WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici Introduces Bill to Provide Access to Virtual Immigration Hearings * WASHINGTON, DC [12/3/25] - Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1) introduced legislation that would grant immigrants the right to join immigration hearings virtually through video or telephone conference. The Migrant Due Process Protection Act would allow immigrants to have their removal hearing held remotely through vid  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Investigates Arrests Of U.S. Citizens By President Trump's Out-Of-Control Immigration Forces * Durbin in oversight request to Secretary Noem: "The disturbing reality is that many American citizens have been caught in the Trump Administration's indiscriminate and violent immigration enforcement dragnet across the country." WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Rank  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2025: * * * Durbin Investigates Arrests Of U.S. Citizens By President Trump's Out-Of-Control Immigration Forces U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today launched an investigation into the reported arrests of U.S. citizens under the Trump Administration's violent immigration enforc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025: * * * ECESE Ranking Member Bonamici Warns Culture War Distractions Will Undermine Student Privacy Ranking Member Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) delivered the following opening statement at today's Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee hearing entit  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: * * * ERDC hosts Sediment Transport Collaborative Laboratory Experiment By Carol C. Coleman, public affairs specialist This summer, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) hosted the U.S. Coastal Research Program's (USCRP) Sediment Transport Collaborative Laboratory Experiment, or SEDCOLAB, to improve understanding of sediment transport processes by   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Gluesenkamp Perez Joins Hearing on Sea Lion Removal Strategies * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), joined a House Committee on Natural Resources hearing concerning sea lion predation in the Pacific Northwest. Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez is not a permanent member of this committee, but participated in today's hearing given the urgent need to remove California and S  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Murkowski, Lujan, Massie, Khanna Demand DOJ Briefing on Release of the Epstein Files * Senate and House sponsors of Epstein Files Transparency Act lead the charge to ensure law is fully implemented. Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) joined forces with U.S. Representatives Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) to call on  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Urge Secretary Bessent to Reject Proposed Dollar Coin Designs Featuring Donald Trump * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Nevada's U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto led seven Senate Democratsincluding Senator Ron Wydenin a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling on him to reject the proposed designs Opens in new tab for the Semiquincentennial  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project, Chicago, Illinois, issued a report detailing 2025 state legislative efforts to curb private equity's influence in healthcare amid hospital closures and financial instability. The analysis categorizes reforms into transparency/reporting, approval authority, targeted prohibitions, and corporate practice of medicine enforcement, highlighting successes in seven states while noting pending and failed bills elsewhere. Massachuset  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Salinas, Sorensen Introduce Legislation to Undo Trump Administration's Attempts to Bury Social Security Performance Data * Washington, D.C. Today, Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Eric Sorensen (IL-17) introduced the Social Security Data Transparency Act. This legislation would require the Social Security Administration (SSA) to post and regularly update metrics on their website such  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 119-53) on the Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety (BADGES) for Native Communities Act (S. 390), which aims to require federal law enforcement agencies to report on cases of missing or murdered Indians. The report was advanced by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on July 31, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE The purpose of S. 390 is to improve public safety and justice in Indian country by improving  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Steil Introduces Nonpartisan Legislation to Cut Red Tape, Streamline Environmental Projects * Washington, DC - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) joined his colleagues Representatives Troy Downing (MT-02), Janelle Bynum (OR-02), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) in introducing the Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act. This bill reduces administrative barrier for ecosystem restoration projects in r  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48737) on Nov. 26, 2025, entitled "U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Technical Assistance Programs for Specialty Crop Producers" by agricultural policy analyst Laura Pineda-Bermudez. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Foodborne illness occurs when a person gets sick after consuming a food contaminated with pathogens, or harmful microbes. Produce and other specialty crops may be especia  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Boozman, and 19 Colleagues Introduce Resolution Condemning Baha'i Oppression in Iran * The Iranian Baha'i community is the largest religious minority in Iran, with more than 300,000 members Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator John Boozman, R-Ark., today led 19 Senate colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution condemning Iran's government for persecuting members of  more