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. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Demand HHS Restore Title X Family Planning Funding Immediately to Protect Health Care Services for Millions WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) led a group of 29 senators urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately reinstate Title X family planning funding in   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * New England Senators Demand Answers on Reports White House May Eliminate Regional FEMA Office WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined all ten of their Senate colleagues representing New England states in seeking answers about reports that the Trump Administration is considering eliminating certain Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regiona  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Helps Introduce Bill to Protect and Expand Access to Life-Saving Reproductive Health Care Services In New Hampshire, nearly 10,000 Granite Staters who receive essential care at their local Planned Parenthood affiliate are being affected by the Trump administration's funding freeze on Title X. Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped introduce the Expanding Access to Family Plannin  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Takes Action to Protect Public Employees' Right to Organize Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced he is cosponsoring the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bicameral legislation to guarantee the right of public sector employees to organize, and the Protect America's Workforce Act, bipartisan legislation to nullify a recent Trump Administration Executive Order ending coll  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas, Goodlander Help Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Affordable Housing Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) helped to introduce the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, bipartisan legislation to support the financing and development of affordable housing across the country by expanding and strengthening the Low-Income Housing Tax Cre  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Offers Remarks at Hearing for Nominees for State Department Positions WASHINGTON--Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, submitted opening remarks for the record at the hearing on the nominations of Thomas DiNanno to be Under Secretar  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen's Statement on Imminent Layoffs at U.S. Agency for Global Media Networks WASHINGTON- Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement as Radio Free Asia (RFA), Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN) and Radio F  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12541) on April 8, 2025, by American national government analyst Barry J. McMillion. Here are excerpts: * * * Recommendation for New U.S. Circuit and District Court Judgeships by the Judicial Conference of the United States (119th Congress) Congress determines through legislative action both the size and structure of the federal judiciary, including the number of U.S. circuit and distric  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz, Senators Demand HHS Restore Title X Family Planning Funding Immediately To Protect Health Care Services For Millions WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), along with U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai'i), led a group of 29 senators urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately reinstate Title X f  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hassan Challenges U.S. Trade Representative on Trump Administration's Tariffs That Raise Costs for Granite State Families WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan yesterday pushed U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at a Senate Finance Committee hearing about the ways in which President Trump's reckless tariffs are raising costs on Granite State families and wreaking havoc on peopl  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 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Unveils New Legislation Prohibiting Special Government Employees' Companies from Receiving Federal Contracts or Grant Payments (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a top member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committee, is introducing new legislation that would prevent federal cont  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Collins, King, Kelly, Heinrich Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Address PFAS Contamination in Private Wells (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus King (I-ME), Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) are reintroducing bipartisan legislation to address per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in private wells. The  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Grassley Mark National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month with Bipartisan Resolution (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing April as "National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month," supporting survivors of sexual assault and honoring the critical work done by victim advocates,  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Leads Every Northeastern Senator in Bipartisan Request for Answers on Reports White House May Eliminate Regional FEMA Office WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led 11 of his Northeastern colleagues in requesting answers from President Trump on reports that the White House is considering a proposal to eliminate certain Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) regional   more