DALLAS, Texas, June 27 -- Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32), a Transportation and Infrastructure Committee member, today announced that DART would receive a $103 million Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant to help modernize its bus fleet with low or no-emission buses, replacing about 186 buses. Allred submitted a letter of support to the FTA for this grant, which was made possible because of the Bipartisan Inf  more

MESQUITE, Texas, June 29 -- Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, issued the following statement on June 28, 2023: * * * Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) released the following statement applauding Canadian Solar's $250 million investment in building a solar manufacturing plant in Mesquite, which is part of the 32nd District. The plant will create 1,500 jobs and will produce as many as 20,000 solar panels a day. Importantly, this project would not be possible without the financial incentives in the Infl  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Today, Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19), House Budget Chairman and former Vice Chancellor of the Texas Tech University, commented on the Supreme Court ending Biden's student loan forgiveness program which would have added billions to the national debt. "I applaud the Supreme Court for overturning yet another irresponsible and unconstitutional Biden executive order that would have set   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 27 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) led their colleagues in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the Biden Administration to use every diplomatic tool available to persuade the Mexican government to counter the national security threat posed by Mexican drug cartels. Senators Jim Risch (R-Ida  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 1 -- Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * On Thursday, June 29, 2023, Congressman Al Green confirmed his objections to the recent ruling by the Supreme Court to gut affirmative action in higher education. He released the following statement: "Today, the United States Supreme Court has willfully ignored centuries of slavery and invidious racial discrimination in its decision to invalidate the use of race in admitting university s  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded the City of Brownsville a $4,738,886 million federal grant through the Federal Transit Administration's Low-and No-Emission program to support the procurement of hybrid electric buses. This funding was made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNSres) -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced the launch of the annual Congressional App Challenge. This competition highlights the importance of STEM education in the U.S. and helps students acquire valuable computer and coding skills. A panel of experts selects one app as the winner from each congressional district, with the winning app being displayed in the U.S. Capito  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced that Texas A&M University Kingsville (TAMUK) was awarded a $20 million grant by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). This is the largest single grant received by the university in its history and will directly fund education and workforce development initiatives for Hispanic students seeking to enter the agricultural secto  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Today, Congressman Keith Self introduced the Foreign Automobile Industry Restriction on Electric Vehicle Tax Credits (FAIR-EV Tax Credits) Act. This bill would prevent our foreign adversaries from receiving tax credits intended for Electric Vehicles as permitted in the Democrat-led Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Currently, Chinese companies are partnering with American companies to take advant  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Chairman of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, introduced the Modernizing VA Disability Benefit Questionnaires Act. This legislation would create a universal standard for contractors to use when transmitting Disability Benefits Questionnaires (DBQs). "Veterans shouldn't be facing roadblocks and cutting th  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Hi there, As the second quarter of the year comes to a close, I wanted to send along an update from Congressman Morgan Luttrell. The Congressman made impressive inroads in the first three months of the 118th Congress, and he hasn't let up the past three months either. From moving the National Defense Authorization Act out of Committee to addressing the border crisis and taking care of veter  more

MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas, June 30 -- Rep. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * Congressman Nathaniel Moran (TX-01) released the following statement after touring the Titus Regional Medical Center and briefing the Ark-Tex Council of Governments: On his visit to Titus Regional Medical Center: "Rural communities across the region depend on Titus Regional Medical Center for critical care. Terry Scoggin and his team have adapted to an ever-changing environm  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Wesley Hunt introduces House Resolution declaring July "American Pride Month." In response to the Biden White House and the media celebrating "PRIDE" for an entire month, Texas Republican Congressman, Wesley Hunt is introducing a Resolution designating July, "American Pride Month." This Resolution provides all Americans with an opportunity to celebrate and recognize the great history and great prog  more

EL PASO, Texas, June 30 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court's decision on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, ruling race-conscious admission in higher education unconstitutional: "Our nation was built on a bedrock of inequalities. While generations have dedicated their lives to fighting toward a   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) introduced the bipartisan Consensual Donation and Research Integrity Act. This legislation establishes standards for registration, inspection, chain of custody, labeling and packing, and proper disposition of donated bodies, to ensure bad actors are unable to take advantage of donors and their families. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) a  more

SOUTHSIDE PLACE, Texas, June 29 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) joined Southside Place Mayor Andy Chan, City of West University Place Mayor Susan Sample, Texas House District 134 Representative Ann Johnson, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, and Harris County Flood Control District Executive Director Tina Petersen to announce that they have secured $32 million in funding to move forward with  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023, and a letter: Prior to today's announcement of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, outlining the distribution of $42.45 billion to expand high-speed internet access by funding planning, infrastructure deployment and adoption programs in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and U.S. territories, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Com  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 (TNSrpt) -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) published her 2023 Mid-Year Report, detailing her work on behalf of Texas' Seventh Congressional District from January through June this year. The report highlights Congresswoman Fletcher's work on legislative and constituent matters. "From introducing legislation important to our community, to ensuring implementation of major pieces of   more

WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNSper) -- Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) was recently appointed to the U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Groupby House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Group brings Members of Congress from both countries together to work on issues like immigration, security, and trade. It continues to build the foundation of the special relationship between these nations.   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Garcia announces $40,402,548 to the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County's Metro system. This funding is part of the nearly $1.7 billion in funding from the Federal Transit Administration for the 2023 Renewable Natural Gas Path to Zero Emissions Grant. "I am thrilled to champion these federal dollars coming to Harris County to support transit and cleaner air,"  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the Biden administration's student loan debt cancellation scheme: "Today, the Court preserved the fundamental principle of personal responsibility and put an end to the Biden administration's desperate PR stunt that would have forced taxpayers to pay off other people's debt, r  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Dan Crenshaw applauds the FDA's decision to issue its first draft guidance on clinical trials for psychedelic drugs in treating mental health conditions like PTSD and TBI - following the introduction of his legislation calling on the FDA to do exactly that. "I'm glad the FDA is taking this first step of issuing guidance for psychedelic clinical trials -- and listening to my bipartisan legislation   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: On the 27th day of Pride Month, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) introduced a resolution honoring the struggle, sacrifice, contributions of the LGBTQI+ community and the fight for equality in Texas. The resolution is supported by fellow Democratic Texas Reps. Allred, Casar, Castro, Doggett, Escobar, Fletcher, Green, and Jackson-Lee. "Everything is bigger in Texas - and that includes  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled to strike down student loan forgiveness implemented by the Biden Administration. In 2022, President Biden took action to grant student loan debt relief under authority granted to Secretary of Education by the HEROES Act passed by Congress and signed into law in 2003. "Today, the  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, voted to advance the FY24 Defense Appropriations bill. The Defense Appropriations package includes several priorities secured by Congressman Gonzales that will strengthen Department of Defense (DOD) operations across Texas' 23rd Congressional District. Over $158 million (a $40 million increase from FY23 funding levels) in fundi  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and 65 Members urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan to do more to reduce plastic waste and pollution and prevent microplastics from entering our waterways. "As our waterways overflow with plastics and our bodies are invaded by microplastics, now is the time for urgent,   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, voted to advance the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. The legislation included language to prohibit previously allocated funding to the Department of Energy (DOE) to push electric vehicles onto the American consumer and a provision to prohibit the DOE from implementing policies that would p  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: * * * On Friday, June 23, 2023, Congressman Al Green delivered an impactful speech on the House floor centering on the importance of Juneteenth, the District of Columbia Emancipation Act, and his Conscience Agenda. He declared in his speech: "President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, but prior to signing the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln signed the  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, posted the following news on June 28, 2023: President Biden spoke in Chicago today outlining the so-called successes of "Bidenomics." The President and his team have sent memos to Democrats trying to cultivate a winning message centered on false, misleading, and inaccurate claims about his Administration's economic agenda. This comes the same week where a new poll finds that "only one in three U.S. ad  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, posted the following news on June 28, 2023: Latinos are raising serious concerns about Biden's failed economic policies. According to a new story released today by The Messenger, progressive pollsters are warning the White House that Latino workers in the Southwest are sounding the alarm on President Biden's lackluster economic performance. "The economy is the most important thing" to Latinos said Tor  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- 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 (R-TX) along with Congressmen Brad Schneider (D-IL), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Jared Golden (D-ME), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Rich McCormick (R-GA), and Kathy Manning (D-NC) introduced a bipartisan resolution reaffirming the United State's enduring commitment to preventing a nuclear Iran. "In  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement in reaction to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General Conference accepting the U.S. membership proposal put forward by the Biden administration. UNESCO admitted "Palestine" as a full-fledged member state i  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- 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 (R-TX) and Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance Ranking Member Bill Hagerty (R-TN) issued the following statement on news that U.S. technology was found in the recent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spy balloon that violated Americ  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- 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 (R-TX) announced a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Technical, Industrial, and Governmental Engagement for Readiness (TIGER) Task Force to modernize U.S. foreign military sales processes in several key areas so that it is responsive to U.S. national security needs and those of our partners and allies. This  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- 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 hold a roundtable discussion with leading Cuban activists on the Cuban regime's ongoing acts of repression and torture against brave Cuban protestors on Monday, July 10th. The discussion will be followed by a press conference where the representatives will be joined by   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release and letter: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanding additional details following reports U.S. Special Envoy for Iran, Robert Malley's security clearance was suspended amid an investigation into his potential mishandling of classified documents. The letter also requests the depar  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release and letter: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasizing the department must comply with a key unfulfilled document request in the committee's investigation into the Afghanistan withdrawal by Friday, July 14 or face a subpoena. While the department has produced two of the three items r  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" today to discuss the Biden administration's weak China policy and Putin's unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine. On the War in Ukraine: "Now [Putin's] viewed as weak, even Chairman Xi now, is looking at Putin, his   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement on his disappointment with the State Department's handling and the content of documents released today relating to the Afghanistan After-Action Review (AAR). This comes in response to the chairman's April 25, 2023 letter calling on the department to   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release and letter: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing serious concerns about America's financial commitment to the United Nations' Green Climate Fund - an investment funneling millions to China, the world's largest   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 (TNSres) -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, issued the following statement regarding the latest Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General (SBA OIG) report on COVID-19 Pandemic EIDL and PPP Loan Fraud. "The latest OIG report on fraud within the pandemic loan programs shows significantly more  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Dan Meuser, Chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, and Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business issued the following statements after sending a letter to Commissioner Califf of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding a new regulation and  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, at a member day hearing on June 22, 2023, on veterans health care and housing: * * * Thank you Mr. Chairman for the opportunity to come before this committee to talk about an issue that impacts my district, my constituents, and the country as a whole. I first want to take the opportunity to say that I am forever grateful for all that our service women and men have don  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: Today, on Equality Day, commemorating a slate of Supreme Court decisions - including Lawrence v. Texas, United States v. Windsor, and Obergefell v. Hodges - which reaffirm LGBTQ+ rights across the United States, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced the reintroduction of the LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act, legislation that would ba  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Iowa-01), Dan Crenshaw (Texas-02), and Ro Khanna (Calif.-17) applaud the FDA's decision to issue its first draft guidance on clinical trials for psychedelic drugs in treating mental health conditions like PTSD and TBI - following the introduction of his legislation calling on the FDA to do exactly that. "Many Veterans find guided use of psychedelics wit  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) along with U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) and Lizzie Fletcher (D-Texas) to introduced the Consensual Donation and Research Integrity Act, legislation to protect the dignity of those who donate their bodies to education or research. Specifically, the bill would create standards for registration, inspection, chain of custody,   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) released a statement commending the Supreme Court decision overturning President Biden's student loan bailout program. Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11): "This ruling marks a crucial victory for fiscal responsibility, individual accountability, and the principles that underpin our economic system. "President Biden's $400 billion student loan bailout program   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * Friday, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) released a statement slamming the Biden Administration's U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for its proposed rule listing the dunes sagebrush lizard as "endangered" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Congressman August Pfluger has already introduced the Listing Reform Act, a bill to modernize the ESA and prevent it from being used as a weapon aga  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following statement on June 26, 2023: * * * Representative August Pfluger (TX-11) released a statement after the Director of National Intelligence failed to release sufficient information related to the federal government's report on the origins of COVID-19: "The truth about COVID-19 and its origins has been hidden from the American people for over three years. Congress passed legislation to declassify information about the origi  more

STAMFORD, Texas, June 30 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: Yesterday, Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19) participated in the 93rd Annual Texas Cowboy Reunion. "The Texas Cowboy Reunion has been preserving the heritage of the American Cowboy in the West for over 90 years. Texans have always been a resilient people - and what started as a way for Stamford to lift the spirits of its citizens from the depths of the Great Depression has develo  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * Today, Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19), former Vice Chancellor for Research and Commercialization for the Texas Tech University System, a major national research institution with nearly 60,000 students in its system, released the following statement on the 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court finding systematic consideration of race in the college admissions process is unconstitutiona  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Last week, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) hosted a roundtable with more than a dozen South Texas labor unions. Attendees included members of the Texas and San Antonio American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Communication Workers of America (CWA), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiner  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled, in a 6 to 3 decision, to strike down President Biden's plan to deliver student debt relief: "Today's decision follows House Republicans' recent vote to overturn President Biden's student-debt relief program. It makes the work for those of us trying to make higher education m  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 29 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) announced the Summer 2023 intern class in his Washington, D.C., office. "Our interns are integral to the success of my office, and I'm excited to have such a dynamic group this summer," said Rep. McCaul. "I look forward to working with these bright young people and seeing all they will do for Texas' 10th district." Grayson Shirey, orig  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: Today, U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) alongside U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) U.S. Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), and Michael Burgess (R-Texas) welcomed growing support for their Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Reauthorization Act of 20  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (TX-24) recently introduced the "Saving Organs One Flight at a Time Act," which offers common-sense reforms to improve the air transportation of human organs. "When I visited the Southwest Transplant Alliance in Dallas last month, I was appalled to learn that bureaucratic red tape is preventing viable organs from reaching patients in need," said Rep. Van Duyne.   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * Today, Rep. Veasey released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and UNC. "Today, the Supreme Court has once again wrongfully upended decades of precedent that have allowed institutions of higher education to consider race as one small factor when admitting students and diversifying campuses. "Affirmative action is a cruci  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, issued the following statement on June 25, 2023: * * * Representative Marc Veasey (TX-33), co-founder of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus, released the following statement on the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Shelby County v. Holder decision which gutted key protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) and removed federal oversight from states with a track record of voter suppression: "Today marks a somber day for our democr  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) joined Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and 17 of their Senate colleagues on the AM for Every Vehicle Act. This bicameral and bipartisan legislation would direct federal regulators to require automakers to maintain AM broadcast radio in their new vehicles at no additional charge. "Free AM broadcast radio has been an important resource for decades," said   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release and letter: The U.S. Department of Commerce recently issued a Final Rule that amends the Securing the Information and Communications Technology Supply Chain (ICTS) rules to lay the groundwork for TikTok's sham mitigation proposal, "Project Texas." TikTok falsely claims that "Project Texas" would allow it to safely operate in the U.S. by working with a trusted third party, Oracle, to secure U.S. user data and m  more

DENVER, Colorado, June 30 (TNScapv) -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release and letter on June 29, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) alongside U.S. Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), and Michael Burgess (R-Texas) welcomed growing support for their Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Reauthorization Act   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement after President Biden signed into law the Changing Age-Determined Eligibility to Student Incentive Payments (CADETS) Act, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.). The bill extends financial assistance to older cadets who attend the Texas A&M Maritime Academy, or one of the other five state m  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following statement on June 25, 2023: * * * U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the Biden administration instated a boycott against scientific and technological cooperation with Jews living in Judea and Samaria. Sen. Cruz said, "Joe Biden and Biden administration officials are pathologically obsessed with undermining Israel. Since day one of their admini  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023, and a letter: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today led a bicameral, bipartisan coalition of federal lawmakers representing Texas border communities in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to resolve delays in providing permits for key cross-border bridge projects between the United States and Mexico in Brownsville, Laredo, and Eagle Pas  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution in the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis case. Sen. Cruz said, "Today, the Supreme Court rightly decided that Colorado's state law unconstitutionally restricts the fundamental First Amendment rights of business ow  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released a statement today following the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in the cases students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. Sen. Cruz said, "Today, the Supreme Court upheld the 14th Amendment rights of Asian-Americans and ruled that Harvard and the University of North Carolina's explicit an  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023, and a letter: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent a letter to Vice Admiral Joanna Nunan, the superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), demanding answers about the safety of cadets in light of disturbing remarks by the school's sexual assault prevention and response  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following statement on June 26, 2023: * * * In response to yesterday's general election in Guatemala, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35), the first Member of Congress to be born in Central America, issued the following statement: "As we monitor the results from yesterday's election, we remain deeply troub  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) alongside U.S. Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) and Michael Burgess (R-Texas) welcomed growing support for their bicameral and bipartisan Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Reauthorization Act of 2023 from 84 maternal and infant h  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 30 -- Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: Today, Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33), member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, announced that Texas would receive over $3.3 billion through the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. This funding will help to deploy affordable, reliable high-speed Internet infrastructure to everyone in America th  more