WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (D-MN-02), Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01) and House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee Ranking Member Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-02) demanded answers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the Trump administration's illegal federal funding freeze - whic  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Angie Craig Demands Answers on Musk's Access to Americans' Sensitive, Personal Data WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig joined 154 of her House colleagues in expressing concern about Elon Musk's access to the federal government's payments system that stores Americans' sensitive personal data. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the lawmakers demanded answers rega  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Angie Craig Introduces Legislation to Protect Access to Contraception WASHINGTON, DC - This week, U.S. Representative Angie Craig introduced legislation to protect access to contraception and defend health care providers' ability to distribute contraceptives no matter where they live. The Right to Contraception Act would create a statutory right for people to obtain and use contraceptives - li  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Today, the House passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, or the HALT Fentanyl Act. This legislation would make the currently temporary Schedule I category for fentanyl, or anything mixed with it, permanent. "Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 - 49. It affects every income level in every demographic in every corner of the country. Even in   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), joined by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Peter Welch (D-VT), introduced the Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act to prevent companies from using algorithms to collude to set higher prices. As recent reporting, a Justice Department lawsuit,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, led all Committee Democrats in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) demanding answers and clarity following the Trump Administration's funding freeze. The Senators wrote to USDA Acting   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) led a group of 34 Senators calling on Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services Dorothy Fink to end the unprecedented freeze on all external communications and funding. This freeze has disrupted clinical trials, prevented the National Institutes of Health and other agencie  more