WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Ansari Demands Answers from Trump Administration on Deportations of U.S. Veterans * WASHINGTON - Today, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) sent a letter to the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem demanding answers regarding the administration's deportation of veterans and servicemembers, including an Ira  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Ciscomani Urges the Senate to Protect Medicaid * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Congressman Juan Ciscomani and 15 colleagues are urging Senate and House leaders to protect Medicaid, firmly opposing legislation that limits access to Medicaid coverage for vulnerable individuals or jeopardizes the ability for hospitals to provide care. "Throughout the budget process, we have consistently affirmed our com  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Warner, Colleagues Introduce Intelligence Community Workforce Agility Protection Act * Contact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 June 23, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today introduced t  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Questions Government Witnesses During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Protecting Americans From Cartels * June 24, 2025 After pressing the witnesses, Durbin received an agreement that American guns flowing to the Mexican cartels is a problem WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * Durbin Questions Government Witnesses During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Protecting Americans From Cartels After pressing the witnesses, Durbin received an agreement that American guns flowing to the Mexican cartels is a problem WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand Statement On The Third Anniversary Of The Dobbs Decision * Today, on the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement: "Three years ago, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court overturned women's rights to bodily autonomy, privacy,  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 25 -- The Arizona House Democrats issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * House and Senate Democratic Members React to U.S. Bombing of Iran PHOENIX -Representatives Mariana Sandoval, Cesar Aguilar, Lorena Austin, and Senator Analise Ortiz released the following joint statement today after the Trump Administration bombed targets in Iran over the weekend. without Congressional approval or credible proof of a threat. "To the people of Iran, as elected of  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Stanton: Arizona Teachers, Firefighters, Police Officers & Other Middle-Class Workers Will See Higher Costs Under Trump's Tax and Tariff Plans * Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Representative Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04) are sounding the alarm about how the middle-class workers who make up the backbone of our country--police officers, firefighters, teachers, retail workers and more--will all face highe  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11987) on June 23, 2025, by Linda R. Rowan, natural resources and earth sciences analyst. Here are excerpts: * * * The National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System In 2019, Congress established a National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System (NVEWS; P.L. 116-9, Sec.5001; 43 U.S.C. Sec.31k). The law directed the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Direct  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * On Dobbs 3rd Anniversary, Gallego Reaffirms Commitment to Protecting Reproductive Freedom WASHINGTON - Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released the following statement on the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade: "Three years ago, the Dobbs decision ripped away reproductive freedom from millions of women and dragged our country backward. But Republican  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * President Trump Announces Appointments to the Homeland Security Advisory Council * President Donald J. Trump and Secretary Noem appointed new members to the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) and announced the date of the council's first meeting. Formed on March 19, 2002, the HSAC leverages the experience, expertise, and national and global connections of its membership to provid  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Stanton, Kelly Point to Shocking New Report on How Middle Class Costs Rise Under Trump's Tax and Tariff Plans * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Representative Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) and Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) are sounding the alarm about how middle-class workers in America will face higher costs because of President Trump's economic policies, while the uber wealthy (the top 0.1% of earners) get a massive s  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Congressional Republicans Plan to Make it Harder to Put Food on the Table ARIZONA - As Republicans in Congress push to pass a budget bill that will make it harder to put food on the table by stripping food assistance - including SNAP benefits from 63,000 Arizona families - Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is hearing directly from Arizona stakeholders on how these cuts will affect f  more