Letters from Capitol Hill that Members of Congress have written and signed on to lately.
Nov. 25
The Iowa Republican sent a letter Monday to the heads of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.
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Nov. 25
Enraged Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres slammed the administrations of Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul as “complicit” in the murders of three innocent people by serial stabber Ramon Rivera.
Torres said Rivera should never have been on the streets, but authorities failed and let him fall through the cracks. Those directly responsible should be fired, he demanded.
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Nov. 21
With only three weeks left in the legislative calendar, 41 senators have signed a letter urging Senate leaders to prevent the 2.8% physician pay cut scheduled to go into effect on January 1.
The bipartisan effort was led by Sens. John Boozman, R-Ark. and Peter Welch, D-Vt.
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Nov. 20
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman James E. Clyburn (SC-06), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) led 60 of their colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden urging him to use his executive clemency power in the final months of his presidency to reunite families, address longstanding injustices in our legal system, and set our nation on the path toward ending mass incarceration.
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Nov. 19
Nearly 100 House Democrats wrote to the House Ethics Committee, urging them to publish its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and their investigation into his alleged misconduct after President-elect Trump nominated him to serve as attorney general.
“We are writing today to request that you immediately release the Ethics Committee’s report into allegations of serious misconduct by former Congressman Matt Gaetz,” the lawmakers wrote Tuesday in a letter, led by Rep. Sean Casten (Ill.).
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Nov. 19
U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) accused Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week in a letter of using taxpayer money to host therapy sessions for State Department employees upset about President Donald Trump’s electoral victory.
“I am concerned that the Department is catering to federal employees who are personally devastated by the normal functioning of American democracy through the provision of government-funded mental health counseling because Kamala Harris was not elected President of the United States,” said Rep. Issa.
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Nov. 18
Congressmembers Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) wrote to New York Governor Kathy Hochul regarding the New York State Department of Transportation’s plans for a connector road in the South Bronx.
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