An amendment sponsored by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) to help ensure Israel’s ability to defend itself against existential threats was recently approved in the House. The legislation was included in the Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act that passed Read more…

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) recently hosted two telephone town meetings with his constituents and polled the participants about their views on immigration reform and government spending. The town meetings had at least 3,000 attendees who participated in the survey. In Read more…

The House included two amendments sponsored by Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) as part of the National Defense Authorization Act that passed on Friday in a 315-108 vote. Thompson’s first amendment extends the Transition Assistance Management Program by 180 days for Read more…

Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) recently cosponsored legislation to reduce the estimated incidents of unwanted and unreported sexual contact that occurs in the military. Upton said he wants to end the statistic that 62 percent of the women who reported assaults Read more…

A group of bipartisan House members recently introduced a measure that would provide the government with more access to reliable and affordable energy sources. Reps. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), Dave McKinley (R-W.Va.) and William Enyart (D-Ill.) on Thursday Read more…

Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) introduced legislation on Tuesday designed to spur investment and jumpstart job creation in low-income communities. The new legislation would make permanent the New Markets Tax Credit program that provides private investors with Read more…

The House Appropriations Committee included a request that the Air Force submit a report on its Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle placement strategy in its recently passed 2014 Defense Appropriations bill. The provision, authored by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), requests a Read more…

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) recently reintroduced a bill that would provide loans and loan guarantees to enable public entities to acquire assets associated with habitat conservation plans approved by the Interior Department. Calvert’s proposed bill, the Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Read more…

Goodlatte Discusses the Effort He is Leading to Reform America’s Immigration Laws WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a speech yesterday morning to a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (VA-6) discussed our nation’s immigration system Read more…

Chairman Tiberi, joined by Reps. Cotton, DeSantis, Joyce and Wagner, discusses the IRS scandal and why it could spur tax reform WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ripon Society hosted a breakfast meeting yesterday morning with Ways & Means Subcommittee Chairman Pat Read more…