WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-California, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Senators Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and their colleagues welcomed a new National Security Memorandum (NSM) released by the Biden Administration Thursday aimed at ensuring all U.S. security assistance is used in line with international law, including international humanitarian law. The NSM is mod  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: Recently, Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) released The Financial Regulators Revolving Door Enforcement Act, a bill to significantly enhance the integrity of financial regulation in the United States. See what leading groups are saying about Rep. Schiff's bill: "The revolving door of employees moving from banks and private financial institutions into the role of governmental financial regulators  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. John Duarte, R-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: Today, the Peace Officers Research Association of California announced their support for Congressman John Duarte's new bill which seeks to combat the spread of fentanyl and other illegal drugs in the Central Valley and across the United States. "I want to thank the Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC) for endorsing my new bill, the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) received an A+ on this year's End Citizens United legislative scorecard for his voting record on stopping corruption and strengthening ethics and accountability in Congress. "Our democracy suffers when the voices of the American people are drowned out by corporate special interests and the endless flow of dark money. It's why I've long led efforts to reform our bro  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-CA) filed two immigration amendments to the national security supplemental, intended to align U.S. border policy with the American values of compassion and humanity. "We cannot keep putting off our responsibility to address this urgent problem at our border," said Senator Butler. "My amendment would provide legal representation for unaccompanied minors in immigra  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on Feb. 12, 2024: * * * Secure the Border At the end of January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a terrorist in Minnesota. He crossed our southern border in early 2023, and he roamed freely across our country for almost a year before being detained. In March of last year, authorities caught the man, a member of Somali terror group al-Shabaab, at the border in California. At the time, the Terro  more