The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Dec. 11 approved bipartisan legislation offered by U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) to designate 9-8-8 as the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline. “With the Senate Commerce Committee’s approval Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Dec. 11 approved comprehensive legislation to authorize the nation’s defense policies and funding and the accompanying conference report, at the same time advancing several priorities of U.S. Reps. Andy Barr (R-KY), Kay Granger (R-TX), Read more…
U.S. Reps. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Darin LaHood (R-IL), and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) this week applauded the newly reached United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) deal made by U.S. President Donald Trump and Democrats in Congress. “With this final agreement to modernize North Read more…
U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) this week cited the monetary benefits for military facilities located in their home states that are contained in a newly released conference report for a comprehensive military authorization bill Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Dec. 11 approved a larger environmental measure that includes language from a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) to support fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin between the United States and Read more…
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation offered by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) that would slap sanctions on any vessels involved in constructing Russian energy export pipelines has been included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020. Rep. Kinzinger Read more…
U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN) on Dec. 10 introduced an amendment that would reduce insulin costs under Medicare Part D. “As more and more individuals across the nation die from rationing insulin, I believe members of Congress have a moral Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently introduced the bipartisan Sergeant Daniel Somers Veterans Network of Support Act of 2019. “The brave men and women who served our country were faced with challenging situations that many are still coping with and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) praised passage this week by the U.S. House of Representatives of five bipartisan science-related pieces of legislation. Under suspension of the rules, the House on Monday approved all five bills put forth in the U.S. Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) recently applauded the inclusion of a bipartisan bill he supports that would impose new sanctions on Syrian human rights abusers in larger legislation to authorize U.S. military appropriations. The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, H.R. Read more…