WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Colleagues Demand Trump Administration Reverse Course & Fully Implement Broadband * [HARTFORD, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined over 40 of his colleagues in calling on Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to fully implement the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program as Congress intended to connect all Americans to high-quality, affordable inte  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Gross Domestic Product by State and Personal Income by State, 1st Quarter 2025 Real gross domestic product decreased in 39 states in the first quarter of 2025, with the percent change ranging from 1.7 percent at an annual rate in South Carolina to -6.1 percent in Iowa and Nebraska, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (table 1).   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following document on June 27, 2025, entitled "Fourth of July: 2025.": Here are excerpts: * * * Fourth of July: 2025 On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence severing the 13 colonies' ties with Britain and paving the way for them to become a free and sovereign nation. As we celebrate Independence Day, we're reminded that our Founding Fathers considered statistics so important they enshrined in o  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell Statement on SCOTUS Decision That Paves Way to Eliminate Health Care Access for Medicaid Patients * 06.26.25 49% of Planned Parenthood patients access care via Medicaid and/or the Title X family planning program; FACT SHEET: In WA State - Planned Parenthood serves 100,000 patients annually, about half are Medicaid recipients WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on June 27, 2025: * * * Chairman Graham Releases Full Senate Text Of President's One Big Beautiful Bill WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today released the Senate's full legislative text of President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill. "If you like higher taxes, open borders, a weak military a  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher on Supreme Court Decision To Allow States To Defund Planned Parenthood * Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement after the Supreme Court released its decision in Medina, Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. "Every American deserves access to high quality, non-judgm  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Senate GOP Colleagues Introduce Resolution Supporting Operation Midnight Hammer * Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Roger Wicker (R-Missouri), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma), Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska), Katie Britt (R-Alabama), Dave McCormick (R-Pennsylvania), Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Rick Scott (R-  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham Statement on SCOTUS Decision in Trump v. Casa * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Trump v. Casa that universal injections put forth by lower federal courts exceed the authority granted to them by Congress. "Today's Supreme Court decision in Trump v. Casa is a judicial game-changing opinion  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: * * * Life * This week, pro-life Americans marked the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs v Jackson 2022 ruling which restored states' ability to affirm the constitutional right to life for unborn children. For nearly five decades prior, the hopeful witness of pro-life advocates, perseverance of pregnancy centers tirelessly serving their local communities, and faithful work of many at multiple levels of p  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich, Leger Fernandez, And Over 40 Members of the House and Senate Tell the Trump Administration: Reverse Course and Fully Implement Broadband * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with Representative Terese Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) and   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Coons statement on Medina v. Planned Parenthood * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood, which permitted states to bar people on Medicaid from going to doctor's offices that perform abortions regardless of the kind of care they're seeking: "Today, the Supreme Court dec  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 27, 2025: * * * What They Are Saying: Support for Scott's September Deadline on Digital Asset Market Structure Legislation Chairman Scott also reiterated his support for sending the GENIUS Act to President Trump's desk * Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) hosted a fireside chat   more