House Defense Appropriations Committee Member Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.) said on Friday that he would not allow “short-sighted” budget decisions to undo recent progress in rebuilding the military. Crenshaw made his remarks aboard the USS New York, which recently sailed Read more…

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) pointed on Thursday to a report commissioned by the National Ocean Industries Association and the American Petroleum Institute as evidence that expanding domestic energy production will have a dramatic effect on the economy and job creation. Read more…

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) introduced a House resolution on Thursday that urges the Senate to consider the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act, which was approved by the House of Representatives in July. The Nuclear Iran Prevention Act, which was introduced by Read more…

Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Member Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Senate Armed Services Committee Member Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) announced on Thursday the Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works a contract modification worth approximately $74 million. The contract modification calls Read more…

Reps. Charles Boustany (R-La.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) both supported the National Right to Carry Reciprocity Act on Wednesday, which would allow gun owners with concealed carry permits to carry concealed guns outside the state their permit is issued in. Read more…

Reps. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and John Barrow (D-Ga.) lead a bipartisan effort on Wednesday that called for leadership in the House of Representatives to reconsider cuts to the Medicare Advantage program that impact seniors. Cassidy and Barrow asked House Speaker Read more…

House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Chairman Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) said on Wednesday that a proposed rule to exempt some self-insured, self-administered health plan holders from the Affordable Care Act’s belly button tax provision “misses the mark.” Read more…

House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Member Rep. Leonard Lance (R-N.Y.) recently requested that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services help insurers prevent thousands of New Jersey residents from losing health coverage due to the Affordable Care Act on Read more…

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) announced on Wednesday that the committee will hold a hearing on the future of the United States’ involvement with Afghanistan on Dec. 11. The hearing, which is titled “Afghanistan 2014: Year Read more…