WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), led 65 members of the United States House and Senate in sending a letter to the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Tom Vilsack, expressing their concerns about the implementation of new changes to Emergency Relief Program (ERP) payments for losses incurred in  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Yesterday, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) celebrated the passage of their bipartisan legislation renaming the interstate-designated segments of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor to "I-27". The passage of this bill marks an important step in the project that connects the ports of South Texas to the plains of West Texas and beyond, stimulating substantial economi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2023: Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10), joined by Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (FL-24) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), introduced the Fight Book Bans Act, legislation aimed at taking a stand against censorship by giving school districts the funding they need to oppose challenges to educational and library materials that has kept over 3,000 books off school bookshelves in t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, issued the following statement on Dec. 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Congressman Brian Babin (TX-36) issued the following statement on his new bill, the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2023 (H.R. 6612). This legislation has 21 original cosponsors and will ensure America properly implements Section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution - ending birth tourism. "For a period following its enactment, Section 1 of the 14th Amendment was properly applied a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Bills that target the financing of terrorism were introduced by Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) on Tuesday, December 5th. The Prevent the Financing of Terrorism Through the Drug Trade Act requires the Secretary of the Treasury to submit a report to Congress within 180 days outlining the sources and scope of terrorist financing done by Hamas and Hezbollah in Mexico, Central America, South America,   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 --Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-California, issued the following joint statement on Dec. 7, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) issued a joint, bipartisan statement condemn  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) applauded his senior legislative assistant Eyole M. Mbongo - an alumnus of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) - for receiving the Outstanding Congressional Staffer Award from the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) in recognition of his exceptional dedication to advancing equity in e  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Castro announced the introduction of the ARMAS Act on December 6, 2023, at the Annual National Gun Violence Prevention Summit hosted by the Center for American Progress. A recording of his remarks can be found here - Congressman Castro is the second speaker in the program. WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Weste  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Hispanic Caucus issued the following joint statement: * * * Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragan (CA-44) and CHC Texas Members Reps. Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Greg Casar (TX-35), and Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) issued the following joint statement in response to reports that Texas Governor Greg Abbott will soon sign Texas Senate Bill (SB) 4 into law, authorizing state law enf  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: Yesterday, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, along with Reps. Dan Meuser (R-PA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), and Mark Alford (R-MO) visited the Small Business Administration (SBA) and met with Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman. This visit is a vital part of the Committee's co  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - El mes pasado el congresista Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) encabezo una carta bipartidista dirigida a la Representante Comercial de Estados Unidos, Embajadora Katherine Tai, instando a tomar medidas rapidas y decisivas contra el creciente robo de combustible estadounidense importado y su venta ilicita en Mexico. "El 16 de octubre de 2023, sicarios obligaron a una docena de camiones transporta  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Latino-Jewish Caucus Representatives Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Debbie Wasserman Shultz (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), and Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) issued the following statement after meeting with families and friends of hostages who remain held captive by Hamas. "As co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Latino-Jewish Caucus, we had the solemn opportunity to meet w  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- 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, and Chairman of the House Budget Committee's Health Care Task Force, is pleased to announce the winning submission for the 2023 Congressional App Challenge (CAC). The annual app competition was open to private, public and home-schooled students in middle and high school who reside in and/or attend school in the 26th Cong  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) released the following statement in response to reports that the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) cleared itself of wrongdoing after allegations of abuse associated with Operation Lone Star: "The cruelty of Operation Lone Star is well-documented. Individual DPS troopers risked their careers to blow the whistle about the abuses that are part of Ope  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last month, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) led a bipartisan letter to the United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Katherine Tai, urging quick and decisive action against the rising theft of imported U.S fuel and its illicit sale in Mexico. "On October 16, 2023, cartel gunmen forced a dozen fuel trucks to dump their gasoline into a field in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, acr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2023: On Friday, December 8, 2023, Congressman Pete Sessions led 22 fellow House Republicans in sending a letter to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), requesting an updated version of a 2018 report on criminal alien statistics. This request comes amid escalating illegal immigration, rising violent crime, and drug overdose deat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) and August Pfluger (TX-11) led a bipartisan letter to Ambassador Esteban Moctezuma of Mexico to the United States, requesting timely answers to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's brazen and unwarranted actions against Vulcan Materials Company, a U.S.-based company that supports infrastructure development in the U.S. and Mexico.  Since May of 2022, Presi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: Yesterday, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) led a bipartisan group of nine colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Agriculture, Thomas Vilsack, and Under Secretary for Food Safety, Jose Emilio Esteban, urging the implementation of regulatory protections for nonambulatory, or "downed," pigs. "As you are aware, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news on Dec. 5, 2023: U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter yesterday with 38 of his Senate Republican colleagues urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to overhaul its harmful and negligent policies governing the agency's treatment of unaccompanied migrant children in the United States, including a Proposed Rule that codifies ORR's practice of allowing vuln  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON -- Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and Congressman Greg Casar led fellow Texas Democratic Reps. Allred, Castro, Doggett, Escobar, Fletcher, Garcia, Gonzalez, Green, Jackson Lee, and Veasey in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) alling for greater federal oversight of Texas' 'Operation Lonestar' (OLS) program. Devised by Texas Governor Greg Abbot  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Irma Ramirez to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding Judge Ramirez's confirmation: "Judge Irma Ramirez is an accomplished litigator and jurist who has over 30 years of legal experience, including as a current magistrate judge for   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) joined Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) and Seth Moulton (MA- 06) in leading 10 of their colleagues from the House Committee on Armed Services, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and House Committee on Foreign Affairs in sending a letter to President Biden outlining concerns over Israel's current military operations and the need for a strategic a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, John Cornyn (R-Texas), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Ben Ray Lujan (D- N.M.), along with U.S. Reps. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) and Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) introduced legislation to rename the Ports-to-Plains corridor as "Interstate 27" that passed the House yesterday. The amended legislation will now head bac  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-California, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: Today U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) along with U.S. Reps. Judy Chu (CA-28) and Adam Schiff (CA-30) led 24 members of Congress to call on the Department of Labor (DOL) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to investigate the alleged exploitation of unhoused refugees--including minors and workers who were bused to California by Texas Governor Greg Abbott--by hotels and staffing agenci  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) today called on Senate and House leadership to address in the upcoming farm bill the impacts of inflation, waste in farm and nutrition programs and foreign influence in U.S. agriculture. The lawmakers outlined their priorities in a letter to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Mike Johnson   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) delivered the following opening remarks at the Committee's Member Day Hearing on budget process reform: Chairman Arrington's remarks as prepared for delivery: "I want to thank the audience for coming. It's a sign of strength and tremendous support for this budget reform process, which is  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Ranking Member Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Budget Process Reform Task Force Chair Rudy Yakym (R-IN) and Members of the House Budget Committee held a Member Day Hearing to solicit new ideas on how to reform Washington's broken budget process. The Committee understands the need for input from Members across the politica  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Ranking Member Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Budget Process Reform Task Force Chairman Rudy Yakym (R-IN), and members of the House Budget Committee will hold a Member Day Hearing to receive testimony from the broader Republican and Democratic conferences on their respective ideas and legislative proposals on how to reform  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- 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 released a 90-Day Review Report of the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS), the regulatory body responsible for regulating dual-use export controls. Chairman McCaul determined that BIS has enabled a virtually unrestricted flow of American technology to CCP-controlled companies, fac  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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), House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) released the joint statement below following Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's call for additional funds for the Bureau of Industry and Security - th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 6, 2023: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) released the following statement in response to the Biden administration's announcement of an atrocities determination in Sudan after months of congressional pressure on the issue. This announcement comes a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing entitled, "The U.S. Border Crisis and the American Solution to an International Problem." In his remarks, Chairman McCaul underscored the catastrophic policies of the Biden administration which enabled an unchecked flow of migrants o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: Yesterday, Chairman Michael McCaul delivered the following remarks at a bipartisan press conference alongside the American Jewish Committee and families of individuals held hostage by Hamas. - Highlights from the Chairman's remarks - "It is shocking to me that we now have witnessed the largest killing of the Jewish people since the Holoca  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- 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 delivered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Africa hearing entitled, "The Sahel in Crisis: Examining U.S. Policy Options." In his remarks, Chairman McCaul underscored the need to elevate Sudan policy within the Biden administration, to create a Special Envoy who would report directly to the Pre  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 4, 2023: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement in response to Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea. "By prioritizing politics over security, this administration emboldened the Houthis, enabling them to develop more advanced weapons, deepen ties with Iran, and further entrench their control over m  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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 Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) issued the following statement commemorating the legacy of Nelson Mandela on the 10th anniversary of his death. "Today, on the 10th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's death, we commemorate the vast and important legacy that Mr. Mandela left on South Africa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Seth Magaziner (D-RI) announced a hearing on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at 2:00 PM ET, to evaluate the unprecedented uptick in orga  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced changes to Committee membership. Reps. Michael Cloud (R-Texas.) and Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) are joining the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability as members, filling vacancies left by Reps. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) and Chuck Edward  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: A bipartisan bill combatting a deadly street drug from U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) is headed to the President's desk. The senators praised yesterday's House passage of the Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act. The Cruz-Welch legislation dire  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: A bipartisan bill combatting a deadly street drug from U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) is headed to the President's desk. The senators praised yesterday's House passage of the Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act. The Cruz-Welch legislation directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to take steps t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Today, the House passed bipartisan legislation naming the interstate-designated segments of the Texas Ports-to-Plains Corridor as "Interstate Route 27." U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (D-TX-28) and U.S. Congressman Jodey Arrington (R-TX-19) introduced companion legislation in the House. The bill will return to the Senate before heading to the President's desk. "Last Congress, I secured language in the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release: Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, wrote to Administrator Guzman of the Small Business Administration (SBA) regarding the agency's implementation of the recent court order related to narrative reviews within the SBA's 8(a) business development program. Read excerpts from the letter below: "The Committee on Sma  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release: Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, along with Reps. Tracey Mann (R-KS), Mark Alford (R-MO), Eli Crane (R-AZ), and Aaron Bean (R-FL) wrote to Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security regarding the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) recent 90-day pause on issuing commercial firearm export license  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release: Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, along with Reps. Meuser (R-PA), Alford (R-MO), and Bean (R-FL) wrote a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor, Julie Su, inquiring about the recent proposed rule changes to the Retirement Security Rule and amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemptions. This letter builds on the  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release: Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, along with Reps. Stauber (R-MN), Meuser (R-PA), Alford (R-MO), and Bean (R-FL), penned a letter to Chairman Laura McFerran of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regarding a recent rule change to the Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status. This letter builds on t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release: On Tuesday morning, Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) chaired the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government. Key quotes from the subcommittee are below. "Like all components of the Justice Department, the Civil Rights Division is expected to...equally enforce the law. Unfortunately, under the Biden administration, this has not always been the case." "Civil Rights Division has fixated   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Texas and Mexico are one step closer to better transportation connections thanks to bipartisan legislation championed by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Last night, House and Senate lawmakers announced an agreement on an annual defense authorization bill that includes language authored by Cruz, and pushed by a bipartisan and bicameral coalition of Texas legislators, to streamline a presidential permitting process for new  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced the Strengthening Communities of Recovery Act to reauthorize and expand resources for individuals experiencing substance use disorder. As the United States faces a severe behavioral health crisis, exacerbated by an epidemic of substance use   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) introduced H.R. 6507, the Mark Our Place Act, which amends current law to allow family members, Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs), or cemetery administrators to request the VA provide a headstone for Medal of Honor recipients, regardless of their date of death. Currently, this is only available to Medal of Honor recipients that served after 1917. Senators Braun, Brown,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) led 13 of his colleagues in a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Dennis McDonough following disturbing antisemitic comments posted online by Shakeba Morrad, a United States Attorney at the Office of General Counsel for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Specifically, lawmakers requested an immediate update on the investigation into Shakeba Mo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressmen Nathaniel Moran (TX-01), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Michael McCaul (TX-10), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced the No Technology for Terror Act. This legislation makes permanent existing U.S. export control restrictions that prohibit the transfer of American made technology to Iran. "Keeping American technology out of the hands of Iran is imperati  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) issued the following joint, bipartisan statement condemning th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: U.S. Representative August Pfluger today celebrated House passage of the I-27 Numbering Act of 2023, co-sponsored by Reps. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), to formally name the Ports-to-Plains Corridor through Texas and New Mexico as Interstate 27. Identical legislation introduced by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Ben Ray Lujan  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28) announced $1,875,000 in federal funds to hire police officers in Laredo. The funds, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Service (COPS) Hiring Program, will be used to hire 15 officers. "The COPS Hiring Program provides our local law enforcement agencies with the resources they need to protect our communit  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after permitting reform language for cross-border bridges was included in the final text of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2024. Working with Senator Ted Cruz, Cuellar secured provisions reforming the Presidential permitting process for cross-b  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following statement on Dec. 7, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, and a longtime advocate for a federal response to prescription price gouging who previously sought use of "march-in" taxpayer protection authority on pharmaceuticals, responded to the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights. "This an  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: In a surprising new email obtained by Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Governor Greg Abbott's Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) offers only a raffle and "6 Days of Merry Service" to resolve the growing backlog in Medicaid and SNAP applications. Beginning today, an overburdened and demoralized workforce must complete 15 hours of overtime in six days to be entered into a r  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) is proud to introduce H.R. 6573, the Protecting Military Servicemembers' Data Act of 2023. This bill would prohibit data brokers from selling, reselling, trading, licensing, or providing for consideration lists of U.S. military service members to adversarial nations. Rep. Fallon is proud to introduce this bipartisan, bicameral piece of legislation with fellow Texan, Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, Congressmen Ronny Jackson (TX-13), Jodey Arrington (TX-19), and August Pfluger (TX-11), along with Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS), led a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack addressing his failure to properly administer much needed disaster assistance payments to agricultural producers for crop losses in the 2022 crop year. The letter follows the USDA anno  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2023: * * * I voted "present" for H. Res. 894, not for a lack of commitment to condemn antisemitism and the Hamas atrocities as well as the outrageous examples of violent antisemitism referenced in the Resolution, but because of some of the language tucked into this measure and some that is omitted. While Anti-Zionism can be a cover for antisemitism, not all actions that are anti-Zionist are antisemit  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Representative Chip Roy (R-TX-21) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) called on Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker Mike Johnson, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to pass a comprehensive and improved farm bill that makes conservative reforms, while maintaining a responsible safety net for our nation's farmers and ranchers. The legislators wrote,"The Biden administration and its  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC -- On Wednesday, Representative Chip Roy (R-TX-21) alongside Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL-3) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Disengaging Entirely From the United Nations Debacle (DEFUND) Act of 2023. This legislation would defund the United Nations and remove the United States from its membership. Representative Roy said, "This year, the United Nations' corruption, and its despicab  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressmen Tony Gonzales (TX-23) and Don Davis (NC-01) introduced bipartisan legislation to provide increased technical assistance for rural communities. The Rural Uplift and Revitalization Assistance Act allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide technical assistance to strengthen local capacity and improve access to rural development programs for rural areas directly or through coo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) is proud to introduce H.R. 6573, the Protecting Military Servicemembers' Data Act of 2023. This bill would prohibit data brokers from selling, reselling, trading, licensing, or providing for consideration lists of U.S. military service members to adversarial nations. Rep. Fallon is proud to introduce this bipartisan, bicameral piece of legislation with fellow Texan, Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-0  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news on Dec. 7, 2023: Yesterday on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) participated in Sen. Roger Marshall's (R-KS) effort to pass the $14.3 billion Israel aid package cleared by the House last month in light of Leader Schumer's refusal to bring it to the Senate floor for a vote. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn's remarks are below. "Why in the world would the Majority Leader, who I know supports Israel, refuse to bring a bill  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: On the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the urgent security threats created by the Biden Border Crisis and underpinned Republicans' refusal to move forward with any national security supplemental funding bill that does not include substantive border policy changes. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn's remarks are below. "The Majority Leader has said he plans to schedule a vote on President Biden's $106 billion req  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, John Cornyn (R-Texas), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Ben Ray Lujan (D- N.M.), along with U.S. Reps. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) and Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) introduced legislation to rename the Ports-to-Plains corridor as "Interstate 27" that passed the House yesterday. The amended legislation will now head bac  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following commentary on Dec. 4, 2023, to Real Clear Politics. Here are excerpts: * * * This year, Americans had the opportunity to revisit the origins of our nation's nuclear program with the blockbuster film "Oppenheimer." But there's one story line that didn't make the big screen: those Americans who are still paying the price. For decades, the federal government poisoned an untold number of its citizens through our atomic prog  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2023: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today took to the Senate floor requesting unanimous consent to pass his bipartisan, bicameral AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. The legislation, which he introduced with Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), would require automakers to keep AM broadcast radio in vehicles, a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is asking the U.S. Department of State (State Department), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and National Science Foundation (NSF) to turn over information regarding their role in helping facilitate the censorship   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash) today sent a letter to Eventbrite President and CEO Julia Hartz requesting details regarding the firm's seemingly inconsistent enforcement of community guidelines targeting conservatives,   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: In his opening statement at today's executive session to vote on the nomination of J. Todd Inman to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board and to consider Coast Guard promotions, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) voiced his strong support for Mr. Inman's nomination citing his leadership experience and quali  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) issued a joint, bipartisan stat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement in response to the Biden Administration's announcement of an atrocities determination in Sudan after months of   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Brian Ridley, chief-chairman of the Tanana Chiefs Conference, involving a hearing on Nov. 10, 2023, entitled "The Impact of the Historic Salmon Declines on the Health and Well-Being of Alaska Native Communities Along Arctic, Yukon, and Kuskokwim Rivers": * * * My name is Brian Ridley and I serve as the Chief-Chairman of the Tanana Chiefs Conference, which serves 37 federally recognized sovereign Tribal   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 4, 2023: * * * The U.S. Senate confirmed Irma Ramirez to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding Judge Ramirez's confirmation: "Judge Irma Ramirez is an accomplished litigator and jurist who has over 30 years of legal  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released the following statements after their Meaningful Access to Court Proceedings for Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 Act, which would allow surviving relatives of the 270 victims, including 190 Americans, killed in the terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103 that crashed above Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 to access the criminal court proceedings remotely, pas  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Bill Cassidy (R-L.A.), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter along with several of their Senate Republican colleagues to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, urging the Biden administration to address the growing rates of antisemitism in K-12 schools following Hamas's w  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) in introducing the Black Vulture Relief Act, which would alleviate burdensome government regulations allowing farmers to protect their newborn livestock from black vultures without a depredation permit whenever their livestock is threatened. Upon introducing the bill Sen. Cruz said, "Texas has long been a stronghold in American agriculture. Our ra  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Tim Scott (R-S.C), members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, as well as other colleagues sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin calling for the administration to clarify and re-evaluate its policy granting Iran access to tens of billions of dollars through sanctions waivers. In t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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 Subcommittee on Europe will hold a hearing entitled, "Addressing the Scourge of Anti-Semitism in Europe" on Tuesday, December 12 at 2:00pm ET. What: Hearing - "Addressing the Scourge of Anti-Semitism in Europe" Date: Tuesday, December 12th, 2023 Time: 2:00pm ET Location: HVC-210 Witne  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- 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 Oversight and Accountability will convene a hearing entitled, "Reviewing the Bureau of Industry and Security, Part II: U.S. Export Controls in an Era of Strategic Competition" on Tuesday, December 12th. What: Hearing - "Reviewing the Bureau of Industry and Security, Part II: U.S. Export Contr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) introduced bicameral legislation to phase out single-use plastic foam food service products, "loose fill" such as packing peanuts, and non-medical disposable coolers - materials known to cause adverse health effects and pollute waterways. The Farewell to Foam Act will prohibit the sale and distribution of these i  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) introduced bicameral legislation to phase out single-use plastic foam food service products, "loose fill" such as packing peanuts, and non-medical disposable coolers - materials known to cause adverse health effects and pollute waterways. The Farewell to Foam Act will prohibit the sale and distribution   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) in introducing bicameral legislation to phase out single-use plastic foam food service products, "loose fill" such as packing peanuts, and non-medical disposable coolers - materials known to cause adverse health effects and pollute waterways. The Farewell to Foam Act will prohibit the sale and distrib  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Legislation Will Improve Ticket Purchasing & Price Transparency Issues for Consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Commerce Committee, joined Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) yesterday in introducing the Fans First Act, which would help address flaws in the current live  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Bill Passed with Bipartisan Support, Will be Signed Into Law by President Biden Soon WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senator Peter Welch's (D-Vt.) bipartisan bill, the Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act, passed the United States House of Representatives this week with unanimous support. The bill was passed by the Senate in June and will soon be signed into law by President Biden. The bip  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced the Countering Corrupt Political Influence Act (CCP Influence Act) to increase transparency and reporting requirements of Chinese Communist Party officials in the U.S. conducting government business. The CCP Influence Act would build upon a Trump administration policy to requir  more