President Obama’s veto of the Keystone Pipeline Approval Act on Tuesday, legislation that was six years in the making and drew significant bipartisan majorities, drew sharp criticism from House Republicans. “I am disappointed the president vetoed one of the first Read more…
U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) joined many of his colleagues in signing a letter sent on Tuesday to Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi D-CA), calling for long-term funding to upgrade U.S. roads and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) urged Congress on Tuesday to hold immediate hearings and quickly pass legislation to block what he refers to as “a dangerous and reckless plan” by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate the Internet. “As the Read more…
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) said the passage of his legislation to increase the efficiency and productivity of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday was a “crucial step in streamlining the way the FCC does business.” “This legislation will not Read more…
Following the realization that President Barack Obama’s 2016 budget proposal essentially strips Louisiana and several other Gulf Coast states of funding that was promised to them by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on Read more…
Nearly 44 percent of the world’s 7.2 billion people are made up of individuals between the ages of 15 and 29 years old, Thomas Garrett, vice president for programs for the International Republican Institute, said in a recent Ripon Forum Read more…
Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) introduced legislation Monday that would allow senior citizens to benefit from the home use of cutting-edge medical technologies. “Many of our constituents rely on disposable medical devices that provide healing in the home setting following hospital Read more…
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) and U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) sent a letter on Monday to the nation’s state governors, asking for their feedback on their pending legislation, the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Candice Miller’s (R-MI) pending legislation, which authorizes the use of existing surface-transportation funds to make investments in cutting-edge vehicle-to-infrastructure technology for the improvement of highway safety, received more important external support on Tuesday, as the Intelligent Transportation Society Read more…
In an effort to improve the efficiency in the Senate, U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday to change the Senate filibuster process. Using a filibuster, Democrats in Congress are currently blocking funding Read more…