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Genesee Street Save A Lot Closure is the Latest in a String of WNY Grocery Losses Hurting Neighborhoods Kennedy Urges the House to Pass the Food Deserts Act, the Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act, and the Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act BUFFALO, N.Y. - Standing with community members outside of the recently shuttered Save A Lot grocery store on Genesee Street in Buffalo, Congressman Tim Kennedy (NY-26) called on the House of Representatives to pass three pieces of legislation that he cosponsors that are aimed at combating food deserts and expanding access to affor

Sunrise, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) joined her constituent Claudia Carolina Rodriguez Caglianone after she was released from the ICE Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach last night. Click here to watch the full press conference. Click here for video of Claudia and Wasserman Schultz meeting. “I’m so grateful and relieved that Claudia is with her family again. I was proud to help put a spotlight on her case, but there are 300,000 Florida families who had TPS ripped away just like Claudia, and they are just as vulnerable to the kind of cruel arrest and detentio

TAMPA, Fla. — Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) urged Tampa International Airport (TPA) CEO Michael Stevens and Hillsborough County Aviation Authority (HCAA) Chair Chip Diehl to reverse plans to privatize the airport’s passenger-screening workforce through the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA Gold+ initiative. The change would replace more than 700 federal Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) at TPA with a private contractor responsible for passenger screening and checkpoint equipment and technology. “Every day, TPA TSOs greet and protect 70,000 passengers—neighbors, friends

U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) today announced his introduction of the Restoring Accountability in Appropriations Act, which would empower private parties and the U.S. House of Representatives to prevent illegal delays and cancellations of federal grants. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA) put in place clear guardrails to safeguard the Congressional "power of the purse," enshrined in Article I of the Constitution. Under the ICA, the Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is granted authorities to investigate illegal withholdings and impoundments of feder

Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on NY1’s Inside City Hall, where he emphasized that ahead of the midterm election, House Democrats are unified in their commitment to lower the high cost of living and defeat Republican corruption once and for all. ERROL LOUIS: Welcome back to Inside City Hall. With just over 90 days […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), all members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, joined the Committee’s Democrats in sending a letter calling on Chairman Rand Paul to convene an oversight hearing on the Administration’s immigration enforcement tactics. Chairman Paul held a February 12 oversight hearing […] The post After Further Violence from ICE, Slotkin, Peters Demand Hearing on ICE’s Deadly Use of Force appeared first on Senator Elissa Slotkin.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) raising the alarm about offshore prediction markets allowing people to bet on wildfires. As wildfires burn in Nevada and across the nation, the Senators […] The post Rosen, Cortez Masto, Merkley Raise Concern About Wildfire Bets on Prediction Markets appeared first on Jacky Rosen.

ICYMI: Senator Murray Leads Entire WA Delegation in Requesting Expedited Emergency Declaration for Devastating Wildfires in Spokane ***WATCH: Senator Murray’s remarks*** Washington, D.C. – Today, following remarks urging passage of the bipartisan short-term funding bill introduced yesterday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, briefly spoke on the senate floor about […] The post On Senate Floor, Senator Murray Urges Trump Administration to Support Expedited Emergency Declaration for Spokane Wildfires appeared first on Senator Patty Murray.

ICYMI: Senator Murray on Release of CR Text ***WATCH: Senator Murray’s full speech*** Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the first procedural vote on the bipartisan continuing resolution (CR) released on Sunday, which extends government funding through December 11. […] The post Senator Murray Floor Remarks on Bipartisan CR appeared first on Senator Patty Murray.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today led 90 members of Congress in submitting an amicus brief to the Supreme Court… The post Jayapal and Whitehouse Lead 90 Colleagues in Brief Supporting the Ability of States and Localities to Hold Big Oil and Gas Companies Accountable for Climate-Related Harms appeared first on Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) joined 14 fellow Democratic veterans in urging the Administration to accurately and transparently account for U.S. servicemembers killed and wounded in the Iran war following disturbing reports that the Department of Defense removed the names of four American troops from the official Iran War death toll. “As veterans of America’s wars, […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that the Trump Administration finally released more than $3.3 million in federal funding for affordable housing across Nevada. This funding comes from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Housing Trust Fund Formula Grant Program Allocation, which provides grants to states to produce and preserve […] The post Rosen Successfully Pushes Trump to Release More than $3.3 Million in Federal Funding for Affordable Housing Across Nevada appeared first on Jacky Rosen.

S-R: Wildfire leaves Northwest Spokane in a ‘war zone’ KXLY: “Thousands of people had to leave their homes as fires exploded in the Spokane area over the weekend. More than 700 structures have burned, many of them homes, while thousands of people are still not allowed back in their neighborhoods.” ***LETTER HERE*** Washington, D.C. – Today, […] The post Senator Murray Leads Entire WA Delegation in Requesting Expedited Emergency Declaration for Devastating Wildfires in Spokane appeared first on Senator Patty Murray.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) released the following statement after language delaying a national ban on most hemp-derived THC products, including THC beverages, was included in a must-pass budget resolution set to be voted on in the Senate this week. The ban was set to take place in November and would now […] The post U.S. Senator Tina Smith’s Statement on Proposed Delay of National Ban on Hemp-Derived THC Products appeared first on Senator Tina Smith.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a senior member of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, introduced the No Preferential Release of Federal Information for Transactions (NO PROFIT) Act, legislation that would make it illegal for social media companies to sell prioritized access to government employees’ accounts that communicate material […]

Report calls for passage of their Freedom to Move Act, which invests $25 billion in public transit Fare Free Transit... The post NEWS: Pressley, Markey Release Report Showing Success of Fare-Free Transit in Massachusetts appeared first on Ayanna Pressley.

Highlights include nearly $18 million for 20 projects in the Inland Empire and strengthening oversight of the Trump administration secured...

U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), today joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and her Senate Democratic colleagues in pressing the State Department to use its leverage to prevent further atrocities in Sudan and help bring the war to an end. To do so, the Senators urge the State […]

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Representative Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.-25) to lead the introduction of legislation that would bring transparency and accountability to presidential pardons after Trump has abused the power in office. President Trump promised to attack “waste, fraud, and abuse.” But after a year and […]

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) to press the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on its plans to crack down on prediction markets […] The post Merkley, Padilla, Shaheen, Schiff, Rosen, Cortez Masto, Heinrich, Wyden, Klobuchar: CFTC Must Rein in Wildfire Bets on Prediction Markets appeared first on Merkley.

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla (both D-Calif.) joined Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to press the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on its plans to crack down on prediction markets now offering event contracts for individuals to bet on […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are pushing back against the new final rule from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that deletes the definition of “harm” in the rules implementing the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Senators’ Congressional Review Act resolution introduced today, if approved by the Congress, would reject the administration’s latest unprecedente

WASHINGTON – With less than 100 days until the midterms and amid ongoing threats from President Trump to nationalize, militarize, and otherwise interfere with the administration of elections, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, led a group of his colleagues in pressing the Department of Justice […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, U.S. Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and Dave McCormick (R-PA), joined by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), introduced the Spotted Lanternfly Research and Development Act to designate the Spotted Lanternfly, an invasive species that poses a significant threat to our nation’s agricultural economy, as a high-priority research […] The post Fetterman, McCormick, Introduce Bill to Stop Spread of Spotted Lanternflies appeared first on U.S. Senator John Fetterman.

Above: Gottheimer attends New Jersey State Fair in Sussex County. AUGUSTA, NJ — U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) joined Jersey families, farmers, and exhibitors at the 2026 New Jersey State Fair, including the Sussex County Farm and Horse Show, running July 31 through August 8, 10 am – 10 pm on weekends and 12 pm – […] The post PHOTO RELEASE: Gottheimer Celebrates New Jersey State Fair in Sussex County appeared first on Josh Gottheimer.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Congressmen Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and Paul D. Tonko (D-N.Y.) introduced the Carbon Dioxide Leadership Act to curb climate change by investing in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies. “Investing in cutting-edge technology like carbon capture is key to growing our economy and protecting our […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Enduring Response and Protecting Identifiable Information Act (RECOVER PII Act), bicameral legislation to provide lifetime identity protection coverage to federal employees […]

August 3, 2026    WASHINGTON, DC – As reported in Politico’s Morning Tax, Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), both members of the Senate Aging Committee, introduced the Senior Accessible Housing Tax Credit Act of 2026 which would create a new tax credit for seniors to install essential, aging-related modifications to their homes. Similar to legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. George Latimer (D-N.Y.), this legislation […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined U.S. House of Representatives John Garamendi (D-Calif.-08), James Gallagher (R-Calif.-01) and Senator Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) to reintroduce the American Food for American Schools Act, legislation to ensure that American-grown food is served in school meals.  “Ensuring that our schools purchase as much American produce as possible is crucial to supporting our farmers and economy. I’m proud to lead […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) joined Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and colleagues in introducing the Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Enduring Response and Protecting Identifiable Information (RECOVER PII) Act, legislation to provide lifetime identity protection coverage for federal employees and contractors whose personal information was compromised in the 2015 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) cyberattacks. The legislation would provide lifetime identity protection services for those affected and

WORCESTER, MA – Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) announced today that over $42 million in federal disaster relief he secured in December 2024, is finally heading to Massachusetts farmers. The money comes from a $220 million New England disaster block grant program written by McGovern and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), enacted into law by President Biden in late 2024. Designed specifically to support small and mid-sized producers—particularly those in states like Massachusetts who are often shut out of traditional U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs—the program compensates farmers