Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)
Washington, D.C. (June 23, 2026) | Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) issued the following statement following passage of H.R. 6644 – the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
“Today, I voted to support safe, accessible, and affordable housing, which is vital to strengthening our communities and ensuring that hardworking Americans have a chance to achieve the American Dream. Across the country, families continue to face rising housing costs, limited supply, and unnecessary barriers that make it harder to become a homeowner.
“Reducing burdensome regulations, increasing housing supply, and improving federal housing programs will better serve American families, creating more opportunities for homeownership and economic stability. Congress must continue advancing policies that promote growth, opportunity, and a stronger future for families across our nation.”
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Includes:
Efforts to increase the supply of affordable housing and address the nation’s housing shortage.
Reduction of unnecessary regulatory barriers which make housing development more costly.
Modernizing federal housing programs to better meet the needs of communities and families.
Supporting policies that encourage responsible housing construction and development.
Improving access to homeownership opportunities, including first-time buyers.
Promoting greater transparency and accountability within federal housing programs.
Strengthening partnerships between federal, state, and local stakeholders.
Commonsense reforms to help lower housing costs and expand housing availability.
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (8th District of New York)
Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on CNN’s The Situation Room, where he emphasized that while Donald Trump and Republicans continue to fight each other instead of making life better for the American people, Democrats remain committed to lowering the high cost of living and cleaning up corruption.
WOLF BLITZER: Joining us now is the top Democrat in the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York. Leader Jeffries, thanks so much for joining us. There’s a lot I want to talk to you about, but this vessel strike marks the first reported since the U.S. and Iran agreed last week to work toward a peace deal. Have you been briefed on this attack and, more broadly, where will the Iran talks stand right now?
LEADER JEFFRIES: Good morning, Wolf, great to be with you. Unfortunately, the Trump administration has explicitly declined to brief Members of Congress about the situation over in the Middle East, perhaps because they understand it’s not under control. In fact, it’s been a disaster for the American people. Donald Trump and Republicans launched a reckless and costly war of choice that has left America in a weaker position relative to Iran than we were in prior to this war being launched. And, of course, gas prices remain incredibly high in an environment where the American people are already suffocating from the failed Trump economy and the fact that costs haven’t gone down, as Republicans promised would happen on day one, costs have gone up.
WOLF BLITZER: The House Speaker Mike Johnson and President Trump, they met for—what—more than three hours at the White House yesterday, after which the Speaker said he would send the bipartisan housing bill that passed overwhelmingly to the President’s desk to be signed or become law after 10 days. Do you have any insight at all, Leader, into where that legislation currently stands? As I said, it was passed overwhelmingly in the House and the Senate and is now awaiting the President’s signature to sign it into law.
LEADER JEFFRIES: Well, the cost of living in the United States of America [is] out of control and Congress took a bipartisan step forward, led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Senator Elizabeth Warren, as well as French Hill, the Republican Chair of the Financial Services Committee, to get something meaningful done so we could actually build housing in America that everyday Americans can afford. But Donald Trump, once again, threw a temper tantrum, unfortunately, and decided that rather than actually deal with the affordability crisis—which is not a hoax in the United States of America notwithstanding what Donald Trump has said, it’s actually very real—that he wants to try to jam his voter suppression legislation down the throats of the American people. We, of course, will continue to reject that effort, but at the same period of time come together around common sense bills like this affordability bill connected to the housing crisis to try to improve the lives of the American people. Hopefully, what we’ll now see over the next few days is that either the bill will be signed into law or, after 10 days, will automatically become law.
WOLF BLITZER: What do you think will happen?
LEADER JEFFRIES: Listen, I think one way or the other, this bill is going to become law. And we’ve made that clear from the very beginning. We’re not bending, we’re not breaking, we’re not changing our position as it relates to our opposition to Donald Trump’s voter suppression bill. And at the end of the day, as often is the case, once the temper tantrum ends, Donald Trump backs down.
WOLF BLITZER: I want to also get to the recent elections in your home state of New York. Two incumbent Democrats, two Democrats you know well and you supported them, lost their primaries to progressive challengers endorsed by the New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Here’s how one swing state Democrat responded to all that. I’m going to get your reaction, but listen to this.
RECORDING OF SEN. ELISSA SLOTKIN: We have literally found ourselves in a situation where we just don’t have people who understand the moment and understand what leadership means.
RECORDING OF STEPHEN A. SMITH: When you talk about new leadership, well, Hakeem Jeffries is the Democratic Leader in the House and Chuck Schumer is the Democratic Leader in the Senate. When you talk about new leadership, that would mean they’re out in favor of somebody else. Is that what you’re saying?
RECORDING OF SEN. ELISSA SLOTKIN: I’m saying, if people can’t understand that the game has changed, I mean, this is you, you’re the sports guy. If people can’t understand that the game has fundamentally changed, and they can’t adapt, then they need to let others lead.
WOLF BLITZER: So what do you say to Slotkin about that? Are you the right person to continue to lead the Democrats in the House? And if, in fact, the Democrats become the majority in the House, are you ready? Do you think you’re likely to be elected Speaker?
LEADER JEFFRIES: Well, listen, what’s in front of us right now is we’ve got to do everything to take back control of the House of Representatives. That’s actually the moment that we’re in, and House Democrats have been very clear that we are going to continue to relentlessly focus on making our case to the American people, drive down the high cost of living, fix our broken healthcare system and clean up corruption. I have no idea what Elissa Slotkin was talking about there. Of course, any Democratic Leader is going to continue to stand with their colleagues. And I’m proud of the effort that was put in by both Congressman Adriano Espaillat, as well as Congressman Dan Goldman, two Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. At the same period of time, I think that what happens in a handful of primaries in one of the bluest cities in the country is not in any way indicative of what needs to happen in November, where we need to reelect every single frontline Member, common sense Democrats, authentically committed to making life better for the American people, opposing these extreme Republicans who have been nothing but a reckless rubber stamp for Donald Trump’s agenda. And at the same period of time, make sure that we flip red seats blue, including in New York-17, where we have a combat veteran, incredibly patriotic American Cait Conley, who came out of a primary on Tuesday as well and is an incredibly strong candidate. She will defeat Mike Lawler in New York in November.
WOLF BLITZER: I want you to listen and watch. I don’t know if you saw it, what Republican Congressman James Comer said about this topic just a few moments ago. Listen to this.
RECORDING OF REP. JAMES COMER: I think Democrats had a very bad week. I believe that when you’re Hakeem Jeffries, and you’re trying to be the next Speaker of the House, and you lose three elections in your hometown, that’s a pretty big slap in the face. And I always—come from Kentucky and always adhere to the attitude that you look at a candidate by how well they do in their hometown, by their friends and neighbors. And I think Hakeem Jeffries’ friends and neighbors gave him a big middle finger. And look, that’s the direction of the Democrat Party. They are going further and further to the left to the point where they are full-blown, card-carrying socialists. And I don’t think the American people want to elect that. And, I’m more confident than ever that the House will remain Republican.
WOLF BLITZER: How do you respond to Comer, Leader?
LEADER JEFFRIES: Well, I understand that Republicans are going to try to distract and change the subject. This is the same group of people, they promised to lower costs on day one, costs haven’t gone down because of the Trump tariffs. Costs have gone up. Increased costs on everyday Americans by thousands of dollars per year. They promised to love and cherish Medicaid and then turned around and enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, ripping healthcare away from millions of Americans. And hospitals, nursing homes and community-based health centers are closing because of the Republicans’ One Big Ugly Bill in places like Kentucky. At the same period of time, it was Donald Trump and Republicans who promised not to start wars in the Middle East, but to stop them and then turned around and got us involved in this reckless and costly war of choice. At the end of the day, Republican policies have been a disaster. And even though I understand that Comer and others want to try to distract the American people, what you have right now is that Donald Trump, the President, is fighting with Senate Republicans. Literally, it was a cage match in the United States Senate when he met with them. Senate Republicans are fighting with House Republicans, and House Republicans are fighting with each other, which is why they couldn’t move any meaningful legislation on the Floor this week, cancelled votes and got out of town yesterday before sundown.
WOLF BLITZER: You had a chance to speak with the New York City Mayor Mamdani on Wednesday, is that right?
LEADER JEFFRIES: Yeah, Mayor Mamdani and I had a very good conversation. It was forward-looking, you know, it was authentic, it was candid. And I think we both have taken the position that there are going to be times where we may, as a congressional delegation, agree to strongly disagree with each other on endorsements. But at the same period of time, at all times, be committed to actually making life better and more affordable for the people in New York City and beyond. And in this moment of great extremism, it’s an all-hands-on-deck approach. And so we’ve got to come together, city, state and federal governmental officials, in order to continue to do our best to get the job done. And that’s sort of a commitment that I believe we all share as we move forward at this time.
WOLF BLITZER: Are you confident, Leader Jeffries, that your vision, your vision with Mamdani, your visions for the Democratic Party going forward, do they align? Or do you worry that he could push out more of your own Democratic Party Members?
LEADER JEFFRIES: Well, it’s important to remember that primaries are a way of life in the House of Representatives. We stand for election every two years. We have a two-year employment contract. You’ve got to go back, appropriately so, to your voters, make your case. And, in a handful of instances, voters will decide to go in a different direction. But at the end of the day, there are about 215 of us, 215 in the House Democratic Caucus, representing districts of all types throughout the United States of America, but we’re committed to making sure that we actually address the things that matter to the American people so when folks work hard and play by the rules, they can live an affordable life, a good life and a middle-class, comfortable life, as opposed to being suffocated right now with this failed economy.
WOLF BLITZER: Alright, the House Minority Leader, the Democratic Leader, Hakeem Jeffries. Thanks so much for spending a few moments with us. We really appreciate it.
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11)
WASHINGTON, D.C. –In response to President Trump cancelling the signing of the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act today, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens issued the following statement:
“This week, Democrats and Republicans came together to pass a major bill to make it easier to buy a home, build more housing in America, and crack down on private equity buying up houses. But today, for purely political reasons, Trump refused to sign it.
“Everywhere I go across Michigan, I hear about the high cost of housing and how we need to make homeownership easier. I’ve been a proud supporter of this bill and even introduced my own legislation to reduce financial barriers to homeownership for Michiganders.
“Donald Trump has once again proven that he doesn’t care about Americans’ cost-of-living issues. Trump must sign this bill to lower housing costs, NOW.”
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) announced his support for Butler County’s funding request to the U.S. Department of Transportation Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (USDOT INFRA) for the Gateway 228 – Mars RR Bridge Extension Project. The funds would support the final phase of this critical transportation project connecting southern Butler County, which is one of the fastest-growing regions in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Kelly has been a champion of the Gateway 228 project at the federal level, securing two highly competitive B.U.I.L.D. (Better Utilization Investments to Leverage Development) grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation in 2018 and 2020 totaling $45 million for the project.
“The Gateway 228 project is in the homestretch, and this funding will help to complete this final portion of roadway connecting communities across southern Butler County,” said Rep. Kelly. “From Cranberry Township to Valencia, completing work along Route 228 is essential for local residents and local businesses. I want to thank Secretary Duffy and the Trump administration for supporting this vital project over the years. I look forward to seeing the final product soon.”
As of June 2026, ten of the 11 roadway segments in Gateway 228 have been completed or are under construction for a total investment of $184 million.
This final segment, known as the “Mars RR Bridge Extension” will connect the previously completed segments and will widen SR 288 between SR 3021 Franklin Road (west) to tie into the newly constructed Pittsburgh Street Intersection Improvement project (east), totaling 3.25 miles of construction. Investment in Route 228 has significant consequences including the generation of jobs, income and business opportunities, and access to formerly isolated areas throughout the region.
In 2024, Kelly toured State Route 228 with officials from PENNDOT to learn more about the progress. This letter of support follows years of collaborative bipartisan efforts between Kelly, Butler County officials, and state leaders.
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Al Green (TX-9)
(Washington, DC) — On Thursday, June 25, 2026, Congressman Al Green delivered remarks on the House floor stated on the House floor that if President Trump signs the housing bill Congressman Green cosponsored, it will show that they have worked together.
You can access and listen to Congressman Al Green’s speech on his official YouTube page or by clicking here. The floor speech highlighted is also accessible on various social media platforms, including Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and X(formerly known as Twitter).
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Mark Takano (D-Calif)
June 25, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Mark Takano (CA-39) introduced the Health Data Access, Transparency, and Affordability (DATA) Act to demand transparency from service providers, like third party administrators and pharmacy benefit managers, when health plan fiduciaries request information. The Health DATA Act builds upon reforms enacted by Congress as part of the bipartisanNo Surprises Act.
Fiduciaries are responsible for overseeing the health care plans that employees rely on. The Health DATA Act amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to close loopholes that allow third parties – like pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) – to hide information from fiduciaries about pricing and overpayment. The bill authorizes the Secretary of Labor to penalize violators $10,000 per day if third parties fail to provide health plan fiduciaries with the information they need to make healthcare more affordable.
The bill also ensures that the data shared to plan fiduciaries cannot be used to discriminate against individuals and that data is subject to existing privacy and antidiscrimination laws.
“Third parties hold data on individual patients and pricing for drugs and procedures,” said Congressman Mark Takano. “Those who oversee health plans must have access to this data to ensure fair pricing for those receiving employer sponsored healthcare. Without access to this information, employees are vulnerable to being overcharged or price gouged. Gaps in recent legislative efforts have allowed third parties like PBMs to keep this data hidden, leaving fiduciaries with an incomplete picture of how to best serve the over 165 million Americans on employer-sponsored health plans.”
Full text of the Health DATA Act can be found here.
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (7th District of Washington)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, released the following statement regarding today’s rulings from the Supreme Court on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in Mullin v. Doe and the asylum program in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado.
“These are disastrous immigration rulings from the right-wing Supreme Court that will put millions of lives at risk. The purpose of both TPS and asylum is to protect people from dangerous situations.
“By terminating TPS for countries in the midst of ongoing crises, Trump is punishing people for being stuck in a broken immigration system. He is not going after ‘the worst of the worst’ as he promised. He and Stephen Miller are going after highly vetted people, who risk death in returning to countries that remain deeply unsafe. And in targeting asylum, they are preventing the most vulnerable people from even seeking safety on our shores. Eliminating existing legal pathways like these will only cause chaos and hurt our economy and families.
“Congress must urgently act to give those individuals from countries that remain eligible for TPS status a roadmap to citizenship to end this limbo they are living in. And we must immediately pass legislation to re-establish asylum pathways. These decisions will only embolden already out of control immigration policy — and Congress must step in to protect lives.”
TPS is a designation that temporarily allows foreign nationals who are already in the United States to remain lawfully during periods that would prevent the country’s nationals from returning safely. Today’s ruling allows Trump to end the TPS designations for Haiti and Syria and will create precedent for his cancellations of other countries’ TPS to hold. Since coming to office, Trump has also moved to end the TPS designations for Afghanistan, Cameroon, Venezuela, Yemen, Somalia, and Ethiopia.
Asylum is a status granted to immigrants who have a well-founded fear of persecution in their home countries on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. Today’s ruling allows Trump to turn back asylum seekers before they enter the United States, preventing them from having the opportunity to make an asylum claim.
Jayapal joined a Congressional amicus brief in the Mullin v. Doe case, which was signed by 183 Members of Congress. Jayapal joined a Congressional amicus brief in the Mullin v. Al Otro Lado case, which was signed by 26 Members of Congress.
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) issued the following statement following the Supreme Court decision to allow the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians.
“Today’s Supreme Court decision makes one thing painfully clear: Trump is taking legal status away from immigrants who already have it.
“TPS holders followed the law. They registered with the government, passed background checks, worked, paid taxes, raised families and built lives here. Now Haitian and Syrian TPS holders could be forced back into danger, and every other TPS holder is watching, wondering if they are next.
“DACA recipients know this fear too. Backlogs, court fights, delays and uncertainty are all part of the same strategy: make people’s legal status unstable, then use that instability against them. This hurts families. It hurts our communities. It hurts our economy.
“As the son of immigrants, I know what that fear does to a family. And our communities are not going to let this administration normalize ripping legal status away from people who did everything this country asked them to do.”
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Al Green (TX-9)
(Washington, DC) — On Thursday, June 25, 2026, Congressman Al Green delivered remarks on the House floor addressing President Trump’s housing crisis and his inaction on the housing bill.
You can access and listen to Congressman Al Green’s speech on his official YouTube page or by clickinghere. The floor speech highlighted is also accessible on various social media platforms, including Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and X(formerly known as Twitter).
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Raul Ruiz (36th District of California)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz (CA-25) joined House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano (CA-39), Reps. Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Pat Ryan (NY-18), Mike Thompson (CA-04), and Gil Cisneros (CA-31), alongside the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), and the Union Veterans Council (AFL-CIO), to oppose H.R. 9237, the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act, ahead of its scheduled vote on the House floor tomorrow.
H.R. 9237 would strip the Veterans Health Administration of its care-coordination role, increase fees on VA home loan benefits during a housing affordability crisis, and pay for new benefits by cutting VA disability for hearing loss and severed difficulty sleeping, two of the most common service-connected conditions among combat veterans. According to the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, the package would cut at least $60 billion from veterans’ benefits over the next ten years.
“When Americans answer the call to serve, we make them a promise that their sacrifice will be honored in full,”said Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz (CA-25).“The Take Care of America’s Veterans Act breaks that promise. It claims to fix the wounded veteran’s tax, but it caps their benefits and takes PACT Act benefits away from 1.5 million veterans to pay for it. The solution is the Major Richard Star Act. No shortchanging. No caps. No cuts.”
“Veterans’ benefits are not offsets. When servicemembers take their oath to protect and defend our country, we thank them with a promise to take care of them when they take off their uniform. It is reprehensible that Republicans are considering breaking that promise to one generation of veterans to pay for benefits for another,”said Ranking Member Mark Takano.“That is why I oppose the Taking Benefits from America’s Veterans Act and urge my Republican colleagues to support my discharge petition for the Major Richard Star Act instead.”
“The Take Care of American’s Veterans Act breaks America’s sacred promise to our veterans: serve your country, then your country delivers the care and benefits you’ve earned and need,”said Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17). “If this bill passes, servicemembers would return from Trump’s reckless Iran War to a weaker VA with poorer healthcare and fewer benefits. Our message here is clear: don’t cut veterans benefits, not now, not ever. Republicans should join me in supporting the discharge petition to pass the Major Richard Star Act”
The Major Richard Star Act, introduced with Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz (CA-25) as lead Democratic sponsor alongside Rep. Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) as lead Republican sponsor, has 330 cosponsors, but a discharge petition, co-filed by Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz (CA-25) and House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano (CA-39), is needed to force a vote on the House floor. The petition currently needs five more Republican House Members to sign to reach the 218 signatures required. Congressman Dr. Ruiz will continue urging his colleagues to sign the petition and bring the Major Richard Star Act to a clean, standalone vote.