WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * After Successful Senate Vote, Wyden Urges Republicans to Support Restoring the American People's Voice on Right to Science-Based Health Care Today, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., spoke on the Senate floor to restore transparency in public health via a congressional disapproval resolution. Wyden led the effort with Senator Angus King, I-Maine, to reverse th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- President Trump issued the following statement: * * * America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of our Victory in the Spanish-American War On December 10, 1898, the United States signed a historic peace treaty to end the momentous Spanish-American War. The treaty reaffirmed the "Monroe Doctrine" by ending the age-old European foothold in the Western Hemisphere and signaled to the entire world that America was emerging as a major superpower not to be underesti  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2025: * * * Husted urges Treasury Secretary to protect American students from Chinese Communist Party Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) and Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent requesting the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States review the sale of Epic! Creations to a Chinese-owned company. Epi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Judiciary Committee Advances Four U.S. Attorneys and Three Judicial Nominations The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations: * David Clay Fowlkes, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, by a vote of 15-7; * Nicholas Jon Ganjei, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 16 -- The Maine Secretary of State issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2025: * * * Secretary of State Shenna Bellows pushes back on DOJ State of Maine moves to dismiss spurious DOJ lawsuit * In the latest update to the case of United States of America vs. Shenna Bellows, the DOJ lawsuit to demand sensitive, personal voter information of every Mainer, a motion to dismiss was filed in U.S. District Court in Portland Friday. "The first Trump administration req  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release: * * * REPORT: Amid Trump's Tariffs, Declining Canadian Tourism Is Harming Businesses in Every State Along U.S.-Canada Border New JEC Report Shows Impact of Tourism Declines on Businesses in Every Canadian Border State * The Joint Economic Committee - Minority released a new report today showing the ways in which declining Canadian tourism is  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Emmer announces more than 300 key stakeholders support the SPEED Act * WASHINGTON - House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) today announced key stakeholder support for the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Ac t. More than 300 organizations have voiced their support for this legislation, which creates certainty in the permitting process a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2025: * * * Wyden Reveals New Independent Analysis of Republican Health Cuts on Rural Communities New Data From Upenn-Leonard Davis Institute Of Health Economics Shows Rural Health Fund Falls Short For Rural Communities Facing The Largest Health Care Cut In American History * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today revealed a  more