U.S. Sens. Todd Young (R-IN) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on June 26 cosponsored a bipartisan bill to direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to approve or decline applicants within specific timelines and require Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background Read more…
U.S. Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) this week cheered passage by the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee of a bipartisan bill he cosponsored to spur the much-needed maintenance of America’s national parks and historic sites. “I thank my friends on the Read more…
The simulation of human intelligence processes by computer systems is not without both benefits and challenges, said U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI), during its first Read more…
Mental health services will be provided to America’s farmers, ranchers and other rural agricultural workers under funding included in a package of fiscal year 2020 appropriations bills for the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN), a reauthorization pushed for Read more…
U.S. Reps. Ken Calvert (R-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on June 26 launched the new, bipartisan Congressional ALS Caucus for lawmakers to work collaboratively on finding a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes decreased Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and U.S. Reps. Sam Graves (R-MO) and Billy Long (R-MO) joined their home-state colleagues in requesting the president’s support of a federal disaster declaration for 114 Missouri counties impacted by tornadoes and severe flooding. “We Read more…
U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure women in their 40s have access to breast cancer screenings. “By making these screenings available during an age in which this disease can be most Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, this week promised America’s service members and their families that housing issues at military installations across the country would be addressed under the proposed National Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) is the lead original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill that aims to erect a memorial for journalists in the nation’s capital. “Throughout our nation’s history, members of the press have gone to great lengths to Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on June 25 cosponsored a bipartisan, bicameral measure that would allow American families and business owners to write off 25 percent of qualifying disaster mitigation expenses. “What’s better than a quick recovery after a flood Read more…