WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Tim Walsh, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Energy for environmental management, from a July 9, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, I am honored to appear before you as President Trump's nominee to be the next Assistant Secretary of Environmental Man  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by David Eisner, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Energy for international affairs, from a July 9, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, distinguished members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Good morning, my name is David Eisner, and I am honored to appear before you as President Trump's nominee to be the next   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Audrey Robertson, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of Energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy, from a July 9, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, I am honored to appear before you as President Trump's nominee to be the next Assistant Secretary  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * CHAMPAIGN: Budzinski Convenes Roundtable with LGBTQ+ Leaders in Champaign * CHAMPAIGN, IL -- Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) convened a roundtable with Uniting Pride in Champaign, to address the ongoing attacks facing the LGBTQ+ community and listen to local leaders on how they can work together to protect this community. "Since taking office, the Trump administration has launched  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher Highlights Texas Legislature Public Hearings in Houston on Redistricting * Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) shared information about the Texas Legislature's public redistricting hearings. She plans to testify at both the House and Senate hearings. On Monday, the Texas Legislature convened its special session with Congressional redistricting on its 30-day   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher Testifies at Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting Field Hearing * Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) testified before the Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting during a field hearing focused on East Texas. On Monday, the Texas Legislature convened its special session with Congressional redistricting on its 30-day  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Kamlager-Dove Statement on Dire Humanitarian Situation in Gaza * WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove released the following statement on the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza: "I am horrified by the escalating food and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where the civilian population is facing starvation and over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed trying to access ai  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: During the first six months of Donald Trump's time in office, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached a breaking point, hostages are still being held by Hamas despite the President's promise they would be released and the pre-e  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Latest CBO Analysis of Final Republican Budget Bill * Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office Predicts Republican Bill Will Add $3.4 Trillion to National Debt Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published analysis that the final   more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management and Credit released the following testimony by John Wicks, president of Liberty/Toole Local of Montana Farmers Union, on behalf of National Farmers Union, from a July 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Financing Farm Operations: The Importance of Credit and Risk Management": * * * Thank you for the invitation and the opportunity to provide testimony on behalf of National Farmers Union (NFU) and Mont  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Lanny E. Erdos, President Trump's nominee to be director of the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, from a July 9, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee for the position of Director of the  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Announces Bill to Reopen Lawful Pathway to Legalization, Countering Trump's Cruel Mass Deportation Agenda * WATCH : Padilla pushes back against indiscriminate ICE raids and the militarization of Los Angeles A one-pager on the Registry bill is available here. LOS ANGELES, CA -- Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen, Cortez Masto Successfully Push Trump Admin to Release Nearly $7 Billion in K-12 Education Funding, Including for Nevada * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced that, following their push, the Trump Administration has released nearly $7 billion in K-12 education funding that had been abruptly frozen by the U.S. Department of Educatio  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following opening statement from a July 9, 2025, hearing entitled "From Wall Street to Web3: Building Tomorrow's Digital Asset Markets": * * * Good morning to everyone. Thank you for being here. We're going to get this market structure hearing started. I wanted to begin by celebrating a significant win for the American people. Just a few weeks ago, the Sen  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following opening statement from a July 9, 2025, hearing entitled "From Wall Street to Web3: Building Tomorrow's Digital Asset Markets": * * * "Thank you Mr. Chairman. I have been calling for stronger rules and enforcement in the crypto market for years. The crypto market has grown 15-fold in the last five years, to $3 trillion in 2024. While g  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: This is America's Golden Age * Senator Marshall Joins Fox Business to Discuss President Trump's First Six Months in Office Washington - On Friday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business' Mornings with Maria to discuss the historic wins that the Trump Administration has secured in just six months, including tax cuts, a secure border,   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Lujan, Markey Slam FCC's Partisan Approval of Paramount, Skydance Merger * Merger approval comes 2 days after Paramount settles with Trump for $36 million Washington, D.C. -- Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Tran  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Richard W. Painter, a law professor at the University of Minnesota, from a July 9, 2025, hearing entitled "From Wall Street to Web3: Building Tomorrow's Digital Asset Markets": * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting me to testify today on the CLARITY Act and similar legislation for federal regulation of the market structur  more