WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, to unveil a new, sweeping legislative package that would both establish a nationwide right to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology (ART) as well as lower the costs of IVF treatment for the millions of families who need it  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: In response to Nevada Independent reporting that the Nevada GOP said it quietly waived its own bylaws barring it from supporting Donald Trump, DNC spokesperson Stephanie Justice released the following statement: "After attacking Nevada voters' rights - from spreading dangerous election lies to undermining Nevadans' votes in frivolous suits - the Nevada GOP continues to prove that nothing will stop them  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: In response to Texas Republicans finally releasing their official party platform, which opens the door to the death penalty for women seeking abortion care and criminalizing in vitro fertilization, after nearly two weeks of delay, DNC spokesperson Maddy Mundy released the following statement: "Trump's extreme MAGA agenda has culminated in the Texas Republican party's signed, sealed, and delivered officia more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Congressional Black Caucus issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement regarding recent comments from Rep. Byron Donalds: "Black people were not better off during the Jim Crow Era -- a fact that Rep. Byron Donalds knows all too well. "This is a pattern of embracing racist ideologies that we see time and again within t more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is establishing a working group consisting of members representing various political affiliations and tasking them with exploring options and developing a comprehensive legislative proposal to create a system that enables municipalities and political parties in Connecticut with the ability to use ranked-choice voting in caucuses, convent more PR

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: This weekend, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene joined WISN News to share House Democrats' plan to flip critical seats in Wisconsin - including WI-01, where Peter Barca was just added to the DCCC's coveted Red to Blue program. Watch the full interview HERE. Read more from Chair DelBene's conversation below: I feel very confident we'll flip the House. We only need four more seats to take back the  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: This weekend, full funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) officially expired - forcing 1.7 million Florida families to face stark price hikes on their monthly internet bills. The ACP - a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - serves more than 65,000 households in Florida's 13th District, lowering costs for monthly internet bills. A recent survey condu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: This weekend, full funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) expired - forcing 1.7 million New York families to face stark price hikes on their monthly internet bills. The ACP - a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - serves 22,577 households in New York's Fourth Congressional District, providing discounts of up to $70 for monthly internet bills. A rece more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: This weekend, full funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) expired - forcing 1.7 million New York families to face stark price hikes on their monthly internet bills. The ACP - a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - serves over 80,695 households in New York's 22nd Congressional District, providing discounts of up to $70 for monthly internet bills. A r more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following statement: * * * "Tom Kean Jr.'s number one priority has always been and always will be his own political career. Whether it's rolling back women's reproductive rights or raising costs on New Jersey's working families, he falls in line behind MAGA extremists to save his own skin. There is only one candidate in this race who has stood up to both parties to fight corruption and bring accountability and tra more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: This weekend, full funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) officially expired - forcing over 500,000 Arizona families to face stark price hikes on their monthly internet bills. The ACP - a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - serves nearly 40,000 households in Arizona's 1st District, lowering costs for monthly internet bills. A recent survey conducte more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Using their "harshest anti-gay rhetoric in recent years," the Colorado Republican Party kicked off Pride Month by espousing homophobic, harmful rhetoric that called for the burning of all Pride flags...and Gabe Evans has refused to denounce the hate speech coming from within his own ranks. Chairman Dave Williams, who wrote the post, said "he is remaking the state party in the image of Donal more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Four days after Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts, George Logan has reacted with complete and utter radio silence. This isn't the first time Logan has gone to great lengths to avoid his Republican Party's leader - he refuses to give a clear answer on whether or not he supports the convicted felon for president every chance he gets. But George Logan isn't shy about cozying up t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: This weekend, full funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) officially expired - forcing 470,000 Virginia families to face stark price hikes on their monthly internet bills. The ACP - a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - serves more than 45,000 households in Virginia's 2nd District, lowering costs for monthly internet bills. A recent survey conducte more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 (TNSres) -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: This weekend, full funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) officially expired - forcing 941,244 Michigan families to face stark price hikes on their monthly internet bills. The ACP - a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - serves 76,811 households in MI-10, lowering costs for monthly internet bills. A recent survey conducted by the FCC found  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: This weekend, full funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) officially expired - forcing over 500,000 Arizona families to face stark price hikes on their monthly internet bills. The ACP - a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - serves more than 50,000 households in Arizona's 6th District, lowering costs for monthly internet bills. A recent survey condu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: This weekend, full funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) expired - forcing 1.7 million New York families to face stark price hikes on their monthly internet bills. The ACP - a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - serves 68,648 households in New York's Nineteenth Congressional District, providing discounts of up to $70 for monthly internet bills. A  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: This weekend, full funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) officially expired - forcing 1.7 million Florida families to face stark price hikes on their monthly internet bills. The ACP - a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - serves more than 50,000 households in Florida's 27th District, lowering costs for monthly internet bills. A recent survey condu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Today, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene dropped an honest assessment of House Republicans: "Republicans continually have their head up their ass... People at home are sick of it. People are sick and tired of a feckless, useless Republican Party." Congresswoman Greene's comments continue her streak of radical candor. In April, she noted at an event that House Republicans "have fa more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: This weekend, full funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) expired - forcing 1.7 million New York families to face stark price hikes on their monthly internet bills. The ACP - a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - serves 23,490 households in New York's Seventeenth Congressional District, providing discounts of up to $70 for monthly internet bills. A more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: This weekend, full funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) officially expired - forcing 1.7 million Texas families to face stark price hikes on their monthly internet bills. The ACP - a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - serves more than 90,000 households in Texas' 15th District, lowering costs for monthly internet bills. A recent survey conducted  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: This weekend, full funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) officially expired - forcing 1.7 million New York families to face stark price hikes on their monthly internet bills. The ACP - a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - serves 14,337 households in New York's First Congressional District, providing discounts of up to $70 for monthly internet bill more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Rather than rescind their endorsement of Donald Trump after he was convicted on 34 felony counts, Russell Prescott, Hollie Noveletsky, and Chris Bright are instead undermining the rule of law and rallying to Trump's defense. Prescott, Noveletsky, and Bright's blind loyalty to the first former U.S. President ever convicted of a felony adds to a growing list of ways they're wildly out of step more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 (TNSres) -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: This weekend, full funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) officially expired - forcing 763,742 Pennsylvania families to face stark price hikes on their monthly internet bills. The ACP - a product of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - serves 43,240 households in PA-10, lowering costs for monthly internet bills. A recent survey conducted by the FCC fo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Congresswomen Susie Lee (NV-03), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), and Susan Wild (PA-07) issued the following statement in opposition to a Republican amendment to ban access to IVF and other fertility treatments for veterans who receive care through the VA: "Extreme House Re more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: The Right to IVF Act represents the Senate Democrats' commitment to make it easier for all Americans to access and afford IVF treatment needed to build their families As Republicans and the anti-abortion movement continue their state-by-state attacks on reproductive freedom in post-Roe America, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Senator and Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Patt more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The House Administration Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-509) on the End Zuckerbucks Act (H.R. 7319), which aims to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit 501(c)(3) organizations from providing direct funding to official election organizations and to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the District of Columbia from receiving or using funds or certain donations from private entities for the administration of a District of Columbia election. more ST

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in honor of House Rules Committee Staff Director and former Director of Legislative Operations for then-Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Kelly Dixon, as she departs the House of Representatives after 26 years of service: Image Click here for a link to the video. "I thank the gentleman for yielding. We  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) joined Congresswomen Lori Trahan (MA-03), Susie Lee (NV-03), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), and Susan Wild (PA-07) in issuing the following statement in opposition to a Republican amendment to ban access to IVF and other fertility treatments for veterans who receive care through the VA: "Extreme House Republicans are doubling down on their effor more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Once again, Trump and the MAGA Republicans' extremism was on full display as they doubled down on their deeply unpopular and dangerous agenda. Across states, Trump's MAGA minions push forward in their crusade to attack fundamental rights and spread dangerous, hateful rhetoric. Take a look at the latest: Thanks to Donald Trump's termination of Roe, his MAGA minions continue to strip women of their funda more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: The Right to IVF Act represents the Senate Democrats' commitment to make it easier for all Americans to access and afford IVF treatment needed to build their families As Republicans and the anti-abortion movement continue their state-by-state attacks on reproductive freedom in post-Roe America, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and P more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 6 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release: Democratic-approved Early Voting Site Plans disenfranchise over 410,000 rural North Carolina voters. During the June 4 meeting, which was held virtually, the 3 Democratic NCSBE members along with Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell and General Counsel Paul Cox refused to consider legal briefs and data analyzes shared with the five members about concerns over drive times for rural populat more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 6 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following statement on June 04, 2024: * * * In typical Biden administration fashion, today's so-called Executive Order from the President locks in disastrous policy decisions while claiming to "solve" one of the top issues our nation faces. "Since Day One of his presidency, Joe Biden has created serious problems across our nation: the economy, the Southern border, and national security. While today's Executive O more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 4 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following statement on June 3, 2024: * * * The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) has issued the following statement following the appeal of SB 749 to the N.C. Supreme Court: "We are pleased to see that the legislature's leadership has appealed the ruling of SB 749 directly to the N.C. Supreme Court. Simply put, our boards of election should operate on a bipartisan basis with transparency and consistency,"  more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 6 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release: The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) strongly supports a Citizen-Only Voting Constitutional Amendment clarifying that only U.S. Citizens may vote in North Carolina elections. The NCGOP is actively engaged in this important issue and commends the N.C. House of Representatives for bringing this bill forward. "Ensuring that only U.S. Citizens in North Carolina can vote is a critical s more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: FTP for TV stations of her remarks is available here. "We've seen that the anti-choice movement won't stop coming after our reproductive rights. That's why we must pass the Right to Contraception Act and protect access to birth control in every state across our country." Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) spoke on the Senate floor today to take a stand against anti-choice politicians' efforts  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: In response to RNC Chair Michael Whatley preparing for the possibility of Donald Trump virtually addressing the Republican National Convention, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: "Even before Donald Trump became a convicted felon, his inner circle was already staffed by a roster of convicts and fraudsters brought on board for their loyalty to Trump and his MAGA agen more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered the following remarks about the upcoming Senate vote on the Right to Contraception Act at this afternoon's Senate Democratic leadership press conference. Video of Senator Murray's remarks is available HERE. Senator Murray's remarks, as delivered, are bel more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Senate Budget Committee released the following written testimony by Geoffrey Supran, an associate professor of environmental science and policy at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science, from a hearing dated May 1, 2024, entitled "Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak: Big Oil's Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change": * * * Big oil is the new big tobacco. Investigative journalism, white paper report more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on June 4, 2024: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the House Republican budget proposal for the IRS, which would gut funding for enforcement aimed at wealthy tax cheats and would shut down the new Direct File program set to open up nationwide in 2025: "If not for the fact that the Republican party belongs to Don more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Ahead of Pride Month celebrations around the country this weekend, Donald Trump and his VP contenders are still pushing a dangerous, hateful anti-LGBTQ+ agenda. In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: "As Americans across the country celebrate the LGBTQ+ community this Pride Month, Donald Trump and his VP contenders are still pushing an extreme, hateful MAGA more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Today, the DNC hosted a press call with Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa, U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Co-Chair of the Biden-Harris Campaign, and Lauren Miller - a mother who was forced to leave the state of Texas to receive life-saving abortion care and joined other Texas women in suing the state for being denied health care despite serious pregnancy complications - calling out the T more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Ahead of Donald Trump's Turning Point town hall today, DNC spokesperson Cameron Niven released the following statement: "After canceling not one, not two, but three trips to the state, Trump is finally making his way to Arizona, but instead of meeting with working families, he's choosing to spend time with the most extreme Arizonians he knows: the Arizona GOP and Turning Point. When they're not backstabb more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: In response to Byron Donalds suggesting Black Americans were better off under Jim Crow, DNC Senior Spokesperson Marcus W. Robinson released the following statement: "This is Donald Trump's MAGA Republican Party: VP contender Byron Donalds is praising Jim Crow, suggesting that Black families were better off during segregation. Let's be clear: Jim Crow ripped apart Black families, and it's absurd to sugge more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As Pride Month kicks off and Donald Trump's VP contenders push extreme, anti-LGBTQ policies and rhetoric, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: "Donald Trump's VP contenders are just like him: extreme, hateful, and out of touch with the American people. Trump's VP contenders have long records of spewing hateful rhetoric and pushing dangerous anti-equality policies that more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As Byron Donalds and Wesley Hunt head to Pennsylvania today to spin Donald Trump's disastrous record that failed Black Americans, DNC Senior Spokesperson Marcus W. Robinson released the following statement: "Today, Byron Donalds and Wesley Hunt will continue their pathetic attempts to cover for Donald Trump's broken promises and failed outreach to Black communities. As president, Trump gave handouts to  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: In response to NBC News reporting that the Vermont Republican Party's own rules bar them from supporting Donald Trump, DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman issued the following statement: "Trump's having a really bad week, and it just got worse. After nominating Donald Trump to be their candidate, despite his extreme and unpopular agenda that would hurt Vermonters, the Vermont Republican Party r more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 7 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news on June 6, 2024: Yesterday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Rep. Byron Donalds (FL-19), a potential choice for Donald Trump's running mate, made comments defending the Jim Crow era at a recent event in Philadelphia: "You see, during Jim Crow, the Black family was together. During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative -- Black people have always been conservative-minded -- but more Bl more PR

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Last night, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) appeared on CNN's The Source with Kaitlan Collins to discuss the discharge petition House Democrats have filed for the Right to Contraception Act, a continuation of their efforts to protect reproductive health care from extreme MAGA Republican attacks. Below are excerpts from her interview: On whether the Right to Contraception Act could be brought more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) took to the House Floor to denounce Republicans' attempt to hijack the VA's budget and ban veterans from accessing reproductive health care. Below is a transcript of her remarks: "This month marks two years since extreme MAGA Republicans dismantled Roe v. Wade, subjecting American women to reproductive oppression not seen for half a century. But for the other  more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 7 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: The Ayatollah and Yahya Sinwar couldn't be more pleased with the Wisconsin Democrats. This weekend, Wisconsin Democrats will debate multiple resolutions concerning the war in Gaza at their state convention in Milwaukee. It would be an understatement to say delegates on the convention floor will entertain some particularly controversial and grotesque proposals. The first resolution, 24-FA-01, demands an im more PR