WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news on Feb. 28, 2024: Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) called out President Biden for refusing to accept responsibility for the border crisis, which is a direct result of executive actions he has taken to loosen immigration policy, ahead of his visit to Brownsville, Texas this week. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn's remarks are below. "Tomorrow, President Biden will do something he's done only once before in his  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement in response to U.S. District Judge David Ezra issuing a preliminary injunction to block a new Texas law that makes illegally crossing the southern border a state crime. The ruling comes just 5 days before the law, coming from Texas' SB 4, would take effect. "This ruling by the Federal District Judge in Austin is disappointing, but not surprisi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-IL), and Congressman Buddy Carter (R-GA) introduced the Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act which would allow State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive and coordinated care to patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) through a health home model.  "While completing my residency at Parkland Hospital, I witnessed and care  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for the Starr-Camargo Bridge Expansion Act (H.R. 3569): * * * H.R. 3569 would authorize the privately owned Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to expand the Starr-Camargo Bridge near Rio Grande City, Texas. Under current law, the company has permanent authority to operate and maintain the toll bridge. The bill also would authorize the company and its successors to use toll collections to finance the expansion a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) announced that UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) was recently awarded $117,629 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease for the San Antonio Program for Undergraduate Research in Renal Science (SPURRS).  SPURRS is a unique program based at UT Health San Antonio's Long School of Medicine that provides undergradua  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release: BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS- Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) will travel with President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., to Brownsville, Texas, where they will both meet with U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel and local officials. Afterwards, they will deliver remarks urging for passage of the Senate's Bipartisan Border and Security Package to reform the country's immigration system. "I am appreciative  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release: SANTA ROSA, TEXAS - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) released the following statement regarding the decision by the Board of Directors of the Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc., to shut down operations after more than 50 years. "The decision to close Texas's only sugar mill will not just negatively impact our region's economy and agriculture industry but it means that our country will lose o  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Beth Van Duyne, who serves as Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations, celebrated the House passage of her legislation to improve the reporting process for fraudulent pandemic loans (H.R. 5426). "After the Small Business Administration (SBA) failed to implement basic safeguards to prevent fraud i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: This week, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) introduced the Rural Housing Voucher Enhancement Act, a bill that would make critical improvements to the current Rural Housing Voucher Program administered by the Rural Housing Service. This legislation would address several administrative issues within the current program, enhances the readability of government notices, and bolsters outreach to participat  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) announced that she will host Houston OB/GYN Dr. Damla Karsan as her guest at the State of the Union address on Thursday, March 7th. A resident of Texas' Seventh Congressional District, Dr. Karsan is an OB/GYN and one of two physician plaintiffs in Zurawski v. State of Texas, a case before the Texas Supreme Court brought forward by 22 women who we  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: On Wednesday, Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at addressing longstanding issues regarding Mexico's compliance with the 1944 Water Treaty. The proposed bill is designed to empower U.S. diplomats and officials in their endeavors to secure adherence to the treaty. Rep. Henry Cuellar is the co-lead of this legislation. The legislation mandates   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: South Texas Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on Friday, February 23rd, urging them to act regarding the water shortage impacting Texas farmers and ranchers. Her letter follows the announced closure of the Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, which will put 500 full-time and seasonal workers out of a job  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia, a Vice Chair of the Poverty Task Force, issued the following statement regarding Texas' decision to opt out of a USDA Summer EBT program: "I know the pain of growing up hungry, of being afraid to open the refrigerator to only see the water jug, of growing up on commodity food, of fearing the summer. "For many low-income students, a school lunch is the only full nutritious  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senators Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Katie Britt (R-Alabama), and Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), today sent a letter to President Biden urging him to rescind his February 1 executive order and February 8 memo that are intended to undermine Isra  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID), House Subcommittee on Africa Chairman John James (R-MI), and Senate Subcommittee on Africa Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-SC) released the following statement on the Biden administration's temporary appoint  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) announced a new group of federal clean energy grants coming to South Georgia, including a $819,126 award for Storm Services Texas LLC, a solar production company in Thomasville. The funding was made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), legislation championed by the Senators for its investments in Georgia. The Senators   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: House Foreign Affairs Committee Spokesperson Leslie Shedd issued the below statement responding to State Department Spokesperson Matt Miller's statement at yesterday's press briefing, which included comments on Chairman McCaul's threat to hold U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress if the department continues withholding key Afghanis  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven joined a friend-of-the-court brief led by Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative August Pfluger (R-Texas) in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that opposes the federal government's deregulation of chemical abortion drugs. The lawmakers' bicameral amicus brief in U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine squarely contests FDA de  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: Speaker Johnson, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, and Leader Jeffries along with House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Granger and Ranking Member DeLauro and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Murray and Vice Chair Collins released the following statement: "We are in agreement that Congress must work in a bipartisan manner to fund our government. "Nego  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Last week, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey C. Arrington reintroduced legislation to ensure states using federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds are held to the same program integrity standards as federal agencies. "In order to restore fiscal responsibility in Washington, we must root out the over two hundred billion dollars  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Michael C. Burgess, R-Texas, chair of the House Budget Committee Health Care Task Force, issued the following statement on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * Today, House Budget Committee Health Care Task Force Chair Michael C. Burgess, M.D. released the following statement in recognition of Rare Disease Day: "Today, Members of Congress are recognizing Rare Disease Day, a day where patient advocates take their critical mission to our nation's Capital to promote policies to suppo  more

WASHINGTON, March 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 markup to consider a resolution recommending the House of Representatives find U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress for his continued refusal to comply with a subpoena served by the committee in July. What: Markup of H.Res.__ Date: Th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 26, 2024: * * * Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the Hungarian parliament's ratification of Sweden's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). "I am glad Hungary finally ratified Sweden's NATO accession. Sweden will enter NATO as an immediate security provider, having m  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released the following statement on the two-year anniversary of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. "As we prepare to mark two years of Putin's war of genocide against Ukraine, I remain in awe of the bravery of the Ukrainian people who have held off the Russian juggernaut and reclaimed  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Tonight, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken threatening to hold him in contempt of Congress if the department continues to withhold interview documents relied on to draft their After-Action Review (AAR) of the Biden administration's deadly and chaotic withdrawal fr  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 1, 2024: Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken re-iterating his call for the Biden administration to take serious action at the IAEA's upcoming Board of Governors meeting to address the Iranian regime's ongoing nuclear provocations. In his letter, Chairman McCaul highli  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL), Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Chairman Chris Smith (R-NJ), and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to Commissioner-General of the United N  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) issued the following statement in advance of President Joe Biden's visit to Brownsville, Texas: "President Biden's choice to visit one of the slowest sectors of our Southwest border makes it abundantly clear that he cares far more about optics than actually addre  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for documents and communications relating to the illegal immigration crisis along the southwest border, including information relating to the mass illegal alien influx event in Eagle Pass, Texas, where Border Patrol ag  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on March 1, 2024: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas.) are today conducting oversight of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) enforcement of longstanding prohibitions on racially disc  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed three small business bills favorably out of the chamber. H.R. 5426, to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide a link to resources for submitting reports on suspected fraud relating to certain COVID-19 loans - sponsored by Reps. Van Duyne (TX-24) and Landsman (OH  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed five small business bills under suspension favorably out of the chamber. H.R. 3511, the Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act - sponsored by Reps. LaLota (NY-01), McGarvey (KY-03), Lee (NV-03), Thanedar (MI-13), and Lawler (NY-17). * Federal agencies have a goal of spendin  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, issued the following testimony by Dylan Taylor, chairman and CEO of Voyager Space Holdings, involving a hearing on Feb. 14, 2024, entitled "ISS and Beyond: The Present and Future of American Low-Earth Orbit Activities." ISS is the International Space Station. * * * Today's subcommittee hearing will address the ongoing activities of the United States in   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Today, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, wrote to President Biden and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm regarding the Administration's decision to indefinitely pause export approvals for newly constructed Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) export terminals. The Committee is concerned that the Ad  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Today, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, penned a letter to Katherine Tai, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to express concern over a new policy decision to abandon support for core U.S. digital trade priorities. The Committee is concerned that the USTR did not consider the interests of s  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative August Pfluger (R-Texas-11) today led the filing a friend-of-the-court brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that challenges the federal government's deregulation of chemical abortion drugs. Signed by 26 Senators and 119 House members, the lawmakers' bicameral amicus brief in U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) v. Alliance f  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Yesterday the Dallas Morning News reported that Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) will host Dr. Austin Dennard as his guest at the State of the Union on March 7. Dr. Dennard is a Texas OBGYN and mom who had to flee the state to get a life-saving abortion.  From the Dallas Morning News: "Dallas obstetrician/gynecologist Austin Dennard, who had to travel out of state for an abortion after learning her fetus ha  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release on March 1, 2024: Following last week's ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos are afforded the same protection as children under state law, Pro-Choice Caucus Whip, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), and Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) wrote an open letter condemning the ruling and exposing Republicans' attempt to cove  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) announced that his guest for President Joe Biden's 2024 State of the Union will be Priscilla Martinez of Forney, Texas. Mrs. Martinez is the widow of Aaron Martinez, a rancher who was murdered in May 2023 by a neighbor who had previously harassed the Martinez family and told them that Latinos were not welcome in their growing North Texas community. "Last year, Aaron Martin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. The case challenges the FDA's move to make the chemical abortion pill available through the mail without a doctor's   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mike Braun (R-IN) released the following statement after a federal judge in Texas delayed the effective date of the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) joint employer final rule from February 26 to March 11, 2024. The new joint employer rule would force liability on companies for another business' employees even if they do not directly oversee them. "Whil  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, issued the following news release: This week, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) introduced the Creating Obstructions Necessary to Address Illegal and Nefarious Entry Rapidly (CONTAINER) Act, legislation to codify border states' authority to place temporary barriers on federal land to protect their communities and the nation against illegal immigration and the deadly flow of drugs. The legislation is co-led by Congressmen David Rouzer (R  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Jake Ellzey, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Today, Congressman Ellzey joined his colleagues in passing H.R. 6591 - the Encouraging Success Act The Small Business Administration - SBA - 8a program was established in the 1970s to help disadvantaged small businesses compete with large corporations for U.S. Government contracts while they are part of the program and upon graduation. H.R. 6581 requires the Small Business Administration to ac  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), released the following statement about President Joe Biden's photo-op at the southern border in Brownsville, Texas. From 2019-2023, Congressman Fleischmann served as the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee and regularly fought against President Biden's disastrous open border policies. "Today, Pre  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, released the following statement after hearing House Republicans' line of questioning during the deposition of Hunter Biden. "Here's the big revelation so far from Hunter Biden's deposition: Republican officials will embarrass themselves over and over again with this fact-free impeachm  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, issued the following statement on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden's visit to the border in Brownsville, TX. "Democrats should be leading on immigration and Texas is at the forefront of this issue, so I'm glad that President Biden is visiting our border," said Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas). "My hope is that President Biden will highlight how immig  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, issued the following news release on March 1, 2024: Yesterday, Representatives Ronny Jackson (TX-13) and David Kustoff (TN-08) introduced a resolution condemning the recent Order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that wrongfully imposed provisional measures against the State of Israel for defending itself in the wake of the deadly October 7th attacks by Hamas. This resolution makes clear that the ICJ failed to consider Israel's rig  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, Congressman Keith Self voted to stop another short-term Continuing Resolution (CR), along with 96 House Republicans. "This CR does absolutely nothing to address our border crisis or change the trajectory of Washington's out-of-control spending," Congressman Keith Self said. "Instead of passing the remaining appropriations bills, today's action kicks the spending can down the road again  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC -- On Tuesday, Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) called on Texas A&M's AgriLife 4-H Program Director to remove a Critical Race Theory (CRT) infused course from their 4-H lessons. Representative Roy wrote in the letter, "Not only is this lesson contradictory to the values that our country was founded on, but it is not advancing Texas A&M AgriLife Extension's valuable mission and goal. Teaching student  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement in response to Judge James Hendrix's ruling in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas that House passage of the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill violated the Constitution's Quorum Clause. Article I of the Constitution has always made it clear that House and Senate members be physically present when conducting certain legislative   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Vice Chair Blake Moore (R-Utah), and Representative Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) to discuss President Biden's open border crisis and its deadly consequences for communities across America. In the wake of Laken Riley's murder by a previously charged illegal immi  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Randy Weber, R-Texas, issued the following statement on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill to update nuclear licensing and ensure efficient regulation and deployment of nuclear energy technologies. Included in this legislative package is a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14), the Modernize Nuclear Reactor Environmental Reviews Act, to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to submit a report an  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Today, Representatives Greg Casar (D-Texas) and Susan Wild (D-PA), along with 29 of their colleagues, are calling onPresident Joseph R. Biden and the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to stand with the Pakistani people and defend democracy in Pakistan by withholding recognition of a new government in the country until a thorough, transparent, and credible investigation of election interfere  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release: On Friday, Representatives Chip Roy (TX-21) and Mike Collins (GA-10) called on Department of Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to end the Biden administration's abuse of parole. The representatives wrote in a joint letter, "The nation is entering its fourth year of the worst border crisis in recent history, but the Biden Administration has continued to show little interest in reversing its destructive border   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 1, 2024: In response to the Biden Administration's efforts to block states from placing physical barriers along their border with Mexico, Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) today introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to empower states to secure the southern border where President Biden has failed to do so. On January 22, the Supreme Court ruled with the Biden Administratio  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Representatives Harriet Hageman (WY-At-Large) and Lucy McBath (GA-07) released the following statements after their Victims' Voices Outside and Inside the Courtroom Effectiveness (Victims' VOICES) Act, which would ensure family members, legal guardians, and those appointed by the court who act on  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) blasted the Democrat Majority Leader for refusing to allow the Senate to debate, amend, and vote on the individual spending bills passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee last summer. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn's remarks are below. "For the fourth time since last September, Congress is rushing to avert a government shutdown." "Responsibility for w  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, filed legislation today to prohibit the U.S. government from suspending anti-terrorism restrictions to send foreign aid to the Gaza Strip or the West Bank. The Terminating Unlawful Negligence and Nullifying Exemptions and Licenses to Sanctions (TUNNELS) Act of 2024, rescinds the licenses employed by the Biden administration to channel   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), joined by Sens. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), today filed legislation to halt efforts by the Biden administration to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC): About the bill, Sen. Cruz said, "The Biden administration salivates at the thought of infringing on our freedom and intruding on the privacy of c  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement after casting a vote against the short-term continuing resolution. Sen. Cruz said, "Today, Democrats demonstrated how unserious they are about securing the border and defending our ally Israel. Democrats blocked my measure to include the Secure the Border Act to this continuing resolution, which would have solved our unprecedented immigration crisis by  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Senate Democrats blocked a motion by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today to include his Secure the Border Act in the Continuing Resolution. The Secure the Border Act would provide physical and technological border improvements, manpower assistance to Border Patrol and ICE Enforcement Removal Operations, and protection to families seeking entry at the border as well as unaccompanied alien children. Additionally, Sen. Cru  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: This week, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) sent a letter to the Biden Administration urging  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, last week led Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) in sending a letter to President Biden expressing concerns over th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), ranking member of the SFRC Subcommittee on Africa, and Representative John James (R-Mich.), chairman of the HFAC Subcommitte  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 10 a.m. on Feb. 29, 2024, at G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building: I. Nominees * Ann Marie McIff Allen, to be United States District Judge for the District of Utah * Susan M. Bazis, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska * Ernest Gonzalez, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas * Kelly Harrison Rankin, to be United S  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) hosted a Senate Law Enforcement Caucus roundtable yesterday featuring on-the-ground perspectives on the fentanyl and xylazine crises from Delaware and Texas. The Senators also discussed their bipartisan bill, the Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act, which would make clear that fentanyl and xylazine testing strips are not   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- 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), Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) recently introduced the Fair Qualifications for Pilots Act, bipartisan legislation that would prevent medical discrimination against operators of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) by prohibiting the Federal Aviation Adminis  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: The Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere will convene a hearing entitled, "The Agents of Antisemitism in Latin America" on Thursday, March 7th. What: Hearing - "The Agents of Antisemitism in Latin America" Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024 Time: 2:00pm ET Location: Rayburn 2172 Witnesses: The Honorable Deborah Lipstadt Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: The Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will convene a hearing entitled, "The Chinese Communist Party's Malign Influence at the United Nations -- It's Getting Worse" on Wednesday, March 6th. What: Hearing - "The Chinese Communist Party's Malign Influence at the United Nations -- It's Getting Worse" Date: We  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Proposed Deal Would Make Capital One the Nation's 6th Largest Bank, Largest Credit Card Issuer "This merger is bad for consumers.... In addition to harming consumers and small businesses, bank consolidation poses increased systemic risk in the financial system." Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and U.  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, along with Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) and over 30 Republican colleagues, introduced legislation to declare the crisis at the southern border an invasion to help support legal arguments of states in federal court. "I have been to the Southern Border in Eagle Pass, Texas and seen this crisis firsthand," said Rep. Webster. "Thanks to President Biden's fa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced the NO FAMS at the Border Act, legislation that would put federal air marshals back on airplanes as the administration has sent hundreds of federal law enforcement officials to the border to help illegal aliens entering the country. Under th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) introduced a resolution recognizing the importance of trilateral cooperation among the United States, Japan, and South Korea. The senators' resolution states, "The Senate commends the extraordinary lead  more