Press Releases

Through his selflessness, he gave hope to the cause of justice. Through his strategic leadership, he gave hope to all who strive to achieve the full promise of our founding ideals.

He inspires us to strive with even greater urgency toward a moonshot to cure cancer. We are grateful for his service to our country.

Sadly, we all awakened this morning to the very sad news of the EgyptAir plane going down. Of course, our prayers and thoughts are with the families, mostly Egyptians, French, and then some other countries, some children. They said even infants. So tragic, so sad.

“House Republicans are so committed to discriminating against LGBT Americans, that they broke regular order to force their Members to reverse their votes and support Republicans’ bigotry."

“Today, three million of our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico are facing a desperate fiscal and public debt emergency that threatens their economy, their communities and their families. Only Congress can provide Puerto Rico with the tools it needs to emerge from this crisis."

“It is simply stunning that House Republicans have decided to make targeting LGBT Americans a priority in the Defense Authorization bill."

House Republicans unanimously voted to target LGBT Americans for discrimination and ensure that American military officers may be trained with taxpayer dollars beneath the symbol of hate that is the Confederate Battle Flag.

The final overtime rule is a monumental victory that will resound in the paychecks of millions of hard-working Americans for years to come. By renewing this fundamental protection for working people, our nation has taken a big step toward ensuring that wages honor the long hard hours Americans dedicate to their jobs.