U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) wants to know how the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) wasn’t able to spend more than $6 million in targeted federal funds this year to provide suicide prevention outreach services for the nation’s military Read more…
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) spearheaded a bipartisan group of colleagues in urging an end to the federal government’s steel and aluminum tariffs imposed on Canada and Mexico because they contradict a recently signed trade agreement with the countries, which Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX) and U.S. Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently introduced a bill aimed at increasing the production of new pharmaceuticals and more equally balancing drug market competition between brand-name and generic manufacturers. The Read more…
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) this week continued his efforts to end methamphetamine addictions in his home state and across the country by urging the federal government to quickly develop Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT). The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) earlier this month requested a government review of Federal Bureau of Prison (BOP) staffing procedures and practices. The congressman’s request continues his efforts to determine staffing ratios and staff cuts and transfers of specially trained Read more…
A bipartisan, pro-business bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) became federal law on Dec. 19 with the president’s signature. The Spurring Business in Communities Act of 2017, H.R. 4111, introduced in October 2017 by Rep. McMorris Rodgers Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Dec. 19 approved a bipartisan, bicameral bill to reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act, which is supported by U.S. Reps. Will Hurd (R-TX) and Leonard Lance (R-NJ) and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Read more…
A congressional investigation has determined why West Virginia is “the epicenter of the nation’s opioid epidemic and the state with the highest drug overdose death rate in the country,” said U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), chairman of the U.S. House Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker’s (R-MS) bipartisan legislation to improve the nation’s coordination on assessing and acquiring unmanned maritime systems is set to become federal law following U.S. Senate passage of the measure on Dec. 17. The Senate on Monday unanimously Read more…
A bipartisan measure U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) sponsored to reauthorize adult and juvenile offender reentry projects this week received approval in Congress as part of a larger prison reform package. Sen. Portman on Nov. 15 introduced the Second Chance Read more…