DNC on Trump Siding with Putin Over the U.S.
DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after President Trump held a press conference in Helsinki, Finland with Russian President Vladimir Putin: “Donald Trump made clear that his loyalties lie with a foreign adversary who attacked our country rather than with U.S. intelligence agencies and the American people. “Today’s press Read More
DNC on Betsy DeVos’s Visit to Pennsylvania
DNC Northeast Press Secretary Elizabeth Renda released the following statement ahead of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s appearance at Pfeiffer-Burleigh Elementary School in Erie with Republican Rep. Mike Kelly: “Betsy DeVos should not expect a warm welcome when she descends on Erie today to tout this administration’s dangerous education policies that hurt Pennsylvania students and Read More
‘Trump Fails at Lowering Drug Prices as Costs Keep Going Up’
Trump is a puppet of the pharmaceutical industry. Despite Trump’s promises to lower drug prices and stand up the pharmaceutical industry, costs continue to increase and his drug plan included proposals given to his White House behind closed doors by Novartis, a giant pharmaceutical company. It’s not wonder Big Pharma loved his plan. Despite Read More
DNC on Indictments Related to Russian Hack
DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after Special Counsel Robert Mueller issued an indictment against Russian government officials responsible for cyber-attacks on the Democratic National Committee and other political and election-related organizations during the 2016 U.S. elections: “The Russian government attacked our democracy in 2016 and the Democratic National Committee was a primary Read More
DNC on Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s Visit to Maine
DNC Northeast Press Secretary Elizabeth Renda released the following statement on Jeff Sessions’s roundtable event to discuss opioids in Portland today: “After descending on New Hampshire yesterday, Jeff Sessions is headed to Portland today to peddle his administration’s empty promises on the opioid epidemic in Maine. Mainers don’t need another Trump administration political stunt Read More
DNC on Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s Visit to New Hampshire
DNC Northeast Press Secretary Elizabeth Renda released the following statement on Jeff Sessions’s roundtable event to discuss opioids in Concord today: “Granite Staters don’t need another Trump administration publicity stunt in New Hampshire. They don’t need Jeff Sessions’s broken promises and empty rhetoric on the opioid epidemic that is plaguing their communities and taking Read More
Wages Have Decreased & Workers Are Not ‘Better Off Now’
Yesterday, Paul Ryan claimed Americans are “Better Off Now” as a result of the Trump tax law, but that’s just another lie. The only people who are better off after the passage of the Trump tax law are CEOs, the wealthiest Americans, and even some Republican congressmen - but workers are not better off. Here Read More
Susan Collins Must Keep Her Promise to Protect Women’s Reproductive Health
Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Kavanaugh, is a threat to Maine women’s health. Senator Collins has an obligation to keep the promise she made to her constituents not to approve a judge who would overturn Roe v. Wade by voting no on his confirmation. If Kavanaugh is successfully appointed, it’s clear he would vote Read More
Kavanaugh Is A Threat To Women’s Health
Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Kavanaugh, is a threat to women’s health. If he is successfully appointed, he would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. We know this because Trump admitted it is a litmus test for his Supreme Court nominees, and because Kavanaugh has a long record of undermining women’s access to reproductive care. Read More
House Appropriations Committee Passes Amendment Discriminating Against LGBTQ Families
Today, the House Appropriations Committee passed an amendment allowing taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to deny LGBTQ families the ability to adopt a child based on religious objection. In response, DNC LGBTQ Media Director Lucas Acosta released the following statement: “House Republicans are pandering t0 their far-right base at the expense of LGBTQ people and children Read More