WASHINGTON, April 12 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * 200+ HOUSE DEMOCRATS FILE AMICUS BRIEF AGAINST UNCONSTITUTIONAL TRUMP BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP EXECUTIVE ORDER Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Democrats continued their efforts to push back against President Donald Trump's unlawful executive directives by filing an amicus brief in defense of the essential constitutional principle of birthright citizenship in the matter o  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * 200+ HOUSE DEMOCRATS FILE AMICUS BRIEF AGAINST UNCONSTITUTIONAL TRUMP BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP EXECUTIVE ORDER Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Democrats continued their efforts to push back against President Donald Trump's unlawful executive directives by filing an amicus brief in defense of the essential constitutional principle of birthright citizenship in the matter of State of Washington, et   more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are demanding answers on the Administration's decision to cancel funding for ten National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country, including in  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON PETE HEGSETH BANNING BOOKS Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement via Threads: "The so-called Defense Secretary has ordered 400 books removed from the Naval Academy library. This outrageous ban includes works about Slavery and the Holocaust, but not a book written by Adolf Hitler. The effort to white  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON PETE HEGSETH BANNING BOOKS Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement via Threads: "The so-called Defense Secretary has ordered 400 books removed from the Naval Academy library. This outrageous ban includes works about Slavery and the Holocaust, but not a book written by Adolf Hitler. The effort to whitewash our history must be r  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. George Latimer, D-New York, issued the following floor remarks on April 10, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, the American people in my district and in my State have spoken clearly. This bill is voter suppression, pure and simple. It is brought to us under the guise of stopping illegal voting. When we analyze voting in Westchester County, where I was the   more

NEW YORK, April 12 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Transcript: Mayor Adams Addresses Media With Spanish Consul General de Blas Mayordomo and Family Member of Five Victims of Hudson River Helicopter Crash April 12, 2025 Watch video here at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E4F5UwOnFU Mayor Eric Adams: Today, as he deals with this awful tragedy, losing his sister, her husband, and [their] children as well. We just dropped flowers today as a symbolic gesture  more