WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Katie Britt (R-Alabama), James Risch (R-Idaho), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and John Thune (R-South Dakota) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting the U.S. Department of Justice's position on the International Criminal Co  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced a bipartisan Senate resolution along with 42 of their Senate colleagues recognizing Juneteenth Independence Day. "Whereas news of the end of slavery did not reach the frontier areas of the United States, in particular the State of Texas and the other Southwestern States, until months after the conclusion of the Civil War, more than 2\1/2\   more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) celebrated Juneteenth during his commemorative event at the Library of Congress. The event featured remarks from Dr. Ben Carson, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black; a fireside chat with Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, and Kevin Young, the Andrew Mellon Director of the National Museum of African American   more