Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) toured the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant on Friday and received assurances from plant officials that full corrective measures had been taken to allow the facility to restart operations. The plant was offline for 43 days after Read more…
The Senate passed two energy bills on Wednesday that would directly impact the state of Utah. The proposed bills, offered by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), passed unanimously, The first bill, the Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act would allow the Read more…
Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) said in a column published on Monday that Congress should act soon on finding solutions for the financially depleting Medicare and Social Security programs. Tiberi was responding to the recently released 2013 Medicare and Social Security Read more…
Reps. Tom Petri (R-Wis.) and Niki Tsongas (D-Mass.) recently introduced a bill to establish a national commission to study how multiple federal and state benefit programs create disincentives for low-income families to work and can discourage marriage. “When you look Read more…
The Public Policy Council of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention recently presented Rep. Jon Runyan (R-N.J.) with its Allies for Action award. “The suicide rate among our military personnel and veterans is of serious concern,” John Madigan, the senior Read more…
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Friday approved $11.5 million to fund an effort to consolidate the shipyard structural shops at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard faster than previously planned. The funds were included in the FY2014 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Read more…
Rep. Jon Runyan (R-N.J.) recently wrote the Army Corps of Engineers to ask that construction begin as soon as possible on the Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet Shore Protection Project. Runyan also requested a timeline that begins with the groundbreaking Read more…
The House recently passed an amendment to the Farm Bill that would prevent costly new federal regulations and permit requirements for forest roads. Oregon and Washington legislators sponsored the amendment. It would maintain the status quo of how forest roads Read more…
Rep. Shelly Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently addressed issues stemming from a Dodd-Frank financial law that may reduce credit available to future homeowners. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently issued a final rule to implement laws requiring mortgage lenders to consider Read more…
Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) recently announced their approval of the progress of a bill that would give people access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina. The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources passed Read more…