Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 5/22/2026-5/29/2026
indoors on Saturday—with beautiful essays by elementary school students & stirring tributes to all who gave the last
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Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 5/15/2026-5/22/2026
life in prison – for sexually abusing two middle school children in Florida. Notably, Johnson tried to keep
Blumenthal & Schakowsky Introduce Resolution to End Roadway Fatalities & Improve Traffic Safety
simply trying to get from school to soccer practice. No child making that trip should ever
Blumenthal & Colleagues Raise Concerns About Food & Nutrition Service Reorganization
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs,” the Senators continued. “Unfortunately … pounds of food ordered for food banks and schools; enacting the deepest cuts to SNAP in history; refusing
Hayes Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Bring Fresh Meals to Schools
Agriculture (USDA) to expand scratch cooking in schools. Scratch cooking allows school districts to prepare their own meals … incorporates a farm to table system in the school setting that helps to reduce water, carbon, and waste
Video: Blumenthal Confronts VA Secretary Collins Over Staffing Cuts at Hearing
faster and then have a do-over in school when the teacher sees it, because that's what
Video: Republicans Block Blumenthal Proposal to Prevent Payout to Pardoned Insurrectionists who Sexually Assaulted Children
life in prison – for sexually abusing two middle school children in Florida. Notably, Johnson tried to keep … life in prison – for sexually abusing two middle school children in Florida. Notably, Johnson tried to keep
Murphy on Iran War Cost: We Could Be Funding Education, Health Care, National Parks With This Money
money that our elementary, middle, and high schools get in this country. What an important investment that would … would it mean to your child's elementary school to have triple the amount of federal funding? That
Hayes, Pettersen Introduce Bill to Bolster Child Education Workforce
Higher Education Act by mandating that school leadership programs receiving federal Teacher Quality Partnership grants incorporate training … Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), School Superintendents Association, The Early Care & Education Consortium, The Education
Blumenthal & Merkley Lead of 10 Senators in Demanding FDA Reverse Dangerous Authorization of Flavored E-Cigarettes
cigarette usage, over 1.4 million middle and high school students still use e-cigarettes according … Tobacco Survey, over 1.4 million middle and high school students still use e-cigarettes. [1] There
Murphy Leads Democratic Senate Colleagues In Reintroducing Bill to Provide Resources to Underfunded Schools, Strengthen Diversity in the Classroom
Strength in Diversity Act , legislation to give schools the resources they need to tackle segregation in the classroom … Though Brown v. Board of Education declared school segregation unconstitutional more than 70 years ago, America’s public
Larson Introduces Universal School Meals Bill to End Childhood Hunger with Senator Bernie Sanders and Reps. Omar and McGovern
announce the introduction of the Universal School Meals Program Act. Their bill would offer free breakfast, lunch, dinner … every student in America, regardless of income, eliminate school meal debt, and incentivize the use of locally grown
Hayes Introduces Bill to Expand Access to Student Loan Forgiveness for Teachers
when adjusted for inflation. Additionally, 40% of school districts employing half a million teachers still offer a starting … rule, if a teacher works in a school district that becomes subject to a policy dispute, they could
Video: Blumenthal Presses Energy Secretary to Commit to Legislation to Lower Consumer Gas Prices
rely on their cars to get to work, school, and run everyday errands. The text
Hayes Leads House Democrats In Condemning Proposed Reorganization of Food, Nutrition, And Consumer Services (FNS)
food on their tables. SNAP, WIC, school meals, and after-school and summer nutrition programs require a deeply
Larson Introduces Bill to Ban Deadly Loophole Allowing Shooters to Use Instant Financing Schemes to Purchase Assault Weapons
American has to fear going to school, their place of worship, or the grocery store
Hayes Introduces National Teacher Appreciation Week Resolution
Teacher Appreciation Week. The legislation affirms that public school teachers should have a seat at the table
Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 4/24/2026-5/1/2026
Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School, announcing a lawsuit challenging the denial of VA benefits
Murphy, Barrasso Lead Bipartisan Letter to Advance Zip Code Reform in Congress
across the country, including lost mail, confusion over school zoning, and persistent problems with voter registration. Earlier this
Blumenthal & Colleagues Introduce Legislation Protecting Children Harmed by ICE Actions Against Their Parents
children should feel most secure—at home, at school, and with their caregivers. The HELP Separated Children
Blumenthal & Colleagues Renew Push to Support Survivors of Disasters as the Trump Administration Abandons Disaster-Stricken Communities
license or state-issued identification card, and school registration. These reforms are needed now more than ever … mobile home certificate of title, property tax receipt, school registration, a will and testament, a death certificate that
Murphy Calls Out Ed. Secretary Linda McMahon for Gutting Office of Civil Rights, Failing to Protect Kids
came to find out is that the school that her daughter was at had been restraining and secluding … hours over 29 different times in what the school referred to as the Blue Room, a padded room
Hayes Introduces Bipartisan Legislation Highlighting National Specialized Instructional Support Personnel Appreciation Week
professionals across the United States. This group includes school counselors, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, library media specialists … speech-language pathologists, and others. These individuals provide school-based prevention and early intervention services to reduce barriers
DeLauro, Casar, Vindman Introduce SOAR Act
balances after 10 years for borrowers who attended school for 2 years or less, and after 15 years
Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 4/17/2026-4/24/2026
statement on the release of a Cheshire High School student from ICE detention. Blumenthal called out prediction markets