WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Chairman Cruz Announces Hearing for Transportation Nominees U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing to consider nominees to the Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority at 2:15 PM EST on Wedn  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn, Colleagues' Resolution Recognizing Red Ribbon Week Passes Senate * WASHINGTON - Today, the Senate passed a resolution from U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jim Risch (R-ID), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Bernie Moreno (R-OH), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) recognizing Red Ribbon Week, the nation's largest and longest-running drug-use prevention campaign, from October 23 through Octob  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 31 (TNSrep) -- The city of Greensboro issued the following news on Oct. 30, 2025: * * * Creative Greensboro Releases 2024-25 Annual Report Creative Greensboro has published its Fiscal Year 2024-2025 annual report. Read it online (https://user-kcmpnye.cld.bz/Departmental-Annual-Reports/Creative-Greensboro-Annual-Report-2024-25). "Creative Greensboro is where imagination meets action - we're here to fuel the City's creative energy by supporting artists, champio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI Video: Blumenthal Sounds Alarm on Voter Suppression As Trump's Attacks on the Right to Vote Mount * [WASHINGTON, DC] - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) spoke on the Senate Floor yesterday slamming the Trump Administration's continued efforts to suppress voters and attack the right to vote itselfincluding rigging election maps, intimidating election offici  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * NC Congressional Democrats Call on USDA to Fund SNAP Benefits in November * WASHINGTON, DC Today, North Carolina Representatives Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Valerie Foushee (NC-04), and Don Davis (NC-01) led a letter calling on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to use "all available contingency funds and statutory transfer authority" to fu  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 31 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2025: * * * NCDHHS, First Lady Anna Stein and Jubilee Home Celebrate Opening of New Women's Home in Durham First Lady of North Carolina Anna Stein and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services celebrated the opening of the Jubilee Home for women in Durham on Thursday. Serving as reentry support for women who are released from prison or j  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Ross, Kiley Lead Lawmakers in Opposing Commerce Proposal to Tax Patent Holders * Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Congressman Kevin Kiley (CA-06), members of the House Judiciary Committee, led their colleagues in expressing their serious concerns about the Department of Commerce's reported plans to impose valuation-based fees on patent holders. From the Research Triangle to Calif  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis Introduces Discussion Draft on Legislation to Ban Politically Motivated De-banking * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced a discussion draft of the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking Act, legislation that seeks to prevent the denial of banking services for politically motivated reasons. Specifically, the legislation guards against both regulator and financial ins  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis: Democrats Must End the Shutdown * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement on the status of the ongoing government shutdown: "It is impossible to negotiate in good faith when one side holds the entire federal government hostage, and political extortion cannot be the new precedent. Senator Schumer has boxed himself in, and Democrats are fin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Senate Republicans Vote to Go Home, Override Rosen's Attempt to Keep Working Through Weekend to Extend ACA Tax Credits Before Open Enrollment * Watch Senator Rosen's floor speech HERE. WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen forced a vote to keep the U.S. Senate in session to work through the weekend to reopen the government and extend the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) premium tax cred  more