WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following remarks on June 13, 2023: * * * Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chair Mike Thompson (CA-4), Vice Chair Lucy McBath (GA-7), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, and advocates for a press conference announcing three discharge petitions seeking to bring gun violence prevention legislation to the House Floor. This morning, House Democrats introduced three discha  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following statement on June 14, 2023: * * * In response to the Republican Study Committee, which represents a majority of House Republicans, releasing its latest extreme MAGA budget, DNC spokesperson Ammar Moussa released the following statement: "The Republican Study Committee's budget is just the latest reminder of how wildly extreme and out of touch the MAGA Republican Party is. If enacted it would simply decimate hardwork  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Tonight, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, NextGen PAC, NRDC Action Fund and the Sierra Club endorsed President Biden and Vice President Harris for their historic leadership in tackling the climate crisis. Meanwhile, 2024 Republicans still refuse to acknowledge the urgency of climate change and have actively railed against efforts to combat the climate crisis -- all while cozying up to  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: This National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Deputy Whip on the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, signed three discharge petitions to force a vote on common sense gun violence prevention measures - the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, Enhanced Background Checks Act, and the Assault Weapons Ban. "In recent years, firearm-related deaths have soared to record rates imp  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Committee and the House Administration Committee issued the following testimony by Charles Spies, an attorney at Dickinson Wright PLLC, involving a joint hearing on June 7, 2023, entitled "American Confidence in Elections: The Path to Election Integrity in the District of Columbia": * * * Chairmen Steil, Chairman Comer, Ranking Member Morelle, Ranking Member Raskin, and other distinguished members of the Committees, I am grateful to  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release on June 11, 2023: Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries joined MSNBC PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton where he highlighted that House Democrats remain committed to putting People Over Politics while extreme MAGA Republicans lean into lawlessness and disorder. SHARPTON: Proud to be joined now by the House Minority Leader, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York.   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 16 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Governor Phil Murphy today announced his appointments of Tom Prol, Ryan Peters, Norma Evans, and Jon-Henry Barr to serve as Commissioners on the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). Mr. Prol, who was the first openly gay President of the New Jersey State Bar Association, has been selected by the Governor to serve as the Chair. The Commission, which is celebrating  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, issued the following opening Statement on June 13, 2023: * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We don't want to disappoint you this morning. We do intend to refer to the tax plan as a tax scam first. This is the most ill-considered piece of legislation that I've witnessed in years in front of this committee. Just 10 days after our Republican colleagues were prepared to bring the nation to the brink of default to the precipice, if not over   more

LANSING, Michigan, June 15 -- Progress Michigan, an organization that says it holds public officials and government accountable and assist in the promotion of progressive ideas, issued the following statement on June 14, 2023: * * * On Tuesday, a circuit court judge declared that Michigan Republican Party Chair Kristina Karamo and her lawyers will need to pay tens of thousands of dollars in court costs for the frivolous election lawsuit filed just before the 2022 November election. The followi  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on June 12, 2023: * * * INDICTMENT IS DEEPLY TROUBLING Mr. Speaker, tomorrow former President Donald Trump will be arraigned in Federal court in Miami. He has been indicted on 37 different felony charges, including false statements and representations, scheme to conceal, concealing a document in a Federal investigation, corruptly concealing a document or   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01), called out GOP lawmakers who said the Bureau of Land Management is misusing public lands, when the Republican presidential frontrunner--former President Donald Trump--also misused public lands in a House Committee on Natural Resources Hearing. "Along with places like Mount Rushmore and the sacred mountain that it was carved into, and   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSgov) -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release: As the international threats of China and Russia continue to advance, The Ripon Society held a breakfast discussion yesterday morning with U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (OH-10), the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) to discuss Committee plans to tackle the emerging threats made to the United States from our adversaries. Turner has served on the HPSCI since 2015 and was appointed   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on June 13, 2023: * * * REPUBLICAN TAX PLAN Now, Mr. President, on the Republican tax plan that is over there in the House, while Democrats have spent the last 2 years lowering energy costs, lowering the price of prescription drugs, and bringing manufacturing jobs to our shores, Republicans are doubling down on what they do best: pushing tax giveawa  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on June 14, 2023: * * * TAX REFORM Mr. President, on the Republican tax plan, yesterday, the Republican-led House Ways and Means Committee advanced a sweeping array of new tax giveaways that reward the wealthy and well connected and leave ordinary families out to dry. With this latest GOP tax scam, Republicans are showing exactly where their priori  more