Press Release

DCCC spokesman Avery Jaffe issued the following statement today on the nation’s largest Republican primary field: Texas’ 22nd Congressional District. “It’s official: Republicans in Texas’ 22nd District are crawling over each other to race to the right and define themselves by their allegiance to President Donald Trump and their party’s reckless agenda in Washington. Now […]

Today, House Democrats took action to secure the right to vote with the passage of H.R. 4: Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019. The legislation restores core tenets of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and expands protections for all voters. DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos released the following statement:  “Democrats in Congress have taken action to ensure every American’s right to vote […]

Yesterday, Congressman Justin Amash stood in the way of an overwhelming bipartisan coalition that moved to stop insider trading. That’s right, Amash was one of just thirteen members of congress to oppose legislation that better defines insider trading to make the crime easier to prosecute. “With yesterday’s vote, Congressman Amash went further than even the […]

Demócratas se mueven para restaurar y ampliar la Ley de Derechos Electorales de 1965 Hoy, los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes tomaron medidas para garantizar el derecho al voto con la aprobación de H.R. 4, ‘Voting Rights Advancement Act 0f 2019’, legislación que avanzará los derechos para votar de todo el pueblo estadounidense. La […]

Minority Leader McCarthy On His California Congressional Pal – See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil Another week in Washington D.C., another week of mounting evidence against Rep. Devin Nunes’ abuse of power in Congress to do Trump’s political dirty work — including making the taxpayers foot the bill for his international conspiracy […]

Ahead of Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls’ “announcement” in Texas’ 22nd Congressional District tomorrow, DCCC spokesman Avery Jaffe issued the following statement: “Texans are raising questions about the lengths Troy Nehls will go to get to Washington and voters in the 22nd District deserve answers. On Saturday, Nehls becomes the latest entrant into the […]

More than 100 House Republicans have left D.C. since Trump took office. And that number only grew this week as a safe-seat Republican, a criminal, and a congressman from a recently un-gerrymandered district announced they were leaving Congress for greener (or more confined) pastures. Expect that number to grow as Congressman Mark Walker prepares to […]

DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos issued the following statement after Congressman George Holding (NC-02) announced his retirement from office less than a week after Holding’s district swung from a Lean R to Likely D: “After keeping one foot out the door for weeks, it is no surprise Congressman Holding ultimately decided to call it quits rather […]

¿Barrerán debajo de la alfombra o no el abuso de poder del presidente Trump?   Los republicanos en Washington han hecho lo que está en su poder para evitar tomar una posición sobre el abuso de poder del presidente Trump y siguen vendiendo teorías de conspiración. Sin embargo, su capacidad de evitar de responder a […]

Will they or won’t they sweep President Trump’s abuse of power under the rug? Republicans in Washington have done everything in their power to avoid taking a position on President Trump’s abuse of power while in office, as they peddle in conspiracy theories. Their ability to avoid answering for the facts, however, has come to […]