WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Gluesenkamp Perez Urges House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to Support Southwest Washington Priorities Last week, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) testified in front of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to underscore priorities for Southwest Washington for the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization bill. In her testimony, Rep. Gluesenkamp   more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: This Week, Senator Lujan In The News Standing Up For New Mexicans and Fighting Back Against Republicans' Attacks On Nutrition Programs Washington, D.C. - In case you missed it, this week, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) has been fighting back against Congressional Republicans' attacks on essential services and programs that New Mexicans rely on, exposing the Trump administration's block  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Statement on the Republican Economy WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement after the latest troubling economic news on the Republican economy. "We are in the grip of the Trump Slump. Americans' optimism on the economy has reached a near-record low, Moody's has downgraded the United States' credit rating,  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Statement on the Republican Economy WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement after the latest troubling economic news on the Republican economy. "We are in the grip of the Trump Slump. Americans' optimism on the economy has reached a near-record low, Moody's ha  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Salesman Who Defrauded Women and Older Adults Denied Bankruptcy Discharge The U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) recently obtained a judgment denying a bankruptcy discharge to a door-to-door salesman who concealed his business interests and lied in his bankruptcy case to evade his creditors, including women and older adults whom he defrauded. On April 18, the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon en  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Sounds Alarm on Harmful Impacts of SAVE Act, Trump's Anti-Voter Executive Order, in Native Communities Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said today he has written the Trump administration about the challenges Native communities will face under Trump's "election integrity" executive order and the SAVE Act, including requirements documenting proof of citizenship and restricting mail-  more