Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Suzanne Bonamici (1st District Oregon)
WASHINGTON, DC [3/2/26] – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) announced a series of four town hall meetings across the First Congressional District, which includes large portions of Washington and Multnomah counties and all of Clatsop, Tillamook, and Columbia counties.
Bonamici will answer questions from attendees and provide an update about her work in Congress. The town hall meetings will be in Hillsboro, Scappoose, Tillamook, and Portland.
“These are very challenging times for many, and it’s important for me to hear from the people I represent,” said Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici. “Town hall meetings give Oregonians an opportunity to tell me what is on their mind and to hear from me about the work I’m doing. I look forward to meeting with people from across the district and answering their questions.”
Members of Bonamici’s staff will be at the town hall meetings to assist anyone who is experiencing problems with federal agencies, including the VA, Social Security Administration, immigration, and IRS.
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Joe Neguse (D-Co 2)
Washington, D.C.— Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse introduced the bipartisan Federal Retirement Safety Act, a bill that allows survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence to maintain privacy and confidentiality from their abusers when accessing their hard-earned retirement benefits.
Under current processes, retiring federal employees must obtain written, notarized consent from a current or former spouse if they change or update their retirement benefits distribution. This paperwork includes sensitive personal information, such as phone numbers and home addresses, which, if shared, endangers survivors of spousal abuse.
The Federal Retirement Safety Act protects survivors by directing the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to waive the spousal consent requirement for individuals impacted by domestic and intimate partner violence, similarly to what is already available to others in the event of extenuating circumstances like the death of a spouse or an inability to determine their whereabouts.
“Our bill is a common-sense and critical reform that protects survivors of domestic violence, ensuring they can maintain their privacy from those who have caused them immense and unimaginable harm. I’m deeply grateful to my colleagues for joining me in this effort to advance the safety of everyone in our community,” said Congressman Joe Neguse.
The bill is co-led by Republican Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (R-OK), as well as Democratic Representatives Gwen Moore (D-WI) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI), who also serve as Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Working Group to End Domestic Violence.
“Survivors of domestic abuse should have the freedom to access their retirement benefits without exposing their contact information to an abusive partner. Our bill secures essential protections to help survivors fully control the benefits they have earned without endangering themselves,” said Congresswoman Gwen Moore.
View the Federal Retirement Safety Act one-pager HERE.
It is endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), the National Network to End Domestic Violence, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, Jewish Women International (JWI), Volare (formerly known as the Network for Victim Recovery D.C.), and Futures Without Violence.
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative James E (Jim) Clyburn (6th District of South Carolina)
COLUMBIA, SC – Congressman James E. Clyburn (SC-06) released the following statement via X on U.S. strikes on Iran:
“The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war for a reason: to ensure that such a consequential decision is made only after full consideration by the people’s representatives of the case for military action, the plan for success, the potential costs, and any alternative options. The Trump Administration, in disregarding this constitutional requirement in attacking Iran, has put American lives at risk despite the apparent absence of an imminent threat to our country or a coherent strategy to achieve a successful outcome.
“George Santayana famously warned, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” In this case, we need only remember the recent past—events in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya—to expect that another major American military campaign in the Middle East will encounter significant challenges. Such challenges are more likely to be avoided, confronted, and overcome if the decision to engage in military action is made in a deliberative, transparent, and democratic manner consistent with the framers’ intent.
“I urge the Trump Administration to make the adjustments necessary to align its actions with the Constitution, and I hope all of my colleagues of both political parties will join me in this demand. The lives of our service members and the security of our nation depend on it.”
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Dwight Evans (2nd District of Pennsylvania)
PHILADELPHIA (Feb. 28, 2026) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) today issued this statement:
“After claiming last June he ‘completely and totally obliterated’ Iran’s nuclear program, President Trump launched yet another illegal, ill-conceived attack on Iran.
“These escalations only put American lives, at home and abroad, at greater risk and drag our country towards another endless war.
“The House and Senate must each vote on a War Powers resolution immediately to stop Trump’s reckless warmongering.”
Evans represents the 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia. Evans’ website is evans.house.gov and his social media handle is @RepDwightEvans on Youtube, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads.
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Saturday, Feb. 28, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) released the following statement regarding U.S. military operations in Iran.
“President Trump’s decisive military action in Iran once again reinforces his commitment to American security both at home and abroad. Iran has proven time and time again it should not have nuclear weapons. The Iranian regime remains the world’s largest state sponsor of terror and has repeatedly targeted America and its allies for years,” said Rep. Kelly. “Iranian leaders should work with U.S. officials to reach a diplomatic deal as soon as possible. God bless the men and women of our American military for their courage, dedication, and commitment.”
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Alma Adams (12th District of North Carolina)
WASHINGTON, DC—Today,Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12)released a statement on U.S. military strikes on Iran.
“Today, President Trump launched a massive ongoing military operation against Iran. The President has chosen to forgo diplomacy and has placed American troops under threat. I pray for their safety and the safety of all civilians in this conflict.
“The Iranian government’s violations of human rights and nuclear ambitions must be addressed. However, without clear and pressing need, the President must seek authorization from Congress before launching any use of military force that could constitute an act of war.
“Congress must exercise its constitutional authority, and I am calling on Speaker Johnson to call the House of Representatives back to Washington immediately.”
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose)
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Trump administration ordered federal agencies to stop using technology from the artificial intelligence company Anthropic immediately. Anthropic’s Claude AI model has been heavily integrated into the Pentagon’s operations. When the Trump administration demanded unrestricted access to Anthropic’s technologies, the AI company refused to comply out of fear that its services would be used for mass domestic surveillance and the development of lethal weapons that trigger without human control. The Trump administration responded to Anthropic’s resistance by initiating the process to eliminate Anthropic’s government contracts.
“The Trump administration’s bullying tactics towards Anthropic are shocking and senseless,” said Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA). “Anthropic is trying to do the right thing and put their own guardrails in place in the absence of legislation. Any freedom loving American can appreciate Anthropic’s attempts to prevent the DOD from using its AI model for mass surveillance of Americans. And it should go without saying that AI technology should not be making potentially lethal decisions without human involvement. I fear what America will become if the DOD is given this unrestricted power.”
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced the approval of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding for six additional projects in Louisiana’s 3rd District, totaling $67,431,429.58. The reimbursements to local government and non-profit entities add to the over $5 billion in previously announced recovery funds and cover damages incurred due to the impact of Hurricanes Laura, Ida, and Francine.
Rep. Higgins said, “Even during a Democrat-forced shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, President Trump and Secretary Noem’s FEMA is providing disaster relief funding for Louisianans. My office will continue to work with our federal partners to ensure necessary resources continue to be delivered.”
Much of our official Congressional work to advance recovery projects occurs behind the scenes. Funding finalization and the associated formal announcement of funding are the result of constant efforts over many months with FEMA and state and local stakeholders. All funding will be delivered to the State of Louisiana. The state is responsible for disbursing the funds to each sub-recipient.
Below is a list of projects in Louisiana’s Third Congressional District for which FEMA grants were recently approved.
$8,973,728.90 for McNeese University to replace and renovate buildings damaged by Hurricane Laura.
$6,754,463.59 for the Port of Lake Charles for permanent repairs to the Bulk Terminal Ship Unloader #1 American project.
$1,156,451.60 for Terrebonne Parish for permanent repairs to the Houma Power Plant.
$10,493,107.20 for the Terrebonne Parish School Board for damages inflicted by Hurricane Ida.
$30,937,726.04 for Terrebonne Parish to reimburse emergency protective measures taken during Hurricane Ida.
$9,115,952.25 for the Terrebonne Parish Levee System to repair the Isle de Jean Charles Levee after damages sustained as a result of Hurricane Francine.
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Frank Pallone (6th District of New Jersey)
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s strikes on Iran:
“Trump is the warmonger. He is causing the violence. He’s not the president of peace. He’s the president of war. If America is attacked or our soldiers are put at risk, it’s because of Trump’s desire to go to war. And his refusal to ask Congress or even listen to his own advisors, is because he’s unhinged and doesn’t want cooler heads to prevail. What country will he attack next in an effort to drag America into further wars? There is a reason the Constitution gives Congress—not the President alone—the power to declare war. It’s to avoid a reckless president bombing whatever he wants.”
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (8th District of New York)
Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on CNN’s News Central, where he highlighted the failure of the Trump administration to justify the ongoing strikes in Iran and Democrats’ plans to force a War Powers vote this week.
KATE BOLDUAN: Joining me right now is the top Democrat in the House, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Leader, thank you for being here today.
LEADER JEFFRIES: Good morning.
KATE BOLDUAN: An incredible chain of events that have happened in the last 48 hours and where we are in this moment. One thing we know is you’re a member of the Gang of Eight, you’re going to be getting a briefing later this morning. What is the biggest question you have going in that you want to or are going to say must have answered by the time you come out?
LEADER JEFFRIES:The administration has failed to provide any justification for these preemptive strikes. And so we’ll continue to look for information that they owe the American people to suggest that there was intelligence indicating that Iran was prepared to strike the United States. Nothing has been presented to justify what’s taken place up until this point, and the administration has an obligation to be able to prove that.
KATE BOLDUAN: Officials on Saturday said that there was intelligence that Iran could be preparing for a possible preemptive strike. That was contradicted on Sunday by other intelligence as reported to our sources. What you are saying is you have heard no reason for why Donald Trump ordered this strike now versus six months from now?
LEADER JEFFRIES: There’s no indication that Iran had reconstituted its nuclear program. There’s no indication that Iran was prepared to strike the United States preemptively or to strike any of our interests in the region. And there certainly is no justification for a regime change war. The American people want us to focus on making their life better, making their life more affordable, not getting involved in another endless war in the Middle East that is going to end in failure. This administration somehow found the resources,—has found billions of dollars—for bombs, but can’t find any money to actually bring down the high cost of living here in the United States of America.
KATE BOLDUAN: Couple quick things. Four, we’ve now—CENTCOM has now reported four U.S. service members have been killed in action. Do you know anything about that?
LEADER JEFFRIES: Other than the public reports, nothing has been presented to us, but we mourn with the families of those slain American heroes. And not another single American life should be lost before Congress has had the ability to actually weigh in, which is our plan this week.
KATE BOLDUAN: I want to get to that in just one second. Obviously you are from New York. New York always a target and a concern. The Governor had announced that police are increasing the presence at several places including religious and diplomatic sites in the city. Honestly, Congressman, Leader, how concerned should New Yorkers be about retaliation?
LEADER JEFFRIES: Well, we should all be concerned, that’s part of the problem, that Donald Trump has launched this unauthorized war in the Middle East, a very—
KATE BOLDUAN: Do you think it is more dangerous in New York today than it was 48 hours ago?
LEADER JEFFRIES: I think it’s fair to say we’ll see what is presented to us in the Gang of Eight briefing but that’s certainly going to be a point that we’re going to continue to make. How does this make any of us safer here in the United States of America, launching this preemptive war against Iran that apparently is a regime change war that has no justification for it connected to the threats that were directed at American interests?
KATE BOLDUAN: Tom Cotton, Republican Chairman of Senate Intelligence, he is obviously supporting this action, supporting the President’s moves, and he told Dana Bash yesterday he expects the military operation to be limited to striking missiles, missile launchers and, ultimately, its missile manufacturing capability. If it is limited to that, are you okay with it?
LEADER JEFFRIES: Well, that remains to be seen whether it’s to be limited or not. I don’t even understand the justification for what is taking place. What we do know is we’re seeing the beginning of an all-out war in the Middle East. At the same period of time where Donald Trump and his administration and Republicans have cut more than a trillion dollars from Medicaid, ripped away food in terms of nutritional assistance from hungry children, seniors and veterans and they’re spending our taxpayer dollars to start another war in the Middle East that we know is not going to end well for the American people and that has already cost the lives of four American servicemen or women.
KATE BOLDUAN: You mentioned War Powers. Okay, so votes on the War Powers Resolution are expected this week in the House, in the Senate. You want to constrain the President, the President here, very clearly. There are Democrats that are, though, supporting Trump’s operation here, including Senator John Fetterman. Let me play his reasoning.
RECORDING OF SENATOR FETTERMAN: I’m open to a better opportunity for more, more peace and prosperity for the Iranian people, for more security that Israel deserves. So that’s a point, and this was not an illegal war based on terms of what the War Powers Act is.
KATE BOLDUAN: He says, based on War Powers, this is not an illegal war. You say what?
LEADER JEFFRIES: Well, John Fetterman knows better. Article I of the Constitution explicitly provides Congress with the authority to declare war.Period, full stop. And the framers of the Constitution made that decision because they were concerned about kings, throughout time, getting their people into unnecessary wars, impoverishing them or imperiling their very well-being by sending them off to a foreign conflict. And that’s why the power was given explicitly to the House and to the Senate. And Donald Trump chose intentionally not to come before Congress, which is why we’re going to force this vote on a War Powers Resolution and make sure that we do everything we can to constrain him at this point in time.
KATE BOLDUAN: You need to get Republicans to come on board in order to do this, very clearly. If you don’t get Republican support that means what for Congress’s role as you watch this play out?
LEADER JEFFRIES: Well, we know it’s a bipartisan resolution to begin with, of course, it’s being carried by Representative Khanna and Representative Massie. I think there’s another Republican—
KATE BOLDUAN: You could lose a couple Democrats.
LEADER JEFFRIES: Well, we’re working hard to make sure that that doesn’t happen. We know we’ll have incredibly strong Democratic support. We’ll meet as a Caucus on Wednesday, following the all-Member briefing on Tuesday—
KATE BOLDUAN: So has Congress failed if you do not succeed with these votes?
LEADER JEFFRIES: Republicans have failed. Now, we’ve seen this wannabe king try to rip away Congress’s power of the purse. We’ve managed to reverse that. He’s tried to rip away Congress’s power as it relates to tariffs. Working with our attorneys general and governors and others across the country, we’ve managed to reverse that through the most recent Supreme Court decision. And we’re going to do the same thing as it relates to reclaiming Congress’s power with respect to matters of war and peace.
KATE BOLDUAN: What do you think happens if the Iranian people don’t, quote-unquote, ‘rise up’ after this?
LEADER JEFFRIES: Well, it’s extraordinary that Donald Trump is urging the Iranian people to rise up and acknowledging that this military action is connected to regime change—
KATE BOLDUAN: This has been a winding road, but this did begin with Donald Trump seeing the protests—massive protests—and the bloody crackdown that killed thousands that occurred in Iran. And Donald Trump said very clearly: keep protesting, help is on the way. And this then led to concerns from him on the nuclear program.
LEADER JEFFRIES: There’s nowhere in the United States Constitution where it says that we are to be the policemen and women of the world. I mean, that’s the reality. Yes, we are the leaders of the free world at this particular point in time, but there’s a role for the United State to play in terms of diplomacy, building coalitions, and none of that was done in this particular instance. And the American people, again, are not interested in their taxpayer dollars being spent for another failed regime change war.
KATE BOLDUAN: Heard strong statements coming from the British Prime Minister and from France, a collective statement basically speaking out and saying that they don’t support this unprovoked, the way they put it, this kind of unprovoked war. Do you hope though, if this continues, just given the reality that the UK, France, Germany, allies, they stand with the United States, no matter what President Trump decides to do here?
LEADER JEFFRIES: Well, we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it, but that’s not clear that that’s going to happen because I think what we’re seeing in many parts of the world is an understanding that this was not just an unauthorized military set of strikes, it was unjustified. We still haven’t been provided any rationale that actually makes sense in terms of protecting the national security of the American people by Donald Trump and this administration.
KATE BOLDUAN: Do you think Trump can pull off a regime change without putting U.S. boots on the ground?
LEADER JEFFRIES: No, that’s impossible for him to do. Now he’s claiming that he’s not going to put U.S. boots on the ground, but he’s claimed a lot of things only to do the exact opposite. This is the same person who said he is coming back to the presidency to get America out of endless wars, and now he has just gotten us into a potential endless war in the Middle East, of all places, where we know based on what happened in Afghanistan, based on what happened in Iraq, based on what happened in Libya, it’s not going to end well for American interests.
KATE BOLDUAN: Leader Jeffries, thank you for coming in.