New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Louisiana residents and businesses are among the nation’s states to potentially benefit from the July 25 U.S. House approval of a bill to extend the federal flood insurance program, say U.S. Reps. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ), Tom Read more…
The U.S. House on July 24 approved a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) to establish safer, cheaper removals of hazardous medical waste at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities that also could save the department Read more…
U.S. Reps. Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Bill Flores (R-TX) and Larry Bucshon (R-IN) on July 25 voted in support of two bills that would lower healthcare costs for Americans. The U.S. House on Wednesday in a 277-142 vote approved the Restoring Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on July 24 unanimously passed a bipartisan bill from U.S. Rep. Mike Bishop (R-MI) that is designed to lighten the load carried by Americans who are victims of identity theft. The Improving Social Security’s Service Read more…
U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem’s (R-SD) bipartisan bill, Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2018 unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives this week by voice vote. “This bill puts commonsense oversight provisions on the agency handling our personal Read more…
U.S. Senate passage of the bipartisan Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act included a bill U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) authored to bolster education for American workers. “I want to thank my colleagues in the Senate Read more…
Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN) to permanently repeal the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) excise tax on medical devices passed the U.S. House on a vote of 283-132. The Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018, H.R. 184, Read more…
With almost one-in-five women and roughly 6 percent of men expected to experience sexual violence while attending an American college or university, U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) says Congress must act to keep the nation’s youth safe. “Our institutions of Read more…
The issue of 9-1-1 fee diversion may be more prevalent than previously reported and U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) are concerned about what this might mean for public safety across the nation. As required by federal Read more…
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) on July 23 reintroduced legislation to replace the rules governing how commercial broadcast television stations are carried over cable and satellite with a consumer driven, free-market system. “It’s time for Congress to ‘Cut the Read more…