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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04)

WASHINGTON — Throughout this tax season, industry groups and advocacy organizations across the spectrum have highlighted in their own words what the Republicans’ Working Families Tax Cuts means for working families, small and large business owners, children, workers, and seniors. These groups and organizations represent millions of American workers and businesses and have played an essential role in both educating tax filers and highlighting the many transformational benefits Republicans’ Working Families Tax Cuts offer.

According to the U.S. Treasury Department, over 53 million Americans have claimed at least one of Republicans’ tax cuts, including: over 6 million who have claimed No Tax on Tips with an average deduction of over $7,100; over 25 million who have claimed No Tax on Overtime with an average deduction of over $3,100; over 30 million seniors who have claimed the Enhanced Deduction for Seniors with an average deduction of over $7,500; over 5 million Trump accounts have been opened; and over 34 million families who have claimed the enhanced Child Tax Credit. And as a reminder, every single Congressional Democrat voted against these historic tax cuts. If Democrats had it their way, American families would have experienced one of the biggest tax hikes in American history.

Tax Relief for Working Families:

Tax Filing Made Easy:

Trump Accounts:

No Tax on Tips:

No Tax on Overtime:

Childcare Relief for Working Families:

Tax Relief for America’s Small Businesses:

Tax Relief for Seniors:

Tax Relief for Rural America:

No Tax on Auto Loans for Cars Made in America:

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

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released a Minority Staff Report detailing how the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) illegally implemented President Trump’s FY2026 budget request without Congressional approval. Upon release of the President’s budget request, under pressure from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), NASA immediately began shutting down and defunding programs targeted in the budget proposal, with no direction from Congress.

“A Presidential budget request means nothing until Congress acts on it,” said Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren. “And in 2025, NASA implemented Trump’s budget proposal illegally, without any approval from Congress. The agency violated the basic separation-of-powers framework set forth in the Constitution. NASA’s actions derailed critical projects, demoralized its employees, and broke its trust with the scientific community and the private sector. NASA repeatedly denied what it was doing, but the facts prove otherwise. This staff report provides an overview of the evidence my team has gathered and highlights the damage NASA inflicted upon itself by yielding to pressure from OMB instead of following the law.” 

Ranking Member Lofgren continued, “A President’s Budget Request is not law. It cannot supersede the laws enacted by Congress. NASA must heed the warning of this report and prevent what happened in 2025 from happening again.” 

The staff report, Mission Aborted: How NASA Illegally Implemented the President’s Budget Request Without Congressional Approval, brings to light NASA’s blatant disregard for the laws enacted by Congress and the severe consequences of this recklessness for the agency and the country. 

The report has six key findings:

1. In 2025, NASA acted in concrete and formal ways to implement the proposals of the President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26 PBR).
2. Senior political appointees, including then-Chief of Staff Brian Hughes and then-Senior Advisor to the Administrator Ryan Whitley, ordered staff to implement the FY26 PBR.
3. Numerous whistleblowers throughout the agency disclosed firsthand accounts to Committee Staff about the FY26 PBR being implemented.
4. NASA ordered the cancelation of the Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) project on the day that the full FY26 PBR was released.
5. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center fatally undermined the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) proposal after its mission class was zeroed out in the FY26 PBR.
6. NASA eliminated the Joint Agency Satellite Division (JASD) after the FY26 PBR proposed to end NASA’s role as the acquisition agent for NOAA’s satellite programs. 

The report is informed by whistleblower testimonies, documents, and emails, obtained from the Committee’s investigation, to confirm that NASA illegally implemented President Trump’s FY2026 budget request.

The Democratic Staff Report can be found here. 

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11)

“You should be ashamed. You should resign. And if you refuse, Congress should remove you from office.” – Rep. Stevens

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens confronted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a House Committee hearing, blasting his handling of surging measles cases and renewing calls for his impeachment.

Stevens pointed to a surge of infections: over 2,200 cases in 2025, the highest in more than 30 years. She warned that his failures have put lives at risk and warrant removal from office. Additionally, Stevens accused Kennedy of undermining public health through vaccine skepticism and efforts to roll back the federal childhood vaccine schedule.

Watch the full clip HERE

“Americans today are less safe under your watch. Children are dying of diseases we thought we had eradicated,” said Rep. Stevens. “You should be ashamed. You should resign. And if you refuse, Congress should remove you from office.”

Stevens’ questioning reaffirmed her commitment to science-based public health, protecting the safety of Michiganders, and holding elected officials accountable. In December 2025, Stevens introduced Articles of Impeachment against Secretary Kennedy after calling on him to resign earlier in the year.

 

 

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi Representing the 12th District of California

Washington D.C. – Yesterday, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi joined 145 Members of the House Democratic Caucus in sending a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson urging him to restore the longstanding, bipartisan version of H.R. 1329, the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act, which would solidify plans for the museum. In their letter, Members make clear their support for passage of the bill depends on Republicans reinstating the bill’s bipartisan foundation and commitment to pair it with H.R. 1330, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino Act.

This letter follows a March 18 House Administration Committee hearing in which House Republicans introduced and adopted a hyperpartisan version of the bill that abruptly derailed the years-long, bipartisan effort to advance the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum and National Museum of the American Latino. The bill as reported out of Committee gives unprecedented and undue control over the museum to President Trump. It also threatens the inclusion of transgender women and girls from the museum while opening the door to broader exclusion of other women. Before this last minute amendment, the work to establish the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum had been a bipartisan effort rooted in the joint conviction that women’s history and women’s stories are central to the identity of our nation. 

In the letter, the Members emphasized that the design and location of a museum about women, fought for and supported by women, should not be controlled by one man.

“The buildings that house museums are interpretative objects themselves. Their design and location frame how visitors understand the content inside. The design and location of a museum about women, fought for and supported by women, should not be controlled by one man and his loyalists—particularly not a man who has been found liable for sexual assault, and regularly denigrates women based on physical appearance, among other repulsive behaviors. American women deserve better. The American people deserve better.”

The Members also explain that a provision in the Republican-amended version threatens the inclusion of transgender women and girls while opening the door to broader exclusion of other women.

“The amended bill also now vaguely states that only ‘biological women’ can be included in the museum. While the author’s intent is clearly to target transgender women and girls, the provision invites arbitrary enforcement and could be used to challenge the inclusion of any woman or girl a politician deems not ‘feminine’ enough. This is just another example of Republicans needlessly adding an anti-transgender provision to an unrelated bill that would impact not just transgender women and girls but all women and girls.”

The Members close by declaring that their support for the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum bill is contingent on the retention of the museum’s spirit and the bill’s bipartisan foundation.

“If Republicans truly want to celebrate women’s history, we call on you and your colleagues to restore the bipartisan version of this bill and move it forward with us. Our support for this bill is contingent on the retention of the museum’s spirit and the bill’s bipartisan foundation. Absent those conditions, we will be compelled to oppose the politicized version of H.R. 1329 on the House floor.”

Read the letter here.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH)

Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) led a group of 44 members in calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to release more than $400 million in undistributed Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding.

The members wrote, “Electricity costs have increased 13 percent over the past year, and crude oil prices have spiked more since the beginning of the year than in any quarter since 1988. With this past winter’s record-setting cold temperatures across the United States, households and families need more support, not less.”

“We urge you to do everything possible to distribute LIHEAP funds to states and families without delay. Families should not have to choose between staying warm and other essential items like food, medication, or rent,” they wrote. 

Pappas and his colleagues reiterated their concern over LIHEAP’s ability to operate since Secretary Kennedy fired all LIHEAP staff last April, writing, “We additionally continue to have serious concerns about LIHEAP’s capacity to operate effectively without dedicated staff. We urge you to ensure that necessary personnel and resources are in place to support LIHEAP’s continued success.”

LIHEAP assists low-income individuals and families with the costs of heating and cooling their homes and helps to mitigate the impacts of rising energy costs and extreme weather events. Across the nation, LIHEAP helps nearly 6 million households, including over 28,000 in New Hampshire, afford their energy bills. Today roughly 10% of the $4.45 billion allocated for LIHEAP for Fiscal Year 2026 remains undistributed. 

Last week Pappas led 73 of his colleagues in a letter to House Appropriations Committee leadership urging the rejection of President Trump’s budget proposal to eliminate LIHEAP.

Read the full letter here and below: 

Dear Secretary Kennedy,

We write with concern following recent reporting that more than $400 million in Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding has yet to be distributed to states. We appreciate the agency’s responsiveness following last year’s lapse in appropriations and all that was done to ensure LIHEAP funds were distributed expeditiously. We write once again to urge the agency to ensure all LIHEAP funds are delivered as quickly as possible to the nearly six million households that rely on this assistance.

The remaining undistributed LIHEAP funds represent roughly 10 percent of the $4.45 billion allocated for Fiscal Year 2026. While we understand that the majority of LIHEAP funds are distributed in late fall, with the remaining percentage, usually around 10 percent, distributed the following year in late winter and early spring, states usually receive the entirety of their funds by the end of March. We are concerned that without a prompt disbursement of the remaining funds, states will run out of funds and be forced to halt assistance to households in immediate need.

Electricity costs have increased 13 percent over the past year, and crude oil prices have spiked more since the beginning of the year than in any quarter since 1988. With this past winter’s record-setting cold temperatures across the United States, households and families need more support, not less.

While states do protect households with utility shutoff moratoriums throughout the coldest months of the year, these moratoriums typically end by late March or early April. In New Hampshire, the “winter period” ends on March 31st, while in New York, protections against shutoffs extend through April 15th.

We additionally continue to have serious concerns about LIHEAP’s capacity to operate effectively without dedicated staff. We urge you to ensure that necessary personnel and resources are in place to support LIHEAP’s continued success. 

We urge you to do everything possible to distribute LIHEAP funds to states and families without delay. Families should not have to choose between staying warm and other essential items like food, medication, or rent. We appreciate your attention on this urgent matter and stand ready to support the agency in assisting the American people. 

Sincerely,

Background:

In 2025 Pappas led 90 of his Congressional colleagues in calling for the protection of LIHEAP and the rehiring of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) staff who manage the LIHEAP program that were fired, and he supports the bipartisan LIHEAP Staffing Support Act, which would set a minimum staffing level within HHS to administer LIHEAP. In the House-passed HHS appropriations funding package, Pappas helped secure language requiring HHS to report to Congress on their current staffing levels to ensure LIHEAP is properly staffed.

Pappas is a fierce advocate for efforts that lower energy costs for Granite Staters and programs that help low-income families pay their bills. He has repeatedly called on both Democratic and Republican administrations to stop the export of oil to foreign adversaries and protect and strengthen LIHEAP, including successfully pressing the Department of Health and Human Services last year to take all necessary steps to ensure that LIHEAP funds were distributed to states by November 30, 2025. He has also previously introduced, cosponsored, or called for the passage of the following legislation: his bipartisan Energy Burden Tax Credit Act, his bipartisan Transmission Facilitation Program Reauthorization, his Heroes Home Energy Savings Act, his bipartisan Bolstering Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Act, the bipartisanBanning Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act, theEnergy Independence and Affordability Act, the bipartisan Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act of 2025. He also helped launch the Congressional Lowering Utility Bills Caucus earlier this year. 

Fuel and electric assistance programs funded by LIHEAP are available through New Hampshire Community Action Agencies to help Granite Staters afford to heat and cool their homes. Granite Staters can apply through their CAP agency.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH)

Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01),  Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Senator Maggie Hassan (NH), and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) are calling on the U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon to rescind the TRIO Talent Search and Educational Opportunity Center grant competition announcements and for current programs to receive a one-year extension. The push comes after changes were made to the applications that would threaten the future programs of organizations who receive these grants and the Granite State students and families they serve. In their letter, the NH Delegation notes that the Department’s changes to applications for both grant programs alters the scope from supporting postsecondary access for first-generation and disadvantaged students to a focus on workforce training.

The New Hampshire Delegation wrote, “as members of the New Hampshire Congressional delegation and as strong supporters of TRIO, we write with serious concern over the Trump Administration’s actions to weaken and divert the focus of the Federal TRIO programs away from college preparation, access, and success […] Congress established TRIO in the 1960s with the intent of helping students from disadvantaged backgrounds complete high school, access postsecondary education, and graduate from college. TRIO invests in the potential that all students have to succeed in college and helps students and their families realize that potential by breaking down barriers to access and support.” 

“The Department of Education’s March 17 grant competition announcement for the TRIO TS program and the March 30 grant competition announcement for the TRIO EOC program would significantly shift the purpose and structure of these programs from postsecondary access and success to a focus on workforce training. Extensive workforce training programs, which this delegation strongly supports, already exist […] TRIO serves an important complementary purpose to those workforce programs, especially for first-generation college students and students from low-income backgrounds, by supporting them in preparing for and succeeding in the postsecondary education of their choice as they pursue their goals. Your effort to change the TRIO program focus and funding from postsecondary education access and success risks diluting the programs’ effectiveness and potentially limits students’ options. Students from low-income and disadvantaged backgrounds need more, not less, support to achieve their college dreams,” they continued.

“We urge the Department of Education to rescind, revise and re-issue the March 2026 TS and EOC grant announcements to advance the mission of the TRIO programs as Congress intended. We request that you ensure there is no lapse in TRIO program operations during this competition revision process. We also request that current TRIO TS and EOC grantees in good standing receive a one-year extension of their grants to ensure uninterrupted service to the hundreds of thousands of students and families that rely on their services,” concluded the Congressional Delegation.

A copy of the letter is here.

The New Hampshire Delegation has been outspoken in standing up for Granite State students in the wake of the Trump administration’s cuts to programs that support New Hampshire’s schools and universities. In September, the delegation called on the U.S. Department of Education to restore Congressionally approved funding for the Education Alliance for New Hampshire’s Statewide Family Engagement Center grant, TRIO grants for the University of New Hampshire’s (UNH) Talent Search and McNair programs, and the state’s Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). 

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH)

Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced the Highway Fair Share Act, legislation to increase federal funding for infrastructure and transportation projects for New Hampshire by requiring that each state receive at least .5% of the total federal-aid highway formula funding. Maine, Delaware, Hawaii, and D.C. are also underfunded under the current formula; Ranking Member of Highways and Transit Subcommittee Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), and Representatives Jared Golden (ME-02), Sarah McBride (DE-AL), and Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) are original cosponsors of this legislation.

Of the 50 states, New Hampshire has received the least amount of annual funding for decades, leaving the state lacking needed funding. A March 2026 report on New Hampshire found a third of state and locally-owned roads are in poor or mediocre condition, 192 bridges were identified as in poor condition, and the state’s 10-year transportation improvement plan is significantly underfunded. Poor roads cost New Hampshire drivers an estimated additional $551 in yearly vehicle maintenance.

The Highway Fair Share Act would reinstate a 0.5% minimum apportionment of the highway formula funding for each state, as included in previous surface transportation bills. It is estimated that this change would increase New Hampshire’s apportionment from the current $232 million to $286 million, an 23% increase.

“Several states including New Hampshire are being shortchanged in badly-needed federal funding for transportation projects due to an outdated formula. This hinders our state’s ability to maintain and repair our roads, bridges, and other infrastructure, risking public safety and ultimately costing taxpayers more at the repair shop,” said Congressman Pappas. “Federal funds are crucial for our state to maintain and modernize our infrastructure, so I’m fighting to make sure New Hampshire receives its fair share of highway formula dollars. As we continue to craft this year’s bipartisan surface transportation reauthorization, I will continue working to pass this legislation so that small states like New Hampshire get the resources we need to build for the future.”

“New Hampshire’s transportation system is vital to our economic growth and quality of life. Congressman Pappas’s legislation would provide more federal funding to make smart investments in our roads and bridges to ensure that this vital infrastructure can benefit Granite Staters today, tomorrow, and into the future,” said Alex Koutroubas, Executive Vice President of Associated General Contractors of New Hampshire.

As a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Pappas has worked to ensure New Hampshire receives key federal dollars for transportation and infrastructure projects in every surface transportation reauthorization. Pappas helped craft provisions of the bipartisan infrastructure law (the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act) that was passed and signed into law in 2021. In 2019, Pappas successfully fought for the repeal of the FAST Act rescission to protect states from a $7.6 billion loss in highway funding. 

Read the bill text here. 

Background:

The regular reauthorization of our nation’s surface transportation programs is vital to national and economic security. Multi-year reauthorizations provide states with the long-term certainty they need to plan and execute many important surface transportation infrastructure projects. The most recent surface transportation reauthorization was included in the much broader Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA); it expires on September 30, 2026. One of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s main priorities for the 119th Congress is passing the next bipartisan, multi-year surface transportation reauthorization before the current law expires.

In January 2025, the Committee began holding hearings to examine different aspects of our highway, transit, and rail transportation programs and ensure that Committee Members gather information in preparation for the development of this legislation.

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

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO), a former paratrooper and Army Ranger who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement in response to his vote blocking a long-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA): 

“Donald Trump and his administration have shown no respect for following the law. From deporting American citizens, to raiding election offices, to sending the Justice Department after their perceived political opponents, they have proven they are willing to weaponize the government for their own corrupt means.

“FISA 702 is an important tool for our intelligence community. But we need additional safeguards to protect the civil liberties of Americans. Trying to rush bills through in the middle of the night is no way to legislate.

“I’ll continue to work with my colleagues on the Intelligence Committee to find commonsense reforms that will keep Americans safe.”

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Joe Neguse (D-Co 2)

Washington, D.C. — In case you missed it, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse managed Floor debate against a Republican-led Rules package providing for consideration of four bills, including H.Res. 1156—a non-binding resolution that seeks to rename the widely unpopular “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to the “Working Families Tax Cuts.” In the measure, Republicans also express support for the policies enacted under this legislation, which cut taxes for the richest 10% of Americans while kicking 15 million people off their health care coverage, gutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and adding $5 trillion to the national debt. 

The Rule also provided consideration for H.R. 6387, the FIRE Act; H.R. 6409, the FENCES Act; and H.R. 6398, the RED Tape Act. These bills seek to amend the Clean Air Act and give handouts to polluters.  

Democrat slams GOP for commemorating devastating tax law

Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado criticized Republicans on the House floor Wednesday for wasting Tax Day—after a two-week Easter vacation—patting themselves on the back for their “One Big, Beautiful Bill” instead of doing anything remotely useful. 

“Republicans control the floor. They could put a bill on the floor to address cost of living issues. They could put a bill on the floor to address soaring gas prices. They could put a bill on the floor to address rising health care costs,” Neguse said. “But instead we’re here to debate a commemorative resolution. It is absurd.” 

Read HERE. 

‘It Was So Unpopular That They Had To Change The Name’: Joe Neguse Hammers GOP On Big Beautiful Bill

NEGUSE: “[L]ast month, Speaker Johnson gaveled out this chamber and sent members of Congress home for a 2-week recess. He did so despite the fact that the Department of Homeland Security has been shut down for 60 days—and counting. Despite the fact that President Trump had made a reckless and unlawful declaration of war without congressional authorization. Despite soaring gas prices and the ongoing cost of living crisis stretching from New York, the home of my distinguished colleague, to Colorado. Despite the heat, the drought, and the wildfire records being shattered in the western United States. Despite all of that, Speaker Johnson made the decision to gavel the house out of session and send everybody home. And now we’re back. 2-week recess concluded. What has the Republican majority decided is the most pressing challenge and issue for this august body to debate? I’ll tell you, Mr. Speaker. Apparently, it’s a resolution commemorating a bill that Republicans passed last year. That’s what we’re here to debate. Republicans control the floor. They could put a bill on the floor to address cost of living issues. They could put a bill on the floor to address soaring gas prices. They could put a bill on the floor to address rising health care costs. But instead, we’re here to debate a commemorative resolution. It is absurd.” 

Watch HERE. 

‘The Bills Before Us Do Nothing’: Neguse Torches GOP Legislation Amid Affordability Concerns 

NEGUSE: “Week after week, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have opted to take up a variety of legislation. The one common thread is that it fails to meet the moment. Americans sent us here to work on the issues that they care most about. That have the most impact on their everyday lives. The rising affordability crisis. Expanding access to affordable health care. Protecting our environment and public resources. Not to gut air pollution standards and pass commemorative resolutions, patting ourselves on the back—patting themselves on the back. That’s not how Congress should be spending its precious time. The bills before us do nothing, nothing to improve the lives of working families in our country. And it’s why I would encourage my colleagues to oppose the previous question, the rule, and the underlying bills.” 

Watch HERE.  

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Norma Torres (35th District of California)