WASHINGTON, March 24 (Rep.) -- Del. Aumua Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: * * * Amata Co-Leads Bipartisan 2025 IOOS Reauthorization Bill to Strengthen Ocean Monitoring Washington, D.C. -- On Monday, Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata Radewagen of American Samoa along with sponsor Representative Mike Ezell (R-MS-04), and other original cosponsors Reps. Bonamici (D-OR-01), Weber (R-TX-14), Dingell (R-MI-06), and David (D-IL-07), introduced legislation to reauth more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Rep.) -- Del. Aumua Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: * * * Amata Supports Exemption for Local Shipping Letter and Comments to USTR and Attends Hearing Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata has sent a letter to the United States Trade Representative, the Honorable Jamieson Greer, as well as submitted her message via the public comment portal, and Monday she attended the USTR hearing, in support of her call for a local ex more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by Caleb Hopkins, chairman of the American Bankers Association's Agricultural and Rural Bankers Committee, from a March 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Perspectives From the Field: Risk Management, Credit and Rural Business Views on the Agricultural Economy Part 3": * * * Chairman Boozman, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and members of the Committee, my name is Caleb Hopkins. I am the curren more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Earl L. Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Carter leads bill reversing Biden's jobs-killing air quality standards WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) today introduced a bill reversing the Biden-Harris Administration's unnecessary, jobs-killing rule setting overly restrictive National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5). Original cosponsors include: Reps. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), August more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Mehmet Oz, President Trump's nominee to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, from a March 14, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Chairman Crapo and Ranking Member Wyden, for inviting me to appear before this Committee today. I want to begin by thanking President Trump for his passionate desire to Make America Healthy Again and for nominating me to support that visi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chair Walberg, House GOP Leadership, and Committee Chairs Issue Joint Statement on Budget Reconciliation Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) joined House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McC more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview - Week of March 24, 2025 Here's what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week: Agriculture On Tuesday, March 25, the Committee on Agriculture will hold a full committee hearing called "The CFTC at 50: Examining the Past and Future of Commodity Markets." * * * Appropriations On Tuesday, March 25, the Subcommitt more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn on Democrats' Tesla Attacks: 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' WASHINGTON - Today on Fox News' The Faulkner Focus, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) slammed Democrats for resorting to attacking Tesla cars and dealerships across the country because they refuse to accept that President Trump was delivered a mandate on November 5 th to get our economy back on track and cut government spending with the help of the more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Ezell Introduces Bipartisan 2025 IOOS Reauthorization Bill to Strengthen Ocean Monitoring Today, Representatives Mike Ezell (R-MS-04), Bonamici (D-OR-01), Weber (R-TX-14), Dingell (R-MI-06), Radewagen (R-AS), and David (D-IL-07), introduced legislation to reauthorize the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) for the next five fiscal years, maintaining its authorized funding le more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by Tara Durbin, chief lending officer at Farm Credit Mid-America, from a March 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Perspectives From the Field: Risk Management, Credit and Rural Business Views on the Agricultural Economy Part 3": * * * Chairman Boozman, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and members of the Committee, thank you for calling this hearing today to discuss the agricultural economy and f more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Urges Iowa Dairy Farmers to Sign Up for Dairy Margin Coverage before March 31 Deadline HULL, IOWA - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) issued the following statement encouraging Iowa dairy farmers to enroll in Dairy Margin Coverage by the March 31 st deadline: "Iowa dairy farmers make important contributions to our economy and strengthen our rural communities. With the enrollment per more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Garbarino, Budzinski Reintroduce Tools Tax Deduction Act WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-02) helped reintroduce the bipartisan Tools Tax Deduction Act with Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) to allow apprenticeship employees and construction workers to write off the expense of the tools and equipment required for their profession. Similar tax deductions have b more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Hinson: It's Time to Stop Allowing China Use Our Resources Against Us Washington, D.C. \- Rep. Ashley Hinson (IA-02) joined Congressman Neal Dunn (FL-02) in introducing the Ending China's Unfair Advantage Act, which would prohibit American taxpayer dollars from funding a U.N. slush fund until China stops exploiting international trade loopholes and no longer receives the designation as a "developing n more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Houlahan's Bipartisan STEM Education Bill Passes House WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)'s bipartisan bill, the Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act, passed the House of Representatives unanimously. Houlahan led this bill with her Republican colleague, Representative Jim Baird (R-IN), to help America's students compete globally in math and scien more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House GOP Leadership and Committee Chairmen Urge Senate to Advance House Budget Resolution WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, released the following joint statement alongside House Republican Leadership and the Committee Chairmen with jurisdiction in the budget reconc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * House GOP Leadership and Committee Chairs Issue Joint Statement on Budget Reconciliation For Immediate Release March 24, 2025 Contact: Taylor Haulsee WASHINGTON -- Speaker Johnson, Leader Scalise, Whip Emmer, and Chairwoman McClain released the following joint statement alongside the Chairmen of the House Committees with jurisdiction in the budget reconciliation process: Thom more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * House GOP Leadership and Committee Chairs Issue Joint Statement on Budget Reconciliation Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) released the following joint statement alongside the Chairmen of the House Committees with jurisdiction in the budge more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * House GOP Leadership and Committee Chairs Issue Joint Statement on Budget Reconciliation WASHINGTON -- Speaker Johnson, Leader Scalise, Whip Emmer, and Chairwoman McClain released the following joint statement alongside the Chairmen of the House Committees with jurisdiction in the budget reconciliation process: Thompson, Rogers, Arrington, Guthrie, Walberg, Hill, Green, Jordan, Westerman, Comer, G more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House GOP Leadership and Committee Chairs Issue Joint Statement on Budget Reconciliation Speaker Johnson, Leader Scalise, Whip Emmer, and Chairwoman McClain released the following joint statement alongside the Chairmen of the House Committees with jurisdiction in the budget reconciliation process: Thompson, Rogers, Arrington, Guthrie, Walberg, Hill more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House GOP Leadership and Committee Chairs Issue Joint Statement on Budget Reconciliation WASHINGTON -- Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following joint statement alongside Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04), Leader Steve Scalise (LA-01), Whip Tom Emmer (MN-06), Chairwoman Lisa McClain (MI-10), and the other Chairs of the House Committ more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * House GOP Leadership and Committee Chairs Issue Joint Statement on Budget Reconciliation WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) released the following joint statement alongside the Chairmen of the House Committees with juri more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * House GOP Leadership and Committee Chairs Issue Joint Statement on Budget Reconciliation WASHINGTON -- Whip Emmer, Speaker Johnson, Leader Scalise, and Chairwoman McClain released the following joint statement alongside the Chairmen of the House Committees with jurisdiction in the budget reconciliation process: Thompson, Rogers, Arrington, Guthrie, Walberg, Hill, Green, Jordan more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on New Nonpartisan Government Data Exposing How the Republican Budget Plan Will Explode Debt and Deficit for Decades Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published 10- and 30-year projections of the debt and deficit if Congressional Re more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Risch, Wyden, Crapo Team Up for Bipartisan Bill to Boost Mass Timber Industry Nationwide International Mass Timber Conference Kicks off in Portland, Oregon Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Idaho's U.S. Senator James Risch today launched a renewed bipartisan effort to promote the use of mass timber in federal building projects and military construction. The bipartisa more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Miller-Meeks Backs President Trump's Push for American Energy Dominance Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Chair of the Conservative Climate Caucus, today voiced her strong support for President Trump's efforts to bolster American energy independence and secure the border by enforcing strict penalties on Venezuelan oil and gas. "The Biden Administr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-California, issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Rep. Jimmy Gomez Statement on Trump Admin. Weaponizing the IRS for Immigration Enforcement WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) -- a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees tax policy -- released the following statement in response to reporting that the Trump administration's Internal Revenue Service is nearing an agreement to share ta more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Representative Peters, Local Healthcare Leaders Highlight Importance of Saving Medicaid San Diego, CA - On March 21, Representative Scott Peters (CA-50) and local leaders highlighted the importance of Medicaid and the harm that Republicans' healthcare cuts and inflationary budget will have on our communities. One in five CA50 residents relies on Medicaid - cutting $880 billion i more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by Ben Noble, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Riceland Foods, from a March 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Perspectives From the Field: Risk Management, Credit and Rural Business Views on the Agricultural Economy Part 3": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Boozman, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and members of the Committee. It is truly an honor to be before you today. M more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by Sedrick Rowe, a farmer and owner of Rowe Organic Farms, from a March 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Perspectives From the Field: Risk Management, Credit and Rural Business Views on the Agricultural Economy Part 3": * * * Chairman Boozman, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and members of the committee, thank you for this opportunity to appear before you and testify to my experience as a yo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by Dalynn Hoch, head of Rural Community Insurance Services, from a March 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Perspectives From the Field: Risk Management, Credit and Rural Business Views on the Agricultural Economy Part 3": * * * Chairman Boozman, Ranking Member Klobuchar and other distinguished Members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - thank you for allowin more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson Celebrates Hyundai's $20 Billion Investment in U.S. Manufacturing WASHINGTON -- Today, Speaker Johnson joined President Trump, Gov. Jeff Landry, and Hyundai Executive Chair Euisun Chung at the White House for an event announcing Hyundai's $20 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing, $5.8 of which will be invested in a steel plant in Ascension Parish. Speaker Johnson delivered brie more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson Celebrates Hyundai's $20 Billion Investment in U.S. Manufacturing For Immediate Release March 24, 2025 Contact: Taylor Haulsee WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Speaker Johnson released the following statement after he joined President Trump, Louisiana Governor Landry, Leader Scalise and Hyundai Executive Chair Euisun Chung in announcing Hyundai's $20 billion investment in  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release: * * * Transcript of Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi's Testimony at USTR Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Actions in Section 301 Investigation on China's Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member Raja K more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by George Glass, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Japan, from a March 13, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Senator Hagerty for the kind introduction. It is an honor to follow in your footsteps and call on you for your advice, support, and friendship. Thank you for your long history of service to this country, to the great State of Tennessee and to the U.S.-Japan relatio more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. House GOP Leadership and All Instructed Committee Chairs Urge U.S. Senate to Advance House Budget Resolution WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) joined U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), House Republican Conference Chairwo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support released the following testimony by Michael A. Guetlein, vice chief of space operations at the U.S. Air Force, from a March 12, 2025, hearing entitled "The Current Readiness of the Joint Force": * * * The United States Space Force underpins our nation's strength within the Joint Force, economy, and society. In our first five years, we have validated the importance of the Space Force as a stand-al more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release: * * * Western Caucus Members Introduce Nullification to Repeal Biden NAAQS Rule Today, Representative Buddy Carter (GA-01) was joined by Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) in introducing a nullification to overturn the Biden Administration's onerous finalized rule on National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). Representatives August more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Womack Reintroduces Legislation to Protect Tipped Workers Washington, DC--March 24, 2025...Today, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) reintroduced the Tipped Employee Protection Act of 2025, legislation to clarify the definition of tipped employee and relieve reporting burdens that harm the restaurant industry. Congressman Womack said, "Hardworking restaurant owners and employees have a lot on their  more PR