Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) is part of a delegation calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop a new flood map for Sioux Falls as soon as possible to lessen the financial burden placed on residents and business Read more…
Susan Collins (R-Maine) was one of a bipartisan group of 16 female U.S. Senators to urge National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell to institute a zero-tolerance policy for domestic violence on Thursday. The action by the bipartisan group was influenced Read more…
Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio) said that a project to replace the infrastructure within the Mentor, Ohio, harbor channel to Lake Erie is the start to improving the D grade that the U.S. received on its 2013 infrastructure report card. The Read more…
H.R. 4701, the Vector-Borne Disease Research Accountability and Transparency Act supported by Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas), was among four Energy and Commerce Committee bills approved by the House on Tuesday. “H.R. 4701 is an important bill that Read more…
The House Small Business Committee remains concerned that the Small Business Association’s (SBA) resources are not focused on reforms and programs that Congress has mandated, committee chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.) said Wednesday. The committee examined the priorities and plans of Read more…
The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), will examine the 21st Century Energy Workforce Development Jobs Initiative Act during a hearing at 10 a.m. Sept. 17. H.R. 4526 was introduced by Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), Read more…
The Space Subcommittee, chaired by Lamar Smith (R-Texas), heard testimony on the merits of the bipartisan American Space Technology for Exploring Resource Opportunities in Deep Space (ASTEROIDS) Act and reviewed issues facing planetary exploration of our solar system during a Read more…
The Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, led by Chairman Candice Miller (R-Mich.), questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) witnesses on the potential threat posed by ISIS members with Western passports during a hearing Wednesday. During the hearing, entitled “One Read more…
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.), will hear from industry experts on the issue of transferring data across international borders during a hearing scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The transfer of data across Read more…
Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) said the U.S. economy is facing a crisis that most Americans are not aware of – a decline in entrepreneurship – during a Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce hearing held Thursday. Called to examine Read more…