WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-New York, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on Sept. 23, 2025: * * * Chairman Garbarino, Rep. Pfluger Probe the Policies of Online Platforms for Identifying Potential Terrorist Activity After Kirk Assassination This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY) and Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) sent letters to Discord,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Co-Chairs Lawler and Ross Call for Transparency and Integrity in Upcoming Moldovan Elections * Washington, D.C. - 9/23/25... Today, Reps. Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Deborah Ross (NC-02), Co-Chairs of the Moldova Caucus, released the following statement ahead of Moldova's parliamentary elections on September 28th. The lawmakers wrote: "We express our deep concern over continued efforts by Russia to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Dear Colleague on Pending Republican Shutdown of the Federal Government * Dear Colleague: I write in connection with the pending Republican shutdown of the federal government. Last Friday, Democrats strongly opposed the partisan Republican spending bill in the House and the Senate, and it went down in defeat. The next day Leader Schumer and myself demanded that Do  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Dear Colleague on Pending Republican Shutdown of the Federal Government * Dear Colleague: I write in connection with the pending Republican shutdown of the federal government. Last Friday, Democrats strongly opposed the partisan Republican spending bill in the House and the Senate, and it went down in defeat. The next day Leader Schumer and myself demanded that Donald Trump meet with us in  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Meeks, Cherfilus-McCormick, Jackson Meet with DRC President Felix Tshisekedi on Sidelines of UN General Assembly * New York City -- Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Jonathan Jackson, Democratic Members on the Africa Subcommittee, yesterday met with Democratic Re  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * JEFFRIES, SCHUMER STATEMENT ON TRUMP AGREEING TO DEMAND FOR A WHITE HOUSE MEETING * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer released the following joint statement: After weeks of Republican stonewalling in Congress, President Trump has agreed to meet this week in the Oval Office. In the meeting, we will emphasize the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Nick LaLota, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LaLota Fights for Long Island Coast Guard Families in Annual Defense Bill * Rep. Nick LaLota (R-Suffolk County), a Navy Veteran who served on three overseas deployments, released the following statement after voting to pass the bipartisan Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act (link is external) (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 out of the Hou  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "DONALD TRUMP AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE RUNNING SCARED" * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference about Donald Trump canceling a planned meeting to discuss government funding and how House Democrats are continuing to hold the line against the out-of-control Republican attack on the healthcare of the Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "DONALD TRUMP AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE RUNNING SCARED" * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference about Donald Trump canceling a planned meeting to discuss government funding and how House Democrats are continuing to hold the line against the out-of-control Republican attack on the healthcare of the American people. Leader Jeffr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: WE'RE NOT GOING TO BEND THE KNEE TO DONALD TRUMP'S WILL WHEN HE'S GUTTING HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYDAY AMERICANS * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's Deadline White House to discuss how House Democrats are aggressively pushing back against Donald Trump's efforts to continue to gut the healthcare of the American people and threaten   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: WE'RE NOT GOING TO BEND THE KNEE TO DONALD TRUMP'S WILL WHEN HE'S GUTTING HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYDAY AMERICANS * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's Deadline White House to discuss how House Democrats are aggressively pushing back against Donald Trump's efforts to continue to gut the healthcare of the American people and threaten the American people with a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Dan Goldman's 'No Secret Police Act' Reaches 100 Cosponsors in the House Bill Would End Trump Administration's Use of Masked, Unidentifiable Immigration Enforcement Terrorizing Immigrant Communities *  NEW YORK, NY - Congressman Dan Goldman's (NY-10) No Secret Police Act today reached 100 cosponsors in the House of Representatives, a major show of support from Democrats in Congress for le  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Statement from Representative Adriano Espaillat on NewYork-Presbyterian and Healthfirst Agreement to Maintain In-Network Coverage * Constituents to Keep In-Network Service NEW YORK, NY -- Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) issued the following statement in response to the agreement reached between NewYork-Presbyterian with Healthfirst to maintain in-network coverage affecting t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Velazquez Introduces Disaster Resilience Package to Protect Puerto Rico and New York as Hurricane Season Intensifies * WASHINGTON - As hurricane season intensifies and communities in Puerto Rico and New York brace for heavy rains and flooding, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) unveiled a package of five bills to strengthen disaster response, reform flood insurance, and protect people f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Velazquez, Tonko Lead New York Delegation in Calling on EPA to Maintain Efforts to Fight Climate Change * Today, Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (NY-07) and Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20), along with members of the New York Congressional delegation, called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to uphold its 2009 "endangerment finding" that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public h  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner & Kaine Statement on Politically Motivated Pushing Out of Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump's forcing out of Erik Siebert, interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, because Siebert was unwilling to bring   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Statement on the French-Saudi Summit on the Two-State Solution * NEW YORK, NY--U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement in support of France and Saudi Arabia's summit at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which focused on support for the two-state solution and an end to Israel's war campaign in Palestine: "The war in Gaza, triggered by the horrific massacre   more