WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- NARAL Pro-Choice America issued the following statement: After the House of Representatives voted to pass their tax plan, which includes ideological "personhood" language that has failed in the past, NARAL Pro-Choice America Vice President Adrienne Kimmell issued the following statement: "Let's be crystal clear what is happening, the anti-choice Republican Party is using its final hours in the majority to try to ram through a policy and an agenda that is wholly out of st  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The office of Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" with host Jake Tapper. A transcript of the interview follows: JAKE TAPPER: Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine joins me now. She's a member on the Senate Intelligence Committee and she voted not to replace Obamacare in that famous vote--or infamous depending on your point of view, I suppose. Thanks so much for being her  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 17 -- Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce issued the following news release: Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) announced Monday that Lane Ruhland would be the organization's new Director of Environmental & Energy Policy. Ruhland is an attorney and former staffer at the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ). "Lane will be an outstanding addition to the WMC team," said Scott Manley, WMC Senior Vice President of Government Relations. "Her unique background in the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following floor remarks regarding House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin: "From time to time, each of us has indulged in the jokes and finger-pointing that sustain a friendly rivalry between the House and Senate -- the founders' metaphorical teacup and saucer. And make no mistake: I am thankful every day that so many former representatives see the light and come to join us in the upper chamber. But  more

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Dec. 21 -- Res. Comm. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, R-Puerto Rico, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon met today with the Equality Commission in her office to agree on strategies to move forward with the Equality process for Puerto Rico ahead of in the new Congress 116. Some of the members of the Equality Commission present at the meeting with Gonzalez-Colon were former Governor Pedro Rossello, the National Committeewoman of the Republic  more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Alcee. L. Hastings, D-Florida, issued the following statement after a U.S. District Judge in Texas struck down the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional: "Friday's absurd court ruling follows more than 70 failed attempts by Congressional Republicans to dismantle the ACA and two U.S. Supreme Court rulings upholding the law. The American people sent a strong signal to Republicans last November that their relentless attacks on the ACA will not be tolerat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. David Valadao, R-California, issued the following speech, which was published in the Congressional Record Dec. 20, commending team member Dixie Valentine Lobmeyer: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank Dixie Valentine Lobmeyer for her service to my office and the 21st Congressional District of California over the past four years. Miss Lobmeyer was born on February 8, 1997 in Hanford, California. After graduating from Hanford West High School in 2015, Dixie received her  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. David Valadao, R-California, issued the following speech, which was published in the Congressional Record Dec. 20, recognizing the service of team member Andrew Gabriel Renteria: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank Andrew Gabriel Renteria for his service to my office and the 21st Congressional District of California over the past three years. Mr. Renteria was born in Fresno, California to parents Rudy and Yolanda Renteria on August 25, 1998. He attended Jackson Eleme  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Dec. 19, paying tribute to House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wisconsin: Mr. President, on a completely different matter, from time to time, each of us has indulged in jokes and finger-pointing that sustain the friendly rivalry between the House and the Senate--the Founders' metaphorical teacup and saucer. Make no mistake. I am thankful every day that so many fo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The office of Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement regarding a ruling in the case Texas v. U.S.: * * * The ruling by U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor throws out the 2010 Affordable Care Act in its entirety, throwing the American health care system into chaos in the midst of open enrollment. "This is a five alarm fire -- Republicans just blew up our health care sys  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Dec. 19, on Syria: Mr. President, I come to the floor today to speak briefly about the President's announcement today that he is going to be withdrawing 2,000 American troops from Syria. Let me be clear. I thought this was a bad idea from the start, primarily because our troop presence in Syria is not authorized by Congress. We have had that debate i  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 19 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: Tony Evers promised to pursue a 72-county strategy yet the early indications all point towards a Milwaukee and Madison focused administration. Today, the governor-elect announced his first four cabinet positions, including Tourism and Natural Resources, are all from Milwaukee. This continues Evers' and Democrats' trend of selecting Madison and Milwaukee insiders. Just last week it was announced that 25/30 a  more