WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * "HUDSON VALLEY STUDENTS: I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!": ONE WEEK LEFT TO ENTER CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN'S SUMMER READING CHALLENGE AND AMERICA 250 ESSAY CONTEST * "Hudson Valley Students: I Want to Hear From YOU!": ONE WEEK LEFT to Enter Congressman Pat Ryan's Summer Reading Challenge and America 250 Essay Contest One week ahead of the August 31st submission deadline, Congressman Pat Ryan is encouraging Hudso  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand Statement On Trump's Stupid, Price-Increasing Canadian Tariffs * Trump's Tariffs Will Only Increase Prices and Hurt New York Consumers and Small Businesses New York and Canada Are Major Trading Partners Today, after President Trump and his administration launched their latest cost-increasing trade war with Canada, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement:   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand, Schumer, Tonko Raise The Alarm Amid Impending Closure Of Schenectady Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic * Closure Would Jeopardize Care for 1,500+ Capital Region Veterans Who Rely on the Schenectady VA Clinic Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), and Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY-20), following continued   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand: Trump Is Ripping Food From The Mouths Of New York Families To Pay For Tax Cuts For Billionaires * New Federal Data Shows SNAP Enrollment Has Fallen More Than 13% Nationwide Under Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" More Than 200,000 New Yorkers Have Been Pushed Off Food Assistance Today, in response to new data showing that enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (S  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2026: * * * Chairmen Jordan and McClintock Demand Answers from Sanctuary Jurisdiction DAs Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA) sent letters to Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT DECISION ON MAIL-IN VOTING * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: The sycophantic Supreme Court majority's decision in the vote-by-mail case is sowing chaos in service to Donald Trump's effort to undermine our free and fair elections. The Trump-aligned justices on the Supreme Court did no  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT DECISION ON MAIL-IN VOTING * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: The sycophantic Supreme Court majority's decision in the vote-by-mail case is sowing chaos in service to Donald Trump's effort to undermine our free and fair elections. The Trump-aligned justices on the Supreme Court did not and cannot give the Pres  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Paul D. Tonko, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Tonko, Schumer, Gillibrand Raise Alarm Amid Impending Closure of Schenectady Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic * NEW YORK, NY -Today, U.S. Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY-20), Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), following continued concern from local Capital Region veterans, called on Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Colli  more