman Bost, Ranking Member Takano and Members of the Committee: On behalf of The Independent Budget veterans service organizations (IBVSOs)--DAV (Disabled American Vetera  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: **To watch Senator Capito's questioning, click here or on the image above.** CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD), questioned U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg during a hearing to review the preside  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) held a hearing to question U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland about the President's budget request for the DOI for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25). During the hearing, Chairman Manchin discussed DOI's expected loss in revenue due to plans to cut back on oil and gas lease sales, DOI's lack of progress on   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $29,917,000 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to remove and replace lead pipes in communities across Maryland. The federal funding, provided through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior appropriator on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Labor-Health and Human Services (L-HHS) Subcommittee, announced today with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that $29,880,604 in State Opioid Response (SOR) grants are   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following news release: Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, for the House Judiciary Committee field hearing on "Victims of Violent Crime in Philadelphia": "Mr. Chairman, today, the Majority has insisted that we go to Philadelphia, the fourth stop in a tour of cities that Republicans have selected as they try to distract from the fact that they have no meaningful solu  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 4 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Today, Rhode Island's Congressional delegation announced that the Ocean State is getting $1,482,715 in federal funding from AmeriCorps to support key community projects in Providence and Woonsocket. Specifically, this federal funding will support programs managed by TerraCorps, an environmental nonprofit committed to land protection and stewardship, and the Woonsocket Neighborhood  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washington, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: This week, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) voted with the House of Representatives to reauthorize the National Landslide Preparedness Act through 2028, which would help save lives, protect communities and property, and improve natural disaster emergency preparedness. Earlier this year, Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and Kim Schrier, MD (WA-08),   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Today, May 3, 2024, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) visited Ma'ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls to announce a record $4.8 million in Nonprofit Security Grants to 34 nonprofit organizations across North Jersey. The grantees -- a mix of synagogues, mosques, churches, gurdwaras, religious schools, and religious community centers -- will use their Nonprofit Security Grants to inves  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) joined Westside leaders and housing advocates to celebrate his office securing nearly $3 million for affordable housing projects in San Antonio in this year's Congressional budget. "Housing is a fundamental right, and people not only have a right to live -- but to live well," said Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas). "The people who build, serve, and make San A  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Today, Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) joined Chairman Jim Jordan and the House Judiciary Committee for a Field Hearing in Philadelphia to address rising crime. The hearing, "Victims of Violent Crime in Philadelphia," examined how District Attorney Larry Krasner's pro-criminal policies have emboldened criminals at the expense of victims and city residents. Philadelphia's anti-law enforcement   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) today released the following statement on H.R. 6090, the Antisemitism Awareness Act. "I am a cosponsor of the Countering Antisemitism Act, with Representatives Kathy Manning (D-N.C.) and Chris Smith (R-N.J.), legislation which implements key features of President Biden's National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. It would establish the first-ever National Coordinator to Count  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-New York, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY), along with Rep. Jennifer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR) and Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), introduced the Healthy Affordable Housing Act to address the dire shortage of safe, affordable housing units for American families. The U.S. is currently in need of 7.3 million additional affordable housing units for families most in need. "There is no issue more i  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger yesterday joined Fredericksburg officials and community leaders to celebrate the federal funding successfully secured for local projects as part of a U.S. House and U.S. Senate-passed fiscal year (FY)2024 appropriations bill. The major investment in this community-requested project totals $637,195 that was signed into law and is now headed to the city. Spanberger   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Dale W. Strong, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Representatives Dale W. Strong (R-AL), Lou Correa (D-CA), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), and Glenn Ivey (D-MD), introduced H.R. 8140, the "Supporting Every at-Risk Veteran In Critical Emergencies (SERVICE) Act." 13 additional Members joined as original cosponsors of the bill. The SERVICE Act would establish a pilot program to allow local law enforcement agencies to use the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Of  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. sent a follow-up letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) after being in constant communication with Secretary Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Small following an announcement by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) confirming that the agency will submit a notice of intent to USDA to participate in the Summer EBT program.   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Wild led a bipartisan group of Members of Congress in a letter urging support for Campus-Based Student Financial Aid Programs in the Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations process. Specifically, the Members requested $1.15 billion for the Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (SEOG) program and $1.603 billion for the Federal Work Study (FWS) program. With 93 additional signatories, Rep. Wild nearly   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Wild joined Congressman Carter [R-GA-01], Congresswoman Dingell [D-MI-12], and Congresswoman Kiggans [R-VA-02] in leading 10 of their colleagues in a letter urging the programs enacted by the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act receive full funding in the Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations process. Named in honor of Dr. Lorna Breen, an emergency room physician who tragical  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Today, Rhode Island's Congressional delegation announced that the Ocean State is getting $1,482,715 in federal funding from AmeriCorps to support key community projects in Providence and Woonsocket. Specifically, this federal funding will support programs managed by TerraCorps, an environmental nonprofit committed to land protection and stewardship, and the Woonsocket Neighborhood Deve  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), along with every other Senate Republican, joined Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) in calling for the Biden administration to withdraw its support for two international agreements being considered at this month's World Health Assembly (WHA) that would grant greater authority to the dysfunctional World Health Organization (WHO) and potentially weaken United States sovereignty. "Some  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) praised today's Senate vote to proceed to considering the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, a bill that he authored with Senate Commerce Committee Chairwoman Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.). The legislation represents a bicameral, bipartisan agreement that will meaningfully address the challenges facing the aviation industry that have become abundantly c  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Jon Ossoff is launching an inquiry with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to strengthen transportation options in rural Georgia. Earlier this month, Sen. Ossoff launched an inquiry with the FTA requesting an update on the implementation of his Local Transit Planning Support Act, which was signed into law in 2021 as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law. The Local Planning Transit Support Act  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues to introduce new legislation that would boost federal research on menopause and would--for the first time--coordinate the federal government's existing programs related to menopause and mid-life women's health. The Advancing Menopause and Mid-Life Women's Health Act would strengthen and expand federal research on menopause, health care wo  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. spoke on the Senate Floor on National College Decision Day. Today, millions of students' futures are in limbo due to the Department of Educations botched FAFSA Application process. In Kansas alone, thousands of students have been affected by the new FAFSA roll out failures. For months, Senator Marshall has written letters demanding answers and updates from the Department of Ed  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: In a letter sent Thursday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), demanded Interior Secretary Deb Haaland explain how her department is not violating the law when the Department of the Interior (DOI) cancelled legally obtained oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The competitive oil and gas leasing program in the non-wilderness Coastal Plain of ANWR was established in the Tax Cuts an  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that 17 Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) in Maine have been awarded a total of $11,648,244 through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Public Housing Capital Fund Formula Grant program to support the development, financing, and modernization of Public Housing projects and for management i  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. John Garamendi, D-California, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: This week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo informed Reps. John Garamendi (D-CA-08) and Mark Pocan (D-WI-02) that the Department of Commerce would take up their request to appoint a labor union representative to the National Advisory Board for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program. The Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program is a public-private partnership with cen  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, announced grants for 70 farms and small businesses across rural and Greater Minnesota to install clean energy technology on their farms. This round of funding for Minnesota totals nearly $8 million. This initiative is possible through the Renewable Energy for America (REAP) program, which Senator Smith championed and strengthened in  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: MINNEAPOLIS, MN - U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) announced two grants that will expand residential solar projects in Minnesota. The first grant will help increase solar adoption in lower-income communities who are often excluded from clean energy projects. The second award will help build solar energy capacity for Minnesota Tribal communities. These "Solar for All" grants are made possible by Presiden  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) and the Senate Republican conference sent a letter to President Biden calling for his Administration to withdraw its support for two international agreements being considered at this month's World Health Assembly (WHA) that would grant greater authority to the dysfunctional World Health Organization (WHO) and potentially weaken United States sovereignty. The letter highlights the WHO  more