Press Releases

Top Democrats on the House Natural Resources and Agriculture Committees Introduce the Wildfire Response and Readiness Act

August 6, 2026

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A comprehensive legislative package comprising 25 bills that together outline a plan to respond to wildfires—protecting our lands, readying our communities, and giving federal firefighters the support they need and the benefits they deserve.

Assistant Democratic Leader Neguse: “The only person in America who's getting richer these days is Donald Trump”

July 17, 2026

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Washington, D.C.

Task Force Leaders Issue Joint Statement After SCOTUS Rules Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs are Unlawful

February 20, 2026

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“Over the past year, President Trump and his administration have engaged in brazen and whimsical executive overreach. Today, even Trump’s own appointees to the Supreme Court had no choice but to strike down Trump’s brazen executive overreach.”

Assistant Leader Neguse Issues Statement After Court Orders DHS to Restore Congressional Oversight of ICE Detention Facilities

February 2, 2026

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Emergency Ruling Reaffirms the Right and Duty of Members of Congress to Conduct Unannounced Inspections Amid Alarming Reports of Abuse

Members of Congress Seek Emergency Court Intervention in Neguse et al. v. ICE et al. to Restore Congressional Oversight at ICE Detention Facilities

January 26, 2026

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Emergency Motion Filed After ICE Denies Minnesota Delegation Access to Facility, Citing Reinstated Policy in Secret Memo Issued by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

Members of Congress Return to Court After Trump-Vance Administration Denies Access to Conduct Oversight of Immigration Detention Facilities

January 12, 2026

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretly Re-Imposes Unlawful Policy and Denies Members of Congress Access Despite Federal Court Order in Neguse et al. v. ICE

Court Rules Trump-Vance Administration Cannot Block Members of Congress From Conducting Oversight at Federal Immigration Detention Facilities

December 17, 2025

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Washington, D.C. — Just now, a federal court temporarily stopped the Trump-Vance administration’s policy blocking Members of Congress from unannounced oversight visits to federal immigration detention facilities today. The decision restores Congress’s ability to conduct real-time oversight of how the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detain individuals — including U.S. citizens — and spend billions in taxpayer dollars, while the case continues.

House Democrats’ Litigation Task Force Submits Bicameral Amicus Brief to Supreme Court, Fights Back Against Trump’s Attacks on the Federal Trade Commission

November 17, 2025

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House Democrats’ Litigation Task Force mobilized 163 House and 44 Senate Democrats in support of a legal challenge to President Trump’s unlawful attempt to remove Rebecca Slaughter, a duly appointed member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Assistant Minority Leader Neguse Denounces Trump Administration’s Refusal to Release Emergency SNAP Funding

October 30, 2025

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Yesterday, Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse, Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig, and Representatives Budzinski, Carbajal, Brown, Stansbury, and Adams hosted a press conference on the Trump administration’s suspension of November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

House Democrats’ Litigation Task Force Submits Bicameral Amicus Brief to Supreme Court, Challenging Trump’s Unlawful IEEPA Tariffs

October 27, 2025

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171 House Democrats and 36 Senators took their fight against President Donald Trump’s sweeping and chaotic on-again-off-again tariffs to the highest court in the land, filing an amicus brief before the United States Supreme Court.