WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: Over the weekend, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations released the first batch of Fiscal Year 2024 funding bills to be voted on this week. Congressman Robert Aderholt, senior member of the Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on the projects he secured for the Fourth District in these funding bills. "Members of Congress know the needs of th  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: Following an unprecedented decision by the Alabama Supreme Court that puts access to reproductive health care at risk, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a press conference in New York City to push for the passage of the Access to Family Building Act, legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology (ART). The bill would establish a wom  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: In the wake of Alabama's State Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos created during the IVF process are "children" under state law, support for U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Patty Murray (D-WA)'s legislation to protect access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology (ART) nationwide continues to grow. The Access to Family Building Act--which would establish  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: In the wake of the Alabama State Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos created during the IVF process are "children" under state law, support continues to grow for legislation introduced by Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and cosponsored by Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) to protect access to IVF and other assisted reproductive technology (ART) nationwide. The Access to Family Buil  more