WASHINGTON, July 20 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: Speaker Johnson, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell and Leader Jeffries released the following statement: For 478 days, Evan Gershkovich's wrongful detention in Russia has demonstrated the cruelty of Vladimir Putin's thuggish rule. Evan's unjust sentence in a sham trial is a further reminder that attacks on the free press, hostage-taking and hostility to Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release: Congressman Pat Ryan's Statement on Central Hudson's Rate Increase KINGSTON, NY Congressman Pat Ryan released the following statement on Central Hudson's rate increase: "From day one, I've been fighting to lower costs and hold Central Hudson accountable. With Hudson Valley families feeling the economic pressure, allowing any rate increase is completely unacceptable," said Congressman Pat Ryan. "We're all st  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following statement on July 19, 2024: * * * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: Today, the city of Houston and the House Democratic Caucus mourn a giant, the one and only Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. Congresswoman Jackson Lee was an inimitable force for change and a warrior for justice over the course of her historic, trailblazing career. A member of one   more