WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following written testimony by Leah Pilconis, general counsel at the Associated General Contractors of America, from a Feb. 19, 2025, hearing entitled "Improving the Federal Environmental Review and Permitting Processes": * * * I. Introduction Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and members of the Environment and Public Works Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Leah Pilcon  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Ossoff, Hirono, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Ensure Legal Representation for Migrant Children Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) joined U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and 31 of their Senate colleagues to urge Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and Department of the Interior (DOI) Secreta  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden, colleagues introduce bipartisan Hospice Recertification Flexibility Act WASHINGTON - Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) announced today the introduction of the bipartisan Hospice Recertification Flexibility Act (link is external), which allows hospice providers to use telehealth to conduct the face-to-face visit required for terminally ill patients to continue receiving hospice services after 180  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Statement on Trump's Joint Address to Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) released the following statement after the conclusion of President Trump's first joint address to Congress of his second White House term: "Prices are rising, government services are declining, and Putin is smiling -- all as the results of the President's recent actions with tariff threa  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Blumenthal Raise Concerns Over Proposed $1 Spending Limit on VA Purchasing Cards WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), members of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC), are raising concern over a proposed spending limit of $1 on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) purchasing cards -- the cards used to pay for gas to transport disabl  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree Statement on President Trump's Joint Address to Congress Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree released the following statement tonight after President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress: What the American people heard tonight wasn't some vision for a better future, or a common-sense plan to tackle our nation's most pressing challenges, but a bizarre spectacle of lies, f  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree, King Demand Answers on Trump Admin.'s Termination of Maine Sea Grant Funding In response to the Trump Administration's decision to cancel a four-year, $4.5 million funding agreement for the Maine Sea Grant program, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Senator Angus King today sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, demanding that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrati  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Sanders, Scott, Schumer, Jeffries, Murray, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Protect the Rights of American Workers WASHINGTON, March 5 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, alongside Senate Minority Leader Chu  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on March 5, 2025: * * * Sanders, Scott, Schumer, Jeffries, Murray, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Protect the Rights of American Workers WASHINGTON, March 5 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Rankin  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Katie Britt Makes Republican Case for Child Care Legislation Investing in Families, Small Businesses 'Don't we want to incentivize rather than deter parents from starting their families?' WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) spoke on the Senate floor to highlight America's child care crisis and her commonsense, pro-parent legislation aimed at improving accessibility and   more