WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * Bishop, DeLauro: Trump and Musk Steal Funding for Rural Energy WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop (GA-02), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies and U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-03), Ranking Member of the Ho  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Colleagues Introduce Bill to Block Implementation of Trump's Unconstitutional Attempt to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship [HARTFORD, CT] - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined his colleagues, led by U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), in introducing the Born in the USA Act to effectively block the implementation of President Trump's unconstitutional Executive Order  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Demands Department of Transportation Reverse Trump's Mass Firings of Aviation Safety Personnel [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), today called on Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to immediately reverse the Trump Administration's politically motivated terminations of m  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Blumenthal Grills VA Nominee on Trump Administration's Dangerous Policies for Veterans, Lack of Transparency [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - At a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing today to consider the nomination of Paul Lawrence to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) grilled Lawre  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal, Cornyn, & Colleagues Introduce Bill to Combat Child Exploitation [HARTFORD, CT] - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Cornyn (R-TX), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Representatives Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Nathaniel Moran (TX-01), and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) today introduced the PROTECT Our Children Act, which would r  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: * * * Blumenthal, Senators Demand VA Secretary Collins Put Veterans First, Reverse Mass Terminations of VA Employees [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today led a group of 35 Democratic Senators calling on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins to immediately reinst  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal, Senators Demand VA Secretary Collins Put Veterans First, Reverse Mass Terminations of VA Employees [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today led a group of 35 Democratic Senators calling on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins to immediately reinstate the more than 1,000 VA employees terminated la  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut Congresswoman Jahana Hayes Delivers Weekly Democratic Address WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Following public reports that the Trump Administration is preparing an Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), a career educator and 2016 National Teacher of the Year, spoke to the importance of the agency in the Weekly Democratic Address. Congresswom  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2025: * * * DeLauro: President Trump and Elon Musk Sabotage Research on Cures and Treatments for Diseases Firing Thousands of National Institutes of Health (NIH) Employees Will Destroy Cutting-Edge Research on Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, and other life-threatening diseases WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro: Trump Administration's Gutting of CDC Will Leave Americans Sicker and More Vulnerable to Deadly Diseases Firing Thousands of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Employees Means We Cannot Keep Americans Safe from the Next Deadly Disease WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Hayes Introduces Legislation to End Hunger on College Campuses WASHINGTON D.C. - Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) recently reintroduced the Closing the College Hunger Gap Act, legislation to direct the U.S. Secretary of Education to notify college students of their eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) based on information reported through the Free Application for  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Trump and Unchecked Billionaire Musk Steal from American Farmers, Republicans Look the Other Way *NEW* District-Level Information: Unlawful Funding Freeze Grinds Essential Assistance to Farmers and Rural Communities to a Halt WASHINGTON -- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Subcommittee on Agriculture, R  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI Video: Blumenthal & Experts Discuss House Leadership Inaction & Big Tech Lies on Kids Online Safety [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) discussed the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on stopping the exploitation of children online. During the hearing, Blumenthal and witnesses called attention to Ho  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Hayes Joins Delegation Letter to HHS on Trump Funding Chaos on Community Health Centers WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) joined the Connecticut Delegation in sending a letter urging the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Dorothy Fink, to address disruptions in Community Health Center funding caused by recent Executive Orders issued from  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Kaptur, Murray Demand Briefing to Congress on Reckless Layoffs Across Department of Energy, Including NNSA, Jeopardizing National Security ICYMI: Fact Sheet on Trump's Mass Firings Across Government Toledo, OH -- Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Developm  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Stands with the People of Ukraine in the Face of Trump Comments East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement condemning President Donald Trump's comments (link is external) falsely blaming Ukraine for their own invasion and attacking President Zelenskyy for his leadership. "I stand unwaveringly with Ukraine in the face of unprovoked Russian ag  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Statement on the Resignation of Acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Michelle King Following Musk-Trump Demands East Hartford, CT - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after Acting Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Michelle King resigned over a dispute (link is extern  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Presses Labor Secretary Nominee on Protecting Sensitive Data and the NLRB From Elon Musk WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday questioned Lori Chavez-DeRemer at a hearing on her nomination for Secretary of Labor. Murphy pressed Chavez-DeRemer on whether she would prevent Elon Musk o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, 21 Colleagues Urge Secretary Rubio to Replace Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday joined 21 members of Congress in writing a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urging him to replace the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), a nuclear arms ag  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy: If Your Plan is to Destroy the Rule of Law, Kash Patel is the Perfect Person to Lead the FBI WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to sound the alarm on President Donald Trump's blatant disregard for the rule of law. Murphy condemned Trump's efforts to use the justice system as a tool to punish his critics and protect his allies  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy: Trump's Billionaire Tax Cut is a Scam to Take Money From Regular People WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to call out Republican's latest tax and spending plan for benefitting billionaires and corporations at the expense of seniors and working families. Murphy slammed Trump for using the government as a cash machine for his   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Ranking Member DeLauro Releases Important Update on OMB Director Russ Vought's Move to Continue Stealing from American Families and Businesses Straight Out of Project 2025: Important, Routine Budget Decisions Shifted from Nonpartisan Experts to Political Appointees WASHINGTON - Yesterday's Federal Register shows that the W  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Larson Requests Immediate Hearing on 'DOGE' Developments at the Social Security Administration East Hartford, CT - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) sent a letter to Subcommittee Chair Ron Estes (KS-04) requesting an immediate hearing to investigate 'DOGE' developments at the Social Security Administration (SSA). This w  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Pingree Sounds Alarm Over Indiscriminate Firing of 3,400 Forest Service Employees WASHINGTON, D.C.--Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, says the Trump Administration's reported firing of 3,400 U.S. Forest Service (FS) employees will severel  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Pingree: Reckless, Indiscriminate Purge of Public Servants Will Have Lasting Harmful Effects WASHINGTON, D.C.--In letters sent today to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees the United States Forest Service, and Department of the Interior (DOI),   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Pingree, Merkley Condemn Indian Affairs Hiring Freeze, Firings as Violation of Tribal Sovereignty WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the top Democrats on the subcommittees that oversee funding for the Department of the Interior (DOI), demanded the Trump Administratio  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following information for a nomination hearing at 1 a.m. on Feb. 20, 2025, at 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Nominees * Linda McMahon, of Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education Agenda Items 1. Any additional business for consideration. * * * Original text here: https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/nomination-02-20-2025  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Video: Blumenthal Grills VA Nominee on Trump Administration's Dangerous Policies for Veterans, Lack of Transparency [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - At a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing today to consider the nomination of Paul Lawrence to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) grilled Lawrence on his views of the harmful impacts of the Trump Adminis  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Video: Blumenthal Slams Nomination of Kash Patel to Lead FBI at Press Conference Outside FBI Headquarters & on the Senate Floor [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) spoke on the Senate Floor today ahead of a vote to confirm President Trump's nominee for FBI Director Kash Patel. In his remarks, Blumenthal criticized Patel's defects of character and professional experie  more