WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * E&C Democrats Demand Answers on FDA's COVID Vaccine Memo Democratic Committee Leaders Seek Documentation and Transparency as Trump Administration Seeks to Limit Vaccine Access via Email Without Providing Evidence * Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Memb  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: New Survey Shows President Trump and Congressional Republicans to Blame if Health Care Costs Spike from Expiring ACA Tax Credits * (Washington, DC) - In case you missed it: A new Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) poll released today shows that spiking health care costs due to the expiration of the Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits (EPTCs) will impact how a majority of Marke  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * Marketplace 2026 Open Enrollment Period Report: National Snapshot * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that nearly 950,000 consumers who do not currently have health care coverage through plans in the individual market Marketplace have signed up for coverage in 2026, since the start of the Marketplace Open  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Response to the Second Trump Administration's National Security Strategy Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below following the publication of the National Security Strategy by the Second Trump Administration.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $11+ Million In Federal Funding For Projects Across Upstate New York Through The Northern Broder Regional Commission * Communities From North Country, Finger Lakes, CNY, Capital Region Win Funding For Critical Community Projects Such As Expanding Access To Healthcare, Upgrading Wastewater Infrastructure, Building New Educational Facilities & More Schumer, Gillibr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Hassan, Banks Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Increase AI Security * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jim Banks (R-IN) introduced first-of-its-kind legislation to advance AI research that strengthens U.S. national security by making AI systems more secure and reliable. The bipartisan Reliable Artificial Intelligence Research Act of 2025 creates two federally fun  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * Shaheen, Welch, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Condemning Trump's Pardon of Ex-Honduran President and Drug Kingpin Juan Orlando Hernandez Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Peter Welch (D-VT), along with ten other Democratic Senators, introduced   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * SIGNED INTO LAW: Senator Hassan's Bill to Make Better Sunscreen Available for Americans * WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, bipartisan legislation, led by U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Roger Marshall (R-KS), to speed up the approval process for sunscreen products was recently signed into law. The legislation requires the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to modernize its proce  more