WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following remarks on May 31, 2023: * * * U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) voted to pass H.R. 3746, the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, to prevent a devastating default while rejecting Republicans' extreme demands to make deep cuts to programs that Alabama families rely on. The agreement, negotiated by President Biden, protects against cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, veterans' health care, historic infrastructure and climate  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release and letter on June 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and 46 of their Senate colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), opposing the dangerous overreaching proposed rule to amend energy conservation standards for distribution transformers, following Senator Tuberville's previous letter to Secretary Granholm in March.   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: In keeping with a pledge he made to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin last December, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) yesterday blocked the eighth attempt by Senate Democrats to circumvent his delay of military promotions before the U.S. Senate. In February, Senator Tuberville placed a "hold" on all U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) general and flag officer nominations over the department's new policy  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) highlighted the importance of the FBI's work at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, during a recent hearing of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations with FBI Director Christopher Wray. Nearly 1,800 FBI employees currently work at Redstone, primarily focusing on the bureau's cybersecurity, forensics, re  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today voted in favor of legislation disapproving of the Biden Administration's unilateral mass student loan debt cancellation rule and the most recent extension to the pause on student loan repayments. On August 24, 2022, the Biden Administration announced an extension to the pause on student loan repayments and interest accrual, as well as a mass student loan  more