U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is out front in a recent bipartisan request seeking more than $30 million in funding for the federal Bookshare program, which offers students with disabilities free access to adaptive books. “Your support for this program Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) on May 3 lauded introduction of a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would significantly reform federal legislation authorizing services for America’s military veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs Maintaining Internal Systems and Read more…
U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Kristi Noem (R-SD) commended the U.S. Air Force for selecting Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB) in South Dakota as one of three bomber bases to house the nation’s first B-21 Raider Bombers. The B-21 Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, has asked subcommittee members to give him feedback on America’s growing rate of military aviation accidents in advance of a future Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) has taken a commanding lead in calling for full funding of the proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 International Affairs Budget, which finances strategic diplomatic and development tools critical to protecting national security, growing the economy Read more…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has unveiled the bipartisan Community Wood Energy Innovation Act of 2018, S. 2790, to incentivize companies across the United States to remove and repurpose low-grade and low-value wood. “Our bill to reauthorize the Community Wood Read more…
Disaster assistance reforms U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan (R-NY) recommended post-Hurricane Sandy’s federal funding bedlam received approval from the U.S. House of Representatives as part of the larger Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) overhaul. The House on April 27 overwhelmingly approved the Read more…
The bipartisan, bicameral Colorado congressional delegation, led by U.S. Republican Sen. Cory Gardner, seeks to have Denver designated as the new headquarters for the U.S. Army Futures Command, a new organizational unit tasked with leading and streamlining all Army modernization Read more…
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) has come out in support of President Donald Trump’s April 30 announcement to delay decision-making for another 30 days on whether to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico. “President Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) on May 1 applauded a recent state funding win toward fixing Minnesota’s highways, but said the work has only just begun. “While this is a major step forward, it is still just the beginning,” said Read more…