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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Frank Pallone (6th District of New Jersey)

NJ 6th District Congressman Says Trump’s Unchecked War, Higher Utility Bills, and Republican Health Care Cuts Are Squeezing Working People

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07)

Legislation Requires DHS Evidence in ICE-related Injuries and Deaths be Turned Over to Congress, Including Body Cameras, Incident Reports

Pressley Has Stood in Vigorous Defense of Immigrant Communities in MA 7^th and Nationwide, Fighting to Bring Detained Neighbors Home

Bill Text (PDF)

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Congressman Dave Min (CA-47) introduced the DHS Use of Force Transparency Act of 2026 to ​​increase transparency and government oversight regarding injuries and deaths caused by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity. This legislation would address the rising number of individuals who are injured or killed during immigration enforcement arrests or while in the custody of ICE facilities.

This bill follows recent oversight visits Representatives Min and Pressley took to ICE facilities in their communities, seeking answers into the conditions of these facilities.

“The lives lost at the hands of ICE agents in broad daylight and behind the walls of inhumane detention centers require full investigations—and our bill would help the truth come to light,” said Rep. Pressley. “I’m proud to partner with Rep. Min to introduce the DHS Use of Force Transparency Act to bring accountability and healing to families whose loved ones have been hurt or murdered by ICE agents. We are requiring all DHS evidence related to these harmful incidents be turned over to Congress because Congress cannot conduct oversight when critical evidence is withheld or obscured. We will not stand idly by while rogue federal agents—emboldened by the Trump White House—brutalize our communities and cover it up with lies and confusion.”

“2025 was only the beginning of an alarming trend of increased use-of-force incidents by ICE agents and deaths of ICE detainees,” said Representative Min. “At least three Americans are dead while numerous others were injured because of ICE and CBP officers’ actions, yet barely any data is available. Congress must assert its oversight authority to investigate these abuses and protect Americans from aggressive, inadequately trained officers.”

The DHS Use of Force Transparency Act of 2026 Would:

• Require the Secretary of Homeland Security, within 30 days of enactment, to provide all documents and materials to the House Homeland Security Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee relating to:
  • Any DHS officer-involved shooting since January 20, 2025, resulting in injury or death; and
  • Any death occurring in DHS custody since that date.
• Specify that production must include items like:
  • All video/audio footage (body-worn cameras, dash cams, surveillance, drone footage, etc.);
  • Incident and investigative reports (use-of-force reports, internal affairs files, supervisory reviews, medical reports, dispatch logs, etc.); and
• Mandate that DHS produces materials in unredacted form to the maximum extent permitted by law, with any redactions must be accompanied by written justification citing the specific legal authority relied upon.

This bill is endorsed by Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef), Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC), National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), Center For Law & Social Policy (CLASP), California Immigration Policy Center (CIPC), Advancing Justice Southern California (AJSOCAL).

“Everyone deserves to live in safe communities, regardless of what they look like, the language they speak, or the color of their skin,” said John C. Yang, President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC. “We cannot continue to allow our government to terrorize and inflict violence on communities with impunity. Our government has used our flawed immigration system to abduct our neighbors, create deadly chaos in our streets and terrorize our schools, churches, and businesses. You cannot create safety through fear, abduction, and zero accountability. By requiring transparency from DHS around the injuries and deaths caused by DHS officials since January 2025, this bill emphasizes that our government is accountable to its people. The DHS Use of Force Transparency Act is a necessary step toward safeguarding human dignity, protecting families, and ensuring our government upholds the rule of law. Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC is proud to endorse this legislation, and we call on Congress to pass it without delay.”

“Immigration enforcement under the Trump administration has become violent, deadly, and over‑militarized which is why the DHS Use of Force Transparency Act of 2026 is a critical safeguard. In the 2026 fiscal year alone, 23 people have lost their lives, and countless others have endured physical and psychological trauma as a direct result of DHS’ enforcement practices,” said Melissa Shepard, Director of Legal Services at Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef).” Our communities are living under siege, and none of this makes anyone safer. This legislation brings a level of transparency and oversight that is urgently needed in a system that operated unchecked by the Constitution and unrestrained by basic standards of accountability. We applaud Congressmembers Min, Pressley, Norton, and Swalwell for fighting to hold DHS accountable and for insisting that constitutional rights and human dignity are not optional for DHS.”

Text of the bill can be accessed here.

In the Massachusetts 7^th, Rep. Pressley has recognized and supported the many families torn apart and children suffering from the detention of a loved one—including harrowing attacks on Massachusetts families in their daily lives, abductions of dedicated workers at the Allston car wash, visiting Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk during her unlawful detention and pushing to bring her home, and more.

In March 2026, Rep. Pressley visited the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Boston Field Office in Burlington, to conduct oversight of the operations and conditions of the facility.  Rep. Pressley engaged with ICE staff and leadership in a closed-door tour and discussion in the facility.

In February 2026, Rep. Pressley convened immigrant entrepreneurs and small business owners, community advocates, and municipal leaders to hear of the essential role that immigrant-owned small businesses play in Massachusetts’ economy and communities and how they are suffering under Trump’s attacks.

In January 2026, Rep. Pressley and Senator Markey held a field hearing with members of the Haitian community on the importance of extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti. Testimony was documented in the Congressional Record.

Rep. Pressley also leads a discharge petition that could compel the House vote on a bill to require the Trump Administration to extend TPS for Haiti for three years. 

In February 2026, during Oversight Democrats’ bicameral shadow hearing on the use of violence by ICE, Rep. Pressley demanded Congress end qualified immunity to ensure federal law enforcement officers are held accountable for breaking the law and murdering civilians. Rep. Pressley called on her colleagues not to settle for bare minimum reforms in funding negotiations for the Department of Homeland Security, instead urging them to fight to rebalance power and restore accountability.

In January 2026, at the invitation of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Congresswoman Pressley went to Minneapolis to meet with organizers and community members impacted by ICE’s violent operation in Minnesota, where they have murdered bystanders, terrorized schools and small businesses, and abducted children and parents.

Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Congresswoman Pressley and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced the Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026, which builds on the lawmakers’ prior work by granting victims the right to sue federal law enforcement officers—not just state and local—for civil rights violations and abolishing the defense of qualified immunity in these suits. The expanded legislation would help deliver accountability for families abused by law enforcement, including ICE agents.

Congresswoman Pressley delivered a floor speech on the need to end qualified immunity for federal law enforcement, including immigration officers. Watch the floor speech here.

In January 2026, Congresswoman Pressley condemned the ICE murder of Renee Good in Minnesota and motioned to subpoena all records and footage related to the shooting, but Republicans obstructed it. Footage of Congresswoman Pressley’s motion to subpoena is here.

In December 2025, Rep. Pressley convened and welcomed home the workers and families

impacted by the cruel and unlawful ICE raid at an Allston car wash in November. Rep. Pressley delivered a powerful speech on the House floor condemning the Allston ICE raid and defended the vibrant immigrant communities who are being maliciously stolen from their homes, ripped from their families, and unlawfully detained and deported by the Trump Administration and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

In June 2025, Congresswoman Pressley convened immigrant justice advocates, local leaders, and impacted families to tell Donald Trump and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): Hands off our immigrant neighbors. 

Rep. Pressley has also been an outspoken critic against the unlawful detention of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts PhD student, Somerville resident, and constituent of the Congresswoman’s who was unlawfully detained for weeks in retaliation for her protected speech. After weeks of advocacy and Congressional oversight, including a visit to detention centers in Louisiana, Rep. Pressley and Senator Ed Markey welcomed Ms. Öztürk to Massachusetts following her arrival from ICE detention in Louisiana.

Rep. Pressley has also spoken out against reports of ICE activity in the MA 7th and other municipalities in Massachusetts.

As a leading voice and legislator, Rep. Pressley’s advocacy to protect children from abuse and trauma dates back to her days as a Boston City Councilor. In her first term in Congress, she partnered with the late Chairman Elijah Cummings to hold the first Congressional hearing on childhood trauma on the Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Rep. Pressley leads the STRONG Support for Children Act, which would support communities in addressing childhood trauma through healing-centered, neighborhood-based, gender-responsive, culturally specific, and trauma-informed approaches that acknowledge the impact of systemic racism and inequities over generations. She has called for such trauma-informed and child-centered approaches to every issue, including: surging baby formula to Gaza, addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students, addressing sexual harassment targeting children and women girls, committing to end gun violence, and more.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (9th District of Illinois)

Full Text of Bill (PDF) | Bill Summary (PDF)

WASHINGTON – Today, Reps. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Co-Founder & Co-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Aging and Families, and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, filed brand new legislation to establish comprehensive mandatory minimum nurse staffing standards in nursing homes. 

For decades, researchers have clearly established a link between higher staffing levels and improvements in the safety and quality of care delivered to nursing home residents. Yet, Trump outrageously repealed minimum staffing rules at the behest of nursing home executives who donated to his campaign. Meanwhile, his draconian immigration policies and ICE abuses are harming the care workforce, and his “Big Beautiful Bill” enacted the largest health care cut in U.S. history—cuts expected to trigger nursing home closures.

The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act will establish statutory, mandatory, minimum nurse staffing standards with strong enforceable penalties.  

“Every person in the United States deserves to age with dignity and have access to high-quality long-term care. Yet for too long, our nation has failed to establish a sustainable, comprehensive long-term care policy,” said Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky. “This critical legislation would require nursing homes to provide a minimum of 4.1 hours of direct care per resident each day and ensure a registered nurse is on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Study after study shows that stronger staffing standards lead to better patient outcomes and higher-quality care. It is past time that we act on the evidence, hold facilities accountable, and ensure every resident receives the person-centered care they deserve.”

“Once again, the corrupt Trump regime has sold off the best interests of Americans to the highest bidder—repealing modest rules after nursing home executives donated to the Trump campaign,” said Congressman Lloyd Doggett.  “This legislation provides the accountability these executives, often backed by private equity, have dodged for too long. Vulnerable nursing home residents with complex needs, and the compassionate nursing staff caring for them, deserve comprehensive, enforceable staffing standards to ensure their safety, health, and dignity.” 

“Care workers have been sounding the alarm for decades about the dangers of understaffed nursing homes—both for the health and safety of these critical workers and the seniors whose lives are in their hands,” said AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. “The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act sets minimum standards on staffing to ensure that safety and care never takes a back seat to corporate profits. We commend Rep. Doggett for his leadership on decent staffing standards that will protect America’s workers and save lives.” 

“Chronic short staffing has plagued our nation’s nursing homes for decades, with 1.3 million Americans living in understaffed facilities on any given day. Nursing home workers are stretched too thin and receive poverty wages to care for our parents and grandparents.,” said SEIU Vice President Leslie Frane. “As the nation’s largest healthcare union, SEIU members demand that Congress stand with us and the people we care for by passing the Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act. All of us deserve to age with dignity and receive high-quality care, but until we fix the dangerous gaps in our long-term care system, we are failing families across the country.”

“Care providers and staff at nursing homes are doing everything they can to ensure our loved ones are living with dignity, but across the country, these essential workers are stretched thin, often working long hours, nights and weekends for low pay,” said AFSCME President Lee Saunders. “Instead of supporting them, the Trump administration is actively rolling back safe staffing standards for nursing homes, undermining efforts to improve life-sustaining care. The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act, led by Reps. Schakowsky and Doggett, would help ensure safe staffing at nursing homes by establishing clear, enforceable requirements — including 24/7 registered nurse coverage and minimum hours of care per resident. We urge Congress to pass it.” 

“National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care strongly supports the Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act and is extremely grateful to Representatives Doggett and Schakowsky for introducing this legislation. It is irrefutable that nursing homes with higher staffing levels have better health outcomes and quality of life for residents,” said National Consumer Voice Public Policy Director Sam Brooks. “Understaffing has plagued nursing homes for decades and is the primary driver of poor health outcomes in nursing homes. The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act relies on decades of research to establish a minimum staffing standard that will help ensure residents receive high-quality care and live in safe homes.”

“Many nursing home problems, including falls, bed sores, malnutrition, and infections, are the direct result of nursing homes cutting corners and not having enough staff on duty,” said Eric Carlson, Directing Attorney at Justice in Aging. “The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act will do what it says – save lives – by requiring nursing homes to maintain safe staffing levels for nurses and nurse aides.  Nursing homes receive tens of billions of federal dollars annually, and it’s about time that residents receive the care that they deserve.”

“Having adequate staffing in nursing homes improves patients’ health and saves lives. Having sufficient staff to ensure resident wellbeing shouldn’t be controversial, but the reality is that the health and safety of residents is imperiled every day in far too many facilities. Whether it is because a company wants to cut corners or private equity is trying to extract maximum profit, the risks of insufficient staff are just too high to be left to the whim of nursing home owners,” said Lisa Gilbert, Co-President of Public Citizen. “The Safe Staffing Saves Live Act is commonsense and an important step toward reforming our broken health care system.” 

In 2023, Reps. Schakowsky and Doggett  led over 100 colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to use its authority under the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 to establish staffing standards.  Heeding their call, CMS eventually finalized modest regulations, which Trump subsequently repealed.  The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act establishes mandatory, statutory, minimum nurse staffing standards and additional enforceable penalties that go beyond the previous rulemaking.  With an increasingly aging population with complex medical needs, it is essential that nursing homes have sufficient nurse staffing.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)

“Infertility impacts millions and doesn’t discriminate. It can affect anyone who wants to start or grow a family. I know firsthand. Thanks to IVF, my husband and I conceived our twins, now both healthy young adults. But after enduring that struggle, I’ve fought to expand insurance coverage for the prohibitively costly fertility treatments that can make this only accessible to the very few who can afford it.” said Wasserman Schultz. “As a breast cancer survivor, I’m also concerned with how a diagnosis, and treatments can affect survivors’ ability to conceive or even prevent cancer from being genetically passed on. So, for many survivors with a BRCA gene mutation, like me, IVF can be a godsend.”

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Rick Larsen (2nd Congressional District Washington)

Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Don Beyer (D-VA)

Yesterday, New Dem Vice Chair for Outreach Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and New Dem Trade Task Force Chair Don Beyer (VA-08) hosted a roundtable discussion on how small businesses have been hurt by the Trump Administration’s sweeping tariffs. 

Vice Chair Carbajal and Rep. Beyer, who is a member of the Ways & Means Committee and the Joint Economic Committee, were joined by several New Dem Members for the discussion, including New Dem Vice Chair for Communications Marc Veasey (TX-33), Leadership Member Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Reps. Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Kelly Morrison (MN-03), Tim Kennedy (NY-26), and Lucy McBath (GA-07).

“President Trump’s chaotic tariffs have imposed a heavy burden on the American people, including our small business owners,” said Rep. Carbajal, Vice Chair for Outreach for the New Democrat Coalition. “Small businesses fuel the American economy, but President Trump’s tariffs act as deadweight for our entrepreneurs — leading to higher costs, lower margins, and tougher times. I’m grateful to our guests for sharing their stories. Their insights are vital as our Coalition works to champion a more stable economic future.”

“President Trump’s tariffs have driven up costs for American consumers and businesses alike, and I appreciate that they’ve joined us to shed light on the real challenges Americans are facing,” said Rep. Don Beyer, New Dem Trade Task Force Chair Don Beyer. “Unlike large corporations, most small businesses can’t bribe the president with gold bars, ornate plaques, or massive donations to his ballroom project. They also can’t afford to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to retain a MAGA-aligned lobbyist. As a result, while some companies have won exemptions or relief, small businesses have been left to absorb the full impact of these higher prices.”

During the roundtable, small business owners shared some of the specific challenges that they have faced since Trump took office and how his tariff policy has affected their ability to stay in business. Some of these challenges include their ability to source products, keep competitive pricing, hire staff, and more. Members and stakeholders also discussed the pain Trump’s tariffs have inflicted on small businesses, including how the Trump administration continues to impose tariffs despite the recent Supreme Court ruling and the Administration’s unclear plan to refund illegally collected tariffs. Last month, New Dems sent a letter to the Administration demanding answers and transparency on the refunds process.

Additionally, stakeholders shared ideas for what New Dems can do to create smarter, more durable trade policy that helps small businesses. Earlier this year, New Dems released our New Dem Affordability Agenda, which calls for Congress to restore its responsibility to oversee international trade and roll back Trump’s tariffs.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA)

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that it will prohibit transgender athletes from competing in women’s competitions at the Olympics. These new rules will apply beginning at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California. In response to this news, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement:

“This latest action by the IOC will ensure level playing fields prevail in future Olympic competitions. Women athletes are finally being protected!

“As the supporter of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, I call on Democrats in the House and Senate to take a stand for fairness, integrity and the truth. Men should not be allowed to compete in women’s sports.”

BACKGROUND

Congressman Griffith serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 

In the 118^th Congress, he helped lead the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee in the panel’s efforts to push the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to take actions to root out cheating. For a hearing on this topic, Chairman Griffith invited U.S. swimmers Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt to testify.

In 2025, Congressman Griffith supported the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Steny H Hoyer (MD-05)

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered remarks on the House Floor during debate on H.Res.1128 – Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the Department of Homeland Security. Below are a video and transcript of his remarks.
 

Click here to watch a video of his remarks.

First Set of Remarks

“Mr. Speaker, the argument being made on the other side is not accurate. I will give them the benefit of the doubt, because perhaps they don’t know [that] it’s not accurate. We have over [210] people who are prepared to vote for all of the funding in DHS, other than one of the components – both of the components who recently have snatched people off the streets of America wearing hoods and no badges and putting them into unmarked cars. Yes, we’re not for that. The gentleman said he was – that I asked the yield is, said he was a law enforcement officer. I was going to ask him whether he ever wore a mask during the course of his duties. Not a gas mask, a mask to keep him secret. I’m going to ask him whether he ever went into a home without a warrant, inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States. Yes, we want to defend the Constitution of the United States. And by the way, unless you missed it, when we passed the appropriation bills that have funded most of the government, we did so and we took DHS out and told you, ‘We’re not for that.’ So, what you continue to do is to bring this Floor something we have told you we are not for. Mr. Speaker, if the Speaker of the House brought that bill to the Floor to fund all of DHS’s components except those two agencies, it would pass overwhelmingly today, within this hour. I guarantee it, as a former Majority Leader, assuming that all of you say, ‘Oh, we want to fund TSA, we want to fund the Secret Service. We want to fund the Coast Guard,’ assuming that you would follow your rhetoric. It could be done like that. (snaps fingers) I say that as a [former] Majority Leader of this House for eight years, and I know of what I speak.

“Mr. Speaker, they talk about shutdowns. Under Ronald Reagan – and there were eight shutdowns – they lasted for an average, Mr. Speaker, of 1.3 days. Nine of those were weekend days. Why? Because Ronald Reagan and we Democrats who controlled the House were prepared to go to the table and make an agreement, and if we couldn’t make an agreement, we nevertheless funded the government. This President has said numerous times, Mr. Speaker, ‘I’d welcome [shutting] down the government, all of it.’ All of it. So those of you who have come to the Floor and tried to, like Pontius Pilate, wash responsibility away and blame it on Democrats, because yes, there are things which we very strongly disagree [with], and that is the violation of the Constitution, the violation of statutes, and I would have asked my law enforcement friend the violation of norms followed by every police department in America.

“So, I am tired of hearing totally inaccurate information [about] some ‘fraud’ bill. That’s not the word that was used, Mr. Speaker, but that was implied. The bill that we want is no fraud. The bill we want would fund TSA, Secret Service, Coast Guard, CISA, and all other agencies in DHS tomorrow. But what is the majority bringing to the Floor, Mr. Speaker? A bill that has failed three times. Why? Because we don’t want warrantless searches, we don’t want people’s doors being broken down without probable cause, we don’t want people apprehended by masked people. You know, I grew up in an era, when I was a young man, where there were a lot of people wearing masks, going around, assaulting people. We didn’t call them police. Try to be honest with the American people. Mr. Speaker, we owe them that. Tell them, ‘Look, we are afraid that if we fund all of these components of which we all talk and support.’ If we do that, then we won’t make as good a deal on DHS.’ We won’t keep them immune from following the Constitution. We won’t keep them immune from following the laws of their state. We won’t keep them immune from the norms that police follow. Don’t come to this Floor and be dishonest and say we’re shutting down the government. We’re not. But we sure do want to raise the question and have a debate about whether we follow the Constitution in terms of law enforcement in this country. That’s what I call – you know why you have warrants? Because King George could go into any house, any time, every time that he wanted to, and the Founding Fathers thought that was wrong.

“I see my Chairman is standing, so he may want to speak himself and not have me take all the time. But I would plead with my Republican friends, Mr. Speaker be honest. You’re holding off that bill because you think tactically it will undermine what the ICE is doing; undermining that two, three, four, five people were killed by officers not following the law. Don’t come here pretending that Democrats, somehow, are shutting [the government] down. By the way, when Joe Biden was President of the United States, you know how many shutdowns there were? Mr. Speaker, the answer to that is zero. Zero. Let’s fund the important services that the American people deserve. Let’s have the Speaker either put the bill on the Floor, have ten Republicans sign the discharge petition, we’ll put it on the Floor and we’ll pass it overwhelmingly, I predict. Mr. Chairman, I thank you for giving me some time to try to correct the record that is being, unfortunately, made poorly on this Floor.”

Second Set of Remarks

“I thank the gentleman. The gentleman on the other side, Mr. Speaker, asked me to come back. I came back, he made a comment, I wanted to correct him. He would not yield for that purpose.

“86% of ICE is being funded. There are no silos being undermined, except by not funding all the other agencies that we are prepared to support. No silos. 85% of CBP is funded. You funded, Mr. Speaker, in reconciliation at three times, essentially, what the annual appropriation was for those two agencies. So, there ought not to be, again, this Pontius Pilate hand-wringing that, somehow, we’ve shut down those two agencies. We have not. You provided for that, Mr. Speaker, and they are funded.

“The question is, do you still want to use, as a political tactic, shutting down all the other agencies? And I yield back the balance of my time.”

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09)

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Dr. Wei Li of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $614,894 from the National Cancer Institute. The grant supports Dr. Li’s work targeting brain and bone metastases in metastatic breast cancer for improved patient survival through the development of new drugs more tailored to these types of cancers. 

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

“Understanding and targeting metastatic cancers will result in therapies and medicines that may prolong and even save patients’ lives. I commend Dr. Li and our medical school for undertaking this important work.”

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, held a hearing to review the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and examine how Congress can modernize communications policy for today’s economy.

“The Telecommunications Act was a huge milestone when it was enacted. It was the first major rewrite of communications policy since the Communications Act of 1934,” said Rep. Hudson. “The world of 1996 looks nothing like the world of today, and it’s time that we update our laws to reflect that.”

WHAT: Subcommittee hearing to review the 1996 Telecommunications Act

DATE: Thursday, March 26, 2026

TIME: 10:15 AM ET

LOCATION: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building

Why this matters:

• The 1996 law unleashed competition and innovation by breaking down monopoly-era barriers
• It established universal service principles critical to rural communities
  It included Section 230, which helped create today’s internet economy
• It failed to anticipate the rise of broadband and modern communications technologies
• Today’s framework still relies on outdated regulatory structures that do not reflect how Americans communicate

Watch Chairman Hudson’s full remarks here.

Watch his questions to witnesses here.

The hearing was open to the public and press and will be livestreamed at energycommerce.house.gov.