The U.S. House of Representatives on May 24 approved the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, H.R. 5515, which included an amendment from U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) that would connect the nation’s military veterans with farming careers. Read more…
The cost of prescription medications for Medicare Part D patients would be reduced under a bipartisan proposal introduced on May 24 by U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA). “Bloated drug costs are one of the biggest barriers to affordable health care,” Read more…
Anti-semitism will not be tolerated in America’s schools and institutions of higher education, according to a bipartisan bill introduced on May 23 by U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam (R-IL), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Doug Collins (R-GA). “Like all other students, Read more…
U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) has introduced the bipartisan Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 2018 to proactively thwart the nation’s opioid epidemic. “The opioid crisis represents one of the most devastating yet complex challenges of our day, and it demands Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), chairman of the U.S. Senate Rules Committee, has proposed a bipartisan bill that, among several provisions, would require members of Congress to repay awards and settlements stemming from acts of harassment they personally commit, even Read more…
The U.S. Senate has approved sweeping bipartisan legislation to reform the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with the help of U.S. Sens. Dean Heller (R-NV), Cory Gardner (R-CO), and Deb Fischer (R-NE) that now goes to the president’s desk Read more…
A bipartisan bill U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) helped push forward to improve access to experimental treatments for patients with terminal diseases or conditions received approval on May 22 from the U.S. House of Representatives in a 250-169 vote and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) on May 22 introduced legislation which he said aims to rein in student loan debt by encouraging universities to cut higher education costs for all eligible students. “We have to reduce the cost of education Read more…
Two pieces of legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) made it into a larger bipartisan financial package that is being sent to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law. Provisions from both the Senior Safe Act Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Fred Upton (R-MI) commended passage of a comprehensive bipartisan pediatric cancer bill on May 22 by the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more…