WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines-Sheehy Joint Statement on Blocking Sale of Public Lands * "Public Lands Belong in Public Hands" U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senators Tim Sheehy and Steve Daines issued the following joint statement after blocking a provision that would sell public lands from being included in the One Big Beautiful Bill. Debate on the bill is scheduled to begin later today but the provision was removed from the bill   more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration to Resume Processing DACA Applications * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to urge the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to resume processing applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, following a Fift  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lankford Urges Passage of One Big Beautiful Bill * WASHINGTON, DC -- US Senator James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the Senate Finance and Homeland Security Committees, recently highlighted that the One Big Beautiful Bill delivers the largest tax cut in history for hardworking Americans, secures the border, strengthens Medicaid, and rebuilds the military, all while cutting out-of-control sp  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Senator Mullin on Moving Forward with President Trump's Big, Beautiful, Bill on NBC * Washington, D.C. - On Sunday, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) joined NBC's "Meet the Press" to discuss moving forward with President Trump's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill,' and the destruction of Iran's nuclear program. Highlights below. Sen. Mullin's full interview can be found here. On final passa  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON ABC: "THIS COUNTRY IS FAR TOO EXPENSIVE" * Brooklyn, NY - Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on ABC's This Week where he emphasized that while Donald Trump promised to lower costs on day one, he is instead crashing the economy and marching us toward a recession. JON KARL: I'm joined now by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of Ne  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON ABC: "THIS COUNTRY IS FAR TOO EXPENSIVE" * Brooklyn, NY - Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on ABC's This Week where he emphasized that while Donald Trump promised to lower costs on day one, he is instead crashing the economy and marching us toward a recession. JON KARL: I'm joined now by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York. Let's start with t  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on U.S. Airstrikes on Iran * Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement following U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities: "Americans have made it clear they do not want to be dragged into another endless war in the Middle East. Yet President Trump went against the American people without sharing any evidence to prove these militar  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- 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 28 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley: Senate Fails Constitutional Test on Trump's Strikes Against Iran * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee--today issued the following statement after the Senate failed to advance Senator Tim Kaine's (D-VA) War Powers Resolution, which would have required the United States to end unauthorized military involvement in Ira  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Brad Sherman, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Nearly 800 Attend Congressman Brad Sherman's Town Hall Focused on Combating Trump's Extreme Agenda * Canoga Park, CA - Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) hosted an in-person Town Hall at Canoga Park Senior High School, drawing hundreds of residents for a wide-ranging discussion on the national and local issues weighing on the country. From economic instability to radical immigration  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Warnock Holds Multi-Faith Vigil as Washington GOP Attempts to Kick 16 Million Off Health Care * At the 8-year anniversary of Senator Reverend Warnock's 2017 arrest protesting the last Trump tax cut, Senator Warnock held a vigil with multi-faith leaders while the Senate debated the GOP tax bill Senator Warnock was arrested in the Russell rotunda in 2017, before he was elected to the Senate, p  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Amendments to Senate Republicans' Tax Bill Aim to Protect Health Care and Support Rural Hospitals, Food Assistance Programs * Trump and Republicans' so-called 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' will kick millions off Medicaid and SNAP, explode deficits WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today proposed changes to President Trump and Senate   more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Markey, Leader Schumer Call on Republicans to Stop Solar Cuts That Threaten Funding for K-12 Schools * The lawmakers released data showing more than 250 schools are at risk of project delays and higher energy costs Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said today that he and two Democratic colleagues have written to Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders about the risks   more