Alarmed by a recent newspaper article, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) is going through federal congressional channels to determine if the Miami VA Medical Center is properly following HIV testing policy and complying with related procedures. “We are appalled by Read more…
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, has joined with the panel’s ranking member U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) in seeking quicker support for struggling American agricultural producers. The lawmakers specifically have Read more…
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) is celebrating work by the U.S. House of Representatives that speedily moves forward a bill he has helped champion to reauthorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and ultimately sets the stage for the United States Read more…
The entire Nevada congressional delegation, including Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller and U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, has requested that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) adjust how certain anti-terror designated funding amounts are determined for high-risk urban areas like Read more…
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) has expressed serious concerns about the negative impacts on industry in her home state and on the overall national economy that could result from President Donald Trump’s extensive tariffs plan for steel and aluminum imports. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) hopes to make health care more affordable for Americans by giving their employers better benefit options to offer them under improved Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Rep. Kelly on March 1 introduced the Bipartisan HSA Improvement Read more…
Progress in the United States toward implementing Positive Train Control (PTC) safety technologies needs to pick up some speed, said U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) during a March 1 Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the matter. “I Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) plans to reduce the increasing number of people who buy firearms on behalf of others who aren’t permitted by law to have guns, a federally punishable offense known as a straw purchase and cited by Read more…
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) has introduced bipartisan legislation that would allow Americans to better manage their retirement accounts after they have changed jobs. The Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2018, would modernize the retirement system to increase Read more…
All areas of the Gulf of Mexico should be considered by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) in upcoming leasing plans for oil and gas development, urged Republican U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) in a Read more…