WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses at the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law hearing entitled "Birth Behind Bars." Today's hearing examined the medical, physical, and emotional abuse experienced by pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals. Today's hearing included two powerful witness testimonials.  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing a bipartisan bill to prevent Chinese companies from using American taxpayer dollars. Today, Sens. Ossoff, Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced the bipartisan American Tax Dollars for American Solar Manufacturing Act to prevent Chinese companies from using American tax credits designed to accelerate American solar manufacturing. The new  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following joint statement in response to the State Department's decision to pause $95 millio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Once in a generation legislation aims to fill the gap in the supply of housing units left widening since the devastation of the 2008 financial crisis The American Housing and Economic Mobility Act would create nearly 3 million new housing units and reduce rents by 10% for American families--paid for by reforms to the estate tax Bicameral legislation would create incentives for local governments to el  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee, and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of SFRC, today issued the following joint statement in response to the State Department's decision to pause $95 million in assistance to the government of Georgia following passage of a foreig  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Jon Ossoff's bipartisan bill to strengthen Georgia's cybersecurity workforce passed a key Senate Committee this week. This week, Sen. Ossoff's Federal Cyber Workforce Training Act of 2024, which he recently introduced with Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD), passed the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) with bipartisan support to strengthen the Federal cybersecurity workfo  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: WATCH: Full hearing video hereThis is an external link Sen. Ossoff's investigation uncovers evidence of women being forced to undergo C-sections against their will; pregnant women being shackled; women who gave birth unassisted into toilets, on floors Ms. Jessica "Drew" Umberger, who was incarcerated in Georgia, testified she was forced to undergo a C-section & later had to pay for the procedure, despite not  more