WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes H.R. 8646: Strong Agriculture. Strong Communities. Strong America. Today, the House of Representatives met to consider H.R. 8646, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027. The measure was approved by a vote of 213 to 210. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Admini  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON FOX NEWS: "THIS IS DAY 100 OF DONALD TRUMP'S RECKLESS AND COSTLY WAR OF CHOICE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on Fox News' The Sunday Briefing with Jacqui Heinrich, where he highlighted Democrats' commitment to ending Donald Trump's war of choice in the Middle East, lowering the high cost of living and pushing back on the co  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON FOX NEWS: "THIS IS DAY 100 OF DONALD TRUMP'S RECKLESS AND COSTLY WAR OF CHOICE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on Fox News' The Sunday Briefing with Jacqui Heinrich, where he highlighted Democrats' commitment to ending Donald Trump's war of choice in the Middle East, lowering the high cost of living and pushing back on the corruption being unleashed b  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MS NOW:"DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T GIVE A DAMNABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFEOF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MS NOW's PoliticsNation, where he highlighted the contrast between the extreme MAGA Republicans, who continue to visit chaos, cruelty and corruption on the country, and Democrats, who are fighting hard to make life better for hard  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement by Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott: * * * Sanctions to Strangle Iran's Energy Smuggling and Illicit Financial Networks Today, the United States is disrupting Iran's efforts to evade our sanctions and fund its destabilizing activities. The United States is targeting a sophisticated network that has smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of Iranian liquified petroleum gas (LPG) to markets in Sout  more