WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: [Hartford, CT] - In the wake of Alabama's State Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos created during the IVF process are "children" under state law, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy joined the growing 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 reprodu  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Following the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are "children" under state law, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), and more than 40 colleagues in cosponsoring the Access to Family Building Act. This legislation would protect access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology (ART) by establishing a s  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: President Biden to deliver his annual address exactly 59 years after Bloody Sunday Washington D.C. -- Tomorrow, March 7th, on the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) will bring three original Foot Soldiers from the Selma to Montgomery marches as her guests to the 2024 State of the Union address. Ms. Sheyann Webb-Christburg, Mr. Bennie Lee Tucker, and Ms. JoAnne Bland will join   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Armed Services (SASC) and the Senate Veterans' Affairs (SVAC) Committees, is cosponsoring legislation to protect and enhance the fertility services offered by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA). Senator King's support of this legislation comes on the heels of the recent Alabama Supreme Court decision equating frozen   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: HARTFORD- In the wake of Alabama's State Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos created during the IVF process are "children" under state law, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Tuesday joined the growing 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   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Mike Levin, D-California, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49) announced that he will bring Dr. Brian Acacio, head of a fertility clinic in Laguna Niguel, CA, as his guest to President Biden's State of the Union address. Dr. Acacio is an expert on infertility evaluation and treatment and has some of the highest in vitro fertilization (IVF) success rates in Southern California. He is frequently named one of the top reprodu  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 7 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution issued the following testimony by Laurel Hattix, staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, at a field hearing on March 1, 2024, entitled "Modern-Day Voting Discrimination in Alabama": * * * Chairwoman Butler, Ranking Member Cruz, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you. The American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama was founded in 1965, the same  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 7 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution issued the following written testimony by Shalela Dowdy, vice president of the Mobile Branch of the Alabama NAACP, at a field hearing on March 1, 2024, entitled "Modern-Day Voting Discrimination in Alabama": * * * Chair Butler, Ranking Member Cruz, and other distinguished Committee members. Thank you for the opportunity to submit this testimony concerning my experiences with racial discrimination in voting in  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 7 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution issued the following written testimony by LaTosha Brown, co-founder at Black Voters Matter Fund, at a field hearing on March 1, 2024, entitled "Modern-Day Voting Discrimination in Alabama": * * * I. INTRODUCTION Chair Butler, Ranking member Cruz and other members of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, my name is LaTosha Brown, and I am a co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund ("BVM"), a power building sout  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 7 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution issued the following testimony by Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, ranking member of the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections, at a field hearing on March 1, 2024, entitled "Modern-Day Voting Discrimination in Alabama": * * * Thank you, Chairwoman Butler and Members of the Subcommittee, for inviting me to speak with you today. Everyday, I am honored that I get the opportunity to represent Alabama's Civ  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, visited Gulf Coast shipyards with senior leaders from the United States Navy and Marine Corps. Specifically, Senator Wicker travelled to Huntington Ingalls and Bollinger Shipyards in Pascagoula, Mississippi, as well as Austal USA's shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, with Chief of Naval Operat  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senator Tommy Tuberville joined Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Katie Britt (R-AL) in introducing legislation to target illegally caught red snapper imports. The Illegal Red Snapper Enforcement Act would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop a standard methodology for identifying the country of origin of re  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Department of Labor's (DOL) final worker classification rule, which threatens the gig economy and jeopardizes the ability of 27 million Americans to work as independent contractors. This comes as the DOL final rule was released earlier   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) announced Amanda Zurawski of Texas as her guest at President Joe Biden's 2024 State of the Union Address. "Republicans told us that Dobbs was just the beginning. Their mission is clear: a nationwide abortion ban," said Democratic Whip Clark. "Amanda Zurawski knows firsthand the pain and cruelty inflicted by the MAGA assault on reproduct  more