WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release: * * * Chairman LaMalfa Leads House in Renewing Secure Rural Schools Payments * Washington, D.C. Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) led the effort in the House of Representatives to pass the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025, which reauthorizes Secure Rural Schools (SRS) payments to rural counties in Northern California and across the country. This leg  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Push for Emergency Funding for Wildfire Recovery on New Mexico Public Lands * Heinrich and Lujan's push comes amid the Trump Administration's failure to properly engage in forest management and wildfire prevention to keep New Mexico communities safe WASHINGTON - Amid the Trump Administration's failure to properly engage in forest management and wildfire prevention including slo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Slam Trump Administration for Latest Efforts to Dismantle the Department of Education * Senators Call on McMahon to Reverse Illegal Actions that Weaken Support for New Mexico Students WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 34 Senate Democrats to send a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon slamming her recent  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Blasts National Park Service's Aim to "Whitewash Our History" * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, in a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, Senator Angus King (I-ME), co-chair of the National Parks Subcommittee, laid out his concerns over the rewriting and whitewashing of history within the National Park Service by the Trump Administration. During his opening remarks, he noted t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Moreno, Collins Unveil Two-Year ACA Subsidy Reform Agenda * WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins (R-Maine) will introduce the Consumer Affordability and Responsibility Enhancement (CARE) Act to cap income eligibility and eliminate zero-premium plans. "Barack Obama and the Democratic Party created this disaster, lining the pock  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * New Hampshire Delegation Welcomes More than $9 Million for Granite State Projects Through Northern Border Regional Commission * (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside U.S. Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), welcomed more than $9   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * NH Delegation Welcomes More than $9 Million for Granite State Projects Through Northern Border Regional Commission * Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) in welcoming more than $9 million in federal funding for Granite  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Demands Urgent Relief for All New Mexico Farmers * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On December 8, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) sent a letter urging Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to deliver timely, equitable relief to farmers across New Mexico who continue to face rising costs and uncertainty due to the administration's tariff war. Nine of Rep. Vasquez's colleagu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Risch, Colleagues Urge Rubio to Review Failed Biden Admin Vetting Process for Afghan Nationals * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, sent a letter to U.S. National Security Advisor Marco Rubio urging a review of the Biden administration's failed vetting process for Afghan nationals. "The horrific terror attack in Washing  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Sanders, Welch, Balint, and Scott Announce More Than $12 Million in Northern Border Regional Commission Investments for Vermont Communities * MONTPELIER, VT - The Vermont Congressional Delegation, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-At Large), along with Governor Phil Scott and the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC), announced NBRC's Fall 2  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Urges Commerce Department to Provide Tariff Relief for Maine's Wild Blueberry Producers * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins wrote to Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer requesting that the Commerce Department provide targeted relief from the tariff imposed on steel and aluminum for the wild blueberr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2025: * * * Senator Hassan Presses Corporate Owners of Mobile Home Communities for Answers on Affordability and Resident Living Conditions Today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, pressed six corporate owners of manufactured housing communities for answers on affordability and living conditions  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, King Announce More Than $6.5 Million for Economic Development Projects Across Maine * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan CollinsChair of the Senate Appropriations Committeeand Angus King announced that 10 Maine organizations will receive a total of $6,541,337 to support important development projects. The funding comes from the Northern Border Regional Commission's (NBRC) Fisc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, King Announce More Than $6.5 Million for Economic Development Projects Across Maine * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan CollinsChair of the Senate Appropriations Committeeand Angus King announced that 10 Maine organizations will receive a total of $6,541,337 to support important development projects. The funding comes from the Northern Border Regional Commission's (NBRC) Fis  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2025: * * * Treasury Sanctions Transnational Network Recruiting Colombians to Fight in Sudan's Civil War Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on four individuals and four entities for their roles in fueling the civil war in Sudan, a conflict that has provoked the world's worst ongoing humanitarian crisis. This transnational n  more