WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin, Cornyn Introduce Bill to Support U.S. Manufacturing, Bar Taxpayer Funds on Chinese-Made Buses and Rail Cars WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in introducing the Safeguarding Transit Operations to Prohibit (STOP) China Act to support American manufacturing and workers and stop the U.S. government from buyi  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Brown: SNAP Cuts Are Reverse Robin Hood Scheme Washington, DC - Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee voiced strong opposition to the Republican Reconciliation Bill on Tuesday evening, during the Agriculture Committee's markup of heir portion of the bill. During her opening remarks, Brown stated, "Let's call this what it is: it is a rev  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Gwen Moore Opposes Big Bonanza Bill for Billionaires, Devastating Cuts to Health Care and Nutritional Assistance As the Ways and Means Committee marked up the big bonanza bill for billionaires, Congresswoman Moore released the following statement: "When historians. researchers, and scientists study this country's fray and fall this day, May 13, 2025 and the markups of the Energy and Co  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Scanlon Warns that White House Assault on Basic Civil Rights is a Danger to All Americans Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today released the following statement: "This weekend was marked by two extraordinary statements from the Trump White House - statements which, in any other presidential administration, would have generated immediate condemnation   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Risch Send Letter Backing President Trump's Call for Full Dismantlement of Iran's Nuclear Program Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in sending a letter to President Donald Trump regarding the Administration's ongoing negotiations with Iran. The letter calls on the Trump Administration to secure a  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Files Subpoena Enforcement Action Against Mauser Packaging Solutions Federal Agency Seeks Court Order Compelling Packaging Material Manufacturer to Provide Information Relating to Its Hiring and Staffing Practices CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed an action in federal court to enforce a subpoena that it issued durin  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Grey Towers National Historic Site in Milford, Pennsylvania, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains in compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The inventory identified the physical remains of one probable adult male Native American, consisting of a cranium and incomplete portions of the right femur, right tibia, and left tibia. The precise geographic  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Grothman's Bill to Help Reopening of Alcatraz Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) has reintroduced the BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act, legislation which will alleviate staffing shortages at Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities across the country by cutting bureaucratic red tape to enhance the safety and security of BOP personnel. President Donald Trump's recent call to reopen Alcatraz Federal Peniten  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "REPUBLICANS CAN'T DEFEND THESE MEDICAID CUTS, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO HIDE THEM" Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer where he emphasized that Democrats will continue pushing back against the reckless Republican scheme to rip healthcare and nutritional assistance away from the American peopl  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "REPUBLICANS CAN'T DEFEND THESE MEDICAID CUTS, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO HIDE THEM" Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer where he emphasized that Democrats will continue pushing back against the reckless Republican scheme to rip healthcare and nutritional assistance away from the American people. WOLF BLITZER : Turnin  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Michigan State Police, Dimondale, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, according to a notice issued by the Department of the Interior National Park Service. The remains represent at least ten individuals, primarily adults, and were initially discovered in 2007 inside an apartment in Warren, Michigan. The discovery, made by the tenant's ex-wif  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wisconsin, issued the following floor remarks on May 13, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, today in a committee hearing, in which there were probably very few people in the room, the Republican majority voted to expand the low-income housing tax credit. First of all, the low-income housing tax credit doesn't really benefit a lot of low-inc  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 11 committee hearings on May 13, 2025: * * * PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD: CONSERVATION Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine perspectives from the field, focusing on conservation, after receiving testimony from Gary Blair, National Association of Conservation Districts, Starkville, Mississippi; Brad Doyle, Arkansas Farm Bureau, Weiner; Lynn Tjeerdsma, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, Plat  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall and Rep. Nehls Reintroduce Bill to Support Families of Victims Killed by Illegal Aliens Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) today reintroduced the Justice for Angel Families Act, legislation that would amend the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) to expand financial coverage for Angel Families - the immediate relatives of victims killed by illegal aliens, including in dru  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Stefanik Champions Reintroduction of BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act Washington, D.C. - House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik joined Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) in reintroducing the BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act. "For far too long, our Bureau of Prisons facilities have faced dangerous staffing shortages that threaten the safety of correctional officers, staff, and inmates alik  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) has called on the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to maintain the federal truck weight limit of 80,000 pounds, warning that proposed increases could lead to significant safety risks and infrastructure damage. In a letter to DOT Secretary Sean Duffy, TPA President David Williams outlined concerns about the potential consequences of allowing heavier trucks on the nation's highways, emphasizing the financial burden on taxpayers a  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Baldwin Presses RFK, Jr. on MPS Lead Crisis, Head Start Closures at Senate Hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Hearing, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) pressed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on mass layoffs at the agency that are impacting Wisconsin families, including firing lead experts th  more