WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Today, House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) and Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered the following opening statements in a joint hearing to examine  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: VARIETY: Congressman Joaquin Castro Celebrates TV Academy's Cris Abrego's Historic Role at the Emmys on Hispanic Heritage Month Kickoff SAN ANTONIO Ahead of tonight's Emmy Awards, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) released the following statement to recognize the achievements of Cris Abrego, the first Latino chair of the Television Academy: "Tonight, Cris Abrego will make history as the first Latino Tele  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Ahead of National Hispanic Heritage Month, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), chair of the Senate Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Caucus, and John Cornyn (R-Texas), along with U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-Texas-20), co-chair of the Congressional HSI Caucus, in introducing a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to designate the week starting on Septem  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) and Congresswoman Emilia Sykes (OH-13) introduced the Skills Against Violence Act to support skills training and workforce development for survivors of gender-based violence, including survivors of domestic violence. Nationwide, an estimated 1 in 3 women, and 1 in 4 men have experienced a form of physical violence from a partner. In addition to causing serious phys  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, issued the following news release: DALLAS Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) today announced he helped the North Texas-based company Fossil Group cut red tape and secure long-overdue relief from the federal government. After Fossil experienced years of delay on a tax refund, Allred worked with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to expedite the processing of their case, resulting in the Fossil Group getting the money they were owed. "Our busine  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement after House passage of H.R. 9106, the Enhanced Presidential Security Act: "Following two attempted assassination attempts on President Trump, the shocking revelations of flawed security and personnel standards at the Secret Service, and repeated denials of protection for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and additional protection for Preside  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: This week, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced H.Res.1457, a resolution "strongly condemning Vice President Kamala Harris for championing anti law enforcement polices and, as a result, encouraging lawlessness across the country." "Kamala Harris is working tirelessly to reinvent herself as a mainstream moderate, but her record reveals she's proudly aligned with the radical Left with a   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement in response to a second attempted assassination against President Trump on Sunday: "While the Left continues to make ridiculous and caustic claims about Donald Trump being a threat to Democracy, he is absolutely a threat to their radical plans to fundamentally transform our country. "No one has endured more political persecution  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement after House passage of H.J.Res 136: "The Biden-Harris Administration's obsession with the Radical Left's climate crusade and foisting electric vehicles on Americans is adding to the economic hardships of everyday working families. "This legislation will repeal their disastrous "EV Mandate" that aimed to require 67% of all cars   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) spoke on the floor in favor of H.R. 5717 the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act which passed the House shortly thereafter. "Sanctuary cities are part of the perverse incentives that are drawing illegal immigrants into this country. In fact, their mere existence is illegal under U.S. law," said Chairman Arrington. "Rogue local officials who promote these polic  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet alongside U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), introduced a bicameral resolution expressing concern about and calling for action to counter Spanish-language disinformation and misinformation across Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as communities in the United States. While social media c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Chairman of the Rules Committee, hosted students from University of Texas at Dallas in his Rules Committee office. During the meeting, Chairman Burgess highlighted his tenure in Congress and the health care legislation that he is championing for the remainder of his term. Chairman Burgessemphasized the role that students play in their patients lives as doctors  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement following the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas authorizing the sale of Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, LA to Healthcare Systems of America (HSA). Glenwood was previously owned by Steward Health Care, who is curren  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20) led four of his colleagues Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01), Doris Matsui (D-CA-07), Greg Casar (D-TX-35), and James Moylan (R-Guam) in a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy expressing bipartisan concerns about recent changes to USPS policy that have damaged public faith in the reliability of the service. "For over a year, thousands of our constituents have n  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11), the co-chair of the Research and Development Caucus and the only Ph.D. physicist in Congress, introduced the Strengthening Science Through Diplomacy Act, legislation that would strengthen U.S. science and research partnerships by extending appropriate privileges and immuniti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), the highest-ranking Democrat on the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, joined U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (NM.), Chair of the Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, and Ben Cardin (MD), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to lead the introduction of a bicameral resolution expressing co  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX) led a full Committee on Small Business hearing titled "Holding the SBA Accountable: Testimony from Small Business Administrator Guzman." Chairman Williams issued the following statement regarding today's hearing. "Ensuring that the SBA is working for Main Street America has been one of the Committee's to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release: BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS -Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) announced that the City of Brownsville has been awarded $9,028,032 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This funding, provided through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Airport Improvement Plan (AIP), will support critical upgrades to the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport. The grant will support phase 2 of th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-01) released the following statement after voting for Congressman Chip Roy's (R-TX-21) Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which was coupled with a short-term spending package to extend government appropriations through March 2025: "The future of our country depends on secure elections. The illegal immigrants flooding into our country due to the reckless bord  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced the Crisis Care Access Act, bipartisan legislation to expand access to crisis stabilization services for Americans experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis. "Too many Nevadans struggle to access care when they need it most, and expanding Medicare coverage for crisis stabilization services will hel  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: President Joe Biden signed into law H.R. 1076, the Preventing the Financing of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act, on Friday, September 13th. The legislation is a bipartisan bill introduced by Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) and passed by both the House and Senate. This landmark legislation aims to combat the financing of illegal synthetic drugs, particularly fentanyl, which has ravaged communities acro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Senate Democrats once again blocked an effort by U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) to pass their IVF Protection Act, which would ensure that states do not prohibit access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) services. On the Senate floor, Sen. Cruz said, "Today, unfortunately, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are staging an empty show vote, on what they call an IVF bill, in order to s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Good Evening, After a month traveling across the state meeting with Texans and hearing about the issues confronting the Lone Star State, I made my way back to Washington. This week, I was honored to attend the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring the fallen military heroes who lost their lives in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 26, 2021 as U.S. troops conducted evacuation operations. One of those fallen hero  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, applauded the Senate passage of a bipartisan resolution recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month which is celebrated from September 15 through October 15. Led by U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), the Senate passed the resolution on Wednesday. "During Hispanic  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement after a U.S. District Court temporarily blocked the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from enforcing its natural gas venting and flaring rule. The ruling comes as a result of a lawsuit filed by the State of North Dakota, along with Montana, Texas, Wyoming and Utah. Hoeven has pressed  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Today, Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) sent letters to the Attorneys General from Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Florida, and Missouri, updating them on the Committee's investigation into ActBlue, a major democratic fundraising platform. Along with the letter, the Attorneys General received the data and evidence th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) delivered opening remarks at the hearing "The Cost of the Biden-Harris Energy Crisis." * * * Opening Statement as Delivered: "Our hearing today focuses on the fiscal cost and economic consequences of the Biden-Harris Administration's failed economic and energy policies. Those costs hav  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release: Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) joined "Mornings with Maria" on Fox Business to preview the House Budget Committee's hearing entitled "The Cost of the Biden-Harris Energy Crisis" and this Administration's failed economic agenda. Find highlights of key moments below: Chairman Arrington on Kamala Harris's Economic Agenda: "I'm scared to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Federal Reserve's (Fed) committee that decides the future path of interest rates, announced a 0.5 point reduction in the federal funds rate. Chairman Arrington on Our Current Economic State: House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) released the following statement on our current ec  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced a full committee hearing entitled, "An Assessment of the State Department's Withdrawal from Afghanistan by America's Top Diplomat," on Tuesday, September 24, with testimony from Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Today, Chairman McCaul issued a superseding subpoena on Secretary of State Ant  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 16, 2024: * * * Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the Biden-Harris administration's delay in delegating sanctions authorities passed by Congress in April. "I am deeply disappointed it took the Biden-Harris White House five months to delegate the sanctions authorities Congress provided in  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivered opening remarks at a hearing on the great power competition in the Indo-Pacific. During his remarks, Chairman McCaul emphasized the threat of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to the national security interests of the United States and our allies and partners. - Re  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 18, 2024: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Spokesperson Emily Cassil issued the below statement responding to State Department Spokesperson Matt Miller's statement at yesterday's press briefing, which included misrepresentations of the committee's reasonable accommodation process regarding its request for Secretary Blinken's appearance on the ch  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul questioned Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell on the importance of solidifying our trilateral partnership among the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom to counter increasing aggression from the Chinese Communist Party. - Highlights from Chairman McCaul's Que  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to Rachel Cotton, deputy counsel to the president, reiterating his request for National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to testify before the committee. In the letter, Chairman McCaul highlighted that Sullivan and the National Security Council (NSC) wielded extraordinary influence regardi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 19, 2024: * * * Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the Biden-Harris administration's failure to use Congressionally-mandated authorities to support Ukraine's fight against Vladamir Putin's unprovoked war of aggression. "The Biden-Harris administration has, appallingly, refused to impose   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) released the following statement on the State Department Office of Inspector General's (IG) report detailing how the State Department mishandled the suspension of former Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley's security cleara  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittees on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Kitchen Table Economics: How Failed Biden-Harris Policies Continue to Hurt Consumers" at 10 a.m. on Sept. 25, 2024, at 2154 Rayburn House Office Building: Witnesses and testimonies: * Paul Winfree, Ph.D., President & CEO, Economic Policy Innovation Center * Patrice Onwuka, Director, Center for Economic O  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) today announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled "Kitchen Table Economics: How Failed Biden-Harris Policies Continue to Hurt Consumers." The hearing will discuss  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce, issued the following news release: Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today announced a hearing titled "Tracking Progress: Examining the Department of Defense's Financial Management Practices" to bring transparency to the Department of Defense's (DOD) financial manage  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Yesterday, Congressman Roger Williams (TX-25), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, wrote to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in response to the agency's lack of transparency regarding the strategic plan the SBA submitted to the White House under E.O. 14019. In its first letter to the SBA regarding its Memorandum of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: Tomorrow, Congressman Roger Williams (TX-25), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, will hold a hearing to hear directly from Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Guzman on how the Agency has failed to follow its mission statement and support small businesses. * * * In Case You Missed It: "Republicans plan to conf  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: 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 two statements are from industry experts and stakeholder  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee's oversight hearing entitled, "Examining VA's Ch  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Group seeks more transparency, greater representation in industry and content, and inclusive and inviting environment for Latinos View Full Recording of the Press Conference On Thursday, September 12, 2024, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) joined the National Media Coalition, the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, MANA, Latinx in Gaming, the Hispanic Association f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Chair of the Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) introduced a bicameral resolution expressing concern about Spanish-langua  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Nathaniel Moran responds to Trump assassination attempt KETK & FOX51 September 16, 2024 By Rachel Davis Read the story on KETK here. *** Original text here: https://moran.house.gov//news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=724  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Chair of the Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) introduced a bicameral resolution expressing concern about Spanish-language disinformation and misinformation across Latin America and the Caribbean and how it affects communi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, issued the following news release: No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act Read the full story by the Marshall News Messenger here. *** Original text here: https://moran.house.gov//news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=722  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) hosted the 15th annual Childhood Cancer Summit alongside his caucus co-chairs, Representatives Mike Kelly (R-Penn.), Ami Bera M.D. (D-Calf.), and Kathy Castor (D-Fla.). "I founded the Childhood Cancer Caucus in 2009 to give children with cancer a voice on Capitol Hill. This summit is a celebration of their lives, a testament to their strength and cour  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) voted for the Enhanced Presidential Security Act of 2024, legislation that directs the U.S. Secret Service to apply the same standards when determining the number of agents in a protection detail for presidents, vice presidents, and major presidential and vice-presidential candidates. "Even in the face of enduring attacks, President Trump has remained res  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Homeland Security voted for the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act, legislation to prevent federal funds from being used to bail out sanctuary cities, including New York City, for a migrant crisis they and the Biden-Harris administration created. "As states like Texas work tirelessly to undo the damage of the B  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) voted for the Protecting Americans' Investments from Woke Policies Act, to ensure financial institutions are focused on maximizing returns in retirement plans not on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors. "Under the leadership of the Biden-Harris administration, inflation has eroded Americans' retirement savings. To make matters worse, they ar  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) announced that President Joe Biden signed their Preventing the Financing of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act into law. This law will help the federal government financially stifle organizations that traffic synthetic drugs like fentanyl into the United States. "Fentanyl has killed too many of our loved ones all across this country--that  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Congressman Michael Cloud (R-TX) expressed disappointment after the failure of the funding bill, which included the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The bill would have ensured the government remains funded through March 28, 2025, with no additional spending increases while protecting the integrity of U.S. elections by requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) celebrated the Starr-Camargo Bridge Expansion Act being signed into law legislation that he led with Senator John Cornyn. The bill allows for an expansion of the Starr-Camargo Bridge in Rio Grande City, which acts as a vital trade link between Texas and Mexico. "In 2023, Mexico ranked first among all U.S. trading partners, with $798.8 billion in total trade in goods. T  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28), co-chair of the Congressional Autism Caucus, announced the House passage of the Autism CARES Act of 2024. Congressman Cuellar helped introduce this bill with Representative Chris Smith, which reauthorizes several programs that support autism education, research, and resources. "This bipartisan bill will provide vital funding to expand research and care for Am  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Jake Ellzey, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: Last week, the House passed H.R. 9456 - Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024. This legislation strengthens the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) capacity to prevent sales of American agricultural land to entities associated with foreign adversaries, including China. It ensures foreign purchases of American farmland are thoroughly scru  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) celebrated the General Services Administration (GSA)'s adoption of Viable Action Alternative #4 for the Bridge of the Americas (Puente Libre, BOTA) project. Viable Action Alternative #4, one of several design proposals, which removes all commercial cargo operations and modernizes the bridge with a focus on customer service and environmental justice, comes after years  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) confronted Mark Krikorian, an advisory board member for Project 2025 and the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, who previously wrote, "Haiti's so screwed up because it wasn't colonized long enough." Regarding Krikorian's previous quote, Casar asked him if Haitians would have been better if they stayed colonized. Krikorian then sa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Representative Wesley Hunt continues his moniker as Energy Congressman of the World after introducing H.R. 9472 - The Comprehensive Offshore Resource Enhancement (CORE) Act, which aims to gain an accurate assessment of undiscovered oil and gas reserves throughout the United States and Gulf of Mexico. Under the Biden Administration, BOEM has purposefully deflated the amount of undiscovered oil and gas reserve  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Jake Ellzey, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Jake Ellzey facilitated a meeting between staff and local agriculture leaders at the Anderson County Farm Bureau on September 10, 2024, to discuss pressing agricultural concerns affecting Texas farmers and the agricultural industry. The meeting addressed a range of topics crucial to the region's agricultural sector, including harmful chemicals in products and water (PFAS), tariffs on imports, decli  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Lance Gooden demanded immediate reforms from DHS to address the shocking misplacement and potential loss of over 300,000 unaccompanied alien children (UACs), revealed in a new DHS report. The Biden-Harris Administration has completely mismanaged the border crisis and jeopardized the safety and welfare of thousands of children amidst unprecedented illegal crossings. Since the Biden-Harris A  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) announced the passage of the Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Act of 2024, a critical piece of legislation aimed at supporting America's veterans and their families. The bill, which passed with bipartisan support, ensures that veterans receiving compensation for service-connected disabilities, as well as the survivors of certain veterans, will see an  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, issued the following news release: In recognition of National Suicide Prevention Month and National Service Dog Month, Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Chairman of Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) Subcommittee on House Veterans' Affairs Committee (HVAC), introduced the Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. This legislation would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) cosponsored Congressman Nick Langworthy's (R-NY) Safeguarding Americans from Extreme Risk (SAFER) at the Border Act. This legislation would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from paroling migrants who are designated as Known and Suspected Terrorists (KST) or Special Interest Aliens (SIA). "The SAFER at the Border Act is a vital step toward restoring law  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) celebrated the House passage Tuesday (September 17th) of the Supporting Patient Education and Knowledge (SPEAK) Act, a bipartisan bill she co-sponsored alongside Congresswoman Michelle Steel (CA-45). The SPEAK Act will establish a task force to develop recommendations to improve language access in health care for Americans with limited English pr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement:  "I'm glad to see the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously passed my bipartisan ARTICLE ONE Act (H.R. 3988). Republicans and Democrats both agree that Congress must check the President's power to declare national emergencies. I want to thank Subcommittee Chairman Scott Perry and Chairman Sam Graves for working to move thro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement: "Today, the House was presented with a list of bills, including S. 1146, H.R. 9076, and H.R. 7213, that I could not vote for. While the intentions behind these bills are admirable and commendable, together, they authorize billions in federal spending without corresponding offsets. We are $35 trillion in debt and spend more on intere  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, issued the following statement on Sept. 17, 2024: * * * Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-17) released the following statement today in memory of Stan Parker of the Stan C. Parker Foundation. Congressman Sessions said, "On Sunday, our community lost a champion of service. Stan Parker was a force for good in the Waco veteran community. As the founder and operator of the Stan C. Parker Foundation, Stan dedicated his life to supporting U.S. vetera  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, legislation introduced by Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-17) passed out of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee markup. The bill, known as the "Manager Attitudes and Notions According to Government Employee Responses Act", or the "MANAGER Act," amends the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS), administered by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to add speci  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-17) announced that the Arctic Acclimatization & Sleep Optimization (ARKTOS) Research Center at Baylor University received federal funding under the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024. Congressman Sessions was the sponsor of this Congressional Community Project. These funds will support the development of rapid acclimatization protocols and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) announced the City of San Antonio will receive $6,250,000 in funding from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) through the Department of Justice (DOJ). This award is administered under the COPS Hiring Program (CHP) and will be used to onboard 50 additional police officers in San Antonio. San Antonio was the only city in Te  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Tony Gonzales' (R-TX-23) bipartisan legislation, the Find and Protect Foster Youth Act, passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and will be signed into law within the coming days. This bipartisan legislation seeks to create an improved feedback mechanism between states and the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) to provide better oversight and inform  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22), alongside Congressmen Darrell Issa (R-CA-48), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12), and Hank Johnson (D-GA-04), introduced the bipartisan Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act of 2024. This legislation would add critically needed federal judgeships to resolve currently understaffed and backlogged courts. Across the country, dozens of federal district cou  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: Today, Congressman Wesley Hunt introduced - The Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act of 2024. The following members from the House Judiciary Committee have cosponsored this bipartisan legislation: Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), and Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL). The bill will protect Ame  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: Today, H.R. 7377- The Royalty Resiliency Act, passed the United States Senate, which provides much needed financial relief to exploration and production companies that operate on federal lands. The Energy Congressman of the World, Congressman Wesley Hunt, introduced the Royalty Resiliency Act earlier this year, which passed the United States House of Representatives on July 22nd with massiv  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-02) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) -- both members of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee -- have introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen inspections of outbound traffic from the U.S. to Mexico. The bill provides U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with additional personnel and resources to target the f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release: On Thursday, Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) and Representative Mary Miller (IL-15) led a group of 22 Republican lawmakers in calling on Speaker Mike Johnson to oppose any addition of the female draft in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024 (NDAA). The Representatives wrote in a letter, "Forcing young women to register for the selective service is an affront to our nation's values and does not enhance  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news on Sept. 17, 2024: Today in the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed with Rabbi Dr. Mark Goldfeder the rise of antisemitism on college campuses in the wake of Hamas' brutal attack against Israel on October 7 and how that has spurred an uptick in hate crimes across other religious and ethnic groups. Excerpts are below. CORNYN: "I just want to ask you if, in fact, antisemitic conduct and  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Susan Collins (R-ME) released the following statements after their Southern Border Transparency Act, which would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to accurately report how it is handling migrants encountered at the border and ensure the American people have a full accounting of the number of migra  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, filed the Monetary Enhancement for Distinguished Active Legends (MEDAL) Act. The MEDAL Act increase the monthly pension for living Medal of Honor recipients to $100,000 annually. The Medal of Honor is the United States' highest military decoration. There are only 61 living recipients. About the legislation, Sen. Cruz said, "Our Medal of H  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- 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 questioning the Biden-Harris administration's collaboration with the RAND Corporation, a think tank with Big Tech ties, citing RAND's previous involvement in both the drafting of the Biden-Harris Artificial Intelligence (AI) Executive Order and efforts by the government   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: In his opening statement at today's Senate Commerce Committee hearing titled "Aviation Cybersecurity Threats," Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) highlighted the federal government's inconsistent handling of its own cybersecurity and reporting requirements while holding the private sector to more burdensome and duplicati  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement on the State Department Office of Inspector General's (IG) report detailing how the State Department mishan  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 19, 2024, at 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Agenda Panel 1 * Mr. John W. McIntyre, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Eswatini * Mr. Jeremey Neitzke, of Illinois, a Career Member of the Senior F  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Senator John Cornyn's (R-Texas) legislation the Southern Border Transparency Act passed the Senate. The legislation would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to accurately report how it is handling migrants encountered at the border and ensure the American people have a full, timely accounting of the number of migrants being released into the United States   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Cortez Masto Is The Senior Hispanic Democrat In The Senate Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statement after the Senate passage of her bipartisan resolution with Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) formally recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month--which is celebrated from September 15th through October 15th. "Hispanic Heritage Month always reminds me how much the Latino communi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: The Senate unanimously passed the Southern Border Transparency Act, which Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, helped introduce. The bill, which Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) led, would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue reports detailing how it is han  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: During National Hispanic Heritage Month, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), chair of the Senate Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Caucus, and John Cornyn (R-Texas) announced that the Senate passed their bipartisan resolution to designate the week starting on September 9, 2024 as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week. The resolution is co-led in the House of Representatives by Congressional HS  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) that would require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to add a new category to the existing National Missing and Unidentified Persons Systems (NamUs) database, which would allow the public and law enforcement to ma  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news on Sept. 18, 2024: U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representatives Nathaniel Moran (TX-01) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) yesterday introduced the PROTECT Our Children Act, which would reauthorize and modernize the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program: "For decades, the Intern  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) released the following statements after their Preventing the Financing of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act, which helps the federal government financially stifle organizations that traffic synthetic drugs like fentanyl into the United States, was signed into law: "Fentanyl is an unprecedented crisis that continues to take the lives of innocent children   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) released the following statements after their Starr-Camargo Bridge Expansion Act, which would give authority to increase the number of lanes for the toll bridge or allow a rail line to be built that runs from Rio Grande City, Texas, to Mexico and facilitates hundreds of millions of dollars in cross-border trade, was signed into law: "As an impor  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), along with U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-Texas-20), introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to designate the week starting on September 9, 2024 as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week. The resolution is co-led in the House of Representatives by Congressional HSI Caucus co-chairs Representatives Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-Puerto   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news on Sept. 17, 2024: U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Gary Peters (D-MI) and U.S. Representatives Daniel Webster (FL-11) and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) today introduced their Protecting Investments in Our Ports Act, which would ensure that all applicants for competitive grant funding from the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) to purchase secure digital infrastructure or software components certify that they   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: The Subcommittee on Oversight & Accountability will convene a hearing entitled, "Foreign Policy, Interrupted: How Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Blunt America's Impact Abroad," on Thursday, September 26th. What: Hearing - "Foreign Policy, Interrupted: How Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Blunt America's Impact Abroad" Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024 Time: 10:00am ET  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, Chairman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials announced his bill, The Amtrak Transparency and Accountability for Passengers and Taxpayers Act, passed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Chairman Nehls' legislation would require Amtrak to be subject to the same requirements of th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: 'The only bill that protects IVF access while safeguarding religious liberty and the bill that could get 60 votes in the U.S. Senate' Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today moved for immediate passage of the IVF Protection Act, which the senators introduced in May. For the second time in recent months, Senate Democrats blocked the bill from passing. Senators Britt and Cruz's bill would   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas), alongside Representatives Brian Babin (R-Texas) and John Garamendi (D-Calif.), introduced the Regional Impact of Disasters and Emergencies Relief (RIDER) Act to improve the delivery of federal relief to disaster-struck communities. With the threat of natural disasters and emergencies growing in recent years, the bipartisan, bicameral bill  more