WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary on June 4, 2026, by Energy and Environmental Policy Director Shuting Pomerleau: * * * Virginia Rejoining RGGI: Navigating the Electricity Market and the AI Data Center Boom Executive Summary * In July 2026, Virginia is set to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which sets a total carbon dioxide emissions cap for the electricity market; the change was made in a rushed manner, exacerbating a host   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following statement by senior associate counsel Nathan Moelker: * * * Christian Doctor Denied Job for Refusing Abortion Referrals - We're Fighting Back When a physician is welcomed back to a hospital, credentialed, given a start date - and then has the rug pulled out from under him because he won't sign a contract requiring him to violate his faith - that is not an oversight. It's a federal civil rights violation. That i  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release on June 3, 2026: * * * Americans Have Paid $43 Billion More for Gas as Bessent Dismisses Rising Costs as a "Blip" In response to Joint Economic Committee Ranking Member Maggie Hassan (D-NH)'s questions this morning, Secretary Scott Bessent called inflation under President Trump a "short-term blip." Bessent also vastly underestimated increased gas, and ov  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut Delegation Opposes Shortsighted Plan to Close Hamden Invasive Species Research Facility * [Hartford, CT] -U.S Senator Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, U.S. Representative John Larson, U.S. Representative Joe Courtney, U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro, U.S. Representative Jim Himes, and U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of A  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 [Category: Political] -- EMILYs List issued the following news release: * * * EMILYs List Endorses in Rhode Island, Delaware, and Vermont Attorneys General Races Today EMILYs List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, is endorsing Attorneys General Kathy Jennings of Delaware and Charity Clark of Vermont for reelection and Kim Ahern for election as Rhode Island attorney general. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement: "EMILYs   more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Welch Condemns Republicans Support of Trump's Mass Deportation, Anti-Immigrant Agenda * Welch: "This is all part of a radical crusade against immigration." WASHINGTON, D.C. -In a Judiciary Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, emphasized how the Trump Administration's efforts to alter the rights of nat  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Balint Statement on House Passage of War Powers Resolution to End War in Iran * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) today released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted 215-208 to pass a War Powers Resolution directing the President to end U.S. military involvement in Iran without explicit authorization from Congress. Four Republicans joined Dem  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Balint Statement on Voting YES on Lebanon War Powers Resolution * WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) today released the following statement after voting in favor of a War Powers Resolution to cease U.S. involvement in Netanyahu's deadly war in Lebanon. "Americans don't want their taxpayer dollars to fuel Netanyahu's attacks in Lebanon that have killed hundreds of civili  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 5 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on June 4, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jay Jones Opposes Federal Legislation That Would Weaken State Privacy Protections Federal data privacy law should not preempt Virginia's strong privacy laws - Attorney General Jay Jones joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general and state agencies in opposing the Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement over Data Act (SECURE D  more