Press Releases

The bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which passed Congress on June 23rd, includes language from the Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All (DASH) Act. U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) co-led the introduction of the DASH Act with U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (D-OR-04) to make housing more affordable for working families and combat the rise of children and families experiencing homelessness. The DASH Act, which is led by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) in the Senate, addresses the lack of affordable quality housing through policies like creating a new down payment tax cr

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) released the following statement on United States Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Miot: “I am heartbroken and infuriated by the Supreme Court's despicable decision on TPS for Haitians and Syrians. “This callous ruling will have devastating implications for 1.3 million TPS recipients who have been targeted by Trump despite abiding by the law and contributing to Florida's economy. The Court selectively ignored Trump's open racism against Haitians to imply that race was not a factor in this case. We all know better. “Hundreds

This morning, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) questioned DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin during an oversight hearing of the Homeland Security subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. Present at the hearing was DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar. She discussed the planned detention warehouses in Socorro, the GSA decision on BOTA, the building of the border barriers at Mt. Cristo Rey and Big Bend National Park, and more. Video of her remarks can be found here and a transcript can be found below: Congresswoman Escobar: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, Mr. Deputy Secretary, we

Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee did their mark up of the Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill. As a member of the committee, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) secured $45 million for El Paso, $41.1 million for Texas, and introduced four amendments, two of which were accepted and two that were rejected by Republicans. Below is a summary of her wins for El Paso, as well as a transcript and corresponding videos. Links to the videos are located in the highlighted section title. During the debate of this legislation, Congresswoman Escobar provided opening remarks and introduced the foll

Today, the Michigan Congressional Delegation announced their submission to the Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule on behalf of the state of Michigan. As part of Congress's efforts to celebrate America's 250th birthday, the capsule will serve as a snapshot in time and will be opened on our nation's 500th anniversary on July 4, 2276. The Delegation submitted a Pure Michigan license plate engraved with “America 250,” a Pure Michigan brochure, a photograph of the Michigan U.S. House Delegation in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda at the statue of Michigan-native President Gerald Ford, and a pict

Yesterday, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) sent a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins sharing her concerns for the potential for New World Screwworm (NWS) to lead to mass euthanasia of pets. The letter can be found here or below: Dear Secretary Rollins: As New World Screwworm (NWS) continues to spread across Texas for the first time since the 1960’s, there is an urgent and potentially catastrophic threat to dogs, cats, and other companion animals. While much of the public discussion has rightly focused on the threat to livestock, I am deeply concerned that the potential for NWS to l

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a leading advocate in Congress in the fight to remove toxic chemicals from our food and environment and protect public health over corporate profits, released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling in favor of Monsanto: The Supreme Court’s decision in Monsanto v. Durnell is a devastating setback for Americans who deserve the right to hold powerful companies accountable for serious health harms. While we feared the Court’s decision might go this way—thanks in large part to the Trump Administration’s support—I held out hope that th

Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MS NOW’s The Briefing with Jen Psaki where he highlighted how Democrats remain laser-focused on the issues of importance to the American people, like lowering costs, fixing our broken healthcare system and cleaning up corruption. JEN PSAKI: As promised, joining me now is House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. […]

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Maryland’s U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks slammed Senate Republicans for voting to allow the Trump Administration to cap federal student loans and overhaul the student loan system, driving up costs for students across the nation: “As the first in my family to go to college, I […] The post Merkley and Alsobrooks: Senate Republicans Vote to Allow Federal Student Loan Costs to Soar appeared first on Merkley.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) released a statement following a meeting with the President of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, Speaker Han Kuo-Yu, and additional legislators from the Kuomintang […] The post Shaheen, Duckworth, Schatz, Rosen, Merkley, Kim, Slotkin Statement on Meeting with the Speaker of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan appeared first on Merkley.

Washington, D.C. – Today, President Trump formally requested that Congress spend an additional $88 billion in the form of a supplemental request. The majority of these funds would be spent to cover the costs and replenish wasted ammunitions from Trump’s war of choice with Iran while also covering the cost of his illegal tariffs that have hurt families and farmers across the country. Following this news, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement: “At a […] The post Merkley Statement on Trump’s Request for Nearly $88 Billion To Fund His Illegal War and Illegal Tariffs a

Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: After repeatedly promising to end foreign wars, Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth plunged America into Operation Epic Failure with no objective, strategy or support. Their reckless and costly war of choice in the Middle East has cost taxpayers billions, led to the deaths of 13 servicemembers, […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement after the Trump administration sent an $87.6 billion supplemental request to Congress: “Our nation’s military has real needs, from filling significant munitions backlogs – partly created by President Trump’s war of choice in Iran – […]

Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan small business package containing three bills championed by Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02). The bills aim to root out corruption in federal lending, make mission-critical fixes to a broken federal disaster-relief system, and give Main Street a fighting chance against corporate monopolies. “Small businesses are […] The post House Passes Goodlander-Led Bills to Protect New Hampshire Small Businesses from Fraud, Disaster, and Corporate Monopolies appeared first on Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander.

ICYMI: At Spotlight Forum on Dobbs Anniversary, Murray and Senate Democrats Highlight How Republicans’ Efforts to Ban Abortion & Rip Away Reproductive Health Care Has Harmed Women & Families ICYMI: On Four-Year Anniversary of Dobbs, Senator Murray Vows to Make Suffering of Women Under Republican Abortion Bans Impossible to Ignore, Pushes to Restore Abortion Rights […] The post Murray, Schrier Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Abortion Access and Providers from Out of State Extremists appeared first on Senator Patty Murray.

Welch: “It’s a bitter irony that President Trump is honoring our nation’s anniversary by embracing many of the practices that the Founders rejected.” WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, criticized President Trump for using America’s 250th anniversary to engage in self-promotion, self-dealing, and selling access to himself. In his remarks, Ranking Member Welch emphasized how President Trump’s […]

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on President Trump’s request for $87.6 billion in supplemental funding for the Iran war and a variety of other unrelated priorities his Department of Defense (DOD) is seeking, as well as requests in several other areas. […] The post Senator Murray on Trump’s Supplemental Request appeared first on Senator Patty Murray.

Inspired By Coalition of Parents Whose Children Suffered from Nitrous Oxide Abuse, Rep. Mullin Introduces Bipartisan Federal Bill Washington, D.C. – As abuse of nitrous oxide has exploded in recent years, with an increasing number of people being hospitalized or... The post Rep. Mullin Introduces Bill to Address Nitrous Oxide Abuse appeared first on Congressman Kevin Mullin.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined House and Senate Democrats to denounce Donald Trump’s obstruction of commonsense, bipartisan housing legislation. Below is a transcript of her remarks: “I am so delighted to be standing with these colleagues. With Democrats who know how to get stuff done. Who are delivering solutions for […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and John Fetterman (D-PA) introduced the Cultivating Horticultural Innovation in Local Economies (CHILE) Act to expand federal protections for specialty crop growers hurt by financial losses and market instability. The CHILE Act builds on a Specialty Crop Emergency Assistance Framework included in […] The post Slotkin, Bennet, Booker, Fetterman, Luján, Warnock, Introduce Legislation to Provide Assistance to Specialty Crop Farmers appeared fir

Senator Gallego is planning to block unanimous consent on all Republican-led House bills that come before the Senate until Speaker Johnson delivers the bipartisan, bicameral 21st-Century ROAD to Housing Act to the White House. WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, spoke at a press conference […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Nikema Williams (GA-05) and Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) led lawmakers representing states with severely restrictive or near-total abortion bans in a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche regarding the growing criminalization of miscarriages across the country. Since the Supreme […] The post Reps. Williams, McGarvey Lead Democrats from Abortion Ban States to Demand End to Growing Criminalization of Miscarriages appeared first on Nikema Williams.

On the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (CA-26) joined all 96 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) in releasing the Women’s Healthcare Legislative Slate. The second in a series of legislative packages aligned with DWC’s Better Future Agenda, the Women’s Healthcare Slate is a diverse set of bills grounded in one goal: a future where all women and families have affordable, accessible healthcare. The post Brownley, Democratic Women’s Caucus Unveil Women’s Healthcare Legislative Slate o