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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Eric Swalwell (CA-14) will attend the 2026 State of the Union Address with his invited guest, Teresa J. Helm. Helm a survivor, advocate, and national leader in the fight against sexual exploitation and trafficking.

“Like every American, I want the President to do his job,” said Rep. Swalwell. “I have always attended the State of the Union, and I will again tonight. But Donald Trump promised to lower costs, make us safer, and bring transparency to government—he’s done the opposite on all. I invited Teresa Helm as my guest because she has been waiting for justice for more than two decades. Teresa’s bravery exposed the Epstein coverup. The President owes her—and all survivors—answers.” 

“At the heart of this matter is HUMAN DIGNITY and JUSTICE FOR ALL,” said Helm. “It is crucial to join forces, lead by example, and continue lighting the way for generations to come. To me, it is both an assignment and an honor to be a guest here today at the 2026 State of the Union Address.”

Teresa J. Helm serves as Survivor Services Coordinator at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE). In her role, she walks alongside survivors interested in bringing civil lawsuits against corporations and individuals who profited from and facilitated their exploitation. As a lived-experience expert who has fought to bring justice against those who sexually assaulted and trafficked her through Jeffrey Epstein’s network, Helm is a mentor and advocate in the movement for accountability and survivor empowerment.  

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-3)

Today, Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement after the Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight Reform (ROTOR) Act – a bipartisan bill aimed at improving aviation safety standards – failed on a vote before the U.S. House.

 

“I’m disappointed the ROTOR Act failed today,” said Davids. “This bill was an important first step in meaningful reforms for both the flying public and the victims and families of last year’s tragic collision of Flight 5342 and a military helicopter. I’m committed to continuing to push for the reforms included in this bill and other much-needed aviation safety improvements through my role on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. We must take action to ensure that this kind of tragedy never happens again and to honor the memory of the lives lost because the victims and families deserve nothing less.”

 

Last week, Davids introduced the ALERT Act, a bipartisan bill that includes and builds on the ROTOR Act’s reforms to strengthen aviation safety and protect flyers, aligning closely with National Transportation Safety Board recommendations from their investigation of the deadly collision. The ALERT Act, split between civilian air travel and military aircraft safety, addresses concerns about airspace congestion, communication failures, outdated collision-avoidance systems, and coordination between civilian and military aircraft. 

 

On January 29, 2025, Flight 5342 departed Wichita, Kansas (ICT) bound for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). As the flight approached its destination, it collided midair with a military training helicopter, tragically killing the two pilots, two flight attendants, and 60 passengers on the airplane, along with all three crew members aboard the helicopter.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA)

Sherman to reintroduce the “No Nuclear Weapons for Saudi Arabia Act”, bipartisan legislation he first introduced with then-Senator Marco Rubio in 2018

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06)

WASHINGTON – Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO) will bring a Colorado small business owner who has been harmed by President Donald Trump’s tariff and immigration policies to Tuesday’s State of the Union Address.

Jay Park operates two small business restaurants in Aurora and Parker. Over the past year, he has seen the price of his imported goods skyrocket, had to pay more for goods for his restaurants, and heard from Coloradans about not being able to dine out because they can’t afford it. Mr. Park’s staff who have been legally employed have been unfairly targeted by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and President Trump’s mass deportations. In 2025, Mr. Park had to close a third restaurant he owned and operated due to higher costs and pressures.

“Small business owners like Jay create jobs and help support Colorado’s economy. But President Trump’s tariffs have raised prices and squeezed small businesses,” said Congressman Crow. “As someone who came to this country in search of a better life, and now owns and operates small businesses, Jay shows us how immigrants make our nation stronger. This President’s mass deportations of non-violent people and inflammatory rhetoric not only demonize immigrants like Jay, but also harm our state’s economy. I won’t stand for it. I’m proud to have Jay with me for the President’s State of the Union address as I continue to fight and stand up for Colorado.”

“I’m excited to be here at the State of the Union with Congressman Crow to tell my story. My small businesses have continued to face rising prices because of tariffs, making it harder to pay bills and make ends meet. Our country’s immigration policies have also unfairly targeted my employees who are in the U.S. legally. I appreciate Congressman Crow for helping to share my story and stand up for Colorado,” said Jay Park.

Congressman Crow has fought for small business across Colorado, and against the President’s reckless tariffs. He has fought for action to lower costs on housing, groceries, and health care for working people. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Trump’s tariffs were illegal. In response, Congressman Crow said that “working people are paying the price of Trump’s chaos.”

Crow has also spoken out against the recent murder of two U.S. citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, by U.S. federal agents conducting immigration enforcement. In Congress, Crow is working to rein in the abuses of power by ICE and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Crow successfully sued the Trump administration to ensure proper oversight of federal facilities, including a federal immigration detention facility in Aurora.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Mike Levin (CA-49)

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Michael McCaul (10th District of Texas)

WASHINGTON – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) — chairman emeritus and current vice chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security — questioned National Fusion Center Association President Mike Sena at a committee hearing about security coordination ahead of the FIFA World Cup and America 250. McCaul is also chairman of the committee’s Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events in the United States.

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Full Exchange:

McCaul: Thank you, Mr. chairman. Let me start out by saying I remember back when I chaired this committee, [we witnessed] the Boston Marathon bombing … And it was avoidable. It was preventable, had federal, state, and local [authorities] been sharing information. The FBI had information about Mr. Tamerlan’s trip to Dagestan where he radicalized and came back. They did not share that adequately with the joint terrorism task force. Specifically, the commissioner of Boston did not have any of that information even though he had two agents or two officers on the task force. We changed that by law, but it’s all about connecting the dots. Mr. Sena, you’re in charge of the fusion center, which sometimes comes under criticism. We formed the fusion centers… You know everybody talks about connecting the dots after 9/11, and that’s exactly what you are doing. What do you see as one of the biggest threats as you look at the environment out there and threat matrix, what keeps you up at night the most? 

Sena: It’s a combination of things. The first thing in the back of my head right now is the financial piece because we do need the resources to get things going … It’s a threat because if we don’t have the right people in place to do the job, it won’t get done. The other thing is the multimodal communication systems that we’ve got right now. The lack of getting that tip and lead — that piece of information. We do a lot of work educating our law-enforcement, public safety, private sector partners on what we need as far as tips and leads — those suspicious activity reports. But we have a lot of different places those go right now — multiple federal systems, multiple private sector parties that take tips and leads. The problem is when you have so many silos, how do you connect them all? And then it comes to game day, and those operations ahead of time. How do you bring people together? For example, during the Super Bowl, we had seven different systems up, and so that worries me tremendously merging those technologies.

McCaul: Well the Super Bowl is a test, right?

Sena: It’s a test for us because FIFA is coming to town, so that was a test. And I can tell you that came up in the after action when people were talking: How do I watch seven systems that I’m having to put data into seven different platforms? My own people especially. But how do we merge those? And the technology is there. It’s policy and practice and training. 

McCaul: Well, if the technology is there, is it policy and practice prohibiting that? 

Sena: It is; everyone has their own silo.

McCaul: Okay, that’s a real problem because it’s going to be March, and they start in June, and you’ve got over 100 games in three countries. You know Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Let me ask you quickly. We were down in Mexico and got a joint training program with our military, both the United States and Mexico, passed by their parliament. We saw the recent events in Mexico. They have drones. The violent uptick after the Jalisco cartel member was taken out. I know this is not in your purview, but you have to learn from those mistakes. How concerned are you about the games in Mexico?

Sena: The big concern I’ve got, especially with drone activity, is that for example I had a person that was planning on flying a drone right into the Super Bowl. And so part of that is that we can have counter measures there, but there are so many other locations that we don’t have people trained in the equipment in place for counter measures that they can go anywhere a crowd is at and immediately hit those targets and cause mass destruction, and we don’t have the capability across-the-board to fight every drone threat.

McCaul: That’s a great segue to my next point and that is under the Safer Skies Act the chairman introduced and my task force recommended, we got that passed in the National Defense Authorization [Act] that gives the ability to share with state and locals the counter drone authorities, which is critically important. I’m surprised we had any opposition to that.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Joaquin Castro (20th District of Texas)

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (10th District of New York)

Today, Representative Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) released the following statement on his decision to not attend President Trump’s State of the Union address:

This year, I will not be attending President Trump’s State of the Union address.  
  
The State of the Union should be a moment of truth and accountability. Instead, President Trump will use this platform, as he has so many others, to spread falsehoods, inflame hatred, and deepen division in our country. I will not sit in that chamber and lend credibility to rhetoric designed to divide Americans, undermine democratic institutions, and distract from policies that harm working people. 
 
I refuse to lend legitimacy to an administration that is stripping healthcare from millions of Americans in order to finance tax cuts for billionaires and pour billions of dollars into expanding mass detention and deportation. 
  
Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill delivered the largest transfer of wealth from low-income families to the ultra-rich in our nation’s history, slashing incomes for the bottom sixty percent of earners while adding $4 trillion to the deficit, the largest increase ever passed by Congress. It stripped healthcare from over 17 million people, including 1.5 million New Yorkers, as part of $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts nationwide. At the same time, the richest 0.1% will have an average annual tax cut of over $300,000, while the bottom 20% of families will see their taxes rise. 
  
Meanwhile, Donald Trump has spent $170 billion making Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) into an agency that acts like the American Gestapo. The Trump Administration has launched a brutal and reckless campaign to strike fear in immigrant communities across the country and ICE is on the front lines, using aggressive and violent tactics that too often end in tragedy. Masked federal agents are arresting U.S. citizens, pulling people out of their homes, tearing children away from their parents, and shooting our own citizens dead in the street.  
   
The State of the Union is meant to reflect a commitment to strengthening our country, bringing Americans together, and upholding the Constitution. Until this administration changes course, I will stand in solidarity with those harmed by its policies and continue fighting for a government that serves the people, not the powerful. 
  
New Yorkers and the American people deserve better. And I will never stop fighting to deliver for them. 

Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose)

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, three bipartisan bills from the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee passed the House under suspension. These important pieces of legislation will strengthen America’s leadership in emerging scientific fields, enhance wildfire response through cutting-edge technologies, and advance innovation in forecasting and emergency operations.

“The passage of these three bills is a testament to this Committee’s commitment to bipartisan productivity,” said Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren. “These bills will use innovation to improve disaster response, bolster NASA’s Earth science research goals, and support small businesses as they navigate the AI era. The Science Committee has always been at the forefront of burgeoning technology and will continue to lead by example as a beacon of bipartisanship in the House.”

“Yesterday’s House passage of the ACERO Act, the Small Business Artificial Intelligence Advancement Act, and the ASCEND Act reflects our commitment to ensuring American innovation delivers real-world results,” said Chairman Brian Babin. “From improving aerial wildfire response with advanced aircraft and real-time data, to helping small businesses harness the power of artificial intelligence, to strengthening NASA’s partnership with the commercial space sector through expanded satellite data acquisition, these bills align cutting-edge technology with practical national needs. I appreciate Ranking Member Lofgren’s partnership in advancing these bipartisan measures, which strengthen our economy, enhance public safety, and reinforce America’s leadership in science and space.”

Legislation Passed: 

H.R. 390, ACERO Act

This bill directs NASA to use its ACERO project to improve aerial wildfire response through advanced aircraft, real-time data sharing, and coordinated multi-agency operations.

H.R. 3679, Small Business Artificial Intelligence Advancement Act 

This bill directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop resources for small businesses to help them better understand and utilize artificial intelligence systems.

H.R. 2600, ASCEND Act

This bill directs the NASA Administrator to establish a commercial satellite data acquisition program under NASA’s Science Mission Directorate to satisfy the scientific, operational, and educational requirements of the Administration.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Rick Allen (R-GA-12)

Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4626, the Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act. Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) introduced H.R. 4626 last year, which implements necessary reforms to the Energy Policy Conservation Act (EPCA) to prevent future administrations from prioritizing a radical rush-to-green agenda over the affordability and availability of reliable household appliances that Americans rely on every day.

“The American people do not need the federal government to tell them which household appliances will best meet the needs of their families. In issuing egregious regulations on home appliances and attempting to tilt the scales on what consumers purchase, the Biden-Harris Department of Energy significantly drove up costs and reduced availability for American families. My legislation, the Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act, is a commonsense measure to prevent future administrations from repeating the same harmful mistakes. House passage of H.R. 4626 is a win for consumer choice. I thank Chairmen Guthrie and Latta, as well as House Republican Leadership, for their continued support of this bill,” said Congressman Allen.

“For too long, burdensome regulations established by the Biden-Harris Administration have driven up costs for home buyers, forcing them to pay more for appliances that fail to offer reasonable energy savings,” said Chairman Guthrie. “The Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act cuts red tape and ensures that regulations aren’t being weaponized as part of a radical, left-wing agenda. Thank you to Congressman Allen for his work on lowering prices in communities across the country.” 

“President Biden’s Department of Energy consistently abused their authority to push radical environmental standards on American consumers to shut down the use of natural gas and force people to switch to electric appliances, regardless of cost, performance, or availability,” said Majority Leader Steve Scalise. “Thankfully, Rep. Allen’s legislation ensures future administrations do not continue prioritizing ‘Green New Scam’ regulations ahead of the needs of hardworking Americans. I’m glad to see this commonsense legislation pass the House and am grateful for his leadership on this issue.”

To watch Congressman Allen’s remarks on the House floor, CLICK HERE.