U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) has introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide federal support to eligible entities that establish, redesign or expand job training programs aimed at giving economically disadvantaged students a leg up in high-demand, high-skills careers. “Nelson Mandela Read more…
U.S. Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX) and John Katko (R-NY) on March 7 cosponsored two bills introduced by Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ) that would officially authorize two U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) programs already in operation to protect the security Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) on March 7 introduced legislation that would guard pregnant women from discrimination at work by amending current law to say they are covered by the same protections as temporarily disabled employees. The Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Read more…
Revenue generated by energy production on federal lands would be used to address a maintenance backlog for U.S. National Parks that now exceeds $11 billion under a bipartisan, bicameral bill introduced by U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Shelley Moore Capito Read more…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on March 6 unveiled the government-wide MyHealthEData initiative designed to enable patients to obtain and share copies of their own electronic health records, action lauded by U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Read more…
During National Consumer Protection Week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on March 6 that U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) introduced to crackdown on “spoofing,” a scam in which fraudsters falsify caller ID display information to trick victims Read more…
Congress must devise a permanent solution for cleaning up stored nuclear waste in communities across America, said U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, during March 5 comments on the floor of the U.S. Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on March 6 approved bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) that would require federal banking regulators to simplify reporting requirements for community banks. The Community Bank Reporting Relief Act, H.R. 4725, would Read more…
U.S. Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Todd Young (R-IN), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Steve Daines (R-MT) joined several colleagues in introducing the U.S. Senate version of a bipartisan bill to beef Read more…
An extensive tariffs plan for steel and aluminum imports proposed by President Donald Trump could put the brakes on a booming auto parts manufacturing employment sector in his home state of Tennessee, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said this week Read more…