WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * 45 Senators Join Welch's Senate Resolution Calling for End to Siege on Gaza - Republicans Block Passage Israel is still blocking aid as the UN warns 14,000 babies will die without urgent humanitarian assistance WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and 45 colleagues were blocked by Republicans when Senator Welch requested unanimous consent to pass his resolution calling for the deliver  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Cramer, King Introduce Resolution Reaffirming U.S.-Canada Partnership WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States and Canada share three oceans and the world's longest border. About 400,000 people and more than $2.5 billion worth of goods and services move across the U.S.-Canada border each day. The relationship between the two countries fosters one of the most significant bilateral trading relationship  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Fitzpatrick, Golden Draw the Line: No Foreign Money in U.S. Elections WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1), along with Congressman Jared Golden (ME-2), introduced the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act --bipartisan legislation to prohibit foreign nationals from influencing American elections at any level--including state and local ballot initiatives, referenda, and r  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden, Fitzpatrick reintroduce bill to ban foreign donations in state, local referendums WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) today reintroduced the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act, which would ban foreign nationals from making political contributions in state and local ballot initiatives and recall elections. "Foreign nationals should never be able to buy   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden, Luttrell introduce bipartisan bill to eliminate statute of limitations for Gold Star survivor benefits WASHINGTON -- Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Morgan Luttrell (TX-08) today introduced the Supporting our Surviving Spouses Act, which would eliminate the six-year statute of limitations on survivor benefits for Gold Star spouses. Golden began work on the bill following outreach from a c  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Colleagues Introduce Senate Resolution Denouncing Two-Month Blockade on Food and Medicine in Gaza WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) to introduce a resolution calling on the Trump Administration to use all diplomatic tools at its disposal to bring an end to the blockade of food and life-saving humanitarian aid to address the need  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Colleagues Demand Explanation for DOGE Cuts at VA Impacting Healthcare for Maine Veterans WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), senior members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), led their House and Senate colleagues in a letter to Doug Collins, the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requesting detailed informat  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 21 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Donna Bailey, D-Saco: * * * Maine Senate gives initial support to Sen. Bailey bill to expand access to preventive cancer screenings for firefighters and police officers AUGUSTA - On Tuesday, May 20, the Maine Senate gave its initial support to a bill from Sen. Donna Bailey, D-Saco. LD 784, "An Act to Require Health Insurance Coverage for Specialized Risk Screenings for First Responders  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Collins Cheer Committee Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Wipe Out Non-Flushables from Wastewater Infrastructure Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Maine's U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that their bipartisan, bicameral Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act cleared a key hurdle by passing out of the Senate Committee  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, issued the following remarks on May 20, 2025, at a hearing for the U.S. Department of the Interior's budget for fiscal 2026: * * * Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, thank you for holding this hearing this morning, and Secretary Burgum, thank you very much for being with us today. I appreciated that the slight delay in committee gave me a chan  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-New York, issued the following floor remarks on May 20, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL OF THE RULE SUBMITTED BY THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY RELATING TO THE REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS UNDER THE BANK MERGER ACT; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF S.J. RES. 31, PROVIDIN  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins Colleagues in Introducing Resolution Reaffirming U.S.-Canada Partnership WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Peter Welch today joined Senators Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Angus King (I-Maine) in introducing a resolution to recognize the U.S.-Canada partnership and its shared interests in economic, energy and critical minerals, and national security. The United States and Canada share three ocean  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Shaheen Lead 20 Colleagues in Call to Protect ENERGY STAR WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Peter Welch, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, this week joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in leading 20 of their colleagues urging the Trump Administration to immediately reverse course on its plan to illegally and unilaterally terminate t  more