WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Cornyn, Baldwin, Kelly Introduce Bill to Address School Bus Driver Shortage WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) today introduced the Driving Forward Act, which would continue to exempt new school bus drivers from the "Under-the-Hood" Commercial Driver's License (CDL) testing requirement t  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce Bill to Address School Bus Driver Shortage Legislation would eliminate a specific commercial driver's license testing requirement for school bus drivers Today, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the Driving Forward Act, which would continue to exempt new school bus drivers from the "Under-  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Moore, Dingell, and McBath Push for Answers on Firing of Federal Employees Focused on Addressing Domestic Violence Today, Representatives Gwen Moore (WI-04), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Lucy McBath (GA-06) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, requesting an explanation into the Administration's decision to fire Shawndell Dawson, the Director of the Office of Fa  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Murray, Sanders, Baldwin Demand Answers on Trump, RFK Jr. Ripping $12 Billion Away from Communities to Tackle Public Health Threats, Opioids Crisis, & More Senators warn that de-obligation of funds will put health and well-being of the American people in jeopardy--and flies in face of Congress' intent Washington, D.C. -- Today, S  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * PSI Chairman Johnson Requests COVID-19 Vaccine Records and Communications from Moderna, Pfizer, BioNTech, and Johnson & Johnson WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sent letters to Moderna, Inc., Pfizer Inc., BioNTech US Inc., and Johnson & Johnson seeking records and communications about the development and safety of the COVID-19 va  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Washington, ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Ranking Members Larsen and Stanton Statement on Trump Administration's Short-Sighted Elimination of Successful Resilience Initiative Washington, D.C.-- Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Develop  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on April 3, 2025: * * * FACT SHEET: Trump Imperils Program to Help Working Americans Heat and Cool Their Homes Trump and RFK Jr. fired entire staff running LIHEAP--putting program that helps 6 million American households heat and cool their homes in grave jeopardy $378 million due to go out to help Americans avoid sweltering heat this summer now at risk  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Van Orden Releases Statement on the Phasing Out of the VASP Program WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Veterans' Affairs Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Chairman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) announced that the politically created, Biden-era Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program, will phase out: "From tim  more