WASHINGTON, March 1 -- House Democratic Caucus issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu held a press conference alongside Congresswoman Terri Sewell on House Republicans doubling down on their attacks on reproductive freedom after partisan justices on the Alabama Supreme Court jeopardized access to fertility treatments like IVF. CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Good morning, good morning. So pleased to be joined by my collea more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Despite many Senate Republicans recently claiming to support in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in the days since Alabama's Supreme Court issued a ruling that severely restricted access to IVF in that state, Senate Republicans today blocked U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth's (D-IL) legislation that would protect access to IVF and other assisted reproductive technology (ART) nationwide. Leading a group of Senate De more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on the circumstances surrounding Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's failure to inform the President of his absence from duty. Chairman Rogers' remarks as prepared for delivery: Mr. Secretary, thank you for more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined National Report on Newsmax to discuss President Biden's failures at the border resulting in violent crimes nationwide, and the Alabama Supreme Court ruling on IVF. You may click HERE or on the image above to watch Senator Marshall's full interview. Highlights from Senator Marshall's interview include: On Biden's failures at the border: "This is very easy to dep more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: "We need strong, energetic leadership in the Senate now..." Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined Mornings with Maria today on Fox Business Network to discuss the need for strong Republican leadership after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's announcement that he'll be stepping down from his position in November. Senator Tuberville also spoke about the need to secure our southern border and bring impeac more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Arizona Senator Mark Kelly cosponsored the Access to Family Building Act, which would establish a federal right for Americans to utilize in vitro fertilization, or IVF, and other assisted reproductive technology. Last night, Senate Republicans blocked an attempt to pass the legislation through the Senate. This comes after the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that made the treatment impossible in the state. Bel more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Daniel Kildee, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-08) has cosponsored H.R. 7056, the Access to Family Building Act, which would establish a federal right to access assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization (IVF). Congressman Kildee's legislation would pre-empt state efforts to limit access and ensure that no parents or doctors are punished for trying to start a family. Earlier this month, the Alabama Su more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), condemned Republican objections to Senate Democrats' attempt to protect in-vitro fertilization (IVF) by passing the Access to Family Building Act by unanimous consent. Today's effort is in response to the outrageous decision in the Alabama state Supreme Court that r more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), condemned Republican objections to Senate Democrats' attempt to protect in-vitro fertilization (IVF) by passing the Access to Family Building Act by unanimous consent. Today's effort is in response to the outrageous decision in the Alabama sta more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: "The threat to IVF is no longer hypothetical. ...And it won't stop with Alabama - the consequences of this ruling will have a chilling national impact." Washington, D.C - Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) spoke on the Senate floor blasting Senate Republicans for blocking Senator Tammy Duckworth's (D-Ill.) Access to Family Building Act. In the wake of last week's Alabama Supreme Co more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, March 1 -- Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Each December, Representative Gary Palmer (AL-06) partners with his Academy Advisory Board to nominate outstanding students from Alabama's Sixth Congressional District for an appointment to our nation's service academies. U.S. Service Academy recruiters laud the level of preparedness and exceptional achievements of cadets from this district. Students who are accepted as cadets and midshipmen will be  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) announced that the University of Alabama has been awarded $5,150,072 to improve wastewater conditions in Alabama's Black Belt. This funding, which was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development, will be used to provide both technical assistance and construction in 15 Black Belt counties. "Access to adequate wastewater infrastructure is a basic human more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: U.S. Terri Sewell (AL-07) joined House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu for a press conference on the Alabama Supreme Court ruling jeopardizing access to fertility treatments like IVF. Rep. Sewell called out Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans for cosponsoring federal legislation mirroring the Alabama ruling which would effectively ban IVF treatments nationwide. CONGRESSWO more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), a member of the Pro-Choice Caucus, co-sponsored H.R. 7056, the Access to Family Building Act, which establishes a federal right to access in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technologies.  "Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, we have seen relentless attacks on reproductive freedom across the country," said Congressman Scott. "Wi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Modern-Day Voting Discrimination in Alabama" at 4 p.m. on March 1, 2024, at Montgomery Interpretive Center at Alabama State University: Witnesses * Laurel Hattix, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Alabama, Montgomery, AL * LaTosha Brown, Co-Founder, Black Voters Matter Fund, Atlanta, GA * Shalela Dowdy, Vice President of Mobile Alabama NAACP, President of Stand Up Mobil more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: ICYMI: Senators Murray, Duckworth, Schumer, Baldwin, Klobuchar Lead Press Conference Denouncing Alabama IVF Decision, Calling for Passage of Legislation to Protect Right to IVF ICYMI: New Legislation From Senators Murray, Duckworth Would Protect Right to Access IVF, Other Assisted Reproductive Technology in the Face of Republican Attacks **VIDEO from Murray's floor speech HERE*** Today, U.S. Senators P more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced today Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) will deliver the Republican Address to the Nation following the State of the Union address next Thursday, March 7: "Americans are struggling amid a border catastrophe, crushing inflation, an increasingly dangerous world, and fears about a President not up to the task. Ag more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: "if we lose our farmers, we are in bad trouble..." Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is continuing his fight to help craft a Farm Bill that helps America's farmers, foresters, and producers. In a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee hearing with Tom Vilsack, the Secretary of Agriculture, Senator Tuberville spoke about the need to support farmers struggling from inflation, the dire state o more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) led a letter demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rescind the recently finalized rule for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and direct the EPA to revisit, pursuant to the best available science, its next review at the congressionally mandated five-year interval in 2025. "The current U.S. air quality stan more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: "To Democrats, and this administration, Laken Riley is just another sacrifice on the altar of woke ideology." Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) called out President Biden, Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, and the Democratic Party for their willful refusal to secure America's borders, resulting in the death of thousands of Americans, most recently Laken Riley. Senator Tuberville highlighte more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) spoke in a Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) committee hearing about how Americans shouldn't be taxed twice for Social Security. Read excerpts from Coach's remarks below or watch his full remarks here. "For those of you who don't know, this group up here in 1983 voted to tax Social Security. And then, a few years later, to tax it again. It's all a scam.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Watch a video of Wyden deliver remarks on the Senate floor here As prepared for delivery I come to the floor today to express my strong support for Senator Duckworth's legislation to create protections for IVF under the law. I think many of my colleagues would agree with me when I say this wasn't an issue I thought I'd have to stand on the Senate floor debating in 2024, and yet, here we are. Just a few days a more PR