WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings On February 14, the Commission held a hybrid public hearing on audit procedures for non-publicly funded political committees. Five witnesses provided testimony at the hearing. * * * Enforcement The Commission made public three closed cases, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Enforcement Query System. MUR 7750 COMPLAINANTS: Rev. Dr.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor on the upcoming one year anniversary since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Murphy highlighted that calls to end U.S. support to Ukraine by Donald Trump and the MAGA wing of the Republican Party undermines U.S. security interests and reflects the  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Feb. 17 -- The New Hampshire Republican Party issued the following news: House Democrats unconscionably voted in lockstep to force Education Freedom Account (EFA) students back into schools that weren't meeting their needs, in stark contrast to Republican proposals to expand access to better meet the needs of Granite State students. In response Chairman Ager released the following statement: "New Hampshire Democrats seeking to undermine and roll back Education Freedom i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2023: The Ripon Society held a breakfast discussion yesterday with Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), who shared her thoughts on the importance of passing permitting reform in the wake of last year's infrastructure improvement bill, and why she is optimistic that Republicans can find common ground on that and other priorities in the coming year. "It is an enormous issue for this country," the Mountain Stat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Feb. 16, 2023: * * * UKRAINE Mr. President, I rise today to offer some words in support of Ukraine as we approach the 1-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion. Although the U.S. Government made public warnings about this premeditated attack for months in advance, it is still, frankly, shocking, in retrospect, when you think about wh  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Feb. 16, 2023: * * * CHINA Mr. President, so as the Senate closed business last night, we did something that I think would make the American people proud. The Senate spoke in one voice condemning the Chinese Communist Party for brazenly violating American sovereignty with their surveillance balloons earlier this month. Our resolution--bipartisan  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Feb. 13, 2023: * * * REMEMBERING DAVID FERDINAND DURENBERGER Madam President, thank you to my colleague Senator Klobuchar for those very personal words about our shared friend, Senator Dave Durenberger. I rise today with my colleague Senator Klobuchar to honor the life of Senator Dave Durenberger, whom we lost, as Amy said, on January 31. Archie and I  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 18 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2023: Republicans in Virginia's House of Delegates killed Democratic Sen. Adam Ebbin's proposed constitutional amendment, which would have given Virginia voters the ability to decide whether or not to remove the antiquated, hateful ban on same-sex marriages currently preserved in Virginia's constitution. Sen. Ebbin's amendment, SJ 242, would have posed the question to Virginia voters in a  more