WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Joins Cruz, Hyde-Smith in Introducing Bill to Restore Trust to the USPS * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) in introducing the Upholding a Secure Postal System (USPS) Act, legislation to direct the U.S. Comptroller General to submit a report to Congress on nationwide mail theft trends   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn Statement on Senate Vote to Finally End the Schumer Shutdown * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate voted to end the Schumer Shutdown after more than 40 days of Senate Democrats repeatedly refusing to vote in favor of reopening the federal government: "The Schumer Shutdown will go down as the longest and dumbest government shutdown in history."  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following news release: * * * Longtime FDA Innovator Appointed as Director of Center for Drug Evaluation and Research * The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that Richard Pazdur, M.D., has been appointed director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). Pazdur is a 26-year veteran of the   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell Hemp Provision Targets Intoxicating THC Products; Protects Industrial Hemp and CBD * U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) secured language in the FY 2026 Senate Agriculture Appropriations bill to close a loophole that has allowed the sale of unregulated intoxicating THC products to be manufactured and sold nationwide, while preserving non-intoxicating CBD and in  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Cruz, Rep. Nehls, and Congressional Medal of Honor Society Issue Statements on Final Passage of MEDAL Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement about Senate passage of the House version of the Monetary Enhancement for Distinguished Active Legends (MEDAL) Act, legislation which he drafted and will now pass   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Unanimously Passes Sen. Cruz Legislation Increasing Pension for Medal of Honor Recipients, Will Now Become Law * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke on the Senate floor in favor of the House-passed version of the Monetary Enhancement for Distinguished Active Legends (MEDAL) Act, legislation that he drafted, after which the Senat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Statement on New Attempt by Russ Vought to Illegally Shut Down the CFPB United States Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement on another attempt by Russ Vought to illegally shut down the CFPB. "This absurd maneuver   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici Join Dexter to Introduce Bill to Ensure Department of Homeland Security Detainees Can Speak to a Lawyer and Contact Their Families * Washington D.C. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, with U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici, said today they have joined Rep. Maxine Dexter's bicameral legislation to ensure the Department of Homeland Security allows noncitizens who have  more