U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) has been named a co-chair of the new Working Group on Response to Parkland Shooting, formed as an arm of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus to help find solutions to gun violence in the nation’s Read more…
U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello (R-PA) on Feb. 28 — dubbed worldwide as Rare Disease Day 2018 — symbolically announced a proposed bill to enhance research, surveillance and reporting of rare diseases, which the National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimate affect Read more…
Americans transitioning to Medicare coverage could benefit from provisions that would be provided under a newly proposed bipartisan bill from U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) ensuring there aren’t gaps in their health care coverage once they’ve left employment. The Medicare Read more…
With 93 percent of all federally owned land located in the West, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) thinks the national agency responsible for managing millions of acres of those surface and underground holdings should be right there near the action. Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 27 passed the bipartisan Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) of 2017, in a 388-25 vote, also advancing a Republican-sponsored amendment with it to the Senate for consideration. Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) on Feb. 26 introduced the Surface Warfare Enhancement Act of 2018, S. 2452, legislation to improve the ability of the United States Navy to conduct combat operations and activities in the aftermath of two deadly Read more…
A bill heralded by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) that would help health care providers identify and more effectively support victims of human trafficking received approval from the U.S. House of Representatives by voice vote on Feb. 26. The bipartisan Read more…
U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on Feb. 27 introduced the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) 2.0 Act, S. 2456, a measure to boost funding and policy resources for fighting the nation’s Read more…