WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Andre Carson, D-Indiana, issued the following news release on March 31, 2025: * * * Congressman Carson Reintroduces Bill to Restore UNRWA Funding WASHINGTON, DC--Representative Andre Carson (IN-07) has re-introduced H.R. 2411, the UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act, with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Senator Peter Welch (VT). This bill will end the congressionally and administratively mandated pause on funding for the United Na  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Congressman Jayapal Reintroduces Bill to Restore UNRWA Funding WASHINGTON, DC -- Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) has re-introduced H.R. 2411, the UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act, with Rep. Andre Carson (IN-07), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Senator Peter Welch (VT). This bill will end the congressionally and administratively mandated pause on funding for the United Nations Relief and  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 31, 2025 AIR FORCE The Boeing Co., Long Beach, California, has been awarded a $2,456,665,321 modification (P00020) to a previously awarded contract (FA8526-21-D-0001) for C-17 Globemaster III sustainment. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $7,597,672,417 from $5,141,007,096. Work will be performed at various locations including but not limited t  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Gluesenkamp Perez, Newhouse, Pingree Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Markets for Forest Products Today, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), along with Reps. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Chellie Pingree (ME-01), introduced the bipartisan Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act. The bill will strengthen the U.S. Forest Service's Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Grant Program  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal Introduces Legislation to Block Offensive Weapons Sales to Israel WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) are introducing Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD) to block the sale of specific offensive weapons to Israel. U.S. weapons have been used to wage this war, which in addition to killing thousands and displacing millions, has razed entire commu  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Working to Get Maine Farmers Expected Federal Investments to Sustain Operations WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) joined his colleagues to introduce legislation that will direct much-needed funding to farmers in Maine. The Honor Farmer Contracts Act would release federal funding -- currently being withheld by the White House -- for all contracts and agreements previou  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Klobuchar, Colleagues Press USDA to Not Take Food Away from Food Banks and Hungry Families Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and 24 of their colleagues in pressing the U.  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Connecticut Delegation Reintroduce Legislation To Improve Safety Net For Small Farmers WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03), Jim Himes (D-Conn.-04), and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05) in reintroducing the Save Our Small (SOS) Farms Act   more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sen. Schiff Leads Senators in Demanding DHS Release Detained Harvard Medical School Researcher "Absent evidence that Petrova is a flight risk or a danger to the community, we strongly urge you to reconsider ICE's recent decision not to grant Petrova parole and exercise discretion within your authority to release her from detention while her asylum case is pending." "We urge the Administrat  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, Klobuchar Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Access to Apprenticeships Washington, D.C. \- U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the American Apprenticeship Act, bipartisan legislation that would provide states with tuition assistance funding to support apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs. "Small business owners have told me that one  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release on March 31, 2025: * * * U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Issues Final Warning Letter to Maine on Title IX Compliance Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued its final warning to the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) for its ongoing refusal to comply with Title IX. The letter sent to MDOE is the final step in OCR's Title IX investigation bef  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Trump Rescind Illegal Anti-Voter Executive Order Senators say "requirements in this illegal order would likely disenfranchise millions of American voters...places a variety of other process burdens on voters, especially married women, rural residents, and low-income voters, and communities of color." Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkl  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Trump Rescind Illegal Anti-Voter Executive Order Senators say "requirements in this illegal order would likely disenfranchise millions of American voters...places a variety of other process burdens on voters, especially married women, rural residents, and low-income voters, and communities of color." Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley,  more