WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement on the 3-year anniversary of the ISIS-K suicide attack at Kabul International Airport that killed 13 American servicemembers during the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan: "3 years ago, today, weeks of one of the most disastrous, embarrassing, self-inflicted disasters in our nation's history culminated in the tragic  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement in response to special counsel Jack Smith's latest indictment against former President Trump: "The blatant political persecution of President Trump and state-sanctioned election interference by the Biden-Harris Administration continues. The repeated law-fare and weaponization of the Justice Department by Biden-Harris has er  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: Today, the House Judiciary Committee and its Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement released an interim report regarding Yohenry Josue Betancourt-Brito, an illegal alien who brutally attacked two New York City police officers near a migrant shelter in Times Square. In May 2023, the Biden-Harris Administration released Venezuel  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2024: Today, the House Committee on Small Business announced its September hearing schedule. Full Committee Markup * Date & Time: Tuesday, September 10th at 9:45 AM ET * Location: Hearing Room, 2360 Rayburn House Office Building Full Committee Hearing: "Holding the SBA Accountable: Testimony from Small Business Administrator Guzman" * Date & Tim  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: SAN ANTONIO Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) announced that St. Mary's University in San Antonio will receive a $132,938 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand laboratory and research opportunities for students in the Environmental Science, Forensic Science, and Biology programs. The grant was provided through NSF's Improving Undergraduate Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: SAN ANTONIO Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) released his third annual list of Latino film nominations for consideration by the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress. Castro's 2024 nomination list includes newly eligible films (Cesar Chavez), modern film masterpieces (Babel), generational favorites (Gotta Kick It Up!), and groundbreaking historical narratives (Chicano I & II: The Mexican  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Last evening, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., outlining concerns over the platform shadow-banning athletes' accounts for their shooting related sports content. These include the censorship of Team USA Olympic and Paralympic athletes Conner Prince and Vincent Hancook, Olympic Men's Skeet and McKenna Geer, Paralympic Para Shooting. The lett  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) released a statement following Governor Greg Abbott's announcement that 1 million ineligible voters have been purged from the voter rolls in the State of Texas. "The integrity of our elections is paramount to the future of our country," said Congressman August Pfluger. "I commend the State of Texas for cleaning up our voter rolls and ensuring that only legal votes are cast  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: Today, the House Judiciary Committee and its Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement released an interim report regarding Peruvian illegal alien Roberto Emilio Vasquez-Santamaria, who entered the country illegally though the southwest border, was released into the country by the Biden-Harris Administration, and was later arrested for the brutal m  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: Today, The Conference Board released its report on the Consumer Confidence Index for August 2024. The report showed that while overall consumer confidence rose, it remained within the narrow range consistent with the past two years. Uneasy markets, continued high interest rates, and stubbornly high prices continue to cloud Americans' economic futures.  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: On Friday, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett released the following statement on the shooting of three officers in Oak Cliff Thursday night, killing one officer, Darron Burks, and injuring two others. "I am heartbroken to learn of the fatal shooting of Officer Darron Burks, and I stand alongside the people of Dallas in support of his family and friends grieving his loss. I am praying for the speedy recovery  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) are calling for a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of a demonstration program the Biden-Harris administration launched to artificially lower Medicare Part D premium payments using taxpayer dollars. This Premium Stabilization Demonstration Program is a reaction to conseque  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: Today, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled to maintain the pause on the Biden-Harris Administration's unconstitutional student loan cancelation scheme: the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan. Since taking office, this Administration has made several attempts to ram through legally questionable policies, trying to spend an unprecedented $1 tri  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) spearheaded a letter to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel asking the CBO to analyze a new Medicare Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration program that invites an unchecked taxpayer-funded bailout to  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 26, 2024: * * * Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement honoring the sacrifice of the 13 U.S. servicemembers killed by a terrorist attack during the Biden-Harris administration's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. "Today and every day, I honor and remember the 13 brave servicemembers who lost  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 29, 2024: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued a statement commemorating the tenth anniversary of the death of James Foley, an American journalist who was held hostage and brutally murdered by ISIS. "August 19th marked the ten-year anniversary of the evil and barbaric beheading of U.S. hostage James Foley at the hands o  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 29, 2024: * * * Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released a statement on the Biden-Harris administration's failed Gaza pier operation following a report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at USAID. "USAID OIG's evaluation of the Biden-Harris administration's $230 million pier boondoggle for Gaza aid is both shocki  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 30, 2024: * * * Three years ago today, the last U.S. military flight left Afghanistan following President Biden's "go-to-zero" order. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement commemorating the third anniversary. "When the last U.S. flight departed from Kabul airport on August 30, 2021, the Biden-Harris adm  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: On Friday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan requesting his testimony before the committee on the Biden-Harris administration's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. In his letter, Chairman McCaul highlighted that an overwhelming amount of witness t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Recently, 17-year-old Lubbock High School Senior Eliseo Jimenez walked more than 1,600 miles from Lubbock, Texas, to D.C. to advocate for Social Security reform and addressing the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). This imprecise formula has resulted in public service employees, such as police officers, firefighters, and public-school teachers, losing out on the Social Security benefits they have earned.  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Rep. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Nathaniel Moran urges passing of cosponsored SAVE Act legislation Marshall News Messenger August 29, 2024 By Nicholas Osborn Read the full story by the Marshall News Messenger here. *** Original text here: https://moran.house.gov//news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=689  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Austin, Texas Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released the following statement on the letter(link is external) Mark Zuckerberg wrote to the House Judiciary Committee, admitting the Biden-Harris administration pressured Meta to censor free speech. "Mark Zuckerberg's bombshell admission reveals the Biden-Harris administration undeniably pressured Facebook into silencing Americans' voices a  more

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Aug. 29 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news on Aug. 28, 2024: Yesterday on Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed his visit to the border in McAllen, Texas, earlier this week, praised the ruling of a federal judge in Texas who paused the Biden administration's "parole in place" program for spouses of U.S. citizens, and slammed Vice President Harris for flip-flopping on border security ahead of the election. Excerpt  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and California's former Secretary of State, called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division to investigate the recent targeted raids of several Latino voting rights organizers, officials, and candidates by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's election integrity unit. Last week, Attorney General Pax  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) released the following statement in response to Vice President Kamala Harris' decision to continue building a southern border wall if elected President of the United States: "For years, Vice President Kamala Harris has opposed building a southern border wall, claiming it was 'un-American.' The Biden-Harris Administration has allowed over 10 million illegal immigrants to en  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Chicago, IL Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), Vice Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee and the only member of Congress married to a Dreamer, released the following statement after Trump-appointed Judge J. Campbell Barker of Texas halted application approvals under the Biden Administration's "Keeping Families Together" program. "I am not surprised by the heartless efforts of Rep  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28) announced $2,678,762 in federal funding for Zapata County ISD for free or reduced meals for Zapata County ISD students for the 2023 to 2024 school year. "I'm pleased to announce over $2.6 million in federal reimbursements for Zapata County ISD towards providing free or reduced-cost meals for our children. Providing our children with high-quality meals is essential to   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: This month, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) visited Stan's Hands Massage and Wellness and Camellia Alise, Black-owned businesses in Texas' Seventh Congressional District. The visits come during National Black Business Month, an annual celebration during the month of August to highlight the work of Black-owned businesses and explore the challenges they may face. They discussed how the   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, issued the following commentary to The Huntsville Item on Aug. 28, 2024: * * * Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and only Member in House of Representatives to serve on two cyber subcommittees, penned an op-ed in the Huntsville Item highlighting how cyber threats are evolving rapidly and the need to prioritize cybersecurity with the urgency it demands. Read the article below. In recent yea  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: Today, Congressman Roger Williams (TX-25), sent a letter in response to the Biden-Harris Administration's announcement introducing new actions to implement failed and misguided rent control policies. "Rent control measures by the Biden-Harris Administration is yet another socialist policy that will only decrease housing availability and quality, making the problem worse," said Congressman W  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) celebrated the rollout of Poland's F-35s that will soon arrive at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, the new home of the Foreign Military Sales mission for the aircraft. Boozman joined officials from the United States and Poland as well as Lockheed Martin leadership to applaud the unveiling of the first Polish F-35 at the company's plant in Fort Worth, Texas Wedn  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- 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) is demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding its ineffective management of airport security and vetting of illegal aliens, raising serious concerns about whether DHS and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have adequately protect  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) are calling for a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of a demonstration program the Biden-Harris administration launched to artificially lower Medicare Part D premium payments using taxpayer dollars. This Premium Stabilization   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 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) last week sent letters to the Administrators of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) demanding answers regarding the agencies' alarmist educational materials designed to manufacture support for th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), U.S. Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), U.S. House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington) and U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-Missouri) sent a letter   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Las Vegas, Nev. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), FWD.us and Justice Action Center (JAC) joined a press call to discuss efforts to help American families remain together through the Biden-Harris administration's new Keeping Families Together Parole in Place (PIP) program. On the call, the speakers spoke about their work to prevent families from being separat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release: On May 22nd, Congressman Roger Williams (TX-25), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, along with the Republican Members of the Committee, released a staff report detailing the Biden Administration's failure to comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA). The following three statements are from industry experts and stakeholders who applauded C  more