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

Amtrak’s announcement comes after fierce opposition from Congressman Nadler, New York elected officials, and New York residents throughout the corrupt, closed-door process

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) released the following statement after Trump’s Department of Transportation announced the developer for the New York Penn Station:

“Amtrak just handed a developer the future of Penn Station — the same way this administration does everything — in secret, without New Yorkers, and for the benefit of Donald Trump and his political allies. 

“There was not a single public hearing, no consultation with the MTA or the State and City of New York, and most egregiously, there was no transparency on the cost of this massive undertaking. This was not a selection process. It was a backroom deal dressed up as one, and the only fingerprints on it belong to Donald Trump and his donors. 

“Penn Station must be renovated. But this mess is not a renovation; it is the Trump administration taking over the largest transportation hub in the Western Hemisphere. The Penn Station developer was selected with no idea of the cost, no plan that anyone in the public has seen, and no voice for the people who will pay for it.

Amtrak and the US Department of Transportation have failed New Yorkers — and we will not let this stand.”

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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 at the House Appropriations Full Committee Markup of the FY 2027 Energy and Water Development bill in support of an amendment from Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) that would prevent and reverse the termination of projects at the Department of Energy and other agencies. Below are a video and transcript of his remarks:

Click here to watch a video of his remarks.

“I thank the Chairman. Ms. McCollum referenced the sign at the front of the dais. That [sign] was designed to assure that the people would decide what laws should be enacted and what laws should be followed. They were not different. If you enact it, the executive has the responsibility to follow it. Does the executive have an alternative? It does. It can come back to us and say, ‘We think these 303 projects are not justified, and therefore we think you, the appropriators, should rescind them.’ Mr. Chairman, not to arbitrarily and capriciously or for partisan reasons or for substantive reasons, say, ‘We do not agree and therefore we will eliminate that what you have enacted and the President has signed.’

“Now, you’ve heard me use the phrase that ‘we are the authors of our own impotence.’ Why should any administration, Republican or Democrat, worry about what we do if we simply stand by silently when they say no after the fact? What’s the point? What’s the point of us spending time here or considering amendments? Why don’t we just call up Russell Vought and say, ‘Whatever you want to do, sir,’ and salute? Now, obviously, what we could do when we next have the presidency – and by the way, history tells us at some point in time we’re going to have the presidency. For the last 75 years, we’ve gone back and forth almost every other time, and every other time being at eight years as well. And we did the same thing. Let’s say for sake of argument, Shalanda Young is returning to the OMB and decides we’re not going to have any red projects in America. I will tell you if, in fact, I was in charge – and to the extent it’s happened –  we should have stood up and said, ‘No, you can’t do that.’ And very frankly, I would hope that Ms. DeLauro, when she’s Chair, would say to a Democratic administration, ‘If you want to change that, you come back here because the Constitution says we make the law, not you.’

“Now, the President believes he is the law. That is a dangerous phenomenon, ladies and gentlemen. And if you are not cognizant of that and concerned about that, then you’re not concerned about our democracy. These times when we come here and we give our imprimatur to the arbitrary action of the executive [inaudible] – every time we do that, it erodes the authority of this committee. Bob [Livingston] is on that wall. He was a wonderful Chairman of this committee, a Republican from Louisiana. He wouldn’t have stood for this. Nor would – and David Obey, on the Democratic side, they wouldn’t have tried it with David Obey. And I believe Mr. Rogers would have quietly told somebody, ‘You cannot do that,’ because they stood strong. Not for the Democrats or the Republicans, but for the Constitution and the role of this committee in the Congress and in this country. I regret that we do not seem to be paying attention to those important principles. Our founders are disappointed. I vote for this amendment.”

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 and House Armed Services Committee, delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives demanding Congress pass a War Powers Resolution to end President Donald Trump’s war with Iran. Crow’s remarks came  ahead of a House vote on a Crow-backed War Powers Resolution. 

“Working class Americans, like the kids that I grew up with, the kids that I deployed with, fought with, suffered with, they’re the ones that have to do the fighting, and the dying, and the paying for these conflicts,” said Congressman Crow during his remarks. “They see that the burden of these wars fall on them, while the elites and the rich and the powerful in this country get richer, and more powerful, and more comfortable. The burden is not equal in this nation. It’s because the system is broken.”

He continued, “I want to be clear: this isn’t about process to me. Yes, there are important constitutional checks and safeguards at play, but this isn’t about inside baseball notification process… What it’s about to me is accountability. When I did my combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, combat mission, after combat mission, after combat mission, what I had to know is that important questions were being asked, people were being held to account and asking tough questions, so that I could focus on my mission in bringing my men home. But that has stopped. The debate isn’t happening.”

Crow has repeatedly condemned Trump’s illegal war of choice in Iran. He previously introduced a War Powers resolution with Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) to end this war and introduced legislation to prohibit federal funding for the war. As someone from a working class family who served three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Crow has seen firsthand the toll forever wars have cost servicemembers and hardworking Americans.

Watch the full remarks here, and a full transcript is below:

Mr. Speaker, I’m here on behalf of the millions of working class Americans who have had it, are fed up with an endless cycle of unaccountable conflict in the Middle East. I started my service to this nation in uniform, like the Chairman. I honor his service like all of our brothers and sisters. And I’m proud of that service, as should all of my brothers and sisters who took the oath I took, stood up when our country called, and did our duty honorably. 

But what is abundantly clear is that our system is broken. Working class Americans, like the kids that I grew up with, the kids that I deployed with, fought with, suffered with, they’re the ones that have to do the fighting, and the dying, and the paying for of these conflicts. They see that the burden of these wars fall on them while the elites and the rich and the powerful in this country get richer, and more powerful, and more comfortable. The burden is not equal in this nation. It’s because the system is broken.

I want to be clear: this isn’t about process to me. Yes, there are important constitutional checks and safeguards at play, but this isn’t about inside baseball notification process. Americans’ eyes glaze over when people talk about that under this dome. What it’s about to me is accountability. When I did my combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, combat mission, after combat mission, after combat mission, what I had to know is that important questions were being asked, people were being held to account and asking tough questions, so that I could focus on my mission in bringing my men home. But that has stopped. The debate isn’t happening.

We’re paying for these wars with debt, five to eight trillion dollars, seven thousand American lives, and on and on it goes. It’s not just our right. It’s our duty. It’s our job under this dome to take votes, to appropriate money, to ask tough questions, to hold people to account, and then go home and stand in front of high school gymnasiums, stand in front of our our constituents, go to rotary clubs and explain those votes, why we should send our sons and daughters and our money to the Middle East again, and again, and again. That is what our system requires. That is what Americans deserve. 

This is not optional. The Framers dedicated this responsibility to us because they knew that the decision to send our sons and daughters into war and to spend our taxpayer money was our most solemn responsibility. And not one person should make that decision. This system is broken. It’s our duty to take it back. That’s what this vote is for. Maybe we should go to war in one instance, but the debate must happen. The vote must happen. I encourage, I demand, that my colleagues step up and take this vote and retake our constitutional duty and to get this done. It’s what our servicemen and women deserve. 

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

Source: United States House of Representatives – Reprepsentative Kathy Castor (FL14)

U.S. Rep. Castor Statement on Indictment of Former Cuban President Raúl Castro

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Greg Steube (FL-17)

May 20, 2026 | Press ReleasesWASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) today introduced the GME Transparency Act of 2026 and the Our Doctors First Act of 2026, a two-bill package focused on increasing transparency in Medicare-funded graduate medical education (GME) programs and prohibiting Medicare GME payments attributable to individuals who are not U.S. citizens or nationals.
“Taxpayers deserve transparency on how federal healthcare dollars are being spent, especially when billions in Medicare funding are going toward GME programs,” said Rep. Greg Steube. “Congress has a responsibility to know who is benefiting from these taxpayer-funded programs and to ban Medicare GME payments from being used to support residency training for foreign nationals.”
The GME Transparency Act of 2026 would require hospitals participating in the Medicare-funded GME programs to submit deidentified information regarding the citizenship and immigration status of the medical residents in approved residency training programs. Under this bill, a hospital residency program would not be treated as an approved program for Medicare payment purposes if the required information is not submitted. The legislation also requires CMS to submit an annual nationwide report to Congress detailing aggregate residency data by state, including U.S. citizens, green card holders, J-1 visa holders, H-1B visa holders, and other lawfully present medical residents.
The Our Doctors First Act of 2026 would prohibit Medicare-funded GME payments from being used to support residency training costs associated with individuals who are not U.S. citizens or nationals. Hospitals and qualified nonhospital providers that count noncitizen medical residents for payment purposes where they know or should know the individuals are not U.S. citizens or nationals would face escalating penalties, including civil monetary penalties and exclusion from receiving GME payments for repeat violations.
Background: Graduate medical education (GME) is residency training completed by physicians after medical school. Medicare supports teaching hospitals that operate GME programs through direct graduate medical education (DGME) and indirect medical education (IME) payments. DGME payments help cover residency training costs such as resident stipends, supervisory physician salaries, and administrative expenses, while IME payments help offset the higher operational costs associated with teaching hospitals.  
Medicare spends billions of dollars annually supporting graduate medical education programs intended to strengthen America’s physician workforce.
Meanwhile, American medical school graduates are burdened with significant student debt as communities across the country continue facing physician shortages. 
The American taxpayer is already footing the bill for these programs, and lawmakers are increasingly raising concerns about whether taxpayer dollars are being used to support residency training for foreign nationals rather than American physicians.
Read the bill text here. 

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jimmy Gomez, founder and chair of the Congressional Renters Caucus, released the following statement after voting to pass the ROAD to Housing Act: 

“Congress is finally treating housing affordability with the urgency it deserves, but this cannot be where the work ends. For too many families, buying a home feels further out of reach every year, and renters are spending more and more of their paycheck just to keep a roof over their heads. The ROAD to Housing Act takes important steps to increase housing supply and bring down costs, so I voted for it. 

“But the reality is America is still millions of homes short of what working families need. Experts across the housing industry estimate the country faces a severe housing shortage, and no single bill will close that gap overnight. We need to build far more housing at every level if we are serious about lowering costs and restoring affordability for working people. 

“That is why I have introduced legislation to create a monthly renter tax credit, provide at least $50,000 in down-payment assistance for first-generation homebuyers, convert vacant office space into housing, and expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit for extremely low-income households. 

“As chair of the Congressional Renters Caucus, I will keep fighting to make sure renters are not an afterthought in the housing debate. Housing costs are still squeezing families every day, and this bill is an important step forward. Now we need to keep building more homes, lower costs for renters, expand pathways to homeownership, and make sure working people can afford to live in the communities they call home.” 

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

Pressley Has Led Efforts in Congress to Address Childhood Trauma, Championed Policies to Support Child Health, Education, Safety

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) rallied with colleagues, caregivers, advocates, and impacted families to demand the end of child and family detention. While the Trump Administration continues attacking our immigrant neighbors, detaining families, and traumatizing children, Congresswoman Pressley delivered powerful remarks where she discussed the importance of keeping families together, protecting children from trauma, and ensuring immigration policies do not place children and families in harmful detention.

The rally was organized by the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the 10 Steps Campaign, and featured an installation of 620 teddy bears and paper dolls—one for every ten children arrested by ICE—alongside a rally and public story hour on the Capitol grounds.

In a March Oversight committee hearing, Rep. Pressley centered the children detained and traumatized by ICE who are being forced to bear the effects of lifelong trauma. In February, in her boycott of Trump’s State of the Union, Rep. Pressley spent the day uplifting the stories of children traumatized and detained by ICE through counterprogramming engagements, a floor speech, and an office installation depicting their stories and art.

A transcript of the Congresswoman’s remarks at the rally is available below and the video is available here.

Congresswoman Pressley has been an outspoken advocate in defense of immigrant communities and fought to bring detained neighbors home.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24)

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), a senior member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced $2,255,000 in federal funding for the San Luis Obispo County Airport to improve the baggage screening system. The airport’s current system is too undersized and outdated to adequately meet current operational demand. The grant will fund a complete system replacement to improve the travel experience for passengers. 

“Given SLO’s beautiful landscapes, innovative companies, and acclaimed universities, it is no surprise that SLO County Airport welcomed a record-breaking number of passengers last year,” said Rep. Carbajal. “This federal funding will support necessary infrastructure upgrades, allowing the airport to accommodate the growing number of travelers coming into SLO County each year.”

“We are incredibly grateful to Congressman Carbajal and his team for their continued partnership and support of SLO County Airport. This funding supports the replacement of the terminal’s undersized outbound baggage screening system, to better meet current operational demand and enhance the travel experience for families and passengers traveling through our community airport. Investments like this are critical to maintaining safe, efficient and reliable service as passenger activity continues to grow,” said Courtney Johnson, Airport Director, SLO County Airport.

This funding is from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Airport Terminals Program. These grants provide funding for safe, sustainable and accessible airport terminals, airport-owned airport traffic control towers, and on-airport rail and bus projects that improve multimodal connections, ensuring a safe and seamless travel experience for families across the U.S.

Since its passage in 2021, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has delivered more than $1 billion in funding to projects up and down the Central Coast of California. As a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Carbajal played a key role in crafting and passing the landmark legislation in partnership with the Biden Administration.

Last fall, Carbajal announced over $3 million in funding for two airports in San Luis Obispo County for infrastructure improvements. SLO County Airport received $2,725,597 to construct a new 315-foot Taxiway B3 to bring the airport into conformity with current standards. Oceano Airport received $313,500 to reseal 2,325 feet of existing Runway 11/29 pavement to extend its useful life.

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (8th District of Illinois)

WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, a naturalized citizen who immigrated to the United States as an infant, today released the following statement in response to Representative Nancy Mace’s proposed constitutional amendment to bar naturalized citizens from serving in Congress, the federal judiciary, and Senate-confirmed government positions:

“My parents brought me to this country as an infant because they believed in the American dream of a better life and in a uniquely American promise: that in this country, what matters is not where you came from, the color of your skin, whom you love, or how you worship, but your character, your hard work, and your commitment to American values. Representative Mace’s proposal to bar naturalized citizens from serving in Congress, on the federal bench, and in Senate-confirmed positions is a betrayal of that promise and of a principle that has helped define the American story since our founding. As President Reagan often said, ‘anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American.’ From Alexander Hamilton helping shape our republic to generations of naturalized citizens who strengthened our communities, widened the horizons of what America could become, and answered the call to public service, America has always drawn strength from people who chose this country as their own. In this country, patriotism is measured not by birthplace, but by service.

Generation after generation, naturalized citizens have renewed our nation — and countless have worn the uniform of the United States and, too often, given the last full measure of devotion for the country they chose to make their own. The responsibility of American citizenship is not simply to enjoy the blessings of freedom, but to carry forward the values of this country and leave it better for the next generation. To suggest that Americans who are willing to serve this country, fight for it, and even give their lives for it are somehow not American enough to serve in public office is an affront to one of the most enduring principles of the American story. Long after our nation forgets the electoral ambitions of those who sought power by demonizing naturalized citizens, those very Americans will continue to contribute, to sacrifice, and to carry forth the promise of America.”