Secretary of State John Kerry will testify at a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on Wednesday during which he will make a case for the fiscal year 2016 budget for foreign affairs proposed by the president, U.S. Ed Royce (R-CA) Read more…
Rep. Charles W. Boustany (R-LA) and Sen. Davis Vitter (R-LA) were happy to hear that Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Sloan Gibson will travel to Louisiana this week to tour VA clinics in Lafayette and New Orleans. “Mounting problems within Read more…
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) introduced legislation on Wednesday that would discontinue the government’s use of comparative effectiveness research (CER) when determining approval of federal health care coverage, such as Medicare or Medicaid. Using data acquired through CER, the federal Read more…
The Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) Safety Technology Investment Flexibility Act of 2015, presented by Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI), received support on Wednesday from the American Automotive Policy Council. The V2I proposal would authorize the use of already existing and allocated surface transportation Read more…
Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI) voiced her frustration following the Canadian government’s Wednesday announcement that it is planning to finance construction of a U.S. Customs plaza at the new Detroit River Bridge, noting that a 2011 promise to her constituency to Read more…
Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) called the U.S. Treasury Department’s recent decision to delay an ObamaCare rule blocking businesses from using Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) as a way to reimburse employees without tax ramifications a “short-term fix.” “The Obama administration continues to Read more…
Former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) believes that it’s up to the country’s lawmakers to create legislation that will fund a complete overhaul of the nation’s transportation system. “America’s transportation infrastructure is falling apart, and we as a nation are falling Read more…
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, recently said Congress must focus on passing bipartisan legislation to provide long-term funding for repairing and rebuilding the nation’s aging infrastructure. This includes the obsolete and outdated network Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) said he supports the preliminary injunction handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen blocking — at least temporarily — President Obama’s executive orders on immigration. “United States District Judge Andrew Hanen recognized the Read more…
Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt stood alongside Missouri State Rep. Paul Curtman at the State Capitol building in Jefferson City on Tuesday as Curtman highlighted his legislation on the state level which mirrors a recent federal bill requiring government agencies to Read more…