Secretary of Education Arne Duncan testified before the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Tuesday regarding the federal student loan system and the number of defaults among student borrowers. Rep. Tom Petri (R-Wis.), a member of the committee, said Read more…
Bipartisan legislation co-sponsored on Tuesday by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) would take steps to prevent theft of trade secrets, which costs companies hundreds of billions of dollars each year. Hatch and Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), both members of the Senate Read more…
The House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday considered legislation introduced by Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) that would make expensing of investments by small businesses permanent in the tax code. Tiberi, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, Read more…
Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) said on Monday that the House Energy and Commerce Committee would markup two bills related to energy policy that he introduced. The Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act would streamline the approval process for U.S. liquefied Read more…
The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) will head to President Obama for consideration following its approval on Monday by the House of Representatives. That DATA Act is co-sponsored by Rep. Darrel Issa (R-Calif.) in the House and by Read more…
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) said on Monday that EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy’s decision to base agency policies on undisclosed scientific data is “disappointing.” McCarthy said during a speech at the National Academy of Sciences on Monday that critics who discredit Read more…
The House of Representatives approved a measure on Monday that was introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) to eliminate duplicative agency reports to Congress. The Government Reports Elimination Act would eliminate 79 executive agency reports to Congress that have been Read more…
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said on Monday that he opposed David Weil as President Obama’s nominee to oversee the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division. “I cannot support a nominee who has advocated expanding current law beyond what Congress Read more…
A group of legislators recently raised questions about the diversion of funds from the energy assistance program to households without heating costs to inflate benefit levels in some states. Reps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) were among the Read more…
Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.) said on Saturday that the United States should be open to supporting Ukrainian military action against Russia – but the congressman said he would not support sending troops there. Gerlach, the co-chairman of the Congressional Ukrainian Read more…