Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter called on legislative budget writers this week to augment his Executive Budget request for FY 2017 by adding funding to reverse Idaho’s declining aquifer levels, especially the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer (ESPA). “After additional discussions Read more…
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) reiterated his call on the Obama administration on Tuesday to stop the transfer of Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility detainees to the U.S. following Department of Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s statement that the moves are “against Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) recently responded to reports that as many as 900 West Virginia workers could be laid off by coal producer Alpha Natural Resources, warning that the Obama administration’s regulations are deeply impacting families and communities. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) introduced a proposal on Monday to give working families who are disadvantaged a “hand up” out of poverty. “We care about making sure families and individuals, especially the working poor, that are struggling in poverty Read more…
A new measure introduced by U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) to safeguard the Social Security numbers of more than 100 million working Americans was recently signed into law by President Barack Obama. The Taxpayer Identity Protection Act, which was rolled Read more…
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) was joined by five Senate colleagues on Friday in a letter calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to clarify its arbitrary and inconsistent broadband definitions, which could have a detrimental impact on Montanans. Daines, Read more…
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) recently decried President Barack Obama’s veto of S.J. Res. 22, which disapproved of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule. Under WOTUS, the EPA’s jurisdiction would be expanded under the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) requested a copy of the results of the Department of Defense’s site survey of Fort Leavenworth’s Disciplinary Barracks in a Friday letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter. Jenkins’ letter follows concerns that Fort Leavenworth Read more…
Letters were sent to both the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) last week by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA) calling Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) questioned Secretary of the Army Nominee Eric K. Fanning at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last week about the implementation timetable of the military’s gender integration policy. The hearing follows visits by Ernst to Read more…