WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11357) on Sept. 2, 2025, by legislative attorney Benjamin M. Barczewski: * * * "Set Aside" and Vacatur Under the Administrative Procedure Act A growing dispute over the scope of judicial remedies permitted under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) has generated considerable discussion across multiple levels of the federal judiciary. In a 2022 high-profile exchange at t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2025: * * * AI've Got a Plan: America's AI Action Plan Science Subcommittee Chairman Budd Announces Subcommittee Hearing on Admin's AI Strategy for Sept. 10th * U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness, will convene a subcommittee hearing titled "AI've Got a Plan  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Arrington Highlights Largest Tax Cuts for Working Families and Small Businesses on House Floor * WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) spoke on the House Floor championing key conservative wins in the One Big Beautiful Bill, which delivered sweeping tax cuts for working families and small businesses, strengthened Medicaid for the most vulnerable, modernized our military,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Brownsville CBP officers seize $107K in unreported U.S. currency * BROWNSVILLE, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Brownsville Port of Entry recently seized $107,152 in bulk, unreported U.S. currency in two separate enforcement actions. "Our CBP officers remain vigilant in their efforts to keep our borders secure, and their e  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Buchanan Commends CBO Confirmation of Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Federal Health Programs * CBO Report: 2.3 Million Fraudulent Obamacare Enrollees, $185 Billion in Savings WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Chair of the Health Subcommittee on Ways and Means, released the following statement after recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that Republicans' One B  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * CBP officers seize over $238K in narcotics at Eagle Pass Port of Entry * EAGLE PASS, Texas --U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at Eagle Pass Port of Entry this weekend seized more than $238,000 in narcotics in a single enforcement action. "This significant seizure was possible because of the continued vigilance and aler  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Arrington on House Floor: Republicans Delivered the Largest Tax Cuts for Working Families and Small Businesses Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) spoke on the House Floor championing key conservative wins in the One Big Beautiful Bill, which delivered sweeping tax cuts for working families and small businesses, strengthened Medicaid for the most vulne  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2025: * * * Chairman Steil Receives Classified Briefing on ActBlue at FBI Headquarters Today, Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) received a classified briefing from the Federal Bureau of Investigation about their ongoing investigations into campaign finance violations. This follows Chairman Steil and then-Senate Permane  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Williams Introduces Bill to Extend Small Business Innovation Research Programs * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Congressman Roger Williams (TX-25), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, introduced legislation that will extend the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, set to expire on September 30, 2025, for one year. Th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2025: * * * Chairman Williams Introduces Bill to Extend Small Business Innovation Research Programs Yesterday, Congressman Roger Williams (TX-25), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, introduced legislation that will extend the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, set to exp  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2025: * * * Chairman Williams: "Wired for Growth: How Expanding Broadband Can Revitalize Rural Small Businesses" Today, the House Committee on Small Business is holding a hearing titled "Wired for Growth: How Expanding Broadband Can Revitalize Rural Small Businesses." Chairman Roger Williams' opening statement as prepared for delivery: Welcome to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2025: * * * Committee on Small Business Holds Hearing on Access to Broadband for Rural Small Businesses Today, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, held a hearing titled, "Wired for Growth: How Expanding Broadband Can Revitalize Rural Small Businesses" to examine how expanding access to broadband in   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Escobar Votes to Hold Chinese Fentanyl Manufacturers Accountable * Last night, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar voted in favor of H.R. 747, the Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act, to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliates accountable for manufacturing and distributing fentanyl. "Serious issues facing our country require bipartisan solutions," said Congresswoman Escobar. "To  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin On Trump's Threat To Deploy Military To Chicago: Dangerous, Illegal, And Unconstitutional * September 02, 2025 In a speech on the Senate floor, Durbin slammed the President for vowing to deploy the military to Chicago, increase ICE agents WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today condemned President Trump's t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Padilla, Kelly Lead Senate Democrats In Calling Out Trump Administration's Wrongful Targeting Of DACA Recipients In Illegal Immigration Scheme * September 03, 2025 Senators to Noem: "Actions like this one, targeting DACA holders who are lawfully in the United States, and who have committed no crime, help explain why a majority of the American public disapproves of the Trump Administr  more

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 3 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Excess Stock Repurchase on September 22, 2025 * * Bulletin No: 2025-23 On Monday, September 22, 2025, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (Bank) will repurchase the portion of members' excess stock identified as surplus stock as of that date. For this repurchase, surplus stock is defined as the amount of capital stock held by a mem  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Introduces Legislation to Ensure Active-Duty Servicemembers & Their Families Receive Reimbursement for Medical Care Travel * WASHINGTON -- Ahead of the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Senate markup, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the TRICARE Travel Improvement Act, legislation to ensure active-duty servicemembers and their families c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Hinson, GOP Colleagues Lead Effort to Double Federal Penalty for Assaulting ICE Agents * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02), Congressman Brad Knott (R-NC-13), Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-01), Congressman Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ-08), and Congressman Mike Flood (R-NE-01) introduced the Protect and Respect ICE Act, which will double criminal penalties for assaulting, resi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2025: * * * CBO: One Big Beautiful Bill Reverses Widespread Fraud and Abuse in Federal Health Programs Recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms that Democrats conducted a years-long massive cover-up to defraud American taxpayers to subsidize fraud, waste, and abuse in federal health programs, including using loopholes to provide f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * ICE Arrests More Worst of the Worst Including Criminal Illegal Aliens Convicted of Murder, Sexual Assault, and Robbery * As ICE arrests the worst of the worst, our law enforcement officers are facing a 1000% increase in assaults against them WASHINGTON -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested more worst of the worst yesterday including those convicted of murderer, sexu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Johnson Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Secure Pipelines, Passes Unanimously Out of Homeland Security Committee * Congresswoman Julie Johnson (TX-32), Vice Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, introduced the bipartisan Pipeline Security Act (link is external), which gives the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) greater authority to secure America's nearly 3 million miles of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Durbin, Padilla Lead Senate Democrats in Calling Out Trump Administration's Wrongful Targeting of Dreamers in Illegal Immigration Scheme * Senators to Secretary Noem: "Actions like this one, targeting DACA holders who are lawfully in the United States, and who have committed no crime, help explain why a majority of the American public disapproves of the Trump Administration's track record on im  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2025: * * * Ranking Member DeLauro Statement at the Subcommittee Markup of the 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Funding Bill House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the fol  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations, issued the following remarks on Sept. 2, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur Floor Remarks on the 2026 Energy and Water Development Funding Bill Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks on  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Robert Garcia, Oversight Democrats, Demand Independent Investigation of Dept. of Justice Transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led every Oversight Democrat in sending a letter to Department of Justice Acting I  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Neguse Introduces Legislation to Reverse Trump Administration's Weakening of Federal Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Response * Washington, D.C. -- Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse teamed up with Rep. Greg Casar (TX-35) to unveil new legislation aimed at reversing the Trump administration's dangerous cuts to federal emergency preparedness and disaster response agencies, including the National  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Pfluger Honors Texas National Guard * WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) spoke on the House floor to honor two extraordinary Texas National Guard units that did not hesitate to jump into action on the morning of July 4th as floodwaters devastated parts of Central and West Texas. Watch his full remarks here or by clicking the image below: You can also read his remarks as d  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Pfluger's Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act Advanced by House Committee on Homeland Security * WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security advanced Congressman August Pfluger's (TX-11) bill to address terror threats posed by online radicalization. The Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)to conduct annual  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Roy, Magaziner Introduce Historic Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Members of Congress from Trading Stocks * September 3, 2025 Press Release Washington, D.C. -- Representatives Chip Roy (R-TX-21) and Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2) introduced new historic bipartisan legislation today, H.R. 5106, the Restore Trust in Congress Act. This legislation aims to ban Members of Congress and their families from engagin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Cruz, Colleagues Introduce the CLEAN D.C. Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and colleagues, introduced the CLEAN D.C. Act. The bill repeals the D.C. Council's Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022, which imposed sweeping restrictions on law enforcement in Washington, D.C. In 2023, the House and Senate passed legislation with bipartisan support to block  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2025: * * * Sen. Cruz: Choices We Make Now Will Determine If America Leads in Space In his opening statement at today's Senate Commerce Committee hearing titled "There's a Bad Moon on the Rise: Why Congress and NASA Must Thwart China in the Space Race," Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) underscored the critical role of the National Aeron  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott in Letter to DOI: We Must Review CA Disaster Funding After State and Local Botched Response to Wildfires * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Rick Scott sent a letter to Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum thanking him for his tireless efforts fulfilling President Trump's agenda and managing our nation's land and wildlife, including responding to natural disasters lik  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Budd Joins Cruz, Colleagues to Introduce the CLEAN D.C. Act * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and several of their Senate Republican colleagues in introducing the CLEAN D.C. Act. The bill would repeal the D.C. Council's Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022, which imposed sweeping restrictions on law enforcemen  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Duckworth, Durbin, Houlahan, Goodlander, Ramirez Lead Investigation into Trump Administration's Betrayal of Immigrant Service Members, Veterans, and Military Families * "The Trump administration's [actions] threaten U.S. national security interests and erode the U.S. military's credibility when it makes promises to its service members who have put their lives on the line for our co  more