WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Africa will convene a hearing entitled, "Great Power Competition Implications in Africa: The Chinese Communist Party" on Tuesday, April 18th. What: Hearing - "Great Power Competition Implications in Africa: The Chinese Communist Party" Date: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 Time: 2:30pmET Locat  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) released the following statement after the Library of Congress announced that Irene Cara's "Flashdance...What A Feeling" and Daddy Yankee's "Gasolina" have been selected for induction into the National Recording Registry, the nation's archive of recorded sound. Last fall, Rep. Castro and Reps. Raul Ruiz (CA-25) and Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) led the Congre  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 14 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, following his request, moved to grant access to Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid coverage and financial assistance to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients: "For more than ten years, hundreds of thousands of young Americans have been   more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release and letter: This week, Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) led eleven of his Republican colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen expressing concerns about potential disproportionate impacts of recent regulator actions on small community banks across the country. The signers agreed that lenders who provide credit and capital to our communities should not be punished for poor ris  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: "This decision from a district court judge in Texas stripping all women in our country of their right to safe and effective medical care is an outrageous attack on reproductive freedom. For over 20 years this medication has safely aided women, yet in one fell swoop a single judge has put thou  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, joined Mornings with Maria to discuss President Biden's anti-American energy agenda. Highlights: On the so-called "Inflation Reduction Act": "All the all the warning signs should be going off as people follow this money through. Look, the so-called Inflation Reduction Act last August was never a good idea to begin wi  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues to introduce the Find and Protect Foster Youth Act - legislation led by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas). This bill would create a feedback loop between states and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration of Children and Families (ACF) to provide   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined 19 of her Republican colleagues to reintroduced the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act - legislation led by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) - that would allow local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities and would pull taxpayer-funded grants to sanctuary cities. "Our country welcome  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on April 12, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin issued the following statement in response to a Texas federal district court ruling that would block access nationwide to mifepristone, a drug used in abortion medications. "If allowed to stand, last week's ruling out of Texas will have sweeping consequences on access to medication abortion. "The dangerous precedent overturning the decades-old approval of   more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), member of the Pro-Choice Caucus, joined 240 Members of Congress in sending an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to overturn the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas's misguided ruling in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The ruling would suspend the U.S. Food and Drug Admini  more

TYLER, Texas, April 10 -- Rep. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 8, 2023: Congressman Nathaniel Moran (TX-01) is returning today following an extended visit to the Indo-Pacific region, where he was part of a nine-person Congressional Delegation, referred to as CODEL, that visited Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. The purpose of the trip, led by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, was to meet with foreign leaders and partners in the region to cond  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) and Alex Mooney (WV-02) introduced H.R. 2568, the Improvement of Mapping, Addresses, Geography, Elevation and Structures (IMAGES) Act of 2023. This bipartisan legislation would include property level detail in flood maps, so that individuals as well as governments can know with certainty their risk and proactively prepare for natural disasters. The IMAGES Act will pro  more

THORNTON, Colorado, April 13 -- Rep. Yadira Caraveo, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) joined in introducing legislation to reaffirm that Mifepristone, one of two drugs used in the medication abortion regimen, was appropriately approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act also reaffirms that this approval preempts any state law seeking to prohibit or restrict access to the abortion pill. Ca  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Florida, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick - Chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus' Diversity & Inclusion Task Force - joined 240 members of Congress in filing a congressional amicus brief in the case Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, et al. "We are going backward as a society by stripping away the reproductive rights of wome  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, issued the following statement on April 14, 2023: * * * "Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez is a fantastic choice for the Fifth Circuit, a court that has too often sided against women's rights, voting rights, and civil rights. "No single judge will make our judicial system perfect. "But the Constitution and I can tell you from personal experience - it matters to have your peers represented across the legal system. Diversity, equity, and inclusion  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL) and Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21) introduced the Strengthening Community Care Act of 2023, H.R. 2559, to reauthorize federal funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps through 2028. Without passing reauthorization legislation, feder  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) joined 239 other Democratic members of Congress in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The brief supports the Biden administration's appeal of the Northern District of Texas ruling that suspends the FDA's approval of m  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 7 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement after Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas released a decision in Alliance Defending Freedom v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration issuing a preliminary injunction that stays the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) approval of medication for the termination of pregnancy: "Today's unprecedented decision from th  more

TIGARD, Oregon, April 14 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on April 13, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (D-Tigard) issued the following statement after a federal appeals court set significant restrictions on mifepristone. "Last Friday, a Trump-appointed judge in Texas issued a ruling that would suspend the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone, a safe abortion and miscarriage-management medication that's been on the market for more tha  more

CHESTER, Pennsylvania, April 7 -- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon released the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas's ruling in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA: "With today's ruling by a federal judge in Texas to undermine the FDA's approval of mifepristone, Americans' freedom to make reproductive health care decisions without government interference ha  more

NORWICH, Connecticut, April 12 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement in response to Texas U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's recent ruling to suspend longstanding FDA approval of mifepristone. "The decision to rescind FDA'S 23-year-old approval for mifepristone for no good reason is blatantly wrong and if upheld, will undoubtedly result in worse health outcomes for women. Ex  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 13 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today addressed members and guests at the Houston Petroleum Club. He spoke about the importance of energy production to the Texas economy, and energy independence for the United States. In his remarks, Sen. Cruz said: "I'm gonna make a crazy prediction: we haven't seen our last boom and bust in the energy world. And it's not for the faint of heart. But energy i  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: Representative Sharice Davids joined 240 Members of Congress to file an amicus brief supporting an appeal of the recent Texas district court case that revoked FDA approval of mifepristone, a safe and effective medication used by millions of women. Last week, a federal judge in Texas made an unprecedented legal decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA to reject FDA approval of  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following statement on April 8, 2023: * * * Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement after a Texas court released a decision in Alliance Defending Freedom v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration that would block the Federal Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of mifepristone, a medication used in more than half of all abortions in the United States. "Yesterday, a Texas court ignored 20 years of science and blo  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release and letter on April 12, 2023: U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), chair of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, along with nearly two dozen Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter today to the chair of the committee, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), calling for an immediate hearing on the unprecedented decision by a federal judge in the Northern District of Texas to revoke FDA's   more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) reacted today to a federal judge in Texas deciding to block access to mifepristone--a medication that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided was safe and effective more than 20 years ago: "Mifepristone was approved by the FDA 20 years ago after a rigorous scientific and legal process, but access to this critical medication that millions of Americans rely   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following statement on April 8, 2023: * * * Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement after a Texas federal judge invalidated the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. "It's appalling that a single federal judge in Texas is attempting to stop the use of an abortion drug that has been safely used for more than 20 years. This ruling would effectively deny  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 12 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, recently returned to the U.S. from a congressional delegation to Panama, a principal partner, and major non-NATO allies Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil. The trip was led by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas). The delegation investigated China's growing influence in the region and supported U.  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: Following the radical decision by a lone Texas judge in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Representatives Pat Ryan (D-NY) and Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), along with 48 other House Democrats, to co-introduce the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act. The legislation would reaffirm that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), not a   more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Representative Seth Magaziner (D-RI) announced that he has signed a congressional amicus brief in the case of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. Texas in support of access to mifepristone, a safe and effective prescription medication that has been FDA-approved for 22 years. Mifepristone is one of two medications in the most common medication abortion regimen, which is used in more than half of abor  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release on April 10, 2023: Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Pat Ryan (NY-18) introduced the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act, to reaffirm that Mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill, was appropriately approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and that this approval preempts any state law seeking to prohibit or restrict access to the abortion pill. "Once again, Texas is   more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined 239 Democratic Representatives and Senators in sending an amicus curiae brief regarding the case of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA. On April 7th, an extremist, Trump-appointed judge in Texas issued an unprecedented decision suspending the Food and Drug Administration's approval of Mifepristone, a drug approved for over 20 years for safe, medication-assisted ab  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) released the following statement in response to recent revelations revealing Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries' history of anti-semitism. "Democratic Leader, Hakeem Jeffries, has shown his true colors by attacking me while conveniently ignoring his own past. Instead of owning up to his flagrantly racist beliefs, Leader Jeffries continues to engage in political theat  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement on April 12, 2023: * * * House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX), issued the following statement after the Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed another month of rising prices. "Today's CPI report once again shows the painful staying power of the record high inflation brought to the American people by President Biden's reckless spending. While the Biden Admi  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following commentary to Fox News on April 10, 2023: * * * This Crisis Is Flashing Danger and America Must Change Course or Our Children Will Pay Like dashboard warning lights in a family car, the federal fiscal indicators are flashing danger. It's time to pull over, lift the hood and fix the problem before it's too late. That's the kind of service-station assessment we're performing in t  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement on April 11, 2023: * * * House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) issued the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) monthly budget review, which showed that the deficit has increased by an astounding 64% since the same time last year, due largely to interest on the debt. "Today's latest report by the non-partisan CBO again confirms  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on April 13, 2023: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul issued the following statement on being sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in response to the chairman's delegation trip to Taiwan last week. "Being sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party is a badge of honor. "Nothing will deter the United States from supporting free, d  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul joined Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press" to discuss his bipartisan delegation's visit to Taiwan and how the United States can strengthen our economic and defense relationship with Taiwan in the face of growing threats in the region. On the CCP's Response to President Tsai's U.S. Visit and the Chairman'  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will convene a hearing entitled "Exposing Putin's Crimes: Evidence of Russian War Crimes and Other Atrocities in Ukraine" on Wednesday, April 19th following a briefing with war crimes survivors. What: Hearing - "Exposing Putin's Crimes: Evidence of Russian War Crimes and  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on April 14, 2023: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the one year anniversary of Vladimir Kara-Murza's wrongful detainment by Russia. "One year ago, Vladimir Kara-Murza was unjustly imprisoned by the Kremlin for daring to speak the truth about Russian atrocities in Ukraine. "Kara-Murza represen  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on April 14, 2023: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the arrest of the Pentagon documents leak suspect. "These leaks were a serious breach of U.S. national security, and I am glad the suspected perpetrator has been arrested. "Sensitive information in the hands of our adversaries can be very dan  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) will hold a hearing next week to hear firsthand perspectives from national security experts about the Biden administration's chaotic, disastrous, and reckless w  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs, issued the following news release: Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) will hold a hearing titled "Spending on Empty: How the Biden Administration's Unprecedented Spending Increased Risk of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the Department of Energy." This hearing will  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following statement on April 12, 2023: * * * Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX) issued the following statement regarding the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report. "When the target inflation rate is 2 percent there is nothing to celebrate when the CPI data comes in higher at 5 percent," said Chairman Williams. "Main Street America is signaling inflation is still their top concern   more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following statement on April 14, 2023: * * * Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX) issued the following statement in response to the Small Business Administration's (SBA) final rule changes to their flagship 7(a) lending program. "The SBA is moving forward with their proposal to make themselves the primary regulator of more 7(a) lenders and while simultaneously reducing the underwriting s  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: If Americans can come together across the aisle to agree on anything, it's that the Biden administration's agenda has been disastrous for Americans. With no end in sight to price hikes causing financial turmoil for so many families, it's becoming more and more clear every day that we must reverse course. For once, Congress is considering a simple, common-sense solution to ease the burden of inflation -- a   more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Indo-Pacific will convene a hearing entitled, "Surrounding the Ocean: PRC Influence in the Indian Ocean" on Tuesday, April 18th. What: Hearing - "Surrounding the Ocean: PRC Influence in the Indian Ocean" Date: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 Time: 2:00pmET Location: RHOB 2200 Witnesses: Ms.  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-California, issued the following statement on April 10, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) released the following statement on the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA decision, which would undermine usage of the safe and effective abortion medicine Mifepristone: "Less than a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a Texas court has attempted to severely compromise access to medication abortion. For 22 years, F  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced her support of the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act, legislation to reaffirm the FDA's authority to approve medication abortion and safeguard health care providers' ability to prescribe medication abortion via telehealth. In the wake of the Texas court decision revoking approval of mifepristone, this legislation reiterates that FDA scient  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) along with and Representative August Pfluger (R-TX) led 9 Senators and 57 Members of Congress in filing an amicus curiae brief to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. US Food & Drug Administration. The brief urges the Court to keep the Northern District of Texas's stay of the FDA approval of  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia will convene a hearing entitled, "12 Years of Terror: Assad's War Crimes and U.S. Policy for Seeking Accountability in Syria" on Tuesday, April 18th. What: Hearing - "12 Years of Terror: Assad's War Crimes and U.S. Policy for Seeking Accountabilit  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Moskowitz (D-Florida) and 239 of his democratic colleagues in Congress filed an amicus brief that seeks to protect access to the nation's most commonly used abortion pill, after a Texas federal judge's ruling on Friday put the drug in limbo. As a result of the Supreme Court's devastating decision in Dobbs last year, nearly 22 million women live in states where abortion is now unavailab  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on April 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Saturday released a statement on a Texas federal judge's decision to revoke the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decades-old approval of mifepristone. "This decision is just the latest effort in the right's coordinated campaign to strip away women's rights  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and 239 Democratic Members of Congress filed an amicus brief in the case Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. Texas in support of access to Mifepristone, a FDA-approved drug for use in medication abortion care and miscarriage treatment. Along with fellow Members of the Pro-Choice Caucus, Congressman Nad  more

BISBEE, Arizona, April 11 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, issued the following news release on April 10, 2023: Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Chair of the Senate Border Management Subcommittee, led a bipartisan Congressional delegation to the Southwest border near Naco to continue finding lasting solutions to the ongoing security and humanitarian crisis impacting Arizona communities. Art Del Cueto - Executive Vice President of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) - led the Membe  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on April 10, 2023: In Case You Missed It, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined MSNBC's Inside with Jen Psaki to discuss the dire consequences of a federal judge in Texas ruling to limit access to the abortion pill across the country. Cortez Masto raised the alarm about far-right extremists' efforts to ban the abortion pill nationwide with earlier this year. "This is a concerted effort the  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: This week, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) introduced The Safeguarding Women's and Children's Health Act, which would require more accurate reporting of the deaths and adverse events connected with the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11): "The FDA's politically motivated decision to approve mifepristone for use without proper medical evaluation or oversight  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on April 8, 2023: Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Chairman of the House Values Action Team and Chairman of the House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement in response to the Northern District of Texas' ruling in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. "This decision from the Northern District of Te  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: U.S. Representative Angie Craig joined more than 100 House Democrats on an amicus brief aimed at protecting access to medication abortion following a Texas federal judge's decision to suspend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of mifepristone. "The GOP's brazen attacks on women's rights will cost lives, and I am deeply concerned about the future of our country if the  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule to reduce ethylene oxide emissions: "The EPA previously acknowledged that certain communities within Laredo are at an elevated risk of cancer due to exposure to ethylene oxide emissions. My priority has always been the health and safety of Lare  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: Today Chairman Ron Estes (R-Kansas) announced that the House Aerospace Caucus website is now live at estes.house.gov/aerospace. A hub for those interested in the aerospace industry and related legislation, the website includes the latest Aerospace Caucus news, membership and key industry statistics. Four new members have also joined the House Aerospace Caucus: Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), Trac  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21), nine of his House GOP colleagues, and Mountain States Legal Foundation filed an amicus brief to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Texas v. DOJ. The brief supports the State of Texas' position that the passage of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill for FY 2023 violated the Constitution's physical quorum requirement and should be overturned.   more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023, and letters: House and Senate Democratic Health Committee leaders wrote to 12 of the nation's largest health insurers and trade associations representing employer-sponsored health plans today requesting information regarding how they plan to respond to the Northern District of Texas's decision in Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra striking down the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) require  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: * * * Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) released the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas's ruling in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA: "This unprecedented ruling from an anti-abortion federal judge in Texas shows blatant disregard for scientific evidence and encroaches on the authority of the Food and Drug Administration. But let's be   more

GALVESTON, Texas, April 15 -- Rep. Randy Weber, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) met with the United States Postal Service (USPS) District Manager David Camp and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector-in-Charge Scott Fix to discuss postal theft in Galveston County. The postal officials detailed their work with the local authorities and federal agents across the Houston Region, including their procedures for securing the blue drop boxe  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: Congressman Roger Williams (TX-25) issued the following statement on the Biden Administration's proposed federal emissions standards for gas-powered vehicles from 2027 and beyond: "President Biden continues to attack small business owners and families with his out-of-touch, socialist policies," said Congressman Roger Williams. "The Administrations new proposed vehicle emissions standards,  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, April 14 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) denounced the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to sharply limit access to the abortion medication Mifepristone, including blocking its distribution by mail and prohibiting its use beyond seven weeks. At the same time, the Appeals Court overturned the ruling by a Federal District Court Judge in Texas to stay approval of the dru  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined colleagues from both the House and Senate in an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit urging it to halt the dangerous Texas decision on abortion medication from taking effect. In the brief, the lawmakers express their support of the Department of Justice's appeal of the recent ruling by a district court judge in Texas that woul  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement on April 12, 2023: * * * U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rules mandating two-thirds of new vehicles and a quarter of heavy trucks sold in the U.S. are all electric by 2032. "Once again, the Biden Admini  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following statement on April 12, 2023: * * * U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rules mandating two thirds of new vehicles and a quarter of heavy trucks sold in the U.S. are all electric by 2032. "Once again, the Biden Administration is imposing higher costs on American families, following California'  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on April 10, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and other Senate Republican colleagues in reintroducing the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act.  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today published an op-ed in Real Clear Politics arguing that it's time to cut ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Nancy Abudu, SPLC's current director for strategic litigation and a Biden nominee for the 11thCircuit Court of Appeals. Sen. Cruz said: "Shockingly, when questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee on which I serve, Abudu repeatedly re  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after a federal judge in Texas blocked the use of the medication abortion pill mifepristone--which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved more than 20 years ago as safe and effective: "This evening, a single federal judge i  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release on April 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), led a press call with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Nancy Northup, the President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, in response to yesterday's federal court ruling in Texas, which seeks to revoke the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) more than 20-year-old approval of mifepristone--threatening access to the medication for   more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, April 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) hosted a roundtable discussion with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and New Hampshire family care providers at the Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) Manchester Health Center. The discussion centered around the recent ruling out of Texas from U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk -   more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, April 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) hosted a roundtable discussion with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and New Hampshire family care providers at the Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) Manchester Health Center. The discussion centered around the recent ruling out of Texas from U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk -  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Washington, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), a leader in the Pro-Choice Caucus, released a statement following U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's decision revoking decades-old government approval for Mifepristone, a key abortion drug. "Today's ruling by an extremist, Trump-appointed judge is the latest step in the MAGA plan to unleash an all-out assaul  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will convene a hearing entitled, "China's Political Prisoners: Where's Gao Zhisheng?" on Thursday, April 20th. What: Hearing - "China's Political Prisoners: Where's Gao Zhisheng?" Date: Thursday, April 20th, 2023 Time: 10  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following statement on April 8, 2023: * * * "Like you, I am closely reviewing last night's competing FDA court decisions, but one thing I am clear on: Mifepristone was safe and effective when the FDA first approved it over two decades ago, and for five million women who used it to end pregnancies since then, it has proven just as safe and effective. "I am deeply concerned by potential long term and far-reaching impac  more