WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Amidst Mass Firings of Critically Important Workers, Raskin, Maryland Delegation Members Express Alarm at "Serious Disruptions" at FDA and Request "Urgent" Meeting with FDA Commissioner WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) led all Democratic members of the Maryland congressional delegation in requesting an "urgent" meeting with the newly confirmed Commissioner of the Food and Dr  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Leads Senators Demanding Answers from Trump Admin on Cuts to Partnership that Boosts American Manufacturing WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) are demanding answers from the Trump Administration on its decision to take away funding that has long helped boost domestic manufacturing and created thousands of jobs. The Manufacturing Extension Partne  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Coons, Salazar, Dean, Colleagues Introduce "NO FAKES Act" to Protect Individuals and Creators from Digital Replicas WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), along with U.S. Representatives Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) and Madeleine Dean (D-Penn.), introduced the bipartisan Nurture Originals,  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Congressional Democrats Fight Back Against Trump's Attacks on Independent Worker Protection Agencies Washington, D.C. -- Today, House and Senate Democratic Leadership filed an amicus brief opposing President Donald Trump's unlawful attempts to fire members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Merit Systems Prot  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Colleagues To Demand Answers, Return Of Maryland Father Wrongfully Deported To El Salvador April 08, 2025 "When the Administration makes a mistake as severe as sending an individual with protected status to a foreign prison, it cannot simply shrug off responsibility and allege that there is nothing it can do to reunite him with his wife and child, who are American citiz  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Colleagues To Demand Answers, Return Of Maryland Father Wrongfully Deported To El Salvador WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today joined U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and 22 Senators in wr  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Maryland Congressional Delegation Members Demand Answers on Tariff Impact on Port of Baltimore Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-MD) led a letter alongside Representatives Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07), Steny Hoyer (D-MD-05), Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), Glenn Ivey (D-MD-04), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-03), April McClain Delaney (D-MD-06) and Johnny Olszewski (D-MD-02) calling on   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Hubble Helps Determine Uranus' Rotation Rate with Unprecedented Precision An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made new measurements of Uranus' interior rotation rate with a novel technique, achieving a level of accuracy 1,000 times greater than previous estimates. By analyzing more than a decade of Hubble observations of Uranus' aurorae, researchers have refined the planet's ro  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institute of Mental Health issued the following Research Highlights entitled "Developing Tools for Measuring Mental Health Outcomes." Here are excerpts: * * * Developing Tools for Measuring Mental Health Outcomes Measures of health care quality are used to understand the impact of interventions when implemented in real-world health care systems and settings. These measures are used to assess the effecti  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Ranking Member Jayapal's Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on the Consequences of Trump's Chaotic and Lawless Immigration Enforcement WASHINGTON -- Today, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, delivered opening remarks at the subcommittee hearing on Donald Trump's reckless and lawless immigration enforcement, which is unde  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Raskin's Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on the Consequences of Trump's Chaotic and Lawless Immigration Enforcement Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2025)--Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and E  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Seek Answers & Return of Maryland Father Wrongfully Deported to El Salvador WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Justice admitted the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia -- a father who was living legally in the United States under protected status -- was an "administrative error." Mr. Garcia, 29, who fled El Salavador in 2006 and migrated to the U.S. in 2011, is married with a  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Juan Vargas, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Juan Vargas, Members of Congress, and Family of Kilmar Abrego Garcia Join Together to Demand His Immediate Return to the United States WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (D-CA) and Congressional colleagues joined Kilmar Abrego Garcia's wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, and immigrant advocacy leaders to demand answers and accountability from the Trump Administration on the illegal d  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on April 8, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urgently address the economic harm caused by President Trump's escalating tariffs, which are destabilizing our economy and hurting our families. These tariffs have real impacts, including the largest hit to Americans' 401(k)s since the early days of the pandemic, and a massive tax increase on lower-   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Coons, colleagues send letter demanding answers, return of Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and 23 other senators wrote to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons urging them to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Blackburn, Reps. Salazar, Dean, colleagues reintroduce NO FAKES Act to protect individuals and creators from digital replicas WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), along with U.S. Representatives Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) and Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.), introduced the bipartisan Nurture Originals,  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Blunt Rochester join in introducing bill to fully fund special education WASHINGTON - Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.) joined in introducing the IDEA Full Funding Act, legislation to ensure Congress finally fulfills its commitment to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Fifty years ago, Congress passed IDEA to ensure that   more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Joins Hirono, Norcross in Introducing Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and U.S. Representative Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) in reintroducing the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bicameral legislation to guarantee the right of public s  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Murray, Sanders, Baldwin Demand Answers on Trump, RFK Jr. Ripping $12 Billion Away from Communities to Tackle Public Health Threats, Opioids Crisis, & More U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) in a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robe  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Shaheen, SFRC Democrats to Rubio: Plan for USAID Illegal, Unconstitutional; Broader Restructuring Threatens National Security Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department & USAID Management, International Operations, & Bilateral International Development and Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jea  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Demand Answers and Return of Maryland Father Wrongfully Deported to El Salvador WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) joined 23 of their Senate colleagues in urging U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a father who was  more